Oct 28, 2025 10:47 AM
In Memoriam: Jack DeJohnette, 1942–2025
Jack DeJohnette, a bold and resourceful drummer and NEA Jazz Master who forged a unique vocabulary on the kit over his…
Vancouver, B.C.’s Coastal Jazz & Blues Society, which produces the TD Canada Trust Vancouver Jazz Festival, has announced that Sonny Rollins will kick off this year’s 22nd-annual festival with a concert at the Orpheum Theatre on June 22.
The festival, which runs for 10 days through July 1, will envelope the city with the sounds of jazz, blues, funk, Latin, fusion, electronica and world music with more than 400 concerts at venues large and small, indoor and outdoor.
More than 1,800 musicians from Canada and around the world will participate in this year’s festival, which includes 130 free concerts like the Gastown Jazz street festival (June 23–24), Canada Day on Granville Island and the Jazz at the Roundhouse extravaganza on the final two days of the festival.
For more information, visit: www.coastaljazz.ca
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