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Calgary Jazz Festival

Festival peak. January rooms.

June is the banner week. January is the room that is still open.

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Festival datesJanuary rooms

Festival dates.

Two windows. The bills stay on JazzYYC.

  • Summer peak

    June 22 to 28, 2026

    The 10th JazzYYC Summer Festival. It has passed. Mission Wealth Advisors of Raymond James was the title sponsor in that program. The next summer dates are not on this page until JazzYYC posts them.

  • Next posted window

    November 3 to 8, 2026

    The Canadian festival from JazzYYC. Six nights. The lineup stays on their site. This page does not reprint it.

Full program on JazzYYCNovember window

Independent guide. Not JazzYYC. Not the festival. Named sets are from the public 2026 summer program, not a live feed.

Listen.

Pick the season, then how you want to hear it.

2 cards.

  • Sunday, June 28, 2026, 11 am to 6 pm

    JazzWalk at Tomkins Park

    Gazebo, 17 Ave SW and 8 St SW

    Free. Seven ensembles. Kate Stevens hosted. Youth Lab bands opened the day. The summer week itself was June 22 to 28.

  • Noon, Thursdays before the week

    Stephen Avenue lunch previews

    Downtown stage, 8 Ave between Centre St and 1 St SW

    Free outdoor sets with the Music Performance Trust Fund. The program names Nat Lazzarotto Quartet on June 4 and Trish Evans Quartet on June 11. Confirm any later Thursday on JazzYYC.

January rooms.

Where jazz lives when the banners come down. Confirm the night with the room.

  • 1229 9 Ave SE, Inglewood

    Ironwood Stage & Grill

    Dinner-show club. Seven festival nights in June 2026, and a big-band tribute on January 30 and 31, 2026. Ask the room for the next January date.

  • 438 9 Ave SE, East Village

    King Eddy

    Historic hotel room beside Studio Bell. Blues and roots first. Some afternoons have no cover. Jazz is a guest, not the lease.

    Room site
  • 850 4 St SE

    Studio Bell

    National Music Centre. Festival headliners used the room in June. Winter programming is posted by the centre.

    Room site
  • 18 Mt Royal Cir SW

    Bella Concert Hall

    The acoustic hall. Hiromi played here on June 25, 2026. No January jazz series is invented on this page.

  • 1215 10 Ave SE

    Festival Hall

    Listening room on the Music Mile. Six June nights. A winter bill is posted by the hall.

  • 720 17 Ave SW

    Prohibition Lounge

    Thursday jazz and Sunday tributes through the cold months. Left side of Rumble Boxing. Book ahead.

    Room site
  • 908 17 Ave SW, lower level

    Betty Lou's Library

    Small room, Thursday Redline Trio. Password at the bookcase. The week can move. Check before you go.

    Room site
  • Mahogany

    Alvin's Jazz Club

    A jazz club in the southeast, not on the festival mile. Trios show up on the JazzYYC calendar. Confirm the week. No street number is filed here.

  • 17 Ave SW and 8 St SW

    Tomkins Park

    Outdoor gazebo. The free JazzWalk was June 28, 2026. It is not a January room.

  • Mount Royal University

    Nickle Theatre

    Youth Lab showcase, June 18, 2026, ages 14 to 20. A school theatre, not a winter club.

Legendary sets.

Desk notes from the public program. Then one line of your own. Jordan reads these for The Calgary Newsletter. A line on this phone is not published until he files it.

  • Desk note · Late jam

    Five nights at the Sandman Signature, second floor, 888 7 Ave SW, 10 pm to 1 am, curated by Michelle Gregoire. Jammers walked in free. The audience paid.

  • Desk note · Free stage

    Tomkins Park gazebo, June 28, 11 am to 6 pm. Seven sets. Kate Stevens hosted. The Youth Lab bands opened the last morning of the festival.

  • Desk note · Student showcase

    Youth Lab, ages 14 to 20, Nickle Theatre, June 18. Then the same players on the free park stage ten days later.

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