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Joshua Seemu­n­gal

Months of an­tic­i­pa­tion and plan­ning came to an an­ti-cli­mac­tic end yes­ter­day morn­ing, as scores of pa­trons of the One Caribbean Mu­sic Fes­ti­val left the show’s venue—the Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah, Port-of-Spain—in no­tice­ably low­er spir­its than when they ar­rived.

The show, which was ad­ver­tised as fea­tur­ing an all-star ros­ter of re­gion­al dance­hall acts, with Ja­maican su­per­star Adid­ja “Vy­bz Kar­tel” Palmer as the head­lin­er, and Ghana­ian-Amer­i­can singer Moliy, end­ed just af­ter 4 am with mu­sic played by a DJ.