The Jamaica Plain Music Festival is here again! Enjoy 20 bands and celebrate your connections to the neighborhood you love. Here’s everything you need to know to soak up the goodness of the 2016 Jamaica Plain Music Festival.
Where: Pinebank Field
When: Noon to 7 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 10
Cost: Free! (But huge free community concerts cost money. Here’s how to donate.)
How to Get to There: Walking is of course the best way to go, given the crowds. Bikes are a close second. (There are bike racks at festival.)
Twitter: For festival updates during the day, follow @jpmusicfestival.
Website: jpmusicfestival.com
Bands: Here’s an online playlist of most of the scheduled artists below.
- American Echoes
- Merrie Amsterburg
- Babaloo
- Martha Bourne
- Boketto the Wolf
- Box of Birds
- The Catbirds
- Citrusphere
- Cradle to the Grave
- Diablogato
- Hallelujah the Hills
- Ray Liriano y La Liga de Caballeros Extraordinarios
- Hyde Square Task Force’s Dale Drum Ensemble
- Loose Change Boston
- Louder Than Milk
- Sushi Jones
- Tony Williams Dance Center
- Tredici Bacci
- Thalia Zedek
Weather: It’ll be great weather for a festival. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. according to the National Weather Service.
Eats: There will be plenty of food options at the following food trucks and tents, including:
- The Bacon Truck
- Bukhara Indian Bistro
- JP Licks
- Roxy’s Grilled Cheese
- Bon Me
- Daddy’s Bonetown Burgers
- Sherherazad
Previous items on Jamaica Plain News about the Music Festival:
- Scenes from the 2015 Jamaica Plain Music Festival
- Even MassDOT is Stoked for Saturday’s Jamaica Plain Music Festival
- Jamaica Plain Music Festival Announces Date, Sponsors
- Final Lineup for 4th Annual Jamaica Plain Music Festival
- Music Festival Fundraiser Nets Nearly $1,000
- Before It Raises The Roof, Here’s How the JP Music Festival Raises the Money
- JP Bar Wars: A JP Music Festival Fundraiser
- Throwback Thursday Photo of the Day: The White Squirrel of Jamaica Pond