Performers

The 2008 Guelph Jazz Festival & Colloquium showcases a wide variety of performers from around the world and from our own backyard, some of whom have played the Festival before and others who will be visiting for the first time.

For the novice Festival attendee, plan to arrive in Guelph well-rested and ready to experience a whole range of performance spaces and creative improvised music. Not sure where to start? The opening three-day free colloquium looks at jazz's influence on society and culture and features panel discussions, keynote talks, and workshop performances by many festival artists. The Upper Wyndham Street Jazz Tent on Saturday is a great place to experience the lively intersections of music, improvisation, and community, and start to develop a taste for free jazz.

Other insider tips: many of the music's most renowned artists play on the Main Stage at the River Run Centre, Guelph's premium concert venue; the Festival also features high-quality artists in wonderfully intimate venues that let you truly feel like part of the show. We take full advantage of each day, offering peaceful morning concerts and moody, late-night affairs, often catered to a younger crowd. Come out to Guelph for a truly sun up to sun down jazz experience.

For more about this year's performers, click on an artist name at the left.