Fake Jazz Festival (Day 4)

Mar 27, 2010
Field:

Concert, Performance

Location:

Grand Luxe Hall, Western Front / Secret Location, Vancouver

Time:

8:00 p.m. & 11:00 p.m.

Description:

Fake Jazz Festival was a five-day concert series celebrating underground experimental noise music. Curated by Anju Singh, Jeremy Van Wyck, and Bill Batt, the festival took place in the Grand Luxe Hall and at offsite venues Lick and La Casa Del Artista. Fake Jazz Festival also ran in tandem with Noise not Noise—Western Front’s two-day symposium exploring the changing role of noise in culture.

The fourth day of Fake Jazz featured performances in the Grand Luxe Hall by Magneticring, Empress, V. Vecker, Glass Armonica, and composer Giorgio Magnanensi with poet Kedrick James and guitarist Chad MacQuarriel; as well as offsite performances by Monarch, Shearing Pinx, AHNA, Josh Rose, and Catwrangler at Secret Location.

Presented with support from the Government of Canada, SOCAN Foundation, CiTR Discorder, Long & McQuade, and Best Western Uptown Hotel.

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