BC Events

Laudate Singers and guest harpist Joy Yeh invite you to come in from the cold to candlelight and a celebration of the wonders of the Christmas season!

Connection Concert Series comes back on Saturday February 11th, presenting an evening of string quartet music from opposites shores of the North Sea. The program will feature the Three Divertimenti by Benjamin Britten, the String Quartet op.12 by Felix Mendelssohn and the String Quartet in c minor by Ralph Vaughan Williams.

Join HOT JAZZ JAM for a special meeting w. Banjoholics Anonymous!

The Fraser Valley Symphony presents a Winter musical concert on Sunday, February 5th, 2017 with rising star tenor Martin Sadd.

Come celebrate HOT JAZZ JAM Anniversary with PHOENIX FOUR!

2nd Annual "Peninsulas Got Talent" competition is now on and open to musicians age 13 to 17 in the White Rock/South Surrey area. Musicians selected from submissions will perform in the final competition April 2 at the fabulous Blue Frog Studios in White Rock. Successful competitors will receive cash awards and market exposure. Please see attached poster for details. Time is getting short so get your application in now.

UCASS ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY & PROJECT JOYBOMB FUNDRAISER LIVE MUSIC FROM: IMUR (Electro-Soul)

Good Noise Vancouver Gospel Choir presents “Songs of Loudest Praise," a soul-enriching and immersive concert experience featuring the Hallelujah Praise Mass Gospel Choir, a dynamic 140-voice ensemble of workshop singers and the Good Noise Vancouver Gospel Choir, accompanied by the high energy of the choir’s renowned gospel band.

Come celebrate MARDI GRAS with HOT JAZZ JAM as we take you to the streets of New Orleans with sizzling LIVE hot jazz & ridiculously fun dancing! Masks & beads are highly encouraged! Featuring the premier hot jazz combo, FOURTH AVENUE FIVE. They will bring red-hot swinging rhythm and high energy New Orleans jazz to keep you dancing & partying until the early morning of Fat Tuesday! The Band: Josh Roberts(g, bj, dir) Don Ogilvie(g) Michael Wagler(b) Kayden Gorden(tp) Colin Farquhar(cl, ts) **HOT JAZZ JAM Mondays at The YALE** **Doors at 8:15 w/ free dance lesson. Live Hot Jazz at 9! **$12 Cover. 19+ Venue Musical guests are always welcome to jam! Please spread the word to live music lovers and dancers alike as we bring weekly Live hot jazz to The Yale. https://www.facebook.com/VancityHotJazzJam/ for details.

Tom Russell is an American singer-songwriter who was born in Los Angeles. He has lived in many places, including Vancouver and New York City, currently living in El Paso, Texas. His music incorporates elements of folk, traditional country & western, border and cowboy music of the American West. Russell’s songs have been recorded by artists...

Join HOT JAZZ JAM feat. BENNY & THE GOOD MEN. This hot jazz quintet will kick-off March & swing you into spring with Roaring Twenties hot jazz & super fun dancing! Keeping the musical traditions of the roaring twenties-and earlier-alive! Benny & the Good Men serves as a tribute to the traditional jazz of Chicago and New Orleans, and the later revival of the 1950's. Formed in the last two years under bandleader Ben MacRae, Benny & the Good Men is a throwback to the days of prohibition, and the hot jazz of the great bandleaders such as Sydney Bechet, Edmund Hall, Bix Beiderbeck and the great Benny Goodman. Although the Good Men play the standard hot jazz repertoire, the band also writes original tunes, and is currently preparing for their first recording, to be released by the summer of 2017. ​ Ben MacRae, reeds, washboard, voice Michael Radnai, cornet/trumpet Robert Crews, guitar/ banjo Strauss Whiteside, piano Jonathan Baylis, double-bass **HOT JAZZ JAM Mondays at The Yale** **Doors at 8:15 w/ dance lesson. Live Hot Jazz at 9pm** **$12 Cover. 19+ Venue.** Musical guests are always welcome to jam! Please spread the word to jazz lovers and dancers alike as we bring weekly LIVE hot jazz to The Yale. https://www.facebook.com/VancityHotJazzJam/ for details.

This week you’re invited celebrate International Women’s Day and learn to sing Set Fire To The Rain by Adele and RESPECT by Aretha Franklin in three-part harmony! And you do not need to read music or have any singing/musical experience! Beginners to professionals welcome! We’re no-pressure, drop-in choirs - informal, fun-loving and vibrant. Community choirs with a difference (well, several actually!). We're flexible! No need to commit to a whole term, just turn up and sing ANY week! There are no auditions, no need to read music, we're open to all levels of musical experience! There's no waitlist, no need to memorize song words and no solo singing - We're all about having fun singing! We're the next step for shower/car singers! There are three venues - Tuesdays at the Wise Hall in East Van, Wednesdays at St James Community Square in Kitsilano and Thursdays at Presentation House in North Van. The evening starts at 7.30 pm, (arrival 7.15 is fine!) until 9 pm. Entry is $10. Songs do change every few weeks... Come and join in! There’s more about us at www.impromptumusic.ca

This week you’re invited celebrate International Women’s Day and learn to sing Set Fire To The Rain by Adele and RESPECT by Aretha Franklin in three-part harmony! And you do not need to read music or have any singing/musical experience! Beginners to professionals welcome! We’re no-pressure, drop-in choirs - informal, fun-loving and vibrant. Community choirs with a difference (well, several actually!). We're flexible! No need to commit to a whole term, just turn up and sing ANY week! There are no auditions, no need to read music, we're open to all levels of musical experience! There's no waitlist, no need to memorize song words and no solo singing - We're all about having fun singing! We're the next step for shower/car singers! There are three venues - Tuesdays at the Wise Hall in East Van, Wednesdays at St James Community Square in Kitsilano and Thursdays at Presentation House in North Van. The evening starts at 7.30 pm, (arrival 7.15 is fine!) until 9 pm. Entry is $10. Songs do change every few weeks... Come and join in! There’s more about us at www.impromptumusic.ca

A night of New Orleans hot jazz & swing as we welcome back our favorite Rossi boys: Sky, Joe, Aaron & Noah, freshly back from The Big Easy! Rossi Gang, the young jazz ensemble from EastVan who developed their own style of swinging hot jazz with exuberant energy, will be back from New Orleans for a week as a group. Come through to show your love & swing out with these talented young jazzers as they bring the hot NOLA sounds back to Vancouver. Sky Lambourne on trombone, Joseph Abbott on Clarinet, Aaron Levinson on drums and Noah Gotfrit on bass. **HOT JAZZ JAM Mondays at The Yale** **Doors at 8:15 w/ dance lesson. Live Hot Jazz at 9pm** **$12 Cover. 19+ Venue.** Musical guests are always welcome to jam with us at #vancityhotjazzjam. https://www.facebook.com/VancityHotJazzJam/ for details. Event details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/222645798203868/

A night of New Orleans hot jazz & swing as we welcome back Rossi Gang: Sky, Joe, Aaron & Noah, freshly from The Big Easy! Rossi Gang, the young jazz ensemble from EastVan who developed their own style of swinging hot jazz with exuberant energy, will be back from New Orleans for a week as a group. Come through to show your love & swing out with these talented young jazzers as they bring the hot NOLA sounds back to Vancouver. Sky Lambourne on trombone, Joseph Abbott on Clarinet, Aaron Levinson on drums and Noah Gotfrit on bass. **HOT JAZZ JAM Mondays at The Yale** **Doors at 8:15 w/ dance lesson. Live Hot Jazz at 9pm** **$12 Cover. 19+ Venue.** Musical guests are always welcome to jam with us at #vancityhotjazzjam. https://www.facebook.com/VancityHotJazzJam/ for details.

Taiko drums play on St. Paddy's Day! Uzume Taiko offers powerful Japanese taiko drums, athletic dancing, melodic music and martial arts movement with Moving Dragon Contemporary Dance and Lorita Leung Dance Company. Experience melodic flutes, contemporary and modern dance and martial arts choreography all set to the big sound and power of the Taiko drums. This Canadian cross-cultural fusion plays at the Vancouver Playhouse on Friday, March 17 at 8PM. Don’t miss this rare hometown opportunity to see the Internationally renown Uzume Taiko (A)Live in concert!! and the release of their sixth CD of original Canadian compositions featuring shinobue flutes and melodic percussion with the power of the taiko drums, recorded live in Holland. Tickets range from $21.85 - $36.65

The music of France has for centuries been vibrant, colourful and elegant. In this thrilling program of better and lesser known Gallic classics, CMS co-artistic director, pianist Wu Han, heads up a cast of six CMS artists that are sure to dazzle and delight with gems from the City of Light set off by their incomparable virtuosity: violinists Kristin Lee, Yura Lee and Arnaud Sussman; violist, Richard O’Neill, and cellist Nicholas Canellakis.

Join HOT JAZZ JAM for a night of LIVE hot jazz & fun dancing with JOSH ROBERTS QUARTET feat. Brad Turner. Vancouver based guitarist Josh Roberts will bring vintage jazz from the dance halls of the 1920s & 30s to Vancity Hot Jazz, featuring the fabulous Brad Turner. Multiple Juno award-winning multi-instrumentalist Brad Turner is one of Canada's most prolific jazz artists. Together with James Danderfer on reeds and James Meger on upright bass, this talented ensemble will play red-hot swinging rhythm & fun New Orleans inspired jazz for dancers & jazz lovers alike! Josh's musical projects have focused on vintage jazz from the twenties to the forties. He has travelled to jazz festivals and swing dances across North America and in Europe as a member of various bands including Simon Stribling’s New Orleans Ale Stars and Hoppin’ Mad, The 51st Eight (Big Bang Jazz Band), and the Evergreen Classic Jazz Band. **HOT JAZZ JAM Mondays at The Yale** **Doors at 8 w/ dance lesson. Live Hot Jazz at 9pm** **$12 Cover. 19+ Venue.** Musical guests are always welcome to jam! Please spread the word to jazz lovers and dancers alike as we bring weekly LIVE hot jazz. https://www.facebook.com/VancityHotJazzJam/ for details. RSVP on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/760855487415758/

Join HOT JAZZ JAM for a night of LIVE hot jazz & fun dancing with KAYDEN GORDEN QUARTET feat. BRAD TURNER. Young trumpeter Kayden Gorden is bringing exuberant energy of traditional hot jazz to Vancity HOT JAZZ JAM with his quartet, featuring the amazing Brad Turner! Multiple Juno award-winning multi-instrumentalist Brad Turner is one of Canada's most prolific jazz artists & educator. Also joining them are veteran jazzers Josh Roberts on guitar/banjo and James Meger on upright bass. Together this talented ensemble will play hot swinging rhythm & New Orleans inspired jazz for dancers & jazz lovers alike! **HOT JAZZ JAM Mondays at The Yale** **Doors at 8 w/ dance lesson. Live Hot Jazz at 9pm** **$12 Cover. 19+ Venue.** Musical guests are always welcome to jam! https://www.facebook.com/VancityHotJazzJam/ for details.

Early Music Vancouver presents the world-renowned Choir of King’s College, Cambridge on Sunday, March 26, 2017 at 2pm at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. Founded in the 15th century, the Choir of King’s College Cambridge is the pre-eminent institution of the British church music tradition. In Britain, the ensemble – comprised of youth and undergraduate vocalists - is famed for singing the BBC’s Christmas Eve service watched by millions each year. Led by revered choirmaster Dr. Stephen Cleobury, the choir’s international acclaim, enhanced by its many recordings, has led to invitations to perform around the globe. Witness the technical mastery and splendor of this prestigious choir’s superbly polished sound. Tickets from $18 at: tickets.ubc.ca

The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC presents Mongolian folk music group Anda Union, Sunday, March 26, 2017 at 8pm in the Chan Shun Concert Hall. Hailed by The Guardian as, “stirring and sophisticated,” this nine-member band weaves together ancient musical forms from across Inner Mongolia in a fusion that would make Genghis Khan proud. Performing on rare instruments like the “Horse Head fiddle” and two-stringed lute to accompany a range of throat singing styles, Anda Union is unearthing forgotten music to be enjoyed by the world. For tickets and info, visit: chancentre.com

Release of Natalia's Cup of Tea Benefit Concert For Sippa's Scholarship fund @ VFS Special Guest Heroka

To kick off April, join HOT JAZZ JAM feat. PHOENIX FOUR for a night of LIVE hot NOLA jazz & ridiculously fun dancing! The Phoenix Four are a group which go back to the days of the Vancouver Hot Jazz Club in the 80’s. Back then they were known as the Phoenix Jazzers and were a six-piece band modelled on the so-called British Trad sound from the jazz revival of the 1950’s. They were the “house band” at Hot Jazz for several years and played at practically every jazz festival up and down the west coast. The Hot Jazz Club is, alas, no longer with us and over the years musicians have come and gone so that all that remains is the four-piece you will see at HOT JAZZ JAM. They are Jim Armstrong on trumpet and trombone, Gerry Green on clarinet and tenor sax, (Jim and Gerry are the only original members left from the Phoenix Jazzers), Arnt Arntzen on banjo, and Casey Tolhurst on bass. And you are guaranteed an evening of fun music! **HOT JAZZ JAM Mondays** **Doors at 8 w/ dance lesson. Live Hot Jazz at 9pm** **$12 Cover. 19+ Venue.** Musical guests are always welcome to jam! Please spread the word to jazz lovers and dancers alike as we bring weekly LIVE hot jazz to HOT JAZZ JAM. https://www.facebook.com/VancityHotJazzJam/ for details. fbook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1760392547433781/

Join HOT JAZZ JAM feat. PHOENIX FOUR for a night of LIVE hot NOLA jazz & ridiculously fun dancing! The Phoenix Four are a group which go back to the days of the Vancouver Hot Jazz Club in the 80’s. Back then they were known as the Phoenix Jazzers and were a six-piece band modeled on the so-called British Trad sound from the jazz revival of the 1950’s. They were the “house band” at Hot Jazz Club for several years and played at practically every jazz festival up and down the west coast. They are Jim Armstrong on trumpet and trombone, Gerry Green on clarinet and tenor sax, (Jim and Gerry are the only original members left from the Phoenix Jazzers), Arnt Arntzen on banjo, and Casey Tolhurst on bass. And you are guaranteed an evening of fun music! **HOT JAZZ JAM Mondays** **Doors at 8 w/ free dance lesson. Live Hot Jazz at 9pm** **$12 Cover. 19+ Venue.** Musical guests are always welcome to jam! https://www.facebook.com/VancityHotJazzJam/ for details.