PHOTOS BY KAT WADE / Special to the Star-Advertiser
Local music showcase “The Jump Up” returned to theVenue in Chinatown on Thursday, Aug. 16, with performances by Na Hoku Hanohano Award-winning hip-hop artist Navid Najafi with the Illnomadics, the Blue Ribbons and the Nightmarchers. DJs Ledes and Rob Chiong were also on hand to keep things moving between sets.