Highlights of the programming for the 2019 Guelph Jazz Festival, 11-15 September, co-curated by Scott Thomson and Karen Ng, will be announced in mid-May, along with the launch of the 2019 website featuring an outstanding image by Guelph painter, Laurie Skantzos.

The Guelph Jazz Festival will be hosting its 2019 Annual General Meeting at 6pm on Monday 25 March in the Ashlar Gallery, Boarding House Arts, 2nd floor, 6 Dublin Street South, Guelph. All 2018 members of the Guelph Jazz Festival are invited to renew their membership, and new members can likewise sign up, in order to…

Mark your calendars! The first announcement of our 2019 programming will be made public in May. Check back here regularly for updates.

Happy New Year, y’all. We celebrated (woot!) by moving offices, from Suite 301 to Suite 202 in the Boarding House Arts Building. So, when you’re sending us postcards from Micronesia or love letters from anywhere, send them to: Guelph Jazz Festival 202 – 6 Dublin Street South Guelph ON N1H 4L5

The Guelph Jazz Festival extends heartfelt thanks and congratulations to Julie Hastings, who is retiring from her role as Director of Operations after twenty-four years with the organisation. In 1995, Julie got involved in the second year of the fledgling festival as a volunteer to help hang posters around the city, and her involvement in…

The Guelph Jazz Festival Board is delighted to announce that it has hired Karen Ng in the newly formed position of Assistant Artistic and General Director. Karen will be working in tandem with Scott Thomson, who has been promoted to position of Artistic and General Director, on festival programming and administration. This restructuring of the…

The GJF is pleased to be co-presenting Diego Pascal Panarello’s The Strange Sound of Happiness, Friday 9 November, 7:30pm, at The Church of the Apostles, 86 Glasgow Street North, as part of the 2018 Guelph Film Festival. “In this strange and beautiful film, Diego returns to Sicily, his home, after years of drifty. His dream of…

Detailed review of the 2018 Guelph Jazz Festival by Connor Kurtz of the Free Jazz Collective.

Detailed review of the 2018 Guelph Jazz Festival in the Avant Music News by Irwin Block; read Part I and Part II.

The Guelph Jazz Festival will be hiring an Assistant Artistic and General Director. See the job posting, with a 3 October deadline, here. Qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.