{"id":364975,"date":"2026-08-07T03:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T03:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/364975\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T03:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T03:52:08","slug":"lauderhills-jamaica-independence-celebration-sells-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/364975\/","title":{"rendered":"Lauderhill\u2019s Jamaica Independence Celebration Sells Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <img width=\"510\" height=\"312\" alt=\"Beenie Man &amp; Marcia Griffiths Headline Lauderhill Jamaica Independence Celebration\" data-main-img=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  decoding=\"async\" id=\"NzA3OjY2OQ==-1\" data-nitro-empty-id=\"NzA3OjY2OQ==-1\" class=\"attachment-jannah-image-post size-jannah-image-post wp-post-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Marcia-Griffiths-and-Beenie-Man.png\"\/>   Beenie Man &amp; Marcia Griffiths    <\/p>\n<p>LAUDERHILL, Fla. \u2014 A star-powered Jamaica Independence celebration in Lauderhill is officially sold out. Reggae icon Marcia Griffiths and dancehall legend Beenie Man are set to headline the highly anticipated August 8 event.<\/p>\n<p>The celebration will take place at The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.showpass.com\/64th-jamaican-independence-celebration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Lauderhill Performing Arts Center<\/a>. It is presented by Jamaican-born Mayor Denise Grant and Commissioner John T. Hodgson.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Mayor Denise Grant - Jamaica Independence Celebration\" width=\"349\" height=\"400\"  decoding=\"async\" id=\"NzE3OjU0NQ==-1\" data-nitro-empty-id=\"NzE3OjU0NQ==-1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-102916\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Denise-Grant-2026.jpg\"\/>Mayor Denise Grant <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201cWe are pleased to announce that our <a href=\"https:\/\/sflcn.com\/event\/lauderhills-64th-jamaican-independence-celebration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">August 8 Jamaica 64th Independence Celebration<\/a>, featuring the legendary Marcia Griffiths and Beenie Man, is officially SOLD OUT,\u201d Mayor Grant said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201cThis milestone reflects the hard work, dedication, and collaboration of our entire City team, production partners, and sponsors, who worked together to create a sophisticated, theatre-style experience worthy of this historic celebration,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201cWe thank our community for its overwhelming support and look forward to an unforgettable evening celebrating Jamaica\u2019s independence,\u201d Mayor Grant said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Beenie Man &amp; Marcia Griffiths LAUDERHILL, Fla. \u2014 A star-powered Jamaica Independence celebration in Lauderhill is officially sold&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-364975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}