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SUMMARY:The Sun Life UpTown Waterloo Jazz Festival
LOCATION:Waterloo\, Ontario 
DESCRIPTION:The Sun Life UpTown Waterloo Jazz Festival is an annual 3 day FREE music fe
 stival held in Waterloo Ontario, encouraging all genres of jazz. This upcom
 ing year of 2026, we invite you to our 34th Season where we look forward to
  entertaining more than 20,000 enthusiastic festival goers!\n\nFriday night
  brings the return to the Festival of the Toronto group Four80East,” said D
 erek Hines, Artistic Director who has been putting the musical program toge
 ther for the Festival for over 5 years now.  “They are very popular in the 
 US and Europe but for some reason they don’t play a lot in Canada.  Their m
 usic is described as ‘Groove Jazz for the Masses’; very danceable with a gr
 eat beat, wonderful melodies and influences of R & B, funk and rock.  W
 e are expecting a number of their fans to travel up from the US and from ac
 ross Canada to catch their performance”, he added.\n\n\n“On Saturday night,
  we will feature the Latin Big Band of Alexis Baró, a Cuban Trumpeter that 
 now calls Toronto home,” Hines continued.  “His latest album, AFROKANDO was
  nominated for a JUNO award this year.  The music is high energy laced with
  Latin rhythms, perfect for a summer Saturday night under the stars!”\n \nS
 unday will mark the return of prodigal son, Adrean Farrugia and his Quintet
 .  “Adrean is a great friend who has recently moved back to Ontario and is 
 Assistant Professor in the Wilfrid Laurier University music program,” said 
 Hines.  “He was Matt Dusk’s pianist for many years and has put together a k
 iller quintet to be our closing day Headliner.  Their performance will be a
 wesome.”\n\n\nThe Program for this year carries on the tradition of support
 ing musicians from the local and national scenes.\n\n\n“It’s a great honour
  to create the artistic program for this Festival,” said Hines.  “There is 
 so much musical talent in this country and I love helping to showcase these
  incredible artists.”\n \nLocal artists featured at this year’s Festival in
 clude well-known regulars like Paul Stouffer & Tim Moher, funk fusion b
 and from WLU The Stack, up and coming artist Bria Moore is from Drayton and
  has performed with her family in Mooreband and, making his Festival debut,
  local favourite Matt Weidinger with his organ-based group the Tonewheels. 
 \n\nWe will also feature new local talent as musicians from our high school
 s try their hands at jazz in the Youth Jazz Ensemble led by the incredible 
 Jason White.  This group of young musicians is always a treat!\n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p data-rte-preserve-empty="true">The Sun Life UpTown Waterloo Jazz Festiva
 l is an annual 3 day FREE music festival held in Waterloo Ontario, encourag
 ing all genres of jazz. This upcoming year of 2026, we invite you to our 34
 th Season where we look forward to entertaining more than 20,000 enthusiast
 ic festival goers!<br /><br />Friday night brings the return to the Festiva
 l of the Toronto group Four80East,” said Derek Hines, Artistic Director who
  has been putting the musical program together for the Festival for over 5 
 years now.&nbsp; “They are very popular in the US and Europe but for some r
 eason they don’t play a lot in Canada.&nbsp; Their music is described as ‘G
 roove Jazz for the Masses’; very danceable with a great beat, wonderful mel
 odies and influences of R &amp; B, funk and rock.&nbsp; We are expecting a 
 number of their fans to travel up from the US and from across Canada to cat
 ch their performance”, he added.<br /><br /></p><p data-rte-preserve-empty=
 "true">“On Saturday night, we will feature the Latin Big Band of Alexis Bar
 ó, a Cuban Trumpeter that now calls Toronto home,” Hines continued.&nbsp; “
 His latest album, <em>AFROKANDO</em> was nominated for a JUNO award this ye
 ar.&nbsp; The music is high energy laced with Latin rhythms, perfect for a 
 summer Saturday night under the stars!”</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p data-rte-preserv
 e-empty="true">Sunday will mark the return of prodigal son, Adrean Farrugia
  and his Quintet.&nbsp; “Adrean is a great friend who has recently moved ba
 ck to Ontario and is Assistant Professor in the Wilfrid Laurier University 
 music program,” said Hines.&nbsp; “He was Matt Dusk’s pianist for many year
 s and has put together a killer quintet to be our closing day Headliner.&nb
 sp; Their performance will be awesome.”<br /><br /></p><p data-rte-preserve
 -empty="true">The Program for this year carries on the tradition of support
 ing musicians from the local and national scenes.<br /><br /></p><p data-rt
 e-preserve-empty="true">“It’s a great honour to create the artistic program
  for this Festival,” said Hines.&nbsp; “There is so much musical talent in 
 this country and I love helping to showcase these incredible artists.”</p><
 p>&nbsp;</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Local artists featured at thi
 s year’s Festival include well-known regulars like Paul Stouffer &amp; Tim 
 Moher, funk fusion band from WLU The Stack, up and coming artist Bria Moore
  is from Drayton and has performed with her family in Mooreband and, making
  his Festival debut, local favourite Matt Weidinger with his organ-based gr
 oup the Tonewheels. <br /><br />We will also feature new local talent as mu
 sicians from our high schools try their hands at jazz in the Youth Jazz Ens
 emble led by the incredible Jason White.&nbsp; This group of young musician
 s is always a treat!</p>
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