Blizzard Watch Upgraded to Warning for JP

The National Weather Service has issued a blizzard warning for JP effective 7 p.m. Saturday. The Nor'easter is expected to bring another 10-14 inches of snow and produce whiteout conditions. The weather agency had previously issued a blizzard watch. The city has seen 78 inches of snow dumped on it in 2015. We're an inch shy of the snowiest month in Boston history, according to the National Weather Service.

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POSTPONED: Smell the Love : A JP Music Festival (Valentine’s Day) Fundraiser

Editor's note: "Smell the Love" has been postponed because of the expected blizzard. ~~~~~

Nothing screams romance like The Midway. The JP Music Festival is gearing up for 2015's festival with our first fund-raiser: Smell the Love: An Evening of Love Songs to Benefit the JP Music Festival! The fund-raiser will be Saturday, February 14th (Valentine's Day) at 9 PM at The Midway Cafe. $10 donation at the door.

Rick Berlin, center, and the Nickel & Dime Band, accompanied by Praise & Worship Team from Bethel AME Zion Church, at the Jamaica Plain Music Festival, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014.

Neighborhood Vibe Rules Hot, Storm-Shortened JP Music Festival

The 2014 edition of the Jamaica Plain Music Festival is in the books. Residents thronged Pinebank Field despite high temps of 91 and a fast-moving storm that caused organizers to shut down the festival slightly early. The last two acts weren't able to perform. Here are a few photos of the big day:

Previous items on Jamaica Plain News about the Music Festival:

Your Guide to the 2014 Jamaica Plain Music Festival
Final Lineup for 4th Annual Jamaica Plain Music Festival
Take the Trolley to the Jamaica Plain Music Festival
Music Festival Fundraiser Nets Nearly $1,000
Before It Raises The Roof, Here's How the JP Music Festival Raises the Money

JP Bar Wars: A JP Music Festival Fundraiser

Throwback Thursday Photo of the Day: The White Squirrel of Jamaica Pond

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Share Your Music Festival Tweets Via #jpmf14

You're going to be making wry observations, taking great photos and shooting cool videos about the Jamaica Plain Music Festival. So if you Tweet, add #jpmf14 to share them. If Facebook is more your thing, here's the Festival's Facebook page. #jpmf14 Tweets
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Your Guide to the 2014 Jamaica Plain Music Festival

It's here! More than 20 bands, all with connections to the neighborhood you love. Here's everything you need to know to soak up the goodness of the 2014 Jamaica Plain Music Festival. Where: Pinebank Field

When: Noon to 7 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 6

Cost: Free!

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Lauren Nathan, board member of JP Centre/South Main Streets, and Mira Stella, bar manager at Tres Gatos, worked the entry table at a JP Music Festival Fundraiser at Tres Gatos on Monday, Aug. 25, 2014.

JP Music Festival Fête Raises Nearly $1K

We're only 72 hours away from the opening chords of the Fourth Annual Jamaica Plain Music Festival. Last week, the latest fundraiser for the celebration of local music and musicians brought in nearly $1,000. The all-volunteer effort to bring more than 20 bands to Pinebank Field (for free), well, it ain't cheap. Last Monday, supporters of the festival gathered at Tres Gatos for a $15-a-head fundraiser. Entertainment included music from Tallahassee and tunes from DJ Phil Wilcox.

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Help Us Find the Missing JP Music Festival Banner

So, apparently a group of people gathered at the Hyde Square rotary on Saturday and after they dispersed, the JP Music Festival banner and a few other banners that were hung on the fence with care, were gone. The JP Music Festival would like to get the banner back (quickly!) because a) it cost us money and we put this FREE event for the neighborhood...and we are very careful with our spending, b) it's a common, public place for all sorts of organizations to hang banners to help get the word out about events in JP--it's there for all to use, and c) we only have three weeks before the festival—Saturday, September 6th from 12-7 at Pinebank Field—so we want to make everyone passing through Hyde Square knows about it. If you know anything about where the banner may have gone (and, more importantly, can help us retrieve it so we can hang it back up!), please post a comment below (or bring it to the Brendan Behan Pub—no questions asked). We're offering a free JP Music Festival t-shirt to whoever brings it back safely! Thanks,
Your friends at the JP Music Festival

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