Spontaneous Celebrations refers to both a building in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States which acts as an arts and education center,[1] and to a community group which is based there.
The mission of the group is to create a cultural life through the arts, and especially through seasonal celebrations in Jamaica Plain and Roxbury, Massachusetts and education.
[3] Spontaneous Celebrations dates back to the defeat of the proposed Interstate 95 in Massachusetts extension through many Boston neighborhoods.
The first “Wake Up the Earth” Festival, in 1979, was partly a celebration of the coalition which fought the highway.
[4] Spontaneous Celebrations was then founded by Femke Rosenbaum [1] to continue the local organization and festivals, and eventually acquired the building around which its community and events center.