Jamaica 60 Festival Song final announced for Thursday
KINGSTON, Jamaica– Culture Minister, Olivia Grange, has announced that the Grand Finale of the Jamaica 60 Festival Song Competition gets underway at the National Indoor Sports Centre, National Stadium Complex, on Thursday, July 28, starting at 8:30 pm.
Grange said that 10 songs will be jostling to be the Festival Song this year as Jamaica marks its 60th Anniversary of Independence, the island’s Diamond Jubilee, under the theme, ‘Re-igniting A Nation for Greatness’.
“The songs are Jamaica Sweet Again by Dez I Boyd who was a finalist in the 2021 Festival Song Competition with the song Rumba Box. The other entries are Jamaica Nice Again by Inspiyah; Rock to da Beat by Intrestt; I’m A Proud Jamaican by Magic Flute; Out of Many by Nazzleman, who won in 2016 and 2018; Defend Jamaica by Nitty Kutchie; Sixty by One1; Diamond Jubilee by Orkid; Bring Back the Love by Rory Stamp, and Nuh Weh Nice Like Yard by Sacaj,” Grange said.
“The Prize money is $3 million to be split between producer, writer and singer,” she added.
The show will be aired LIVE on TVJ and PBCJ and streamed LIVE on the JCDC website, YouTube channel along with the Ministry’s and Grange’s Facebook pages.
Tickets for admission to the National Indoor Sports Centre for the Festival Song Grand Finale are available at Sangster’s Book Store in the Springs Plaza near Half Way Tree and Sangster’s Book Store in Cross Roads. Admission is free but individuals must have a ticket to enter the venue.
