Jamaica Gleaner – Entertainment News

• Michael W. Smith, Papa San strike powerful balance at Come Alive August 5, 2026
  Long after dusk settled over King’s House East Lawn, the crowd was still on its feet. Hands stretched into the night air, familiar choruses rolled across the grounds and, with each change in tempo, thousands responded as one. At times, the lawn felt like a sanctuary. At others, it became a full-fledged celebration, alive with […]

• Dream Weekend’s Montego Bay gamble pays off August 5, 2026
  WESTERN BUREAU: Dream Weekend made an energetic debut in Montego Bay, earning praise from organisers, business leaders and many patrons, while transportation and logistical hiccups highlighted areas for improvement as the festival settles into its new home.

  Janet Silvera/Gleaner Writer

• Reggae Icon Awards for Wayne Wonder, Busy Signal at Grand Gala August 4, 2026
  This year, Von Wayne Charles and Reanno Devon Gordon will be the recipients of the annual Reggae Icon Award presented by the Government of Jamaica during the Independence Day Grand Gala. This award “honours artistes who shape the global reach of reggae and dancehall music”. In an interview with The Gleaner at Sunday’s Jamaica Gospel […]

• ‘I was expecting to win’ August 4, 2026
  On Sunday night, a new Jamaica Gospel Star was crowned inside the Indoor Sports Centre at the transformed Independence Village in St Andrew. She is Chantal Smalling Stephenson, the gospel singer who placed second in the 2022 season of the competition and confidently returned this year to take top honours.

  Yasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

• Jamaica launches first actors’ union August 4, 2026
  With a commitment to ensuring high professional standards, fair wages and safe sets for Jamaican actors, the Jamaica Actors Guild Association (JAGA) was officially launched last week at the Canopy Courtyard in St Andrew. It is the first union of its kind in Jamaica dedicated exclusively to representing and protecting the island’s actors. The launch […]

  Nicola Cunningham/Senior Staff Reporter

• Elated Christina Williams wins Nat’l Festival Queen title for Portland August 3, 2026
  Miss Portland Christina Williams, attorney-at-law and the self-described “country girl with global impact” raised the bar high on Saturday night when she waltzed away with the Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2026 title, in front of family, friends and well-wishers at Independence Village in Kingston. It was the perfect Emancipation Day gift for Portland, a parish […]

  Yasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer