The theme for most spectator’s visiting Fort Langley this weekend would have unanimously been jazz – but seemingly, the theme for the wide array of jazz musicians performing in Fort Langley was community.
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The smooth sounds of jazz in Fort Langley on Saturday competed with the sounds of endless cheers, claps, hollers, and laughter that erupted around the village.
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Some may call it a musical miracle or perhaps the sun is just a really big jazz fan – but just as the horns and clarinets started bopping, the clouds broke up and lit up Fort Langley with bright, welcoming skies.
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Hundreds brought their lawnchairs and blankets and settled in on the grassy slope inside the wall of the Fort Langley National Historic Site Friday night to share some blues.
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There could easily be a movie made about 70-year-old Walnut Grove musician Douglas Fraser, his path crossed with seemingly endless amounts of performing arts icons. Instead of the silver screen, the musicologist is bringing his life’s work to the stage at the Fort Langley Jazz Festival.
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Fort Langley Jazz & Arts Festival is hosting a jazz education workshop for young and emerging musicians at their second annual festival on Sunday, July 28, 1 to 4 p.m. at the Chief Sepass Theatre.
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Fort Langley – The Fort Langley Jazz & Arts Festival has announced their headliner acts that will perform at the 2019 festival, July 26-28. The Festival is seeking hundreds of volunteers in a variety of roles and shifts.
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Following up on the success and feedback from the inaugural day-and-a-half-long Fort Langley Jazz & Arts Festival, organizers have expanded the event to span three days, and added more music, more art, and more for children to do.
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When the Fort Langley Jazz & Arts Festival returns for two full days of live music in July, a Surrey-raised trumpet player will be featured as the event’s inaugural Rising Star award winner.
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Nestled on the banks of the Fraser River to the north and surrounded by agricultural land, the town has managed to keep its old-world charm.
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Get ready to boogie and sway at the upcoming Fort Langley Jazz & Arts Festival lineup reveal night.
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The Fort Langley Jazz & Arts Festival is on the lookout for one talented jazz student to become its first Rising Young Star.
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The Fort Langley Jazz & Arts Festival has received a financial boost of $25,000 from a grant awarded by Creative BC through its Amplify BC Live Music Program.
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An all-star blues show, featuring the award-winning Steve Kozak Band, a Frank Sinatra tribute, and a gospel show will entertain crowds at the summer jazz festival.
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Fort Langley jazz fest duo, Karen Zukas and Dave Quinn enjoyed many week- end brunches made by their grandma’s while growing up.
Karen’s grandma was originally from Lithuania and Dave’s grandma was from Hungary, and the common thing they shared was a love for making good food for family gatherings.
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Fort Langley Jazz & Arts Festival is expanding to two days of free jazz and blues music, and more musicians will be needed.
The second annual festival is now accepting applications from local jazz and blues bands interested in performing between July 26 and 28, 2019, announced Karen Zukas, executive director of the festival.
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The community of Fort Langley came together for the 1st annual Fort Langley Jazz and Arts Festival.
It was a collaboration of musicians and artists together creating a new, cultural event celebrating the arts and the many talented people that live and love the township of Fort Langley. A fantastic first year, I look forward to seeing it grow and expand.
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The first annual Fort Langley Jazz and Arts Festival was held Saturday.
“We’re going to play some Dixieland, with a capital D!” said Glen Tremblay, as Razzmajazz kicked off the first Fort Langley Jazz and Arts Festival on Saturday morning.
RazzMaJazz led a parade from St. Andrew’s church down Glover Road to the Fort Langley Community Hall.
There MC Mark Forsythe introduced the day’s events, which included two stages, one at the hall and one on the Bedford plaza near the waterfront.
“Sights and sounds, arts, and live jazz are going to be taking over the streets of Fort Langley today,” Forsythe said.
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Turnout was estimated at 10,000
Organizers of the first Fort Langley Jazz and Arts festival are already planning the next one, following a warm and bright Saturday that saw the street packed with music and art fans.
“It’s already booked,” said Karen Zukas, executive director of the festival.
Zukas said the plans are to hold the 2019 event from July 26 to July 28.
Up to 10,000 were expected to attend the weekend event.
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The sight and sounds of live jazz and visual art will take over the streets of Fort Langley this weekend at the inaugural Fort Langley Jazz & Arts Festival.
From a diverse line-up of jazz acts on two outdoor stages, talented jazz buskers performing throughout the community, an Art Walk, art auction and a hands-on art event, there is something for everyone to enjoy.
The festival will kick-off July 28 with a Mardis Gras style strolling parade at 9:30 a.m. from the Fort Langley Farmers’ Market to the Fort Langley Community Hall, followed by opening remarks emceed by Mark Forsythe, the former host of the CBC radio program, Almanac.
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