2024 Cool Blues Show

Spectacular Blues, Brews, and Beyond at The 2024 Cool Blues Show!

Fort Langley Community Park will come alive with five fantastic blues bands, a beer garden, food trucks, vendor market, art installation, games and more. at the 2024 Cool Blues Show hosted by the Fort Langley Jazz & Arts Festival.

Join thousands of blues music fans for this incredible event! You won’t be disappointed!

2024 Cool Blues Show Line-Up

We are thrilled to announce one of our headliners, with more to come!!

Tom Lavin and the Legendary Powder Blues

For over four decades, Powder Blues has been Canada’s leading blues band. The mix of swing, blues, jazz, rock & roll and R&B has an appeal so wide that people from seven to seventy swing side by side at a Powder Blues concert. Over the years the band has toured non-stop through Canada, the United States and overseas, spreading feel-good music that makes folks dance and shout.

Learn more at: https://powderblues.net/

Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne
One of the finest blues piano players around, the talented and legendary Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne is hailed by LIVING BLUES magazine as “an artist bringing the piano back to the front ranks of contemporary Blues“.

With a career that spans more than six decades, Kenny is known for his distinctive blues piano style and cool and soulful vocals. He is on a wonderful roll these days making critically acclaimed albums, winning prestigious awards, and traveling the globe playing for audiences around the world.

Learn more at: https://kennybluesboss.com/

Rick Estrin and the Nightcats

Blues music award-winning, Alligator recording artists, RICK ESTRIN and THE NIGHTCATS are set to play at the Fort Langley Jazz & Arts Festival Cool Blues Show on Friday, July 26. This is a band you do not want to miss! They provide a show that is unprecedented in the blues world.

Singer, songwriter, and virtuoso blues harpist Rick Estrin has played with the legendary Muddy Waters, Sam Lay and Eddie Taylor. The band has toured worldwide, won the prestigious Blues Music Award for Band of the Year (twice), and is one of the most highly entertaining and musically fearless bands on the blues scene today. On stage, the band’s ability to deliver a no-holds-barred show is unmatched.

Check them out here: https://rickestrin.com/home

Tribute to B.B. King by Silent Partners

If you love the music of B.B. King, you'll love our fourth headliner at the Cool Blues Show, Silent Partners, in a Tribute to the King of the Blues, B.B. King.

This band knows their B.B. King…

• Tony Coleman (drums and vocals) played with B.B. King for 30 years!
• Russell Jackson (bass and vocals) played with B.B. King for 7 years!

We're stoked that they'll be joined by Yuji Ihara (guitar), Brad Shigatata (trombone), Vince Mai (trumpet), and our very own Dave Quinn (sax)!

Silent Partners Tony Coleman (drums and vocals) and Russell Jackson (bass and vocals) played with B.B. for many years, but did you know that they met each other in the U.S. Army in 1974? Along with their other army friend, Welton Everette, they formed the band Solid Funk and performed in their hometown of Kansas City alongside musicians like Charlie Parker and John Coltrane. They later joined Otis Clay's band in Chicago and caught the eye of B.B. King!

Silent Partners was formed with Mel Brown and Andrew “Jr. Boy” Jones years after leaving King, and although they took a hiatus in 1990, we can thank keyboardist Jim Pugh for encouraging the band to reunite in 2022! Their recently recorded album “Changing Times” marks a musical journey spanning over five decades.

Read more about Silent Partners here

Listen to them here

Miss Emily

Get ready for a musical adventure in soul, jazz, blues, Motown, old-school R&B and rock and roll with the foot-stomping, heart-wrenching musical force, Miss Emily.

Juno Award-nominee for Blues Album of the Year in 2022, three-time winner of the Maple Blues Female Vocalist of the Year and winner of the Maple Blues New Artist and Sapphire Blues Video of the Year Awards, Miss Emily knows how to pack a musical punch.

“Miss Emily’s voice has got to be heard to be believed - raw, expressive, transitioning flawlessly from a plaintive cry to a sonorous growl, weaving blues, country and rock while she does it... “
Rob Baker - The Tragically Hip

Miss Emily has captivated listeners for over 20 years with her incomparable voice and impassioned vocals. and can't wait to do the same for blues music lovers at the Cool Blues Show.

This year she started studio work on a new album project called “The Medicine” Grammy & JUNO Award Winning Colin Linden will produce the album and writing collaborations include Guy Davis, The Tragically Hip’s Rob Baker and Colin Linden himself.

Listen to her here

Learn more at https://themissemily.com/

Get Festival Ready! Important Info:

• Bring your own seat or blanket!
• Bring your own reusable water bottle to fill up at our free water stations. No glass bottles please.
• No outside food or beverages.
• No professional cameras or videos.
• Have a great time dancing while being respectful to other festival-goers.
• Smoking & vaping is not permitted on Festival grounds.
• Please compost, recycle and dispose of garbage in the bins provided.
• Please leave your dogs at home (with the exception of service dogs).
• There is no bank machine on site. Vendors, beer garden and food trucks accept interact.

GETTING HERE, HOTELS AND PARKING INFORMATION

We strongly encourage carpooling for festival attendees that are coming from outside the Langley region.

Translink information: Take Bus 562 (Langley City via TWU) from Carvolth Exchange (200 St. & Hwy 1) to Southbound Glover Road @ St. Andrews). Bus comes every 30 mins

Parking Information: Please note the signage that designates available parking areas. Free public parking is available close to the festival site and throughout the community.

Festival Preferred Hotel: Sandman Hotel Langley: 8855 202 Street, Langley BC https://www.sandmanhotels.com/langley

THINGS TO DO IN FORT LANGLEY

Nestled along the banks of the Fraser River, the village of Fort Langley is a charming community with a unique small-town feel. It is the Birthplace of BC and home to the National Historic Site, originally a Hudson Bay Company’s fur trading post which is still standing after over 150 years!

The town of 3,400 residents is a thriving tourist destination that includes a main street featuring the historic CN Station and iconic yellow community hall, antiques stores, cafés, a thriving restaurant scene, quaint independent stores, Saturday Farmer’s Market, and even two craft breweries.

The surrounding area in the Township of Langley offers many visitor experiences such as golf courses, wineries, agri-tourism and family activities. Whether you are attending the Fort Langley Jazz & Arts Festival from near or far, we encourage you to stay for the weekend. Explore the Fraser Valley’s premier destination for food and drink, as well as the home of historical Fort Langley. Discover authentic farm experiences, beautiful parks and trails, trendy restaurants & lounges, captivating galleries, unique shopping and so much more.

For more information on things to do and see around Fort Langley, please visit: https://www.tourism-langley.ca/2023-fort-langley-jazz-festival/

2024 Festival Information​

We acknowledge that the Cool Blues Show takes place on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Kwantlen, sq̓əc̓iy̓aɁɬ təməxʷ (Katzie), Semiahmoo and Stó:lō First Nations. We thank the First Nations people who continue to live on these lands and care for them.

GENERAL ADMISSION INCLUDES:

• Admission to the blues show
• Live Entertainment
• Access to our beer gardens and food truck lineup

VIP Single Tickets Now Available!

Elevate your 2024 Cool Blues Show experience by getting a VIP ticket! We’re thrilled to announce VIP single tickets for that special experience and front-of-line benefits!!

VIP perks include:

• An exclusive VIP entrance
• Reserved premium seating (BYO chair/blanket)
• VIP line access at the beer garden
• Backstage Meet & Greet with Blues Show headliners
• A 10% discount on festival tees!
• Don't miss out on the VIP experience! VIP tickets are $89.50 and there are only 100 tickets available!

For those wanting to upgrade their tickets to a VIP ticket, please send us an email to info@fortlangleyjazzfest.com.