Entries Now Open for JCDC 2023 Festival of the Performing Arts

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) is now accepting entries for the 2023 staging of the National Festival of the Performing Arts Competition. The categories for entry submission are Dance, Deaf Dance, Drama, Music, Speech and Traditional Folk Forms.

Baby Tash Delivers Emotional Speech to Youth

Kingston, Jamaica, December 7, 2022:  Dancehall artiste, Tashon Williams, better known by her stage name Baby Tash, fought to hold back tears as she addressed scores of students at the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Eastern Region’s Culture Club Cons

“School Is Not Just About Academics…” Education Minister Supports Performing Arts Programmes in Schools

Kingston, Jamaica, December 6, 2022: As the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) approaches the opening of entries for its 2023 competitions, Honourable Fayval Williams, M.P., Minister of Education and Youth, is encouraging school administrators to integrate the Performing Arts as part

JCDC Regional Culture Club Consultations Set to Re-Ignite Civic Pride

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) is hosting its annual Regional Culture Club Consultations geared at rekindling the spirit of nationalism among Jamaicans.

JCDC Creative Writing Traveling Exhibition hits the Road and Goes Virtual

The award-winning pieces of the 2022 Jamaica Creative Writing Competition will be showcased across all 14 parishes between the period Monday, November 21, 2022 and Friday, July 16, 2023.  The tour begins at the Kingston and St.

JCDC Kick-starts 2023 National Performing Arts Season

As anticipation builds ahead of the opening of entries for the 2023 National Festival the Performing Arts Competitions, the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) has kick-started the season with a series of regional online workshops geared at sensitizing the public about its updated comp

TWO-TIME WINNER OF THE JAMAICA CUSTOMER SERVICE SONG COMPETITION ENCOURAGES JAMAICANS TO ‘CELEBRATE THE EXCELLENCE’

Kingston, Jamaica:  The song titled ‘Celebrate The Excellence’, written and performed by Adryan McNeish, student of the York Castle High School, was named winner of this year’s Jamaica Customer Service Song Competition.

JCDC FAMILY PAYS TRIBUTE TO DYNAMIC ADJUDICATOR AND RESOURCE PERSON, CHRISTOPHER MCFARLANE

Kingston, Jamaica: Members of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) payed tribute to adjudicator, casting agent, and multi-award-winning actor, the late Christopher McFarlane, at a Candle Light Vigil held in his honour on Monday, September 19, 2022, at the Zacarama Entertainment Comp

TIME RUNNING OUT TO ENTER THE JAMAICA CUSTOMER SERVICE SONG COMPETITION

Youth aged 13 to 17 years have less than two weeks to enter the Jamaica Customer Service Song Competition. The entry deadline for its fifth annual staging is Thursday, September 22, 2022, at 11:59 p.m.