Jamaica Plain Music Festival

09/16/2026

09/15/2026

Had a great time at the Jamaica Plain Music Festival! Now I'm looking forward to class tomorrow from 5-6pm at Spontaneous Celebrations! See ya'll there!

09/14/2026

Thank you to all our donors, including Ann, Aran, Barbara, Belinda, Bob, Cara, Charlie, Cheryl, Chhaya, Christianne, Connie, Damien, David, David, Gayle, Greg, Heather, Jack, Jennifer, Jeremy, Jocelyn, John, Josh, Joyce, Joyce, Kate, Kevin, Krista, Lars, Mark, Maryfaith, Michael, Patricia, Patricia, Raphael, Rick, Rob, Steven, Timothy, Tyler, and a gaggle of anony-mouses!

We are just a few hundred dollars short of our goal this year. Please donate if you can at https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-14th-annual-jamaica-plain-music-festival

Thank you to all the artists who performed:

Adios Fatso
Nicolás Emden Música
Girl with a Hawk
Groan Man Family Band
Hallelujah The Hills
The Invincible Casuals aka Incredible Casuals
Jesus the Dinosaur
Kier Byrnes
Magnificent Danger
Man v Ghost
Manouche Urbain
Parlour Bells
The Ray Liriano Experience
Something Sneaky
Troll 2
Sal Weston

Thank you to all the food trucks for their delicious food and drink, including:

Bon Me
Daddy’s Bonetown
Daddy's Bonetown Burgers
Ice Cream Thrill
Mela Modern Indian Cuisine
Stokes BBQ

Thank you to all our sponsors who helped make this festival happen, including:
Galway House
Tres Gatos
Seed
Mission Realty Advisors
The Brendan Behan Pub
Evergreen Eatery
The Haven JP
The Behan
Evergreen
JP Animal Clinic
JP Licks
JP Seafood
The Midway
On Centre
Rockland Trust
Tonino

We love you, JP. See you in 2027!

09/14/2026

Saturday, at Pinebank, the JP Music Festival (year 14), was filled with Light. All the bands, volunteers, people on the field, dogs, kids, food trucks…all as fine as could be. Start to finish. But what stood out was this:

Love. It was everywhere. A tiny kitten in the arms of an MC. A little boy running backstage, father in laughing pursuit. A woman in a chair fast asleep with a smile on her face in front of a really loud band. A child playing a tongue depresser harmonica that she made herself. The look onstage from one band member to another with heart and pride in the still doing of it. The sweet exhaustion on the faces of the sound crew and volunteers. The happy face on the guy in the ice cream truck serving the long line waiting to choose a flavor. The person you remember seeing walk past you on a JP sidewalk who nods in silent friendly recognition. The kid who, listening to a band he’d never heard, put his phone away. The look in the eyes of a friend who worked on the festival with you wordlessly saying ‘we did it!’.

Even in the midst of the accumulating apocalyptic threats we fear and resist…maybe, from John Lennon to Bad Bunny, they got it right. In the end? Love is all ya need.

09/11/2026

Saturday's schedule! We'll have printed copies at Pinebank Field, but get there early before we run out!

09/09/2026

Shuttle buses will replace Orange Line service between Back Bay and Forest Hills from September 10 to 14 to allow for work on the Ruggles Station Improvement Project.

The MBTA encourages people to use the Commuter Rail for service between Forest Hills, Ruggles, Back Bay, and South Station. The trip between Forest Hills and Back Bay on the Commuter Rail is approximately 10 minutes, says the MBTA. Please plan accordingly.

09/09/2026

The Jamaica Plain Music Festival is this Saturday, and it makes WBUR's weekend roundup. Catch us out at Pinebank Field with Girl with a Hawk, Jesus The Dinosaur, Kier Byrnes & The Kettle Burners, and Something Sneaky.

⚡ https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/09/09/weekend-pride-worcester-boston-fiber-