REGGAE WARRIOR: San Jose Jazz brings Winstrong downtown for a free night of reggae music.

Though it is only roughly the size of Connecticut, Jamaica’s influence on world culture is impossible to overstate. This week, Jamaican artist Ebony G. Patterson’s stunning mixed-media exhibit wraps up at San Jose’s Institute of Contemporary Art, and to celebrate the run, San Jose Jazz hosts “Reggae Warrior” Winstrong out front in their roving Boombox Truck. The mighty singer takes influence from genre-melding artists like KRS-One, and mixes dancehall, hip hop, roots and reggae into an inspired whole. He’s got a conscious message, too, as heard on his evergreen dub single “Save the Environment.”

Winstrong
Friday, 8pm, Free
Parque de los Pobladores, San Jose