Every Indonesian kid learns that song. My ancestors were sailors.
Which makes it strange, and kind of perfect, that the Indonesian community in Hamburg is taking over an 80-meter ex-fishing ship to throw its loudest night of the year.
On September 5, the MS Stubnitz becomes a Pasar Ikan: an Indonesian fish market, the kind where the noise is the point. Twelve hours from sunset to last call, a crossing that never leaves the harbor.
And this year, two guest stars are flying in from Indonesia. JASON RANTI and SUKATANI on our stage, in Hamburg, for one night only.
But a fish market is never only one thing, and this isn’t only music. Between the sets you can get a haircut from Matahari Hairstyling, walk in for a tattoo with Bhinnekayon Tattoo from Berlin @bhinnekayon, print your own shirt, or get your face done in UV light. There’s Indonesian food from five stalls, pop-up coffee, tarot readings, live a cappella, a music competition open to anyone, and a lot more we haven’t announced yet.
Then the party. Dari Hati Collective, Wahsabi from Berlin, and Boboho Karaoke until 3am. Prepare your song.
This is Jam Karet Festival x Boboho. Jam Karet has been building this for four years. Boboho, the diaspora karaoke collective that tore the roof off last year, is co-hosting this time. Together we’re showing a different side of Indonesia. Not the postcard. The living, sweaty, and singing one.
A port city. A fishing boat. A people who never stopped being sailors.
One night. One ship. One market.
Sampai Jumpa di Kapal!
This is Jam Karet Festival x Boboho. Jam Karet has been building this for four years. Boboho - the diaspora karaoke collective that tore the roof off last year - is co-hosting this time. Together we’re showing a different side of Indonesia. Not the postcard. The living, sweaty, and singing one.
A port city. A fishing boat. A people who never stopped being sailors.
@jamkaretfestival @bobohofunclub
