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The 2014 Southside Shuffle : preview

The 16th annual Port Credit Blues and Jazz Festival presented by Tim Hortons, kicks off this weekend with an amazing lineup! I’ve put together a small sampling of past performance pictures of some of my favorites that will be there. The festival consists of a few opening gala’s, the Trinity Street Shuffle which is a streetfest on Saturday afternoon, club shows and 4 main stages in Memorial Park.

by clicking each image, you will be opening up the gallery  from were the image was taken, enjoy the festival!

Paul James Vigna
Paul James has a set at 10pm on Saturday night on the Enersource Stage

Waterfront Blues Festival
Chuck Jackson, a founding father of the Southside Shuffle, performs and smoozes through the festival and finishes it off with the Legendary Downchild Blues band on Sunday at 6pm.

Andria Simone
Amazing and versatile vocalist Andria Simone performs with her band Those Guys Friday night and Sunday afternoon.

Jack De Keyzer
Jack de Keyser has a show at Roc’n Doc’s on Friday night, then a Saturday afternoon show in the park, Heath & Sherwood Stage.

Irene Torres
Irene Torres & the Sugar Devils hit the same stage right after Jack de Keyser on Saturday at 7pm, Heath & Sherwood Stage, Memorial Park.

Donnie Walsh
Mr. Downchild himself, Donnie Walsh finishes off the festival with Chuck on Sunday at 6pm, The Legendary Downchild Blues Band, Heath & Sherwood Stage, Memorial Park.

Al Lerman w/Fathead
Al Lerman performs a solo set Saturday afternoon, then will hustle to the next stage to perform with Fathead.

Tommy Fyfe & The Whisky River Blues Band
The Whiskey River Blues Band will be one of many acts performing Saturday afternoon in the Trinity Street Shuffle (held on Lakeshore Road)

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For all the details, schedule, location, cost etc. check out www.southsideshuffle.com

The TD Toronto Jazz Festival 2014 edition starts Thursday!

Toronto Jazz festival

Nathan Philips Square will be packed again starting this weekend with the return of the Toronto Jazz Festival! Some shows to watch for at NPS include Dianna Reeves, David Clayton-Thomas, Stanley Clarke, Galactic, Kenny Wayne Shepard, the amazing Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Lettuce, John Scofield Uberjam.

Plus they have some free admission shows , Lighthouse & Melissa Etheridge are there this weekend. Free shows continue daily for the duration of the festival on a few stages around the city.

Chaka Khan opens the festival this Thursday at The Sony Centre with Shemekia Copeland opening. That’s not all that Thursday has to offer though, several bars start up with Jazz Fest shows. The Jazz Bistro on Victoria starts with Mark Mclean feat. Kellylee Evans, The Dominion on Queen has Sean Dobbins Detroit Organ Quartet, Blackburn play Jo Mama’s, the list is extensive. The Dominion and a few other restaurant/bars have extended 4am closing times for the late owls.

I’ll be attending as many shows as I can fit in, documenting with the camera and catching the performers and happenings through out the festival, hope to see you down there. Stay tuned via RSS or come back soon for photos and reviews, enjoy the festival!

Here is the link to the Toronto Jazz Festival Web Site for dates, times, artist bio’s and all the info.