The TD Halifax Jazz Festival dropped its 2016 (and 30th anniversary) lineup this morning and it’s a doozy. In addition to the already-announced City and Colour, Metric and–swoon–Ms. Lauryn Hill main stage shows, the festival promises acts for die-hard jazz fans and newbies alike.
Visitings acts include Kendrick Lamar collaborator/ex-Suicidal Tendencies bassist Thundercat, Polaris Prize nominated singer-songwriter Basia Bulat, Laila Biali, OG disco freaks Chic, Julia Holter, New Orleans’ The Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Canadian jazz legend Oliver Jones.
Plenty of locals round out the lineup, including Cyndi Cain, Shirley Jackson, Roxy & The Underground Soul Sound, Adam Baldwin, Gypsophila, The New Bridge, Keonte Beals and Reeny Smith.
You can check out the full festival roster here.
Festival passes ($129-$229) are sold out, but you can pick up individual show tix here.
The festival runs July 12-17 at the waterfront main stage and various venues around the city. #HJF30
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This article appears in Apr 28 – May 4, 2016.
This has to be the least amount of jazz at a jazz festival in the 30 years we’ve been having them. The person responsible for programming this year’s lineup either dislikes jazz or simply knows nothing about it. Chic? Lauryn Hill? City and Colour? Metric? Shameful. Christ, how depressing.
Why the fuck do they call it Jazzfest? Why not just call it a music festival? How does Basia Bulat do jazzhands playing a uke?
D’ya think the gang in Metric are like, “Hey, our agent just booked us for a Jazzfest. WTF?!? Jazzfest? We need to fire our booking agent.”