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Coastal Jazz & Blues Society Blog

07.03.2025

WANNA BE STARTING SOMETHING | Coastal Jazz | Vancouver International Jazz Festival

You wouldn’t think Michael Jackson would be the talk of the 24th annual Vancouver International Jazz Festival, but news of his untimely death on June 25, 2009 - the day before the festival opened - was everywhere. Michael Jackson and jazz music may seem like an unlikely connection, but his roots are in Motown. Still,

Coastal Jazz & Blues Society Blog

14.03.2025

STILL PUSHING MUSICAL BOUNDARIES | Coastal Jazz | Vancouver International Jazz Festival

This week’s Flashback takes us to 2010 and another major milestone of the Vancouver International Jazz Festival - the 25th anniversary. In the opening pages of the program guide, Artistic Director Ken Pickering tried to explain how integral Coastal Jazz had felt to its legacy and connection to Vancouver. “For 25 years, Coastal Jazz has built

Coastal Jazz & Blues Society Blog

20.03.2025

WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND | Coastal Jazz | Vancouver International Jazz Festival

The phrase ‘what goes around, comes around’ typically refers to the universal law of karma, as in - what you reap, you sow. It can also refer to the cyclical nature of trends, as in - "those flared jeans Kendrick Lamar wore during the Super Bowl were so 2000." From programming to venues to state

Coastal Jazz & Blues Society Blog

28.03.2025

THE DEBUT OF DOWNTOWN JAZZ | Coastal Jazz | Vancouver International Jazz Festival

In 2012, after many months of behind-the-scenes work with the City of Vancouver, Coastal Jazz unveiled a new location for the Jazz Festival’s free opening weekend. “Building on the success of the location during the 2010 Olympics, the free event – dubbed Downtown Jazz – will be held outside the Vancouver Art Gallery and at

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