Updated on March 27, 2011. The workshop schedule is now posted

Updated on Februaury 21st, 2011. The schedule is now posted. All artist bios are updated. We are pleased to announce Steve Maddock as our featured performer! Please visit the Artists page for more information.

Registration for the 2011 BC Interior Jazz Festival is now closed.

Welcome . . .

. . .to the website for the 34th annual BC Interior Jazz Festival! This year’s event falls on April 7th, 8th, and 9th, 2011, and is held once again in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. The BC Interior Jazz Festival hosts Jazz Bands, Jazz and Combination Choirs, and Jazz Combos over the three-day event, and remains one of very few competitive (ranked) festivals in Western Canada. As an affiliate of MusicFest Canada, the BC Interior Jazz Festival is able to issue invitations to MusicFest Canada for Gold-ranked groups.

In addition to its focus as a competitive performance venue, the BC Interior Jazz Festival features the Jazz Masters’ Concert, a show featuring a special guest artist along with the talents of many of the festival’s adjudicators and the finest professional players from around the Okanagan valley. This Friday evening event is often sold out, and is always one of the city’s premier Jazz concerts.This year's event is on Friday, April 8th at 7:30pm at the Kelowna Community Theatre.

The festival is open to the public, with performances running daily at both the Kelowna Community Theatre and the Rotary Centre for the Arts. Free instrumental and vocal workshops also run at the Rotary Centre for the Arts on Friday, April 8th, and Saturday, April 9th.

We look forward to seeing you in April of 2011!

Please check back often for further updates.