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So many fantastic FREE shows at our Community Hall Stage on Sunday, July 24th! 👀

🎶 Join us at the Lions Club pancake breakfast on Sunday, July 24 between 8:30 – 11am and catch the performance by our 2022 Rising Jazz Star, the Hugh Penner Quartet.

At noon, 7-time Juno nominee and jazz pianist, John Stetch brings his trio to the stage. A typical set list includes a Chopin nocturne, a swinging jazz standard, an original piece, an African dance song, and an Eastern European medley.

You’re in for a treat at 2 pm with the 8-piece Paul Perry Jazz Orchestra featuring PJ Perry and Brad Shigeta and some of the best Vancouver musicians around.

The Community Hall stage will close on Sunday with a powerful and inspirational performance by Vancouver’s beloved and longest-lived gospel choir, Universal Gospel Choir with special guest, Canadian Recording Artist, Warren Dean Flandez. UGC is a community-based group of singers passionate about raising the roof with their music. Known for their big sound, musical diversity, exuberant sense of fun and standing-room-only concerts, UGC celebrates all genres of music, from old-school gospel to current uplifting pop, from civil rights anthems to traditional songs from all around the world.

Thank you to stage sponsors, the Fort Langley Community Improvement Society and Chartwell Retirement Residences.

⭐️ It’s all FREE so 🤩 grab your festival squad and lawn chair, and join us on the front lawn of the historic Fort Langley Community Hall on Sunday, July 24.

9167 Glover Road (the beautiful yellow historic community hall)

🗓️ – FREE music, Sunday, July 24th, 10 am – 4 pm

🚌Take our free TransLink shuttle bus from any of our six outdoor stages and parking areas to the Community Hall Stage and be sure to get your Festival Passport stamped to enter into our Festival Draw of a $1,000 travel voucher sponsored in part by Walnut Grove Cruise & Travel.

👯‍♀️ Visit https://www.fortlangleyjazzfest.com/community-hall-stage for more details. Can’t wait to see you all! ❤️

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JOIN US AT THE HERITAGE CNR STAGE SUNDAY FREE SHOWS ON JULY 24th! 👼🏻

We will have 3 super amazing bands performing at our Youth and Emerging Artists stage at the Historic CNR Station😍

👀 11 am – The Ethan Lawrence Quartet is a newly formed band comprised of four young talented artists. Their music is diversified, vibrant and they have a whole lot of energy. 😎

👀 1 pm – maya & ben, these 2 cousins started busking in 2012. Their harmonies are perfectly matched and bring their songs to a whole new level. They released their new soulful grooves single this March and keep surprising their fans with their incredible compositions.

👀 3 pm – Dean Thiessen’s Stranger Friends. Dean Thiessen is the composer of the band and his band members have become the biggest inspiration for his creations. Their songs vary from symphonic poems to improvised collaborations.

📍23245 Mavis Avenue

🗓️ – FREE music, Sunday, July 24th, 11 am – 4 pm

Thank you to stage sponsor, the  Langley Community Music School.

🔍Click here https://www.fortlangleyjazzfest.com/cn-station-stage for more info.

Take our free TransLink shuttle bus from any of our six outdoor stages and parking areas to the CN Stage and be sure to get your Festival Passport stamped to enter into our Festival Draw of a $1,000 travel voucher sponsored in part by Walnut Grove Cruise & Travel.

#SundayFreeShows#LangleyFresh #FortLangley #FortLangleyJazzFest #FestivalSeekers #FortLangleyJazzAndArtsFestival #WeLoveJazz #ArtEnthusiasts #LowerMainland #BritishColumbia

Imagine spending a warm, sunny afternoon listening to back-to-back live jazz while enjoying a cold, refreshing beverage at our pop-up beer and wine River Stage. Nestled along the Fraser River, the River Stage is an oasis and hidden gem and was one of our more popular outdoor stages at our last in-person festival in 2019.

The stage will feature local band, The Shannon Lee Quartet who will deliver a jazzy/pop style performance.🎧 Followed by Slim Sandy and the Hillbilly Boppers who will entertain you with their unique style of roots music, from western swing to hillbilly boogie.  ✨🌎 And wrapping up, we’ll have the Daryl Jahnke Trio with Daryl Jahnke on guitar, Kerry Galloway on bass and Joel Fountain on drums who will perform original compositions, surprising covers, along with some favourites from Scofield, Metheny, and others.

📍 – 9272 Glover Road (behind the Bedford House).

🗓️ – FREE music, Sunday, July 24th, 11 am – 4 pm.

Thank you to stage sponsor, Caliber Projects and Quadra Homes.

More details on: https://www.fortlangleyjazzfest.com/river-stage

Hop on our free TransLink shuttle bus from any of our six outdoor stages and parking areas to the River Stage and be sure to get your Festival Passport stamped to enter into our Festival Draw of a $1,000 Travel Voucher sponsored in part by Walnut Grove Cruise & Travel.

#SundayFreeShows #LangleyFresh #FortLangley #FortLangleyJazzFest #FestivalSeekers #FortLangleyJazzAndArtsFestival #WeLoveJazz #ArtEnthusiasts #LowerMainland #BritishColumbia

🎊JOIN US AT THE ART ZONE STAGE ON SUNDAY, JULY 23RD

📍 – National Historic Fort Picnic Area Corner of Mavis/River Road

🗓️ – Sunday, July 24th/ 11 am- 6 pm 🔽

🕺🏻 What a line-up we have for you at the Sunday Art Zone Stage, FREE event! 🔽

⭐️ FJQ (Fran Jaré Quartet) takes to the stage at 11 am performing a myriad of blended jazz genres and funky originals to spicy Latin and one-of-a-kind arrangements 🎤🎶🎼

⭐️ Itamar Erez Quartet, 2020 Instrumental Artist of the Year Nominee,  2014 ACUM Prize for Special Achievement in Jazz and 2014 Landau Prize,  pianist and guitarist Itamar Erez is an internationally-known composer who has recently returned from a successful 22-gig tour across Germany, Austria and Holland. Enjoy his show at 1 pm.🎹

❤️🎸 ⭐️ Attila Fias Trio, you can find a blend of jazz and global music inspired by Brazil, Hungary, India and more with the Attila Fias Trio. at 3 pm. 🕺🏻

⭐️ What happens when you mix sweet R&B and sultry soul together with a splash of hip-hop, then add a generous helping of funk? You get a genre-bending mash-up of the funkiest, hard-groovin’, booty-shaking dance music that is, “The New Groovement” who will close the Art Zone free stage on Sunday at 5pm.

Thank you to stage sponsor, Conwest/Vicini Homes.

🆓 Visit https://www.fortlangleyjazzfest.com/art-zone-stage for more information.

🚌Take our free TransLink shuttle bus from any of our six outdoor stages and parking areas to the Art Zone and be sure to get your Festival Passport stamped to enter into our Festival Draw of a $1,000 travel voucher sponsored in part by Walnut Grove Cruise & Travel.

#SundayFreeShows #LangleyFresh #FortLangley #FortLangleyJazzFest #FestivalSeekers #FortLangleyJazzAndArtsFestival #WeLoveJazz #ArtEnthusiasts #LowerMainland #BritishColumbia

👀If you’re coming to the festival with your kiddos, we have lots of family-friendly activities and performances for you.

💡 Save the date for our Sunday Kidz Zone FREE Shows. 🎤🕺🏻

🤠 Along with a host of family-fun activities, we are thrilled to have 3 incredible bands perform at our Sunday Kidz Zone FREE Shows. 👏🏻

✨ Penny Pom Pom – Local children’s entertainer Penny Pom Pom whose multi-media show for young children is colourful, musical, and interactive and focuses on the importance of creativity and self-empowerment.

✨ Norman Foote – Four-time Juno nominee for best children’s album, Norm Foote whose passion for songwriting, storytelling and comedy has taken him to amazing concerts and communities around the world.

Peter G-G, provides a fun, interactive musical show where audience members help create a brand-new song. Then, daring folks of all ages to join Peter on stage to sing and perform it!

Thanks to stage sponsors, MacCallum Law Group, LLP and Bedford Dental Centre.

🤩 Mark your calendar! ✅ We’ll see you at the Kidz Zone at 📍Mary Street between Glover Road and Church Street (across from the community hall) on Sunday, July 24th!

Visit our website for more 👉🏻 https://www.fortlangleyjazzfest.com/kidz-zone-stage.

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