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The Festival site features ten stages for free open-air concerts, offering fans thirty series broken down into fifty shows per day. The quadrilateral formed by the streets around Place des Arts will be closed to traffic for the duration of the Festival, allowing all to circulate freely through the incredible array of activities in the downtown core. And that’s not counting all the musicians and performers!

 

Copyright Jean-Francois Leblanc

 

 

8 massive free outdoor events!

Five free Festival mega-concerts

For this 30th anniversary, the Festival invites fans to five free mega-concerts on the General Motors stage, in the Place des Festivals! Starting with a bang, the opening event stars American music legend Stevie Wonder, at once inaugurating this new Festival edition and the new Place des Festivals in the Grand événement General Motors on Tuesday, June 30 at 9:30 p.m. It’s an unforgettable evening with pop music’s human jukebox, winner of some twenty Grammy Awards, with millions upon millions of album sold; and to celebrate, we’ll set up giant screens on other festival stages to transmit the massive event live!

On Sunday, July 5, at 9 p.m., the baton passes to local darling Patrick Watson, bringing his spellbinding voice and piano to the Bell Special Event. He’ll be accompanied by string quartet, horns and special guests, including Lhasa de Sela and Guy Nadon. François Bérubé, who handled the Grand événement General Motors with Champion et ses G-Strings in 2005, will once again take care of the party: urban interventions, projections and pyrotechnics are just a few elements in the prism of sights and sounds to come! And thanks to Bell, fans can follow the concert live online or watch a taped version at enmusique.ca/patrickwatson.

And that’s not all! On Tuesday, July 7, 9 p.m., the Grande soirée XM Radio Satellite presents the greatest names in Rocksteady—Ken Boothe, Stranger Cole, Hopeton Lewis, Leroy Sibbles and The Tamlins, as well as Marcia Griffiths and Judy Mowatt, Bob Marley’s onetime backup singers—in an event inspired by the documentary Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae, produced by Muse Entertainment of Montreal, and presented in a major world premiere at the Musée d’art contemporain from July 4 to 12 with four screenings every day. It’s a trip through time with such legendary hits as Rivers of Babylon, The Tide Is High and Stop That Train!

For a perfect closing, the Festival invites fans to the Rio Tinto Alcan Closing Event on Sunday, July 12, a fiery bash presenting not one but two concert spectacles. First, it’s Fiesta Cubana, presented in collaboration with XM Satellite Radio at 7 p.m. on the Rio Tinto Alcan stage in front of the PdA esplanade, with two of Cuba’s greatest groups, Afro-Cuban All Stars, under the musical direction of Juan de Marcos Gonzalez, and Los Van Van, the “Rolling Stones of salsa”. The party moves to the General Motors stage at 9:30 p.m., where none other than Ben Harper & Relentless7 kick the Festival into history with their genuine American rock’n’roll.

This year’s major events are capped by three extra free outdoor superconcerts celebrating 30 years of the Festival and presented as part of the Performances General Motors series, on the General Motors stage, at 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. On July 3, the irresistible Florence K presents La Noche de Lola, transforming downtown Montreal with jazz, bossa, blues and, yes, plenty of Cuban salsa. It’s a unique evening in the company of a most charming musical ambassadress! A few days later, on July 9, the astonishing rumba flamenca of Jesse Cook and the Rumba Foundation kicks in a rhythm shift. They’ll also feature surprise guests for that mega-fest event vibe! Finally, on July 11, we welcome back young Nikki Yanofsky, whose freshness, energy and peerless voice will own the final moments of the Festival!

 

 

General Motors stage (Place des Festivals)

Les Performances General Motors, the Festival’s most prestigious series, lights up the marquee with major jazz names every evening, at 9 p.m., and again at 11 p.m. Among the artists on tap, begin with the major outdoor concert Vic Vogel & Le Jazz Big Band: Tribute to the Grandmaster of Jazz (July 1), in which Vic the Great—an absolute necessity at this 30th anniversary celebration—pays piano tribute to the jazz giants including Peterson, Parker, Ellington, Gillespie… The next evening, promising young soul man Eli Paperboy Reed (July 2) delivers instant hits, passion and a sound straight out of the ‘60s that brings the news to the masses! On July 10, it’s time for Bet.e, this siren of the bossa-nova who’s made an impression on so many occasions at the Festival, to light up her sunny jazz sound on a mass scale!

A little earlier in the evening, on the same stage at 6 p.m., join us for the Gammes General Motors series. As the Festival opens, the eight young musicians of the Halifax group Gypsophilia (July 2) blend melodies inspired by guitar god Django Reinhardt with bop rhythms and gypsy love! Pianist Arden Arapyan (July 8), winner of the 2008 General Motors Grand Jazz Award, right here at the Festival, showcases elegant jazz melodies flavoured with Latin-American, European and Middle-Eastern influences. On July 11, we welcome the “Roi du Drum” to his 28th Festival: a fringe drummer who started out practicing on cans and buckets, a 75 year-old teenager, an original in an unbounded musical universe. Guy Nadon, of course.

 

 

Rio Tinto Alcan stage (corner Ste. Catherine and Jeanne-Mance Sts.)

At 8 p.m. and 10 p.m., the Soirées jazzy Rio Tinto Alcan series presents artists including singer-songwriter Inés Cánepa (July 1), who sings of Latin America in Spanish, English and French. The following day, the multi-faceted Colin Hunter (July 2)—president-founder of an airline company by day, passionate crooner by night—whose covers of popular classics by Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, and Dean Martin win him ovation after ovation. A few days later, Jesse Dee (July 5) brings soul-pop inspired by the immortals, a blend of Amy Winehouse and Al Green in a bracing cocktail of doo-wop, boogie, roots and funk. Lady in Satin, tribute to Billie Holiday (July 6) commemorates the 50th anniversary of the death of the great diva with Kim Richardson, Dan Thouin, Dany Roy, Maxime St-Pierre, Adrian Vedady and John Fraboni. On July 9 (replacing Asa, who had to cancel her performance), welcome Barbara Secours, who offers us a debut album, Love is a Wonderful World, inspired by the little truths of life, love, dreams and laughter.

 

 

Grande Place du complexe Desjardins stage

Class is in session! Recess is over… but the fun has just begun! Actor Jacques L’Heureux, La Bande Magnétik, James Gelfand and his quartet, and Festival mascot Ste-Cat teach everyone in the family a lesson… in jazz! For a 21st consecutive year, La Petite école du jazz, presented by Rio Tinto Alcan every day at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., July 1 to 11, invites children of all ages to a dynamic, interactive and fun-filled musical initiation!

 

 

Loto Québec stage (President-Kennedy Ave.)

The Festival’s Spectacles blues Loto-Québec series, presented at 7 p.m. and 11 p.m., has been a must-see mainstay as long as fans can remember. Among the major names powering this year’s roster, don’t miss Steve Strongman (July 5), who showcases his second album, Blues in Colour, and defends his status as Festival darling, won during last year’s Guitar Explosion show. On July 10, hang onto something or you’ll be blown away by the blues and roots of soulful New Brunswicker Matt Andersen, who released his debut album as a songwriter, Something In Between, in 2008, and has shared the stage with America… Finally, the series closes with the deep soul- and jazz-tinged gospel of Texan Diunna Greenleaf (July 12)—who counts a 2008 Blues Music Award among her prizes—and will be accompanied by guitarists John Richardson and Bob Margolin.

The Soirées blues Loto Québec series, at 9 p.m. and Blues en reprise at midnight (free, in L’Astral), gathers an array of artists who need no introduction. Nicknamed “the Tornado”, veteran harmonica warlock Jim Zeller (July 1), accompanied by faithful guitarist Joe Jammer, throws down the gauntlet for a Harp Duel with his friend Carl Tremblay in celebration of 25 years of Festival performances! In a highly-anticipated Festival return, the phenomenon named Jonas (July 3) brings us Back to Blues, a show devoted to… you guessed it, accompanied as ever by his band, including guitarist Corey Diabo. Just the mention of Bob Walsh’s name (July 4) is enough to sum up the history of local blues since the ’70s. He doesn’t just play the blues. He is the blues. Blues superman Steve Hill (July 6, with The Majestiks), has gone from “the kid from Trois Rivières” to “the North American reference point” in less time than it takes to howl “guitar!” Up, up and away!

 

 

Club Jazz TD Canada Trust (parc Hydro-Québec, corner Ste. Catherine and Clark Sts.)

The classic doubleheader format (7 p.m. and 9 p.m.) of the Soirées Jazz TD Canada Trust series, always a fan favourite, welcomes Vincent Gagnon (July 2), one of the most in-demand jazz pianists in Quebec, whose Bleu cendres presents a repertoire at the crossroads of jazz and impressionist music; Havana guitarist Luis Mario Ochoa (July 3 ) is a player on the Toronto Latin scene and welcomes great Cuban pianist Hilario Durán for a fiery evening of high-calibre jazz; the Rafaël Zaldivar Quintet (July 5), whose leader’s undeniable talents for improv and composition have made them the new Montreal piano jazz sensation; and Michael Occhipinti’s Sicilian Jazz Project (July 7), presenting a fascinating combination of Sicilian folklore and modern jazz elements from the hands of masters; and Steve Koven (July 9) brings a contagious passion for jazz that has made him one of the finest performers in the biz… and put him in nomination for the General Motors Grand Jazz Award and the CBC Galaxie Rising Star Award. It all happens in the marvelous ambience of this popular jazz club that has made the site a Festival must-see.

 

 

Bell stage (the future Clark St. esplanade, near De Maisonneuve Blvd.)

Need a shot of musical sunshine? The Tropiques Bell series, at 8 p.m., will chase all the clouds away. Set sail on a free southern voyage commandeered by Jose Manuel Cobles, alias Puerto Plata (July 2). A rare survivor of the golden age of the bachata, he brings veteran wisdom, charisma and the vigour of a young musician to a rich musical pot-pourri. Also, excellent English guitarist Justin Adams, renowned for his collaborations with Robert Plant, found a perfect ally in Juldeh Camara (July 10) for an encounter between two musical spheres: Africa and the blues. And what better closer than the Maï Taï Orchestra (July 12), an all-star band interpreting the greatest in Polynesian music and Hawaiian melodies? See you on the beach!

 

 

Pavillon SIMM-GM (corner De Maisonneuve Blvd. and De Bleury St.)

The Pavillon SIMM-GM—a wooden Magic Mirror-type tent like the one that delighted Festival fans last summer—awaits family and friends with its 100 % Guitare series, where the masters of the six-string astonish the faithful with their wizardry, from 7 p.m. Among others, the passionate and versatile Antoine Dufour, winner of first prize in the fingerstyle competition at the 2006 Canadian Guitar Festival 2006, and Zeb Heintz, who learned the subtleties of picking and slide techniques from a young age, and took home the 2001 European blues guitarist of the year at the Trophées France Blues awards!