Left: Papa San in full flight. Right: Kirk Franklin dances while performing.

With record numbers turning up at Fun In The Son on Saturday, promoter Tommy Cowan said the event was incident-free.

"Oh man, it was amazing. God is truly amazing. With that number of people, it ran smoothly without any incidents," Cowan said of the event that was held at Jamaica College on Old Hope Road in Kingston.

He said the police estimated that about 100, 000 people attended the event throughout the day.

While it was problem-free, head of the St Andrew Central police, Superintendent Derrick 'Cowboy' Knight confirmed that there were two reported cases of cars being stolen. He said the cars were parked on the road and not at the designated car parks, which should have been utilised for the event. After leaving the venue the car owners realised that the cars were not where they left it.

According to Cowan, parking was available at Mona Baptist Church, Hope United Church, Aralia Drive, UTech and Ministry of Agriculture.

carparks guarded

"I heard of someone losing a car on the road but all our car parks were guarded, secured and lit. We advertised them in the press Wednesday and Friday. We made sure all of that was taken care of. No cars were stolen from our car park," Cowan said.

"If somebody steals a car on the road, we can't be sure that person was coming to our event. We had great security."

Nonetheless, Cowan was overwhelmed by the number of people who were saved on the night. "Last year 450 people were saved and this year we had way more," he said.

And there were performances from artistes like Kirk Franklin, Papa San, Carlene Davis, Chevelle Franklin, DJ Nicholas and Omari.

Highlights from Fun in the Son concert

Promoter Tommy Cowan said many persons were saved at this year's staging of 'Fun In The Son' concert, held at JamaicaCollege last Saturday. - Winston Sill

The crowd gets involved in Kirk Franklin's performance.

Culture Minister Olivia 'Babsy' Grange (left) was on hand to enjoy the festivities. - Winston Sill photos

Papa San and Kirk Franklin sharing the stage to the delight of patrons.

Patrons enjoying Fun in the Son.

Gospel artiste Kirk Franklin (right) makes fun with Christopher Levy, president and chief executive officer of Jamaica Broilers, at Fun in the Son at Jamaica College on Saturday.

Not that they were needed but security officers were on hand to keep the peace at Fun in the Son.