Twenty-One Blank Words
Free to attend. Register for a 45-minute time window by following a link below. Feb 26, 8 p.m. – 12 a.m. Feb 27, 12 p.m.…
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Tiffany Ayalik
Tiffany Ayalik melds storytelling and theatre with layered song loops and vocal improvisation, creating music and performances that are mesmerizing, powerful and at times, playful.…
Ian William Craig
Ian William Craig’s work involves pushing vintage reel-to-reel tape decks to their physical limits, often through modification or manipulation. The tape that runs through them…
Sound Migrations
In September 2019, violinist and composer Meredith Bates began a six month residency to compose new work in Western Front’s performance space, the Grand Luxe…
Mepalu Sari
Western Front is pleased to present Mepalu Sari [Essence of a Collision], a digital album of new gamelan and electronic music compositions by students and emerging…
Improvising Forward: Persevere, Repair, Sustain
**Due to unforeseen circumstances Day 2 of the colloquium will be postponed. Please check the Western Front/Coastal Jazz/IISCI websites in the coming weeks for a…
Sawdust Collector: New Works
Online ticket sales have now ended. Tickets will be available at the door. Door Tickets: $20/$15 Curatorial collective Sawdust Collector invites musicians, dancers, poets and…
CANCELLED: Bright Moments: Jenny Scheinman & Allison Miller’s Parlour Game
This event has been cancelled. Please contact Vancouver Coastal Jazz with inquiries regarding ticket refunds. In their latest endeavour Parlour Game, the dynamic duo of…
Double Bill: Cat Toren, Ayelet Rose Gottlieb & Pneuma
Advance ticket sales have now ended. Tickets will be available at the door. Door Tickets: $20 General / $15 Students & WF Members Ayelet Rose Gottlieb…
Trading Places: Un Échange with Elizabeth Millar and Sam Shalabi
FREE Clarinetist Elizabeth Millar and guitarist/oudist Sam Shalabi travel to Vancouver from Montréal for a ten-day residency, which includes this performance at Western Front, and…
Kara-Lis Coverdale
Ticket pre-sales have now ended. Tickets for the 9:30 concert will be available at the door. 7:00pm concert is sold out. No refunds or exchanges…
Coastal Jazz presents Bright Moments with Broken Shadows
Tickets: $27 Named for one of Ornette Coleman’s most evocative compositions, this all-star project honours the Coleman legacy, along with the music of Coleman’s fellow Fort Worth-native reed…
Coastal Jazz and Western Front present Bright Moments with Kris Davis: Diatom Ribbons
Advance ticket sales have now ended. Tickets will be available at the door. Door Tickets: $30 Canadian pianist-composer Kris Davis has collaborated with John Zorn, Craig Taborn,…
Coastal Jazz and Western Front present Bright Moments: Fay Victor & Myra Melford
Advance Ticket sales have now ended. Tickets will be available at the door. Door Tickets: $20 General / $15 Students & WF Members Vocalist Fay Victor and…
Listening Party
Playlist is available here! Track List: clipping., Ed Balloon: He Dead 4:22 Michael Pisaro, Håkon Stene, Kristinen Tjøgersen: XI 3:29 Michael Pisaro, Håkon Stene, Kristinen Tjøgersen:…
Bright Moments: Tony Wilson’s Burn Down the Cornfield
Tickets: $27 (available through the Coastal Jazz website) Guitarist/composer Tony Wilson is one of the most important figures in Canadian Jazz, and has been a…
Listening Party
7-9pm, feel free to stop by at any time Listening Party Follow Up from New Music curator Aram Bajakian: Thanks to everyone who…
Darius Jones
Composer and Saxophonist Darius Jones has presented several concerts in Vancouver over the past few years, each showcasing the depth of this important performer, improvisor,…