The 2008 edition of the South Delta Jazz Festival will be held from July 7 – 12th, 2008. More information about this years events will be posted here and on our website over the next few months.

Thanks to all our workshop participants for making the 2007 South Delta Jazz Festival a success. Some thirty students attended our five day workshop this year. This year our student concert held on the final day was in partnership with the Delta Hospital Foundation. The student performance took place on the Delta Outdoor stage on the Hospital grounds.
Thanks to the Corporation of Delta for use of the stage and to Shelly at the Delta Hospital Foundation for all her help in organizing this event.

We had Great Weather and Great tunes on July 1st at Diefenbaker Park in Tsawwassen with our three great bands.

The day started with Allan Mathesson’s Red Onion Rhythm Kings playing a variety of dixieland tunes and hot jazz swing.

Next was the Cuban Band Zapato Negro which played a great mix of Cuban and salsa jazz. I heard great reviews about this band from other musicians in the audience. This was a band not to be missed!.

The Day was rounded out by a performance by Len Aruliah’s Quintet. Len is originally from the Vancouver area but has been living for more than a decade now in London England where he performs regularly.

Top Right – Red Onion Rhythm Kings
Middle Right – Zapato Negro
Bottom Right – Len Aruliah & Jared Burrows.

Thanks to our sponsors for this July 1st concert:
Envision Credit Union and Century Group