Past events

Since 2007 JÁNUKA has periodically organised fun days and concerts to entertain, educate, empower and inspire our multicultural communities, of our shared history and Jamaican cultural heritage.

We achieve this in a variety of ways including; selected music, traditional dances, singing folksongs, playing traditional games, reminiscing, storytelling, and amateur dramatics.

The 5 concerts planned and presented by JÁNUKA members are:

An Evening with JÁNUKA – The Will to Survive The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: Bicentenary Event (2007)
An Evening with JÁNUKA – The Will to Survive – Part 1 -The Rules and Regulations of Slavery (2015)
An Evening with JÁNUKA – The Will to Survive – Part 2 – Emancipation from Slavery and JÁNUKA’s 10th Anniversary Celebrations (2016)
An Evening with JÁNUKA – The Will to Survive – Part 3 – From Emancipation to Independence in Jamaica (2018)
An Evening with JÁNUKA – The Will to Survive – Part 4 – The Motherland Experience (2024)