Melody Gardot – June 29-20, Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier LiveEvents June 19, 2016 5304 Montreal International Jazz Festival presents Melody Gardot - Opening concert Opening act: Lisa Simone Every Festival visit by Melody Gardot is an event in itself… An absolute revelation when she appeared ...
Gregory Porter – June 29, Theatre Maisonneuve LiveEvents June 18, 2016 5795 Montreal International Jazz Festival presents Gregory Porter Opening Act: Jaime Woods An artist whose music is at once timeless yet utterly of its time, Gregory Porter solidifies his standing as his genera...
Lauryn Hill, the Artist Ceilidh Michelle June 9, 2016 3052 Lauryn Hill is controversial, powerful, soulful, and on tour, she arrives in Montreal for Jazz Fest on July 5th after dates across North America and Europe. The implosion of Lauryn Hill’s solo album, The Mis...
Jazz Festival co-founder André Ménard offers some festival picks Peter Kerr June 7, 2016 4158 Festival co-founder André Ménard announcing the 2016 festival line-up Photo: Victor Diaz André Ménard recently spoke with me about some personal concert picks for the upcoming 37th Montreal International ...
New Orleans’ Best Comes to Montreal Jazz Fest Julie Kalan May 29, 2016 7190 The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Trombone Shorty, Wynton Marsalis, and Christian Scott at the 2016 Montreal Jazz Festival At the dawn of the 20th century, New Orleans birthed a new art form – jazz. Flag beare...
Jordan Officer – March 10, Club Soda LiveEvents March 1, 2016 4814 Jordan Officer Blue Skies With his much-heralded previous album, I’m Free, Jordan Officer amply proved he has all the talents of a veteran bluesman, equal parts dazzling virtuosity, understated elegance and d...
Rufus and Martha Wainwright’s Noël Nights – December 5-6, Maison Symphonique LiveEvents November 27, 2015 4581 The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal presents, as part of the Jazz All-Year Round series presented by TD, Rufus and Martha Wainwright's Noël Nights Rufus and Martha Wainwright will return this comin...
The two Dorsey Orchestras together on stage for the first time in history! The Montrealer June 29, 2015 5500 The Tommy Dorsey and the Jimmy Dorsey orchestra will fight the seventh "battle of the bands” at the Montreal International Jazz Festival… In 1934, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey formed a touring orchestra. Their grou...
Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir – July 5, Maison Symphonique LiveEvents June 29, 2015 5504 Festival International de Jazz de Montreal presents Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir The Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir breathes life and soul into churches and venues with its famed gospel, both traditiona...
Lucinda Williams, The Mavericks & Justin Townes Earle – July 3, Wilfrid-Pelletier LiveEvents June 27, 2015 5866 Festival International de Jazz de Montreal presents Triple Bill with Lucinda Williams, The Mavericks and Justin Townes Earle Justin Townes Earle Photo: Joshua Black Wilkins This triple bill promises to be...
