As a part of the HONK! Festival, Hyde Square Task Force will host New Creations, a brass band from New Orleans, on Friday, October 10th at 4:30pm for a free concert on the steps of the Blessed Sacrament Church (361 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain).
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The 2014 edition of the Jamaica Plain Music Festival is in the books. Residents thronged Pinebank Field despite high temps of 91 and a fast-moving storm that caused organizers to shut down the festival slightly early. The last two acts weren’t able to perform.
On the day before what would have been Freddie Mercury‘s 68th birthday, the all-female Queen tribute band Gunpowder Gelatine brought a bit of bombast to the normally quiet lawn of the Loring-Greenough House.
Running a free community event like the JP Music Festival is great fun — even behind the scenes.
The buzz around Jamaica Plain Porchfest is getting out of hand. Co-organizer Marie Ghitman can’t get a tow without the repairperson enthusiastically promising to bring his family from Mattapan.
Jamaica Plain is probably too many things to too many people to have one theme song. But “I Love My Street” by Rick Berlin and the Nickel and Dime Band comes as close as I’ve heard.