Entertainment

The music line up under development for the 11th Boston JerkFest! Stay tuned for an announcement of our international reggae headliner artist, and featured local performers. Our main stage will offer a place for local artists to jam to the tunes of reggae, soca, steel drums, world music, Latin rhythms and more.

2023 Rum & Brew – Friday Night

DJ Chris Grant

Christopher Martin Grant, was born in London England and migrated to Boston in 1972. 

Chris began Dj’ing at the tender age of 13 spinning mostly at school functions, home or with his friends. 

He was inspired by his older brother who was a Dj and swayed by the dominant NYC/Boston Dj culture of the late 70’s and early 80’s that burgeoned Hip-Hop and Dance Hall cultural sequentially. 

Breaking out his set in 87-93 at parties on the campus’ of schools like Suffolk and Northeastern University were a norm, not to mention Dj’ing for Boston’s vibrant Black Greek Sorority and Fraternity party scene. 

Before it was popular Chris’s specialty was Vinyl musical curation- creatively mixing and selecting tunes from over a dozen genres of music on 45 and 12 inch formats. 

This Veteran Deejay has 30 yrs. experience and a collection of over 200,000 records from eclectic variety of Golden-era Hip-Hop, 80’s New Wave, Reggae, Neo Soul, Freestyle, Club Classics, Soft Rock, Deephouse, Roots, and Urban Gospel, and Dance to name a few. 

2023 Line Up

2022 Line Up

Reggae legend and ambassador Mr. Freddie McGregor alongside his son Chino McGregor joined us for a Boston kicked off celebration of Jamaica’s 60th Anniversary of Independence in 2022 Harvard Athletic Complex.