Here are all the artists for the 2022 Niagara Jazz Festival! You can scroll through all of them, or search for specific artists using the search field. We are also adding the new artists that will be performing for our various events throughout the rest of the year and into 2023. Check back frequently for updates!
ADREAN FARRUGIA
2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, Adrean FarrugiaAdrean Farrugia began playing piano at the age of 12. By age 16 he decided that he would dedicate his life to music. Since then he has become recognized as one of Canada’s finest pianists and composers, having shared the music he...
ADRIAN JURAS
2019, 2022, Adrian JurasDATE: Sunday, May 19th, 2019
TIME: 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
EVENT: Twilight Jazz Series: Springtime in Paris ft. Juliet Dunn
VENUE: Corks Playhouse Theatre
ADDRESS: 19 Queen Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake
TICKET PRICE: $15 in advance /$20 at th...
ALISON YOUNG
2019, 2022, Alison YoungAlison Young is a JUNO nominated saxophonist, vocalist, and composer. Born in Ottawa, she moved to Toronto in the early 2000s to study music at the University of Toronto, and has been an active presence on the city’s jazz scene...
ANDREW MCCARTHY
2022, Andrew McCarthyAndrew McCarthy (B.Mus) is a native of St. John’s, Newfoundland and has been an active member of the diverse music scene of his hometown for the past decade as percussionist, drummer, composer, and educator. Andrew’s passion for music...
ANTHONY D’ALESSANDRO
2022, Anthony D’AlessandroAnthony D’Alessandro is a pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader based in Toronto, Ontario. His own bands have been showcased in many notable venues and festivals across Ontario including the Toronto Summer Music Festival, the...
ASHLEY ST. PIERRE
2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, Ashley St. PierreAfter studying at OCAD for a year, Ashley St. Pierre decided to pursue jazz voice and composition at Mohawk College where she completed the Applied Music diploma program. During her 2nd and 3rd years she received full scholarship...
BARBARA MANTINI
2018, 2022, Barbara MantiniBarbara is a powerful and versatile vocal artist, with a professional singing and acting career spanning over 30 years. She is best known as one of the members of Canada’s premier vocal trio “The Mantini Sisters”, who have performed...
Ben Wittman
2022Percussionist, composer and producer Ben Wittman was raised in the creative and adventuresome atmosphere of Bennington College, Vermont during the ’60s and ’70s. He attended college at New England Conservatory of Music in...
BENNY BENACK III
2022, Benny Benack IIIBy age 30, trumpeter and singer Benny Benack III has proven to be that rarest of talents: not only a fiery trumpet player with a stirring command of the postbop trumpet vernacular in the vein of Kenny Dorham and Freddie Hubbard, but...
BETH BARTLEY
2022, Beth BartleyWe all met in 1990 and started an annual benefit concert for Women’s Shelters in Niagara. That’s when I moved here with my husband and musical partner Mark Clifford. Together as the duo Vox Violins, we have played all over...