35th Annual TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival

Ticketed and Free Streamed Concerts

The TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Vancouver’s signature Festival, celebrates its 35th edition this summer from Friday, June 25 to Sunday, July 4. After cancelling the 2020 Festival due to COVID-19 uncertainty, the Coastal Jazz & Blues Society is pleased to present a modified 2021 Festival with a program of over 100 virtual events.

The 2021 TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival includes performances by British Columbia’s plethora of talented artists; streams from New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Amsterdam, and Paris; free online workshops; club performances; talks; and a continued partnership with North Shore Jazz. All streams will be available until midnight on July 6, 2021.

The Festival’s ticketed concert series

Performance Works Series
Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Dálava, Khari Wendell McClelland, Blue Moon Marquee, Tonye Aganaba, Peggy Lee Band, Ludic, Dee Daniels, Jill Barber

Pyatt Hall Concert Series
Cory Weeds Quartet, Katherine Penfold, Ben Dwyer Trio featuring Phil Dwyer, Jennifer Scott & Rene Worst, Dave Sikula Quartet featuring Brad Turner, Triology, Bill Coon 4tet featuring Campbell Ryga, Mike Allen Quartet, Brad Turner Trio, Andrea Superstein

Ironworks Concert Series
Josh Zubot Quartet, Grdina-Houle-Loewen, The Watermill Project, Paul Plimley Trio, Longhand Trio + Zubots, Limbs of the Stars, Tommy Babin, Waxwing, Talking Pictures, Loewen/Carter + Not for Proper

Streaming Packages and Single Stream Tickets on Sale www.coastaljazz.ca

The Festival’s extensive program of free streamed concerts and workshops

In addition to the recently announced ticketed program, there will be 52 performances that are completely free to view; a series of six interactive workshops streamed from Tom Lee Music Hall; and the Festival’s annual Colloquium in partnership with the Western Front, UBC, and the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation.

The core of the free program features daily concerts from 9:00am to 1:30pm ET (12pm to 4:30pm PT), which will stream from the following locations:

Ocean Art Works on Granville Island
– two daily performances to be streamed at 9:00am and 10:30am ET (12pm and 1:30pmPT)

Performance Works on Granville Island
– one daily performance to be streamed at 12:30pm ET (2:30pm PT)

The Ironworks in Railtown
– one daily performance to be streamed at 1:30pm ET (4:30pm PT)

Some of the artists featured in the free program include: Dawn Pemberton, Alvaro Rojas, Cat Toren’s HUMAN KIND, DJ Kookum and Sierra Baker, Jillian Lebeck, Lydia Hol, Mary Ancheta, The Krystle Dos Santos Band, Eli Davidovici, Peggy Lee Cole Schmidt Trio featuring Dan Gaucher, Anita Eccleston, Amanda Sum, Jasmine Jazz featuring the Jodi Proznick Trio, and many more.

In addition, the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival has partnered with friends in Europe for two special multi-artist concert streams:

June 26 at 2:30pm ET (5:30pm PT)
– Live from Amsterdam’s famous BIMHuis with Trio Vatcher, Stadhouders, Petrucelli, Michael Moore’s Dice Cup, and OMAWI.

July 3 at 2:30pm ET (5:30pm PT)
– Live from Paris with Roberto Negro, Duo Les Métanuits, and Papier Ciseau.

All streamed performances will be available to view on Coastal Jazz & Blues Society’s YouTube channel from broadcast date to 8:59 pm ET (11:59pm PT) on July 6, 2021.

The Festival tradition of free workshops from Tom Lee Music Hall continues, with daily workshops hosted at 12:30pm ET (3:30pm PT) on Zoom for maximum interactivity. The lineup of workshop leaders is as follows:

June 27: pianist Róisín Adams
June 28: guitarist/pianist Itamar Erez
June 29: electronic musician and pianist Quincy Mayes
June 30: guitarist Gavin Youngash
July 1: guitarist Ayla Tesler-Mabe
July 2: pianist Sharon Minemoto

The Festival’s annual Colloquium, hosted at the Western Front and produced in cooperation with UBC and the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation, takes place online June 26 with talks by Kevin McNeilly, Fay Victor, and Darius Jones.

Finally, also streamed live from the Western Front, a program of solo and duo works over the closing weekend, July 3 and 4. For a complete list of free streamed concerts as well as click-through access to all the free streaming content at this year’s TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival, visit www.coastaljazz.ca.

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