Jazz Takes Over Toronto! Kensington Market 2024 Festival’s Best Live Performances & Must See Acts!

Kensington Market Jazz Festival 2024. Enjoy the singular charm of Toronto's jazz scene at the 9th Annual Kensington Market Jazz Festival. Watch till the end for highlights of the festival. Big announcement, I am opening up to membership on my YouTube channel now. If you join my membership, you will get exclusive videos to membership only videos and you will get to dig out all the skeletons in my closet because you will have a chance to have a Q&A exclusive session with me. So join our membership today. A local grassroots festival set in the historic and neighborhood of Kensington Market celebrates local talent and community. Last year, the festival showcased 200 artists performing in 92 shows over three nights, filling the air with incredible music last year. This year, it also happens to fall on the neighborhood's Pedestrian Sundays, a car-free initiative that opens Kensington Market's narrow streets for the residents to walk and explore. The performances will entail Donovan Locke singing his sweet soul ballads and Richard Underhill with his smooth jazz. The list includes Waleed Abdulhamid, Lou Pomanti, Mark Jordan, Robin Black, Oakland Strokes, Laura Hubert, John Alcorn, Pat Collins and Brian Dickerson, Heather Bambrick, Shannon Butcher, Whitney Ross Barris, Miranda Mulholland, Alana Bridgewater, Jesse Ryan, Amanda Martinez, Empanadas Ilegales, Hilario Duran, Roby Bodos, Sammy Jackson, Joseph Callender, Alex Pangman, Jay Douglas, Kevin Barrett, Joe Seeley, Brian Dickerson, Eric Liang, Hilario Duran, Billy Newton Davis, Elizabeth, Josh Grossman, Addie Brown, Don Breithaupt, Barbara Lika, Eric St. Laurent, Charlotte McAfee Bruner, and Thompson Egbo Egbo, among others. The Kensington Market Jazz Festival is more than an event, rather it is a liveliness of community and culture. Fashion Ecstasy would like to extend our warmest thanks and congratulations to Molly Johnson, founder of the festival, and all the talents of Incredibly Talented Musical Acts for another successful run. Their contributions have not only enriched the festival but also strengthened the Below are highlights from the Kensington Market Jazz Festival. Spending the night with Lou Pimanti, Mark Jordan, Robin Black, and Oakland Strokes. Friday night was Lou Pimanti night over at Supermarket. Canadian music lovers will recognize this incredibly accomplished musical force of nature. He's one of the nation's most accomplished producers, composers, musicians, and musical directors. Do you remember hearing Michael Bublé's smash hit, Haven't Met You Yet, on the airwaves? Yes, Lou arranged the song's jubilant orchestra section. Fun fact, if you're ever in the Weston Road and Shepherd Avenue West area, be sure to take a stroll down Lou Pimanti Street. I arrived at the perfect time to catch his first set with Mark Jordan. Mark is an American-born Toronto-based singer-songwriter who worked with many famous musicians such as Cher, Diana Ross, and Rod Stewart. Did you know he once performed in a hockey-themed musical with Dame Olivia Newton-John called Score, a Hockey Musical? The camp factor of this glee NHL crossover is through the roof. Mark delivered a wonderful rendition of Hoagy Carmichael's The Nearness of You and Coltrane Plays the Blues. His mellow style had the crowd toe-tapping to the beat, completely drawn into the music. My favorite moment was when Mark told the audience of a funny anecdote where people often confuse him for Margaret Atwood. It was one of those slow burning sets building anticipation from the forthcoming performers. While the audience waited for Robin Black to appear, Lou indulged it for a few minutes with some solo piano time. Shout out to his Black Support Live Music t-shirt. The performance area was so small and intimate that I spotted his shirt from my seat in the third row. This eagle-eyed fashionista loved it. Speaking of being fabulously dressed, Robin looked and sounded awesome during her set. When she sang The Beatles Come Together with Mark, I was won over by her groovy vibe. Oh, Robin has such a cool vibe and the tallest pair of platform heels I've ever seen. She poured so much love into the Burt Bacharach classic A House Is Not A Home. Robin has one of those singing voices that fills you with all of the good feelings every time you listen to her. No wonder Lou loves to perform with her. After Robin's set, I met her wonderful mother Melinda. Robin's lucky to have such a sweet and supportive mother in her corner. A true super fan! A few minutes later, the stage lighting got darker and washed with a subtle pink glow. I knew things were about to get real really quickly when the ten-piece big band Oakland Strokes took the stage. Anyone who is a high-energy soul funk powerhouse tower of power will dig these guys. George St. Kitts served fiery vocals and smooth dance moves and I enjoyed every minute of it. Their slow jam, you're still a young man, got couples slow dancing on the floor. Then they cranked the energy back to sky high with their last song, What Is Hip. Lou Bartolomucci's guitar solo was electrifying. My favorite moment of the night occurred at the very end of the show. It just so happened that they ran well over the time of allotment and the supermarket had to shut its doors for the night. Amongst the shuffling of tables and chairs, Lou got on the microphone and shouted, good night everybody. They're ejecting us out of here! From his declaration onward, it was an intensely personal show as Lou concluded the evening on a light note. It's an opportunity that comes once in a lifetime to see such a force of nature in a musical career in an intimate setting and to let the audience feel like participants in that experience. Tapestry, Thompson Egbo Egbo, Sunday afternoon. Thompson Egbo Egbo's show was a darling experience for one Sunday afternoon. It coincided with pedestrian Sundays when Kensington Market transforms into a lively street festival on the last Sunday of each month. Before the show, I wandered through the vibrant neighborhood and uncovered some intriguing gems. A mini salsa festival was nestled in an alley near the corner of Baldwin street and Kensington Avenue. I indulged in Co-Ox Hana's three for fifteen dollars taco special made with a very flavorful but very spicy cochinita pebble filling. A row of local vendors showcasing their goods in another nearby alleyway was my last stop on my Sunday stroll before hitting up Thompson's show. Canadian jazz fans will be charmed by Thompson's affability, his genius with the instrument, and most importantly, his capacity to convey raw emotional energy in every note. His execution of the well-known Hebrew love song, Not by Day, Not by Night, was electrifying. There was a standing ovation with thunderous clapping from the audience. He is also known for his covers of hits from the mainstream world and for inserting a little more jazz into it. My inner child leaped with joy when he played my favorite things off of one of my all-time favorite musicals, The Sound of Music. He closed his set with a cover of Radiohead's exit music for a film, a haunted lullaby that Thompson delivered in profoundly deep intensity. Fantastic ending to the ninth annual Kensington Market Jazz Festival. Thank you to Molly Johnson, the festival's founder and beloved neighborhood icon, the Kensington Market Jazz Festival, and all of the volunteers for their hard work in making this year's festival such a blast. For more information, please visit https://www.kensingtonjazz.com. For the full review, please click on the link in the description box below. 完整評價請看以下連結哦。 And again, you're welcome. 還有,不客氣哦。 Collaborations or if you want to join our next event, make sure to subscribe and hit the bell and share. You can also add me online on at TinkieBellessa, T-I-N-K-E-B-E-L-L-E-Z-Z-A. Make sure the T is capital and send us a message first so we don't miss you. You can also add us on Line app by our QR code. Make sure to follow us on Facebook and at www.fashionecsta.com. Follow us on Instagram at fashionecstasy, also my personal account at tanya.fashionecstasy. We're also on Twitter at fashionecstasy and my personal account at HsuTanya, it's H-S-U-T-A-N-Y-A. 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