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Apr 202040th anniversary edition of the TD Ottawa Jazz Festival is cancelled
The City of Ottawa announced on April 7th that it is extending “its closures of City facilities, services, and public gatherings until June 30th.” – CTV.ca. The ordinance forbids gatherings in groups until further notice. Given this new...
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Apr 2020L’Équipe Spectra will not present the 2020 Festival International de Jazz de Montréal
Due to the coronavirus pandemic and following the measures imposed by government authorities, which include cancelling non-essential activities and restricting entry of non-residents to the territory, L’Équipe Spectra announces that the 2020 editions of Les Francos de Montréal (scheduled for June 12)...
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Apr 2020JazzYYC Postpones Summer Festival, Announces VIRTUAL International Jazz Days
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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Jan 2020Ottawa Winter Jazz Fest Presents Digital Creative Music Summit
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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Dec 2019Jazz Sudbury Festival Announces New Summer Dates
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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Jun 2019Help Restore Funding to OJF!
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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Apr 2019Big News For the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal
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.
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Sep 2018In Memory of Ken Pickering
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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Mar 2017Guelph Jazz Festival Announces New Artistic Director
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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Jan 2017JFC Welcomes TD Markham Jazz Festival & Jazz YYC
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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