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Nightlife and entertainment
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Kingston has legions of great places to get a
drink
, and many of them also double up as restaurants;
Carlos, JamRock, Red Bones, Our Place
and the
Grog Shoppe
are all good bets, as are hotel bars uptown. There are scores of
clubs
around town, ranging from state-of-the-art places featuring big-name DJs to more sedate in-hotel affairs. Anticipate a cover of around J$300. It's also worth keeping a lookout for posters advertising one-off club nights at places such as Mas Camp Village, or summer all-inclusive parties staged at private outdoor venues throughout the city; these are usually well attended and invariably lots of fun.
Live music
in the capital is less predictable; some of the best shows are the annual round of Heineken Startime concerts, featuring the best of Jamaica's vintage artists. Kingstonians celebrate
Carnival
each April; it's similar to the Trinidadian event but on a far smaller scale and with a bigger ratio of reggae to soca. For more on Carnival, contact the JTB (tel 876/929-9200). Other useful information
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Jamaica,
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