 The annual Boquete Jazz Festival was founded in 2007 being the second largest jazz festival in the country after the Panama City Jazz Festival.Having been renamed Boquete Jazz & Blues Festival, the 2012 festival took place on the first weekend of March.In separate action, a group of expatriates in Boquete came together in 2005 to form a performing theater group, which was named Boquete Community Players (BCP).