The Elora Festival Starlight Series is back. Featuring the best in jazz, blues and roots music, the series takes place in the newly renovated Heritage Barn at the Wellington County Museum and Archives.
The capacity for these shows is capped at 75 patrons. Tickets may be purchased in person at 136 Metcalfe Street in Elora, by phone at 519-846-0331, or online at www.elorafestival.ca.
The Mike Janzen Trio
Mike Janzen is a Toronto based jazz pianist/composer/singer whose music is an engaging blend of Broadway standards, explorative versions of popular songs, and well-crafted originals.
Janzen’s primary group, The Mike Janzen Trio, has toured extensively across Canada and has been featured at several renowned international jazz festivals. The trio consists of Janzen on piano and vocal duty, with George Koller on bass and Larnell Lewis on drums – an all-star line up that has worked with Holly Cole, Shuffle Demons, and Snarky Puppy among other musical celebrities.
The group will be performing on July 11 at 9:30pm.
Frog and Henry
Frog and Henry is a two-man-one-man-band, playing prewar, and original music from around the world on up to a dozen or more instruments, including a foot-operated upright bass – called a fotdella – and their own invention – “The Tuba Machine.”
Frog and Henry’s music is rooted in the earliest recorded jazz, country blues, stringband, and jugband music of the 1920s and ‘30s.
After touring three continents, they have also incorporated traditional Scottish fiddling, Cuban, Calypso, and eastern European musical traditions into their repertoire.
The group will be performing on July 18 at 9:30pm.
Glenn Buhr and the Button Factory Band
Glenn Buhr has a broad and varied musical life. He’s well traveled as a composer, having written music for orchestras, ballet companies, choirs, classical soloists, and string quartets from all over the world.
Buhr’s Button Factory band is an eclectic and energetic mix of vintage blues, roots music, and art rock. This four-piece group is made up of some of the finest creative musicians in southwestern Ontario, including Victor Bateman, Brandon Miguel Valdivia, and Mike Anderson.
The group will be performing on July 25 at 9:30pm.
