During a period when conventional live music presentation is not feasible, the Guelph Jazz Festival is once again presenting live music in unconventional ways. Arborienteering is a live-music event-piece conceived and composed for the University of Guelph Arboretum. Fifteen musicians will play ten-minute solos, each under specific trees. These solos will begin at five-minute intervals so, with the […]
While the Guelph Jazz Festival is committed to and looks forward to a time when we can present live music more readily, we are partnering on this project convened by the National Arts Centre and the Canada Council for the Arts. New York-based Canadian pianist Kris Davis, who last performed at the Guelph Jazz Festival in 2015,
We are happy to launch our new website design, featuring details from our 2021 GJF image, a painting by Winnipeg artist, Caroline Mousseau, tangle, oil on canvas, 43” x 46.125”, 2017. Thanks as always to Dave Steele at Barking Dog Studios and our graphic designer Helen Dimitrijevic. While plans for 2021 remain uncertain at this point, we are optimistic
While circumstances are not making us feel great these April days, we remain hopeful that we can mount a 2021 Guelph Jazz Festival, 15-19 September. It will likely take a very different shape than have our festivals in recent years, but we’re excited to be able to present live music in Guelph however we can.
We are thrilled to announce a radical response to our general inability to present and enjoy live music during this period. On Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 March, 2021, we will present eight different musicians, each playing two 30-minute solo concerts, each for a different single audience member: The Guelph Jazz Festival One-on-One Concert Series, Silence,
Typically, by mid-February, the GJF Artistic Direction is well underway assembling the lineup for the following September’s festival. 2021 is, of course, not your typical year, so we’re still in a process of wait-and-see what will be possible and desirable for our autumn programming. From here, however, we still hope to be able to present
The Guelph Jazz Festival’s Annual General Meeting will be Tuesday 9 March, 6:30pm. In order to attend, you must be a GJF member; sign up for membership ($30 annual fee) here. The meeting will be conducted remotely, over Zoom. For more information, please write to [email protected].
During this period when we cannot safely do what we do best – present live music – we have conceived of an uncommon way to (re-)experience our 2019 Festival programming. Echoes.xyz is a mobile app platform on which users create geolocated soundwalks. The GJF will be launching its first Echoes soundwalk on 30 October, after which it will
Click here to read the Summary Report of the 2019 Guelph Jazz Festival. Layout by Lily Ramsey. Artwork by Laurie Skatzos. Photography by Lily Ramsey & Steph Yates.
Given the uncertain and evolving state of the pandemic, we at the Guelph Jazz Festival have determined not to present our annual event as we’d planned for 16-20 September 2020, a measure we make with your safety foremost in mind. As we plan ahead with hope to our next festival in September 2021, we will
