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Summer festival season is a lot different this year, but there is good news to deliver too.

The 35th annual TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival features over 50 free streamed concerts and workshops from June 25 to July 4, 2021.

Tickets and info: YouTube Jazz is all about coming up with creative solutions to musical challenges. In 2021, the folks behind Vancouver’s jazz festival have taken that to heart. After the pandemic led to the cancellation of the 2020 event, this year’s edition will feature more than 100 virtual events. Among them are 52 free performances, six interactive workshops and the annual festival Colloquium, presented in partnership with the Western Front, UBC and the International Institute for Cri...

by Steve Newton on April 22nd, 2021 at 9:49 AM 1 of 5 2 of 5 The Coastal Jazz & Blues Society has announced a massive lineup of streamed performances for the 35th edition of its TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival. After cancelling the festival last year due to COVID-19, the CJBS has put together an impressive array of online shows by musicians from across B.C. and around the world. This year the performances will be streamed from the festivals four main venues: Ironworks, Performance...

by Steve Newton on February 13th, 2021 at 2:34 PM 1 of 4 2 of 4 Missy D remembers well the day her love affair with hip-hop started. She was an 11-year-old schoolkid in Zimbabwe, and her class was preparing for the year-end talent show. But they were learning to play the recorder, which isnt the most thrilling instrument in the world. "We pretty much sucked," recalls the 29-year-old rapper on the line from her East Van home, "and we were all complaining to our music teacher, Hey, you shoul...

PuSh Announces Winter Set of Performing Arts Shows Due to the continued unpredictability of the pandemic and provincial health and safety regulations, PuSh Festival will not proceed as planned. However, audiences will still have an opportunity to experience PuSh Festival Partner Presentations this winter.   Until further notice, in line with the public health order, non-essential travel into, within, and out of BC is not recommended. BC residents, let’s do our part by continuing to stay smal...

by Charlie Smith on January 21st, 2021 at 9:47 AM 1 of 1 2 of 1 Like many cultural organizations, the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival has been forced to innovate because provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry has banned social gatherings until February 5. Here are four ways this is being done. Board Table Disruption (February 3, online) Neworld Theatres Marcus Youssef, lawyer Martha Rans, playwright Yvette Nolan, and nonprofit capacity builder Mark Friesen will hold a roun...

Sanctuary: The Dakota Bear Ancient Forest Experience this year at PuSh. Photo courtesy of Sanctuary Creative Team. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. The Tyee does not and cannot vouch for or endorse products advertised on The Tyee. We choose our partners carefully and consciously, to fit with Th...