CALGARY- This year’s edition of the JazzYYC Summer Jazz Festival will be postponed to June 17 to 20, 2021 in a variety of locations throughout Calgary. JazzYYC will announce their lineup in late 2020 and early 2021 and will look forward to...
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How does the art of jazz balance with new technologies while still connecting with the human experience? From Jan 30 – Feb 1, 45 musicians, 14 panelists and 16 delegates from Europe, across Canada and the United States...
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SUDBURY, ON – Next year’s installment of Jazz Sudbury Festival is set to be moved a month earlier in August. Since its inception in 2009, Jazz Sudbury Festival has occurred annually outdoors at the beginning of September. Despite...
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On May 31, the Ottawa Jazz Festival received notice from the Ford Government that a Celebrate Ontario grant in the amount of $290,000 would not be available any longer. This grant had been awarded to the Ottawa Jazz...
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In 2019, the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, presented by TD Bank Group in collaboration with Rio Tinto, will celebrate its 40th birthday with a grand gesture for the benefit of Montréalers, Montréal and its neighbourhoods.
In the early hours of August 10th, 2018 co-founder of the Vancouver International Jazz festival, and long-time artistic director of Coastal Jazz and Blues Society Ken Pickering peacefully departed this life in the loving presence of his wife...
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The Guelph Jazz Festival Board of Directors is thrilled to announce that Scott Thomson has been hired as the Festival’s new Artistic Director. “The quality and richness of the candidates from Canada and beyond who expressed their interest...
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Jazz Festivals Canada (JFC) is pleased to welcome two new members to the national festival network: The TD Markham Jazz Festival and Jazz YYC. TD Markham Jazz Festival is an exciting and vibrant four-day event featuring well known...
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On December 19, Jazz Winnipeg announced the naming of Michael Falk at the organization’s incoming Artistic Director. Falk has over 13 years of experience in the music industry, all of which is distinctly rooted in developing and promoting...
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As you may be aware, the Canada Council for the Arts is rolling out a new funding model on April 1, 2017. The time sensitive news on this front is that the final 2016 deadline for the Music Touring...
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