After more than a year of inactivity, events promoter Mikey Sparkle is preparing to stage his first event in 2021. The Kingston-born promoter will return to active duty hosting the Mikey Sparkle Christmas Party scheduled to take place on December 18 at the Grand Palais Banquet Hall in Lawrenceville, Georgia.

The event will feature Reggae singer extraordinaire Richie Stephens and the 3RDegree band.

“I had to take a very long break from putting on events because of the pandemic. As you can imagine, this was very hard for me, but the safety of human lives comes first. This pandemic has affected everyone in so many ways. Unfortunately, a lot of lives were lost, and a lot of businesses had shut down in Georgia, but things are improving, and I’m happy to see that things are much better now in comparison to last year,” said Sparkle, who is known for promoting several annual events in Georgia, including the Merritone Family Fun Day and Tribute to Merritone as well as the Mikey Sparkle Family Fun Day.

“Although events promotion is not the only business that I do, not being able to put on events took a tremendous toll on me because I keep events to make people happy. So it made me very sad because I was not able to do that for over a year.”

He explained that the Christmas party is one of the events that people in Georgia look forward to every year. “Unfortunately, we didn’t have one last year, but it’s back this year for sure, and it’s going to be an exciting event,” said Sparkle.

Strict Covid-19 protocols will be enforced at the event.

“Protecting human lives is top propriety,” he said.

“Therefore, we will be enforcing strict Covid-19 protocols. Temperature checks will be done at the entrance of the venue and we’ll also ensure that every patron gets his or her hands sanitized and hand sanitizers will be placed on each table in the venue.”

Sparkle is the co-owner of the Georgia-based radio station Daflavaradio.com.