Bacchanal Boat Ride Boston 2013 Highlights

In 2013, Julianspromos documented the Bacchanal Boat Ride in Boston, capturing the Soca, Caribbean party atmosphere and on-the-water experience through an original video production.

Boat rides have long held their own place within Caribbean fete culture, combining music, summer energy and the freedom of being away from a traditional nightclub or concert venue.

Soca on the Water

The Bacchanal Boat Ride brought Caribbean party culture onto the water in Boston.

Rather than centering the experience around a formal stage show, the atmosphere was built around the music, the crowd and the setting itself.

Boat rides offer a different kind of Caribbean event experience. The party moves with the vessel, the city becomes part of the backdrop and the crowd shares the same space for the duration of the event.

Boston’s Caribbean Scene

Boston has long maintained an active Caribbean community with its own Carnival traditions, parties and Soca events.

The Bacchanal Boat Ride captured another part of that culture away from the road and Carnival parade.

It also gave Julianspromos another opportunity to document Caribbean entertainment outside New York, adding Boston to a growing collection of original event coverage during the early 2010s.

Part of Julianspromos’ Expanding Multimedia Era

By 2013, Julianspromos was increasingly moving into on-location Caribbean entertainment coverage.

Original videos from events in New York, Miami, Boston and other markets were helping build a broader picture of Caribbean nightlife and culture across North America.

The Bacchanal Boat Ride fits into that period as a simple but valuable snapshot of Soca culture on the water.

From the Julianspromos Archives

Bacchanal Boat Ride Boston 2013 Highlights preserves another early Julianspromos production from the Caribbean event circuit.

The footage takes viewers back onto the water for a Boston Soca experience and adds another city to the growing multimedia history of Julianspromos.