Setting up for the Jerk Festival is 24-hour progress. Vendors, electricians, plumbers, musicians, security personnel and construction workers labor all night long getting ready for the big day. The organization of this huge event was amazing. I walked the grounds watching chefs assemble their jerk pits and light the holding grill barrels. Trucks, cars and push carts streamed onto the grounds bringing everything from port-a-pots to lumber.
I appreciated the sinks that were in place throughout the yard to wash our jerk covered fingers.
