Tyrant Studios hosts ten exhilarating nights of artist performances followed by the Festival’s signature latenight, open jazz jams. The historic venue, located above Vancouver’s legendary Penthouse Nightclub, has been a frequent haunt for the greats of performing arts history, including Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday and Oscar Peterson. Come early for […]
Summer weekends are for dancing under the stars! Paradise Cultural Society — the team behind the summer-ending, spectacular event Paradise Island — joins forces with Coastal Jazz to present 5 Nights in Paradise. During opening and closing weekend, Ocean Artworks turns into an outdoor dance party after dark, featuring an exciting lineup of the Pacific […]
Throughout their Revolution, COCO JAFRO have become a synchronous soul-unit honing their craft, absorbing the sights, sounds and feels from cultures across the globe; creating a unique tapestry of sounds that captures the pulse, energy and vibrancy of innovative world music. From North African traditional trance to Afro-Latin funk fused with throwback 60's rhythms, this […]
To connect, transform, inspire and nurture artists and audiences through the joy, passion, and power of jazz.
The Coastal Jazz & Blues Society recognizes that we are privileged to work, live and create art on the unceded, ancestral, stolen, and traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.
