Welcome

The South Delta Jazz Festival is an annual week long event featuring various concerts for the public plus a five day workshop for students from beginning to adults interested in learning about or improving their jazz improv skills in a small combo setting. 

The South Delta Jazz Festival and Workshop is a program of the Delta Community Music School. The school offers year round private music instruction and also a jazz ensemble program which is held each Tuesday evening at the music school

Click here for our Student Workshop Brochure

Concerts

Tuesday July 6th,  12 noon

Faculty Concert – featuring our festival workshop faculty members
Ladner Community Centre – Main Hall 4734 – 51st Street, Delta
Noon hour concert featuring our workshop faculty Jared Burrows – guitar,  Brad Muirhead  – trombone, Stan Taylor – drums.  Admission by donation

Tuesday July 6th – Diefenbaker Park
Workshop students in concert, featuring the Bossa Boys – 7:00 pm
Free admission

Wednesday July 7th – Noon Hour Concert

Len Aruliah Quartet
with Jared Burrows, Rob Kohler, Stan Taylor
Kin House – 5050 47th Avenue, Ladner
Admission by donation

Thursday July 8th – Noon Hour Concert
Rob Kohler Group with Jared Burrows
Ladner Community Centre
Admission by donation

Thursday July 8th – 7:30 pm

Jazz Jam Session at Petra’s Koffee House 1200 – 56th Street, Tsawwassen


Friday July 9th  – Noon Hour Concert

Alan Matheson Quartet
Ladner Community centre

Noon Hour concert featuring local jazz trumpet icon Alan Matheson with Len Aruliah,
Jared Burrows, Stan Taylor and the workshop faculty

Friday July 9th – 7:30 pm

Len Aruliah Quartet – with workshop faculty
All Saints Anglican Cbuch

Saturday July 10th,  12 – 3 pm

Student Ensembles with Faculty
Delta Hospital Grounds

South Delta Jazz Workshop Student ensembles. Come hear our students perform jazz standards and original compositions, together with our workshop faculty. This year we are joining forces with the Delta Hospital. Music, BBQ and other Special Events…