The Vancouver Wine and Jazz Festival features internationally acclaimed jazz, blues, gospel and pop musicians, northwest wines, fine art, food, exhibits, fun and sun!

Schedule of Events:

Gates open at 11 AM

11:30 AM - 12:30 pm: Best of the Northwest Band - Strange Pilgrims

Without a doubt truly one of the BEST of the Northwest bands is Dan Schulte's Strange Pilgrims.  The quintet comprised of Dan Schulte (bass), Clay Giberson (piano), Pete Petersen (sax, flute, clarinet), Chris Lee (drums), and John Moak (trombone) is a band of veteran Northwest jazz artists, composers, arrangers, soloists, and sidemen.  Separately, they perform hundreds of concerts and gigs regionally and nationally, and have performed on dozens of recordings projects.  As a band, they comprise an AMAZING jazz ensemble that performs jazz standards with a unique flair, and contemporary jazz originals.

1:00 - 2:00 pm: Best of the Northwest Band - Christopher Brown

Upon Christopher Brown's arrival in Portland - preceded by 13 years performing in bands in New York and 4 years in the Marine Corps Band - his quartet has become one of the most visible Jazz groups in the Northwest.  Since 2017, his quartet has created a home at the famed 1905 Jazz club in Portland.  Through their regular performances, they've not only helped to raise the profile of the venue to one of the world's "Top 100 Jazz Clubs" according to Down Beat Magazine, but of Jazz itself in Portland.  With its powerful, polished, identifiable sound, the Christopher Brown Quartet succeeds as being one of, if not the BEST, jazz ensembles in the Pacific Northwest.

2:15 - 3:15 pm: National Act - Halie Loren

Halie Loren is an international, award-winning jazz singer/songwriter. She brings a fresh and original perspective to time-honored musical paths, channeling her innate understanding of connectedness across musical boundaries to forge bonds with diverse audiences in North America, Asia, and Europe. Her multi-genre and multi-lingual musical blend across her ten albums to-date has earned several national and international awards in multiple genres as well as significant critical and chart success along the way, with her albums consistently reaching #1 on the Billboard Japan, iTunes (Canada and Japan) and Amazon jazz charts.?

3:45 - 5:00 pm: National Act - David Benoit

For four decades, the GRAMMY®-nominated pianist/composer/ arranger David Benoit has reigned supreme as one the founding fathers of contemporary jazz.  David's career as a contemporary jazz pianist began in 1977 and includes 40 solo recordings.  Many of these, including his 1987 GRP Records debut "Freedom at Midnight" and its Grammy nominated 1988 follow-up "Every Step Of The Way", are considered influential classics in the genre.  Currently, David is topping the jazz charts with guitarist Marc Antoine with their CD recording, "So Nice" and hit single "Caminando."  He has served as conductor of major symphony orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Dresden Philharmonic, London Symphony, Nuremberg Symphony, Philippine Philharmonic, and National Symphony Orchestra.  Benoit's most notable film score is The Stars Fell on Henrietta, produced by Clint Eastwood.  In collaboration with lyricist Mark Winkler, David completed his first Broadway musical, Something's Got To Give about the life and times of Marilyn Monroe.

5:30 - 6:45 pm: National Act - Shemekia Copeland

Shemekia Copeland possesses one of the most instantly recognizable and deeply soulful roots music voices of our time. The multi-GRAMMY nominee is beloved and honored worldwide for the fearlessness, honesty and humor of her revelatory songs, as well as for her winning, engaging personality. The Chicago Tribune says, "Copeland is the greatest female blues vocalist working today. There's no mistaking the majesty of her instrument, nor the ferocity of her delivery."  Born and raised in Harlem in 1979, Shemekia Copeland first stepped on stage with her famous father at New York's Cotton Club when she was eight. Upon release of her Alligator Records debut Turn The Heat Up in 1998 when she was only 18, Copeland instantly became a blues and RandB force to be reckoned with.  The late John Prine paid her a huge compliment when he said, "She simply doesn't sound like anybody else."  And none other than Copeland's friend, the legendary Mavis Staples, announced, "I am so happy Shemekia is delivering these songs that the world needs to hear. Her voice is strong and soulful, and her message comes from her heart."

?7:15 - 8:30 pm: Headline Artist - Take 6

Take 6 (Claude McKnight, Mark Kibble, Joel Kibble, Dave Thomas, Alvin Chea and Khristian Dentley) is the most awarded a cappella group in history.  With 10 Grammy Awards, 10 Dove Awards, a Soul Train Award, and Members of the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, this musical phenomenon  has six virtuosic voices united in crystal clear harmony, against a backdrop of syncopated rhythms, innovative arrangements, and funky grooves that bubble into an intoxicating brew of gospel, jazz, RandB, and pop. 

Take 6 has collaborations and praise from such luminaries as Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Brian Wilson, Ella Fitzgerald, and Whitney Houston.  Take 6 has crossed most musical genres, from straight-ahead Jazz to Pop to adult RandB, doo wop to blues. Like a fine-tuned vocal orchestra, the group continues to push the boundaries of creativity and musical genius with every new release, and with their ever-evolving live performances.  The multi-platinum selling sextet has toured across the globe, and is recognized as the pre-eminent a cappella group in the world.