The gig list
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Listings
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Week 1
Thu, Jul 28 - Sat, Aug 6
Thursday, July 28
7:00 PM - Pourhouse, Bellville Trio7:00 PM - Boteco Brasil, Brejera8:00 PM - Frankie's, Dylan Cramer Trio8:00 PM - Osita, East Van Django Jazz All-Stars8:00 PM - Tangent Café, John Korsrud Quartet9:00 PM - Guilt & Co., Adam Robert Thomas
Friday, July 29
6:15 PM - 2nd Floor Gastown, Laura Crema Trio7:00 PM - Guilt & Co., Maya & Ben8:00 PM - Frankie's, Steve Kozak9:30 PM - Tyrant Studios, Neil Gray Quartet11:00 PM - Frankie's, Jonny Tobin Trio
Saturday, July 30
All-Day - PNE, Punch Bowl Festival11:30 AM - 2nd Floor Gastown, The Burying Ground2:00 PM - Pat's Pub/Hastings Mill, Ardeshir Pourkeramati7:00 PM - Commodore Ballroom, Queer as Funk7:00 PM - Guilt & Co., Midnight Boogaloo7:00 PM - Fox Cabaret, DACEY7:30 PM - St. Michael's Hall, Brothers Arntzen8:00 PM - Frankie's, Champian Fulton9:30 PM - Guilt & Co., HB Wild11:00 PM - Frankie's, Kenton Loewen/JP Carter
Sunday, July 31
11:30 AM - 2nd Floor Gastown, Shannon Thue Duo4:00 PM - St. Andrew's - Wesley United, Jazz Vespers6:00 PM - Osita, Flamenco Alcala6:30 PM - 2nd Floor Gastown, Francis Naluz Trio7:00 PM - Guilt & Co., Dani Camacho7:00 PM - Pourhouse, Jason de Couto Trio8:00 PM - Frankie's, Champian Fulton9:00 PM - Guilt & Co., Van Django
Monday, August 1
9:00 PM - Guilt & Co., Uno Mas Trio
Tuesday, August 2
6:30 PM - 2nd Floor Gastown, Ten Penny Trio9:00 PM - Guilt & Co., Underneath the Harlem Moon
Wednesday, August 3
6:00 PM - Provence Marinaside, Gary Comeau and the Sounds of New Orleans Trio7:00 PM - Kitsilano Showboat, South Van Big Band7:00 PM - Sylvia Hotel, Maria Ho7:30 PM - St. Helen's Anglican Church, Caity Gyorgy8:00 PM - Tangent Cafe, Winston Matsushita Trio with Wynston Minckler and Ardeshir Pourkeramati8:00 PM - Brentwood Presbyterian Church, TBA
Thursday, August 4
7:00 PM - Pourhouse, Joshua Capri7:00 PM - Sylvia Hotel, Doc Fingers Trio7:00 PM - Orpheum, Thundercat8:00 PM - Frankie's, Take Two8:00 PM - Tangent Cafe, Ilhan Saferali Quartet with Harry Bartlett, Rishi Dhillon and Raf Agustin9:00 PM - Guilt & Co., GroundUp feat. Meridian
Friday, August 5
7:00 PM - Guilt & Co., Adam Robert Thomas8:00 PM - Frankie's, Incognito11:00 PM - Frankie's, Jonathan Bauer and Midnight Hour
Saturday, August 6
- All-Day - Deer Lake Park, Burnaby Roots and Blues Festival
- 11:30 AM - 2nd Floor Gastown, Holly Arntzen
- 8:00 PM - Frankie's, Next Generation Jazz Collective
- 11:00 PM - Frankie's, Joshua Zubot Quartet
Week 2
Sun, Aug 7 - Sat, Aug 13
Sunday, August 7
- 11:30 AM - 2nd Floor Gastown, Bates and Kyle
- 2:00 PM - General Strike Coffee, Joe Sorbara Nikita Carter Jared Burrows
- 4:00 PM - St. Andrew's - Wesley United, TBA
- 6:00 PM - 2nd Floor Gastown, Norm Quinn Trio
- 7:00 PM - Pourhouse, Poorboy Trio
- 7:00 PM - Sylvia Hotel, Soda Crackers
- 8:00 PM - Frankie's, Atley King
- 8:00 PM - Boteco, Brejera Band
Monday, August 8
- 7:00 PM - Pat's Pub/Hastings Mill, Jam Session
- 8:00 PM - 8east, Bates/Carter/Samworth/Sorbara/Strauss
- 9:00 PM - The Lido, The Gordy Li Quintet
Tuesday, August 9
- 6:30 PM - 2nd Floor Gastown, Will Clements Trio
- 7:00 PM - Guilt & Co., The Dimes
Wednesday, August 10
- 6:00 PM - Provence Marinaside, Hip Pocket Trio feat. Jason de Couto
- 6:30 PM - Trout Lake, South Van Big Band
- 7:00 PM - Sylvia Hotel, Lesley Branton Trio
- 8:00 PM - Tangent Cafe, Tony Wilson trio with Russell Sholberg and Kenton Loewen
- 8:00 PM - Brentwood Presbyterian Church, TBA
Thursday, August 11
- 7:00 PM - Pourhouse, TW3
- 7:00 PM - Sylvia Hotel, Dave Patterson
- 8:00 PM - Frankie's, Tony Wilson
- 8:00 PM - Tangent Cafe, Tony Wang trio with Ben Sigerson and Ben Boardman
- 9:00 PM - Guilt & Co., GroundUp feat. Jim Black
Friday, August 12
- 8:00 PM - Frankie's, Wild Blue Herons
- 9:30 PM - Guilt & Co., Trilojay
- 11:00 PM - Frankie's, Chad Makela Quartet
Saturday, August 13
- 11:30 AM - 2nd Floor Gastown, The Seb Chamney Duo
- 7:00 PM - Guilt & Co., Frankie Hidalgo
- 8:00 PM - Frankie's, Noah Franche-Nolan Trio
- 11:00 PM - Frankie's, Ilhan Saferali Trio
Week 3
Sun, Aug 14 - Sat, Aug 20
Sunday, August 14
- 11:30 AM - 2nd Floor Gastown, Bonnie Northgraves and Josh Roberts
- 4:00 PM - St. Andrew's - Wesley United, TBA
- 6:30 PM - 2nd Floor Gastown, Thad Bailey-Mai Trio
- 7:00 PM - Pourhouse, Poorboy Trio
- 7:00 PM - Sylvia Hotel, The Kasuals
- 8:00 PM - Frankie's, Double Vibes
- 8:00 PM - Boteco, Brejera Band
- 9:00 PM - Guilt & Co., The Stephen Nikleva Band
Monday, August 15
- 7:00 PM - Guilt & Co., Ezequil Riera
- 7:00 PM - Pat's Pub/Hastings Mill, Jam Session
- 9:00 PM - Guilt & Co., The Alvin Brendan Trio
Tuesday, August 16
- 6:30 PM - 2nd Floor Gastown, Sharon Minemoto
Wednesday, August 17
- 6:00 PM - Provence Marinaside, Tom Arntzen Trio
- 7:00 PM - Sylvia Hotel, Harris and DeBray
- 8:00 PM - Tangent Cafe, Len Aruliah trio with Jared Burrows and Nick Peck
- 8:00 PM - Brentwood Presbyterian Church, TBA
- 9:00 PM - Guilt & Co., Organ.ic Chemistry
Thursday, August 18
- 7:00 PM - Pourhouse, David Sikula Trio
- 7:00 PM - Sylvia Hotel, Hot Mammas
- 8:00 PM - Frankie's, Angela Verbrugge with Ray Gallon
- 8:00 PM - Tangent Cafe, Nick Apivor trio with Craig Scott and Brent Gubbels
- 9:00 PM - Guilt & Co., GroundUp feat. Bungalow with Karen White
Friday, August 19
- 6:15 PM - 2nd Floor Gastown, Rob Montgomery & Nadine States
- 7:00 PM - Guilt & Co., Mivule
- 7:30 PM - Brentwood Presbyterian Church, Isabel Leong's Ghibli Jazz Orchestra
- 8:00 PM - Frankie's, Ray Gallon Trio
- 9:30 PM - Guilt & Co., TripleFiveSoul
- 11:00 PM - Frankie's, Teresa Marie Quartet
Saturday, August 20
- 11:30 AM - 2nd Floor Gastown, Kelly Haigh and Jimmy Roy
- 7:30 PM - The Cambrian Hall, Swingin Summer with David L. Harris
- 8:00 PM - Frankie's, Julian Borkowski
- 11:00 PM - Frankie's, Cat Toren Trio
Week 4
Sun, Aug 21 - Sat, Aug 27
Sunday, August 21
- 11:30 AM - 2nd Floor Gastown, David Patterson Duo
- 4:00 PM - St. Andrew's - Wesley United, TBA
- 6:30 PM - 2nd Floor Gastown, Brad Turner Trio
- 7:00 PM - Pourhouse, Poorboy Trio
- 7:00 PM - Sylvia Hotel, Tamami Maitland
- 8:00 PM - Frankie's, The Eakle-Logical Review Redux
- 8:00 PM - Boteco, Brejera Band
- 9:00 PM - Guilt & Co., Sieski
- 9:00 PM - Guilt & Co., Orquesta Tabasko
Monday, August 22
- 7:00 PM - Â Pat's Pub/Hastings Mill, Jam Session
- 9:00 PM - Guilt & Co., Luvinya
Tuesday, August 23
- 6:30 PM - 2nd Floor Gastown, Sara Kim Trio
- 9:00 PM - Guilt & Co., Brown Paper Bag
Wednesday, August 24
- 6:00 PM - Provence Marinaside, Doc Fingers Trio
- 7:00 PM - Centennial Hall (New Westminster), Great Aunt Ida
- 7:00 PM - Guilt & Co., Calico
- 8:00 PM - Tangent Cafe, Andrew Janusson with Brock Meades and Todd Stewart
- 8:00 PM - Brentwood Presbyterian Church, TBA
- 9:00 PM - Guilt & Co., The Susana Williams Latin Jazz Quartet
Thursday, August 25
- 7:00 PM - Pourhouse, Bellville Trio
- 8:00 PM - Frankie's, Geoff Claridge Quartet
- 8:00 PM - Tangent Cafe, Ten Penny Trio with Noah Franche-Nolan, David Caballero and Arvind Ramdas
- 9:00 PM - Guilt & Co., GroundUp feat. Dutch Robinson
Friday, August 26
- 7:00 PM - Guilt & Co., MJ Ancheta
- 9:30 PM - Guilt & Co., Melgar
- 11:00 PM - Frankie's, Daniel Howard Dandards Trio
Saturday, August 27
- 11:30 AM - 2nd Floor Gastown, Bonfire Ballerina
- 8:00 PM - Frankie's, Two to Tango: Jennifer Hayes and Steve Maddock
- 11:00 PM - Frankie's, Emad Armoush's Rayhan
Week 5
Sun, Aug 28 - Wed, Aug 31
Sunday, August 28
- 4:00 PM - St. Andrew's - Wesley United, TBA
- 6:30 PM - 2nd Floor Gastown, Chris Davis Trio
- 7:00 PM - Pourhouse, Ben Lockwood Trio
- 8:00 PM - Frankie's, Lauren Bush
- 8:00 PM - Boteco, Brejera Band
- 9:00 PM - Guilt & Co., The Tim Sars Quartet
Monday, August 29
- 7:00 PM - Pat's Pub/Hastings Mill, Jam Session
Tuesday, August 30
- 6:30 PM - 2nd Floor Gastown, John Nicholson Trio
- 9:00 PM - Guilt & Co., Steve Kozak
Wednesday, August 31
- 6:00 PM - Provence Marinaside, Hip Pocket Trio feat. Tilden Webb
- 8:00 PM - Brentwood Presbyterian Church, TBA
- 9:00 PM - Guilt & Co., Hot Jazz Wednesday's feat. Trombonanza
Venues
You can learn more about Vancouver live jazz music venues here:
Downtown Vancouver
- Frankie's Jazz Club, 765 Beatty Street, Vancouver
- Provence Marinaside, 1177 Marinaside Crescent, Vancouver
- Jazz Vespers at St. Andrew's-Wesley United Church, 1012 Nelson Street, Vancouver
- Tyrant Studios, The Penthouse, 1019 Seymour Street, Vancouver
Gastown
- 2nd Floor Gastown, Water Street Cafe, 300 Water Street, Vancouver
- Guilt & Co., 1 Alexander Street, Vancouver
- Pourhouse, 162 Water Street, Vancouver
Eastside
- 8EAST, 8 East Pender Street, Vancouver
West side
- Cheesecake Etc., 2141 Granville Street, Vancouver
East Van
- General Strike Coffee, Red Gate Arts Society, 1965 Main Street, Vancouver
- The Lido, 518 East Broadway, Vancouver
- Tangent Café, 2095 Commercial Drive, Vancouver
Other municipalities
- Jazz Evensong at Brentwood Presbyterian Church, 1600 Delta Avenue, Burnaby
- White Rock Traditional Jazz Society at Crescent Branch Legion #240, 2643 128 Street, Surrey
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