Long-time GJF patrons have come to expect announcement of highlights of the festival’s programming by mid-May. Due to this year’s unique circumstances, which of course engender uncertainty in all sectors, we will be delaying our announcement until mid-June. Please check this space along with our social media feeds for an update at the beginning of […]

Our 2020 Annual General Meeting (previously scheduled for this Tuesday) has been postponed to Tuesday 21 April, 6:30pm, in the Ashlar Gallery, Boarding House Arts Building, 2nd Floor, 6 Dublin Street South, Guelph. 2019 members will be invited to renew their memberships on site, and new members are encouraged to join as well. Membership costs $30 annually. Attendees

All members of the Guelph Jazz Festival are invited to attend the 2020 Annual General Meeting, Tuesday 24 March, 6:30pm, in the Ashlar Gallery, Boarding House Arts Building, 2nd Floor, 6 Dublin Street South, Guelph. 2019 members will be invited to renew their memberships on site, and new members are encouraged to join as well.

You can read a thorough review and see some superb photos of days 3 & 4 of the 2019 Guelph Jazz Festival by Dave Kaufman in All About Jazz.

Stuart Broomer has written a great, thorough review of the 2019 Guelph Jazz Festival in the October edition of the New York City Jazz Review. Click here and scroll down to page 13 to see it.

Thank you to the artists, audience members, volunteers, members of the media, and staff that contributed to an exceptional 2019 Guelph Jazz Festival. Photographic evidence to come! In the meanwhile, please mark your calendars for next year’s festival, 16-20 September, 2020. Happy autumn to all.

Tonight, we will be presenting the Friday Night Street Music Party not in the streets – which will be very wet and likely illuminated by lightning – but at our Rain Venue: Royal City Mission (formerly Royal City Church), 50 Quebec Street near St. George’s Square. This free program will be from 7pm-midnight and, as

Holiday Inn is offering discounted rates at their Scottsdale St. Guelph location during the 2019 festival! See below for information on how to book your discounted stay: Guestroom Rates Available: Sep 12 – 15 2019 (To ensure room type and rate availability, please book by 30 Aug. 2019) Group Name: Jazz Festival Guelph Rates: $139.00

At long last we have been able to confirm the programming for the Friday Night Street Music Party, the second annual edition of this exciting program following its wildly successful debut in 2018. The 13 September Street Music Party features all-acoustic ‘human-powered’ dance music in and among the audience in the Market Square enclosure, and

Inspired by an initiative developed at the ArtsEverywhere Festival, and in partnership with the University of Guelph, the Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium invites students and community members to join the Colloquium’s Emerging Scholars Program. In its second year, it offers scholars (from all levels of study) an opportunity to engage with colloquium participants. Selected scholars