13th Annual Markham Jazz Festival

The 13th annual Markham Jazz Festival will take place on August 20-22, 2010 starting with our ‘GALA at the Markham Theatre on August 20th. in the evening and then a free weekend of high-quality performances during the day and evening on August 21 and 22 on Main Street Unionville at the Unionville Millennium Bandstand and Varley Art Gallery as well as various other stages around town. To compliment the Main Stage events, "Hot Spots" (a variety of venues in Unionville and Markham) present fantastic jazz artists in a 'Street Festival and Concert Environment'. Festival attendees can wander from venue to venue, soaking up the party atmosphere, the jazz music, and the historic beauty of the villages of Unionville and Markham- a truly a magical experience.

The festival will highlight a large variety of music within the family of jazz. The festival committee has worked hard to recruit a wide range of diverse, interesting and well-known artists who will present jazz in all its forms.

One of the venues of the 13th Annual Markham Jazz Festival, the Varley Art Gallery offers a full sensory experience with live music by some of the country’s finest jazz performers, free family art activities and guided tours of their current exhibitions of contemporary and Canadian and international art (complimentary with admission).