ENTITY · EVENT
Weddy Weddy Wednesdays
Well supported
Weddy Weddy Wednesdays is a Kingston weekly dance associated with Stone Love Movement, important as a recurring space where selectors, dancers, artists and camera crews could test songs and moves in front of a live dancehall crowd.
At a glance
- Type
- event
- Confidence
- Well supported
- Era
- Open era →
Connections
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Debate & reception
How people argued about the music — praise, criticism and public debate. See all debate & reception →
debate
The Noise Abatement Act vs the street-dance economy
Ongoing dispute over Jamaica's Noise Abatement Act (in force since 1997) and its curfews on all-night sound-system events. Residents, police and some officials treat street dances such as Passa Passa (Spanish Town Road/Tivoli Gardens, from 2003), Uptown Mondays and Weddy Weddy as a public-order and noise nuisance; promoters, selectors and dancers argue the crackdown 'cripples' events that are a livelihood and an informal cultural economy. The Jamaica Information Service reported planned stakeholder consultations on amending the Act, and the Jamaica Gleaner covered the industry side (e.g. 'Noise Abatement Act restricts music being turned into money', 2022; 'Dancehall's dancers go hungry', 2013).
Stance: street dance as neighbourhood noise/public-order nuisance vs street dance as legitimate inner-city cultural economy and livelihood
debate
Noise Abatement Act and street-dance lock-offs
A neutral account of the lock-off debate: enforcement of the Noise Abatement Act is defended as residents' right to peace and lawful order, and criticised as a threat to cultural space, livelihoods and the entertainment economy. No verdict. Sources: Laws of Jamaica (Noise Abatement Act); Jamaica Gleaner entertainment desk.
Stance: residents' right to peace & lawful order vs cultural space, livelihoods & the entertainment economy