Ottawa Jazz Festival

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New Show Alert 📣 Join us on September 24th, 2024 for an intimate evening of jazz at the historic MacKay United Church with the acclaimed Ethan Iverson Trio including double bassist, John Geggie and drummer, Nick Fraser.

🎟 Buy Tickets: bit.ly/4fMY8pm

BADBADNOTGOOD perform their newly released album MID SPIRAL at the National Arts Centre / Centre national des Arts' Southam Hall on August 15th!

🎫 Get your tickets today:

BADBADNOTGOOD | Thu, Aug 15, 2024, 8:00 pm | Southam Hall Let BADBADNOTGOOD’s music take you to an alternate universe when they perform at the NAC this summer!  Toronto, Ontario-based jazz ensemble BADBADNOTGOOD make expansive music that straddles the line between '70s soul-jazz, alternative hip-hop, and experimental electronica. BADBADNOTGOOD initially...

Want to learn more about our design process for this year's poster & merchandise campaign? 🎷 Tune in to this week's episode of Ask a Designer on Adobe Live! Our Digital Media Manager, Kaitlynn Steele collaborates with Izzy Poirier and Phil Pallen as they tackle the challenge of creating post-festival design assets using Adobe Express.

Ask a Designer: Creating Design Assets for the Ottawa Jazz Festival with Phil Pallen & Izzy Poirier Join Izzy Poirier and Phil Pallen as they dive into real-time branding solutions using Adobe Express. In this episode, they tackle the challenge of creating ...

We would like to highlight each of the talented photographers that joined us at Ottawa Jazz Festival this year by sharing some of our favourite photos that they took.

Their dedication to capturing special moments and quick turnaround in sharing these stunning photos daily made our festival memories even more beautiful. We couldn’t have done it without you!

📷 Featured Photographer: Chris Parker

1️⃣ Main Stage Crowd
2️⃣ Lemon Bucket Orkestra
3️⃣ Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue
4️⃣ Moon H***h
5️⃣ Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue
6️⃣ Smelloship x Moon H***h
7️⃣ Veronica Swift
8️⃣ Crowd at Laufey
9️⃣ Moon H***h
🔟 Crowd at Laufey

We would like to highlight each of the talented photographers that joined us at Ottawa Jazz Festival this year by sharing some of our favourite photos that they took.

Their dedication to capturing special moments and quick turnaround in sharing these stunning photos daily made our festival memories even more beautiful. We couldn’t have done it without you!

📷 Featured Photographer: Andre Gagne

1️⃣ Crowd at Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
2️⃣ Elisapie
3️⃣ Laufey
4️⃣ Brass Queens
5️⃣ Crowd at Elisapie
6️⃣ Crowd at Lemon Bucket Orkestra
7️⃣ Al Di Meola
8️⃣ Crowd at Laufey
9️⃣ Kathleen Edwards
🔟 Crowd at Laufey

Thank you to all of the generous restaurant owners that fed our artists, volunteers, special guests and staff during the festival this year! We are so grateful for your support.

Arlo Restaurant
Coconut Lagoon
North & Navy
Cantina G i a
Happy Goat Coffee Co.
St. Louis Bar & Grill
Domino's Pizza
Pure Kitchen Ottawa
The Waverley
Raphaël Peruvian Cuisine

We would like to highlight each of the talented photographers that joined us at Ottawa Jazz Festival this year by sharing some of our favourite photos that they took.

Their dedication to capturing special moments and quick turnaround in sharing these stunning photos daily made our festival memories even more beautiful. We couldn’t have done it without you!

📷 Featured Photographer: our Graphic Design Coordinator, Brock Walker.

1️⃣ Crowd Shot
2️⃣ Butcher Brown
3️⃣ Crowd Shot
4️⃣ George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
5️⃣ Crowd Shot
6️⃣ The Yussef Dayes Experience
7️⃣ Veronica Swift
8️⃣ George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
9️⃣ Lake Street Dive
🔟 Laufey

We would like to highlight each of the talented photographers that joined us at Ottawa Jazz Festival this year by sharing some of our favourite photos that they took.

Their dedication to capturing special moments and quick turnaround in sharing these stunning photos daily made our festival memories even more beautiful. We couldn’t have done it without you!

📷 Featured Photographer: Dan Nawrocki []

1️⃣ Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
2️⃣ aja monet
3️⃣ Laufey
4️⃣ Preservation Hall Jazz Band
5️⃣ Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
6️⃣ “Goodbye Ground” Sakina Abdou Solo
7️⃣ George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
8️⃣ Mats Gustafsson - THE END
9️⃣ George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
🔟 aja monet

Ottawa Jazz-lings 2024 (missing a few in the photo) 🌟 Shoutout to our amazing team of hard working staff for their exceptional teamwork and dedication to making the festival run smoothly!

We would like to highlight each of the talented photographers that joined us at Ottawa Jazz Festival this year by sharing some of our favourite photos that they took.

Their dedication to capturing special moments and quick turnaround in sharing these stunning photos daily made our festival memories even more beautiful. We couldn’t have done it without you!

📷 Featured Photographer: Curtis Perry Photography

1️⃣ The Yussef Dayes Experience
2️⃣ Kathleen Edwards
3️⃣ Funk Yo Self (Homegrown Series)
4️⃣ Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
5️⃣ George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
6️⃣ George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
7️⃣ Smelloship
8️⃣ Petr Cancura & Volunteers
9️⃣ Kathleen Edwards
🔟 Lake Street Dive

Meet some of our incredible volunteers that are the backbone of Ottawa Jazz Festival. We are so grateful to have a team of 500+ individuals that are passionate and dedicated to making the festival a success. Thank you for all of your hard work this year!

A special thanks goes out to our Official Volunteer Sponsor, Wawanesa Insurance for taking care of our volunteers this year. Wawanesa is a Canadian-owned and operated company with a vision to build safer, healthier, and more sustainable communities.

To learn more about Wawanesa, visit wawanesa.com.

https://youtu.be/xGrPnYGKtqc

Meet the Ottawa Jazz Festival Volunteers Meet some of our incredible volunteers that are the backbone of Ottawa Jazz Festival! We are so grateful to have a team of 500+ individuals that are passiona...

Thank you to our sponsor, Collective Arts Brewing for providing the festival with their tasty brews, refreshing cocktails and new non-alcoholic sodas and energy drinks!

The Best of Day 10 ✨🎺

1️⃣ Veronica Swift by Chris Parker
2️⃣ The Yussef Dayes Experience by Dan Nawrocki
3️⃣ Lakecia Benjamin by Dan Nawrocki
4️⃣ Veronica Swift by Chris Parker
5️⃣ Lakecia Benjamin by Dan Nawrocki
6️⃣ The Yussef Dayes Experience by Dan Nawrocki
7️⃣ Lakecia Benjamin by Dan Nawrocki
8️⃣ Lakecia Benjamin by Dan Nawrocki

Join us on Canada Day for free concerts from 12 - 6pm at the Confederation Park fountain. Enjoy live music from talented local musicians: Capital City Stompers and Steve Berndt Quartet.

Photo by Ben Singer

The Best of Day 9 ✨🎺

1️⃣ Norah Jones by Dan Nawrocki
2️⃣ LA LOM by Chris Parker
3️⃣ aja monet by Dan Nawrocki
4️⃣ Ulysses Owens Jr. & Generation Y by Dan Nawrocki
5️⃣ Norah Jones by Dan Nawrocki
6️⃣ Kjetil Mulelid Trio by Dan Nawrocki
7️⃣ Le Ren by Chris Parker
8️⃣ LA LOM by Chris Parker
9️⃣ Late Night Jamming by Brock Walker
🔟 Late Night Jamming by Brock Walker

Day 10 Evening Line Up for Ottawa Jazz Festival! Who are you most excited to see?

*The Yussef Dayes Experience is selling fast - get your tickets before they're gone!

🎟 Buy Tickets: ottawajazzfestival.com/tickets

The Insurance team will be on-site at Ottawa Jazz Festival all weekend, giving you the chance to spin & win!

We are thrilled to have Wawanesa as our Official Volunteer Sponsor of Ottawa Jazz Festival.

Wawanesa is a Canadian-owned and operated company with a vision to build safer, healthier, and more sustainable communities. With insurance products spanning home, life, farm, auto and business coverages, Wawanesa has a long history of helping Canadian families and businesses protect what matters most. Their support of our incredible volunteers ensures everyone has a great time at this year’s festival.

To learn more about Wawanesa, visit wawanesa.com.

It's Day 10 - the last day of Ottawa Jazz Festival 2024!

Tonight on the Main Stage, the participants of our Jazz Youth Summit perform, followed by virtuosic jazz singer, Veronica Swift.

Visit our OLG Stage in between Main Stage shows to see Cuban pianist/composer, The Rafael Zaldivar Trio with special guest Samantha Christ Francois and the tour-de-force producer/composer/drummer, The Yussef Dayes Experience closing out the night.

For the true jazz enthusiasts, we have a special intimate performance at The National Arts Centre with Alto Saxophonist, Lakecia Benjamin.

This afternoon, we're presenting a free show at our OLG Stage featuring Emma Lamontagne.

🎟 Buy Tickets: ottawajazzfestival.com/tickets

Day 9 Evening Line Up for Ottawa Jazz Festival! Who are you most excited to see?

*Ulysses Owens Jr. & Generation Y and Kjetil Mulelid Trio are sold out.

The Best of Day 8 ✨🎺

1️⃣ Laufey by Landon Entwistle
2️⃣ Laufey Fans by Chris Parker
3️⃣ Butcher Brown by Chris Parker
4️⃣ Butcher Brown by Brock Walker
5️⃣ Kellylee Evans by Andre Gagne
6️⃣ Laufey by Chris Parker
7️⃣ Butcher Brown by Chris Parker
8️⃣ Laufey by Dan Nawrocki
9️⃣ Marianne Trudel - Time Poem: "The Joy of the Ephemeral" by Dan Nawrocki
🔟 Duo Lijbaart Brederode by Dan Nawrocki

Last night's captivating (sold out) performance by Laufey in the heart of Downtown Ottawa ✨ Captured by Kamara Morozuk.

It's Day 9 of the Ottawa Jazz Festival!

Tonight on the Main Stage, French/American Jazz singer Laura Anglade opens the night, followed by the incomparable, Norah Jones. Visit our OLG Stage in between Main Stage shows to see folk singer/songwriter, Le Ren and instrumental trio, LA LOM (The Los Angeles League of Musicians).

For the true jazz enthusiasts, we have three intimate performances at The National Arts Centre: Ulysses Owens Jr. & Generation Y, aja monet and Kjetil Mulelid Trio.

This afternoon, catch fantastic free shows from local artists: James McGowan Ensemble, and Linsey Wellman's Wedding And Funeral Band on the OLG Stage, and Peter Hum at Jazz at the Castle (Fairmont Château Laurier).

🎟 Buy Tickets: ottawajazzfestival.com/tickets

Day 8 Evening Line Up for Ottawa Jazz Festival! Who are you most excited to see?
FAQ for this evening's Main Stage show: bit.ly/4eERiBL

The Best of Day 7 ✨🎺

1️⃣ Lake Street Dive Photo by Brock Walker
2️⃣ SuperBlue: Kurt Elling & Charlie Hunter Photo by Dan Nawrocki
3️⃣ Jeff Rogers Photo by Curtis Perry
4️⃣ Huntertones & Kurt Elling Photo by Curtis Perry
5️⃣ Curtis Nowosad Trio Photo by Curtis Perry
6️⃣ Huntertones Photo by Curtis Perry
7️⃣ Main Stage Photo by Curtis Perry
8️⃣ Lake Street Dive Photo by Curtis Perry
9️⃣ Curtis Nowosad Trio Photo by Curtis Perry
🔟 Lake Street Dive Photo by Curtis Perry

In preparation for Laufey's sold out show tonight (June 28th), we have compiled some frequently asked questions to help prepare you for the evening.

For Laufey updates throughout the day, download the Ottawa Jazz Festival app and make sure your notifications are turned on!

FAQ: Laufey, June 28th at Ottawa Jazz Festival - Ottawa Jazz Festival Merchandise Merchandise will be available beginning in the early afternoon at our Merchandise Tent (Gate 1, Confederation Park) and at our Box Office (Marion Dewar Plaza, outside of Ottawa City Hall). View the Festival Map. Ticketing Day passes for June 28th (Laufey) are sold out If you would like t...