Vancouver International Jazz Festival
A taste of Tuareg desert blues
July 13, 2026By: Jonah Lazar, Staff Writer Amidst the downtown chaos of the World Cup, the annual Vancouver International Jazz Festival took place from June 19 to July 5. This year marked the 41st iteration of the festival, run by Vancouver’s not-for-profit Coastal Jazz annually since the mid ‘80s. Composed of over 170 performances with artists heralding from 12 different countries, this festival is one of the city’s largest, with over 100,000 fans attending every year. The Vancouver International Jazz Festival prides itself on accessibility, with ticket prices rarely exceeding $30 and many performances taking place at free venues. I attended Étran…
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Mary Ancheta Quartet takes cinematic jazz to the Next Level
June 13, 2023By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor I was intrigued by the track titles on Mary Ancheta Quartet’s EP, Level Up, released on June 2; “Grease the Wheel” and “Gotta Get it” instil being in motion, which is exactly what…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: June 28–July 4
June 28, 2021By: Sara Wong, Arts & Culture Editor Vancouver International Jazz Festival | June 25–July 4 | Cost varies | Online and in person Jazz lovers rejoice! This year’s festival lineup includes over 100 concerts. With both virtual and in-person options,…
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Eli Bennett, Jazz Man at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival
July 11, 2015Vancouver is full of Canadian jazz artists every bit as exciting as the monster stars who play at the Orpheum for the Vancouver International Jazz Festival each year. Artists like Eli Bennett, for instance. A 35-time award-winning jazz saxophonist, Leo-nominated…
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The Vancouver International Jazz Festival is Transcendental
July 1, 2015The Vancouver International Jazz Festival is now one of the top ten jazz festivals in the world. It is a beast of a music festival, open to everything from free-form experimental, to jazz-pop, to R&B. To Catch even just a…
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Icons of apartheid jazz at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival
July 1, 2015Jazz legends drummer Louis Moholo-Moholo and pianist Abdullah Ibrahim sit at opposite ends of musical expression in the struggle for black liberation in South Africa. Like many other black musicians, Moholo and Ibrahim left the country in the 1960s under…
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