{"id":357739,"date":"2026-07-30T16:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T16:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/357739\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T16:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T16:38:12","slug":"jamaican-independence-day-is-this-weekend-and-you-know-tampa-jerk-hut-is-celebrating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/357739\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamaican Independence Day is this weekend, and you know Tampa Jerk Hut is celebrating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"472\" data-attachment-id=\"365494\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/marcus-garvey-crop\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Marcus-Garvey-crop-scaled.png?fit=2560%2C1550&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1550\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Marcus Garvey crop\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A Library of Congress photo of Marcus Garvey.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Marcus-Garvey-crop-scaled.png?fit=780%2C472&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Marcus-Garvey-crop.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-365494\"  \/>A Library of Congress photo of Marcus Garvey. Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/5\/5d\/Marcus_Garvey_Provisional_President_of_Africa_by_the_Keystone_View_Company.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Keystone View Company, restored by Creator:Adam Cuerden, Public domain \/ Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most of Florida\u2019s more than 311,000 Jamaicans live south of the Tampa Bay area, but that\u2019s not stopping locals from celebrating Jamaican Independence Day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following more than three centuries of British rule\u2014and through hard wars, rebellion and movements led by the likes of Paul Bogle and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/americanexperience\/features\/garvey-biography\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marcus Garvey<\/a> (pictured)\u2014green, gold and black became the Caribbean nation\u2019s official colors just 64 years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of Tampa\u2019s most popular and longest-running Jamaican restaurants,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/food-drink\/andrew-ashmeade-jerk-hut-tampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Andrew Ashmeade\u2019s Jerk Hut<\/a>, throws a big party complete with platter specials and live music.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/event\/jamaica-love-tampas-biggest-jamaican-independence-celebration-21596561\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">It\u2019s $20 to get into the \u201cJamaica Love\u201d party at Jerk Hut in Tampa on Saturday, Aug. 1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1785429492_442_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Youtube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/altnewsfoundation.org\/cl-tampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pitch in to help make the Tampa Bay Journalism Project a success.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/tampa-newslettersignup-page\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAiECLjru3gB6BLYKOKFLfkVZsqFAgKIhAi467t4AegS2CjihS35FWb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbreak.com\/@c\/1599764?s=01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CreativeLoafingTampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cltampabay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cltampabay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/cltampabay.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/collections\/jul-30-aug-05-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jul 30 \u2013 Aug 05, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead his 2016 intro letter\u00a0and disclosures from 2022 and 2021.\u00a0Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/rroa\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Ray Roa\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Library of Congress photo of Marcus Garvey. 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