UPCOMING EVENTS
2010 Wreckhouse International Jazz & Blues Festival (WIJBF)
When: July 13 – 18, 2010
Where: St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador
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To purchase tickets online, go to www.ticketpro.ca , or call 1888.311.9090. Please note that tickets will also be available during the festival at the door of the event venues starting one hour before show time.
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PAST EVENTS
Hot Soup Cool Jazz
When: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at 5:00pm
Where: St. John’s Convention Centre
Wreckhouse Jazz & Blues is joining forces with Choices for Youth, the Jimmy Pratt Memorial Soup Kitchen, the NL division of the Canadian Mental Health Association and Vibrant Communities to host the 3rd Annual Hot Soup, Cool Jazz - a fundraising event to raise awareness of the housing and support needs of youth at risk and the impoverished of our community. Angela Antle and Karl Wells will play host to a gourmet soup tasting competition with soups provided by many of the fabulous Chef's and restaurants of St. John's including 7…A Restaurant, Basho, Bianca’s, Bistro Sophia, Casbah, Gypsy Tea Room, Oliver’s, Portobello’s, Raymond’s, Yellowbelly Brewery & Public House, as well as submissions by the Jimmy Pratt Memorial Soup Kitchen and Choices for Youth. As an added treat, local celebrities will be stylishly serving up the soups with each of the soup competitors! The festivities also include an exquisite bar of fine wines, both a silent and live auction and an exciting jazz concert by the Mary Barry Sextet to end out the evening.
Please join us at the St. John’s Convention Centre on April 20th, 5:00pm, to support our very important cause while tasting some delicious delicacies, enjoying delightful company and being swept away by divine musical entertainment.
VAMPIRE’S BALL: Chris Kirby & the Marquee with the Horns of Justice
When: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 8:00pm (Doors open at 7:00pm)
Where: Bella Vista (Torbay Road)
Sink your fangs into some funky serenades from St. John's young ambassadors of funk, soul and blues. All vampires ages 19 to 1900 are welcome, and encouraged to don their most elaborate ceremonial garments! Order your tickets online and you could win a PRIVATE house concert from Chris Kirby, plus passes to the 2010 Wreckhouse International Jazz & Blues Festival!
Hot Soup, Cool Jazz
When: Thursday, March 19, 2009 at 5:00PM
Where: The Sheraton Hotel (formerly The Fairmont Hotel), Grand Ball Room
Home For Christmas
Jeff Johnston & John Nugent
When: Sunday, December 28, 2008 at 8:00PM
Where: Reid Theatre at Memorial University's Arts & Administration Building
The Davidson Murley Braid Quintet
When: Sunday September 28, 2008
Where: The DF Cook Recital Hall (Memorial University)