From the Promoter

Today, due to COVID-19, we have made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 TD Halifax Jazz Festival (HJF). While HJF may not be able to provide a stage in the same way as we normally do, we are continuing to work with our musical community to find ways of uniting people under the HJF umbrella. It’s too early to say what this will look like, but we are confident that as a collective we can find a way to inspire, cheer and connect.

We have not come to this decision lightly, but after weeks of consulting with government officials, healthcare professionals, artists, venues and stakeholders, we are committed to making the health and wellbeing of everyone in our community our highest priority. With this announcement, we are deeply aware that the upcoming months are going to be challenging on the live-music industry. Just as with many other events, our team is made up of many self-employed musicians, technicians, agents, and site crew and we understand they are going to be greatly impacted during this unprecedented time. We encourage our festival goers to reach out and connect with their musical community and support artists in whatever way you can - buy their merch, stream their music, follow them on social media, watch their live-streams!

We are working hard to lessen the impact of this decision in our community and we are committing to refunding HJF tickets purchased by festival attendees. As a registered charitable organization, we are offering festival goers the opportunity to donate the value of their ticket or pass back to HJF in exchange for a charitable tax receipt, which will help immensely in allowing us to keep supporting local music creation and education.