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Jazz Art Auction 2010

We're back with our major annual fundraiser for the Guelph Jazz Festival. This year we'll have 35 major art items for sale, with a professional auctioneer plus some new personalities as guest emcees for the afternoon. As well, we're organizing a fabulous silent auction of items donated by local artisans, plus delectable appetizers, free drinks and great music. The main art auction items will be posted here beginning in mid-March, and they'll also be on display at the Red Brick Café, 8 Douglas Street, Guelph, from Mar. 21 to the auction date.

 

Sunday, Apr. 25, 2 pm, The Ebar, 41 Quebec St., Guelph

 

 

improvising + creative

Guelph Jazz 2010

We're busy at work organizing the 17th annual Guelph Jazz Festival, which will run from Wed. Sept. 8 to Sun. Sept 12. We'll be announcing the program in mid-June, so check back here for details, or join our enews list (below) to receive our announcements directly to your inbox. We look forward to seeing you this September.

The Guelph Outstallations

The 2009 Guelph Jazz Festival included three "outstallations" – innovative improvisations in the streets and parks of Guelph. You can catch the flavour of two of these events in the videos below. Three Parades was the conjunction of three marching bands, in unison with the carillon at St. George's Church downtown; the full nine-minute event is shown in the video below. Percussion in the Park was a free improvisation on playground equipment, of which you can see an excerpt from one of the two performances below.

Three Parades • Percussion in the Park