Celebrating 27 years’ of fond memories of culture, community, vitality and commerce on Jamaica Avenue. Join us for one day or both days, the first weekend in August, for the Jamaica Arts & Music Summer (JAMS) Festival which attracts upwards of 150,000 +residents and visitors to downtown Jamaica. To celebrate, we begin with a moonlight evening concert called JAMS Under the Stars and continue the next day with an Open-air JAMS Festival on 10 blocks of Jamaica Avenue, (Parsons Blvd. to 170th Streets), closed vehicular traffic to commemorate this historic milestone.