THE 2-for-1 tickets may have spurred Trinidadian duo Nuphoric, at they doubled the soca action with a high-energy performance at Bacchanal Fridays at Mas Camp in St Andrew, last Friday.

The group was a featured act last year.

“It’s getting easier to play in Jamaica,” said Ryan Pankar, the man behind the turntables for Nuphoric.

Pankar said with the large number of Jamaicans visiting Trinidad for carnival, there was no longer a lag with the knowledge of the new soca hits.

“I don’t have to change my playlist much because the fans are already aware of the popular songs for carnival 2015,” Pankar told the Jamaica Observer.

While he doesn’t envision carnival in Jamaica reaching Trinidadian levels, he has been impressed by Bacchanal Fridays.

“There’s nothing like this in Trinidad. We don’t have a single large venue to enjoy soca each week and we don’t have the amount of corporate sponsorship I see here in Jamaica,” he said.

On stage, Nuphoric worked their magic. Pankar spun the hits while hype man Patrick Alexis kept the crowd energised. They played what they marked as the song of the season, Machel Montano’s Like Ah Boss, eventually closing their final set with their other favourite Party Done.

Nuphoric then turned over soca-frenzied partygoers to DJ Smoke who continued to have them dancing, waving and singing by adding a Jamaican twist into the night.

While the 2-for-1 was for Friday only, Michael Ammar Jr, Bacchanal Jamaica director promised a continued focus on value as the next two weekends will see a reduction in select ticket prices.

“The 2-for-1 definitely worked as it brought back some older customers and brought in some new faces to Mas Camp,” he said.

The night also saw the start of the Red Stripe’s Drink Right through their continued sponsorship of Bacchanal via their Smirnoff brand. Each week, until the end of Bacchanal Fridays, three lucky persons within the Corporate Area could win a free cab ride to and from Mas Camp.

“To enter, all they have to do is use our social media platforms, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, to pledge to drink right,” Nanda Dukharan, brand PR manager at Red Stripe, explained.

Dukharan said the initiative is to promote the responsible use of alcohol.