Pender Harbour Jazz Festival

Pender Harbour Jazz Festival
Box 68
Madeira Park, BC V0N 2H0 Canada
Phone: 604-883-2456 or 877-883-2456
Fax: 604-885-1903
Email: info@phjazz.ca

The Pender Harbour Jazz Festival is alive and well, and will be featuring Canada’s best performers. Headlining Friday night, September 19, 2008, is the Jodi Proznick Quartet, 2008 winners of the National Jazz Awards Best Record and Best Acoustic Band of the year. Jodi was also named Best Bassist of the year. Phil Dwyer’s ‘Food For Thought’ trio will headline Saturday night, September 20, 2008. Phil was named Best Arranger and Best Saxophonist of the year at the Nationals. Both concerts will be at the tiny, 100-seat, School of Music in Madeira Park, so buy your tickets early.*

Known for offering a smorgasbord of jazz styles, the Festival this year will also feature Swing, Big Band, Torch Songs, Hot Guitar, Cool Vibes, Traditional, Progressive, Classical - just about any type of jazz you can think of. And all will be performed in the Festival’s unique tradition of all-around-the-Harbour venues: al fresco, in local pubs, at the Community Hall, the Golf Course, and even in a private art gallery. The wonderful Festival tradition of bringing jazz to the most folks possible is also alive and well, so many of the concerts are free.

And you won’t want to miss “Vancouver’s busiest band” (dubbed by Storman Norman, Rock 101 Sunday Blues). Brickhouse has won the respect among musicians as a band that makes a difference, where the ‘song’ is the focus, accompanied by individual inspiration. Sunday’s outdoor afternoon event at Seafarers Millennium Park will feature the Cory Weeds Quartet, Zapato Negro & the Luci Herder Quintet with Sue Rayment.

*The ticketed events will go like lightning, so check-out www.phjazz.ca for info on program, venues, and tickets, and be sure to book both tickets and accommodation now. This is going to be a hot, sold-out weekend of fabulous jazz, nestled between the stunning mountains and ocean of the gorgeous Sunshine Coast.