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Drinking and entertainment
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Most
bars
want you to spend the
sunset
with them and provide drinks promotions or happy hours as an incentive. As the cliffs give the best view, bars along the West End tend to be livelier at dusk, with the action moving to the beach after dark. The larger places are distinctly tourist-oriented; if you want some local flavour, try the
rum bars
and
beer shacks
along Sheffield Road or West End Road near the roundabout.
Jungles is the only proper club in town, but there's also week-night dancing at the beach bars , which use their portions of sand as dance floors. DJs play dancehall or Euro-disco, and the live music usually consists of a no-name reggae band singing Bob Marley covers. Ask around to see what's on each night.
Large
stageshows
featuring well-known reggae artists are advertised on roadside billboards and through a car-with-megaphone system. Main
venues
for large shows are
Roots Bamboo
on the beach and
MXIII
in the West End.
The Samsara Hotel
and
Central Park
(both on West End Road) have occasional live events. Stageshows rarely begin before 11pm and often go on until 3 or 4am; cover charge is usually about US$7. Other useful information
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Jamaica,
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