With great new music being released every month, keeping up can be a daunting task for even the most ardent music aficionado. Western Front’s Listening…

Western Front is pleased to partner with Coastal Jazz and Blues Society to present two days of live music from the Grand Luxe Hall as…

With the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI) at the University of British Columbia, and in partnership with Coastal Jazz and Blues Society,…

Free, streamed by Suoni TV at suoniperilpopolo.org The African diaspora’s contribution to European art music has been substantial; however, a history of white supremacy and…

Free to attend. Register for a 45-minute time window by following a link below. Feb 26, 8 p.m. – 12 a.m. Feb 27, 12 p.m.…

Tiffany Ayalik melds storytelling and theatre with layered song loops and vocal improvisation,  creating music and performances that are mesmerizing, powerful and at times, playful.…

Ian William Craig’s work involves pushing vintage reel-to-reel tape decks to their physical limits, often through modification or manipulation. The tape that runs through them…

In September 2019, violinist and composer Meredith Bates began a six month residency to compose new work in Western Front’s performance space, the Grand Luxe…

Western Front is pleased to present Mepalu Sari [Essence of a Collision], a digital album of new gamelan and electronic music compositions by students and emerging…

**Due to unforeseen circumstances Day 2 of the colloquium will be postponed. Please check the Western Front/Coastal Jazz/IICSI websites in the coming weeks for a…

Online ticket sales have now ended. Tickets will be available at the door. Door Tickets: $20/$15 Curatorial collective Sawdust Collector invites musicians, dancers, poets and…

This event has been cancelled. Please contact Vancouver Coastal Jazz with inquiries regarding ticket refunds. In their latest endeavour Parlour Game, the dynamic duo of…

Advance ticket sales have now ended. Tickets will be available at the door. Door Tickets: $20 General / $15 Students & WF Members Ayelet Rose Gottlieb…

FREE Clarinetist Elizabeth Millar and guitarist/oudist Sam Shalabi travel to Vancouver from Montréal for a ten-day residency, which includes this performance at Western Front, and…

Ticket pre-sales have now ended. Tickets for the 9:30 concert will be available at the door. 7:00pm concert is sold out. No refunds or exchanges…

Tickets: $27 Named for one of Ornette Coleman’s most evocative compositions, this all-star project honours the Coleman legacy, along with the music of Coleman’s fellow Fort Worth-native reed…

Advance ticket sales have now ended. Tickets will be available at the door. Door Tickets: $30 Canadian pianist-composer Kris Davis has collaborated with John Zorn, Craig Taborn,…

Advance Ticket sales have now ended. Tickets will be available at the door. Door Tickets: $20 General / $15 Students & WF Members Vocalist Fay Victor and…