Get Involved

Coastal Jazz is one of BC’s largest nonprofit music presenters, bringing music to more than 100,000 people each year. Aligning your company with Coastal Jazz brings your brand unprecedented community connection and creative engagement opportunities.

As a Coastal Jazz partner, your support helps us bring accessible and world-class music to the Lower Mainland every June. There are multiple ways to become involved: from advertising in our 40th Anniversary commemorative guide, to sampling and title sponsor level commitments. Our team blends years of experience in sponsorship with creative problem solving to find the best fit for you.

For more information on sponsorship opportunities, please contact Carlo Diano, [email protected].

Partner Opportunities

Become an official partner of the Vancouver International Jazz Festival

Every year, for ten days in June, more than 100,000 people enjoy the world’s best music at venues big and small, indoor and outdoor, across Metro Vancouver. Coastal Jazz will work with you to develop a sponsorship benefits package that is meaningful and effective for your company.

By partnering with Coastal your product will be associated with the premiere community festival in BC and the only multi-venue music festival in Vancouver. Our team loves to build bespoke opportunities that will best showcase your brand and share it with our audiences.

Vendors, Sampling and Exhibiting at the Downtown Jazz Weekend

Our opening weekend at the Vancouver Art Gallery šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl’e7énḵ Square kicks off the first official weekend of summer. Downtown Free Jazz attracts more than 20,000 people over two days for 20 free live shows. Food trucks, marketplace vendors and local merchants are spread along Howe St, while the Festival’s Georgia Street bar provides a relaxed area for attendees to enjoy refreshments while watching live entertainment.

Saturday, June 21 & Sunday, June 22
Operating hours – 12:30pm – 9:30pm

Applications are now being accepted for food trucks, merchants and marketplace vendors. Click here for more information.