The Vault Gallery Exhibition Archive

Victoria's longest running Jazz Orchestra presents The Island Big Band's annual Christmas Charity Fundraiser for the Salvation Army and The Mustard Seed Foodbank. This annual showis always a sellout event. Get your tickets early. 100% of all proceeds are donated to the Salvation Army's Sunset Lodg... Read More

Heather Ferguson’s jazz brings her own original work, fab standards and a few holiday songs just for fun! An All-Star band too! Some of Victoria’s finest musicians will join Heather and you just know it’s going to be a great night!

Tony Genge on Organ/Piano
Scott White on Bass
Kelby MacNa... Read More

presented by Georgia Sitara, PhD.
Join us for a drink (or several) and a whirlwind tour of a history of drinking in Canada. We’ll trace the changing fortunes of taverns, saloons, beer parlors and cocktail lounges from the rise of the temperance movement through prohibition and the successful figh... Read More

Big Hank has his “Ho Ho working” and the highly regarded,
veteran bluesman and bandleader is certain “it’s going to work
on you.”
Big Hank has been touring his Blues Christmas show for a
number of years now and this unique, variety filled program of
blues-basted Yuletide tunes is one ... Read More

The Andrew Greenwood Quintet Presents A Tribute to Dexter Gordon

Dexter Gordon was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He was one of the first players of the instrument in the bebop idiom of musicians such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Bud Powell.

Gordon's sound was commonly characte... Read More

Queen Kong is an exploration of sounds inspired by the Radical Jewish Culture movement in New York founded by pioneer John Zorn.

To be thrown “into the fray” is to enter an intense situation. Fray is also a Yiddish word meaning “Free”; an apropos double-entendre with on-point application... Read More

The Pretzel Logic Orchestra:

What happens when you get some of Victoria’s finest jazz players, mix them with a few funky rock players and hand them the Steely Dan catalogue?
The Pretzel Logic Orchestra is an homage to Steely Dan and a labour of love for its nine members.
These guys have the ... Read More

Kelby MacNayr‘s Blue Note Repertory All-Stars celebrates the music of Horace Silver!

Drummer, band leader Kelby MacNayr assembles an all-star quintet to celebrate the classic jazz sounds of the Blue Note era!

This month the Blue Note Repertory All-Stars celebrate the quintessential jazz comp... Read More

New Takes on Old Favourites
https://www.u-jam.ca/info-monthly-club-nights

Performers please sign up in advance at our website: https://www.u-jam.ca/info-monthly-club-nights Our experienced band members work from your charts, in your key and your style.

U-JAM encourages listening, playing and... Read More

"Auntie Kate hits the stage like a barely controlled force of nature, rocking and kicking out a powerful blues routine honed in the clubs of Western Canada. Originally from Saltspring Island, but calling Victoria, or anywhere she is performing, home, she is a charismatic singer with a style all her ... Read More