Vancouver Wine and Jazz Festival is at Esther Short Park, Vancouver, WA
Sunday August 27th is Jazz Night. Come join us for this world calss Jazz Festival
11:45a - 12:30p TBA
12:45p - 1:30p TBA
2:00p - 3:15p Sue Foley
Sue Foley is a multi-award-winning musician, and one of the finest blues and roots artists working today and has shared the stage with greats such as B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan, and Billy F Gibbons. Her latest album, Pinky’s Blues is a raw, electric guitar driven romp through the backroads of Texas, and debuted at #4 on the Billboard Blues Albums chart. In 2020, she won “Traditional Blues Female” at the International Blues Music Awards in Memphis, holds the record for the most Maple Blues Awards including “Best Guitar Player,” and has earned three Trophées de Blues de France.
3:45p - 5:00p Grace Kelly
An unequivocal musical prodigy, singer-saxophonist-songwriter-composer and band leader Grace Kelly has rocked the jazz world with sold-out concerts, 14 acclaimed albums and a resume that includes performing at the Hollywood Bowl as well as being part of the house band for “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” – all before reaching her mid-twenties. Kelly’s early career featured performances at age 14 as a soloist with the Boston Pops playing an original composition arranged for the legendary orchestra. She has since played over 1000 shows as bandleader in 35 countries at venues like the Kennedy Center and Moscow Symphony Hall and for the Montreal, Newport, and Montreux international jazz festivals. Touted for her scorching saxophone stylings and purring vocals, Kelly has performed and recorded with renowned artists including Lin Manuel-Miranda, Dave Brubeck, Lee Konitz, Phil Woods, Huey Lewis, Harry Connick Jr., Gloria Estefan, Questlove, and Wynton Marsalis.
5:30p - 6:45p Pascal Bokar Afro Blue Grazz Band
Born in Paris and raised in Mali and Senegal, West Africa, guitarist / vocalist Pascal Bokar Thiam grew up hearing the musical, harmonic, melodic, rhythmic, dance and spoken word traditions of his West African music and culture. His Afro Blue Grazz Band is an Afro Funk powerhouse that blends the musical legacies of West African instruments such as the Ngoni (banjo) or Balafon (ancestor of the xylophone) with Americana, Jazz, Blues, and Bluegrass into a uniquely multi-cultural expression of West African and African American traditions. The band has performed and headlined at over 60 jazz festivals nationwide and abroad. Dr. Bokar Thiem is Director of the University of San Francisco Jazz Band, and the author of several books on African music.
7:15p - 8:30p The Blind Boys of Alabama
The Blind Boys of Alabama are recognized worldwide as living legends of gospel music. Celebrated by The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) with Lifetime Achievement Awards, inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, and winners of five Grammy® Awards, they have attained the highest levels of achievement in a career that spans over 70 years. The Blind Boys are known for crossing multiple musical boundaries with their remarkable interpretations of everything from traditional gospel favorites to contemporary spiritual material by songwriters such as Eric Clapton, Prince, and Tom Waits. They have appeared on recordings with many artists, including Lou Reed, Peter Gabriel, Bonnie Raitt, Willie Nelson, Aaron Neville, Susan Tedeschi, Ben Harper, Patty Griffin, and Taj Mahal. The Blind Boys of Alabama have also appeared on The Tonight Show, Late Night, The Grammy® Awards, 60 Minutes, The Colbert Report and many other television shows.
- Fri: $25 Advance / $35 At the Gate
- Sat: $40 Advance / $50 At the Gate
- Sun: $35 Advance / $45 At the Gate
- 3 - Day Pass: $100 Advance Only (Includes 3 $5-glass Wine Scrip)
- 2 - Day Pass: $80 Advance Only (Includes 2 $5-glass Wine Scrip)
