An independent guide to jazz in Calgary. Festival coverage when the city swings in June, and the year-round map of rooms, jams, and players the rest of the calendar. We are not the festival — we are the audience that keeps showing up.
JazzYYC anchors the festival calendar, but the scene runs year-round: standards nights in Inglewood, student ensembles downtown, and touring players passing through rooms half the city does not know exist. This site keeps the whole map in one place — who is playing, where the jams are, and how to start listening if you never have.
Rooms that program jazz regularly or host it well when it comes through. Confirm dates before heading out.
The workhorse of Calgary live music. Regular jazz bookings, dinner-show format, listening-room manners.
Historic blues-and-roots hotel reborn beside Studio Bell. Jazz and adjacent acts in a room built for it.
Prohibition-style speakeasy with live jazz nights. Reservations and a password. Worth both.
Blues first, but the Sunday sessions and crossover bookings earn its place on this list.
Performances, exhibitions, and workshops in Canada's music museum. Check the live calendar.
Where the big touring names land — festival headliners and jazz-at-the-phil style programming.
The nonprofit that runs Calgary's jazz festivals and year-round series. Their calendar is the scene's spine.
Listening-room shows and improvised music in intimate settings. Small caps, serious ears.
Concerts, festivals, and major events across the city. Refreshed daily. Useful for scheduling around the room you are booking.
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A short list of what we cover, and what is coming next.
Dates, venues, and how to build a festival day without burning out by the second set.
Above — every room in Calgary that treats jazz seriously, updated as bookings change.
Jams, standards nights, and touring stops between festivals, pulled from the live events feed.
Plain-language listening guides. What to hear first, and which Calgary night matches it.
What happened in Calgary this week, what is on this weekend, and a few things worth your attention. Hand-curated. No filler. Free to join, easy to leave.