Vancouver International Jazz Festival

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Event Category: BC’s Best Festivals & Events

Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Vancouver International Jazz Fest, June 20th to July 1st, featuring 187 performances with pay-what-you-can and ticketed events, plus 50 free shows from downtown to Granville Island and the North Shore. Headliners include the Bill Frisell Trio with Thomas Morgan & Rudy Royston and the Richard Bona Asante Trio. 

 

Don’t miss opening weekend’s free Downtown Jazz at the Vancouver Art Gallery on šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl’e7énḵ Square, June 21and 22. Shake off the workday with the free Bentall Centre Happy Hour Series on the Dunsmuir Patio from 4-6pm, June 23 to 27. 

 

Granville Island serves as the hub of the Festival, with shows at Performance Works, Revue Stage and Ocean Artworks, which hosts free, all-ages shows from noon to sundown on Canada Day. In addition, downtown patios, clubs, and North Shore venues will feature various live jazz performances throughout the 12 days of the Festival.

 

Presented by Coastal Jazz. For tickets and information go to https://www.coastaljazz.ca/.

Ranked as one of British Columbia’s largest not-for-profit music presenters, Coastal Jazz produces the annual Vancouver International Jazz Festival as well as year-round concerts, and has a long-standing commitment to music education through its youth music programs and workshops. The Society is proud to be a significant part of Vancouver’s and B.C.’s economic engine and tourism industry, attracting over 100,000 people to its annual festival and generating an estimated $20 million in economic impact.
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