Elevating Chinese Language Music in Canada & Around the world
October 18 - 20, 2023
Elevating Chinese Language Music in Canada & Around the world
OCT 18 - 20, 2023
Jade Music Fest & Awards is an annual music event which aims to make Vancouver the North American hub for Chinese-language music through the elevation of underrepresented Sinophone artists in BC.
The Society of We Are Canadians Too (SWACT) is a non-profit based in BC supporting the normalization of the IBPOC community through multiple arts.
Programming Schedule
Oct 13
Oct 18
09:30 - 10:50
ANNEX
Time to Play My Music: Changing Keys
11:15 - 12:15
ANNEX
Time to Play For the Lost Time: Van Lefan & Jason Qiu
16:00 - 17:10
ANNEX
Time to Play Around the World
19:00 - 21:00
Hollywood Theatre
Opening Concert: Strike the Chord featuring Xiao Bing Chih
Oct 19
09:30 - 10:25
Annex
Time to Play My Music: Resonance
13:30 - 15:00
Annex
Producing Community Music Events 101
15:15 - 16:15
Annex
Time to Press NEXT
18:00-19:00
Gateway Theatre
Time to Elevate featuring Xiao Bing Chih
19:30 - 21:35
Gateway Theatre
JMF Showcase: Rise Up
Oct 20
Reserve Your Seats
RSVP is advised for all programming
Educational Programming
Time to Play For the Lost Time:
Van Lefan
October 13th
Friday
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Gateway Theatre
Time to Play My Music:
Changing Keys
October 18th
Wednesday
9:30 am - 10:50 am
ANNEX
Time to Play for the Lost Time:
Van Lefan & Jason Qiu
October 18th
Wednesday
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
ANNEX
Time to Play My Music:
Resonance
October 19th
Thursday
9:30 am - 10:35 am
ANNEX
Artist Line Up
Sponsors
Listen to the music featured at JADE MUSIC FEST
Browse the playlists by:
Podcast:
On the Rise
Chynna Lewis
Kim Yang
Amely Zhou
Senyuè
Aiko Tomi
Engage with the Festival
Seeing the Music Contest 2023
For 2023, Seeing the Music project will encompass ten posters inspired by the songs on selected playlists. These visual designs will go up on our event sites and/or participating partners, such as nearby cafes and restaurants, to help promote JMFA and turn up the interest in Chinese-language music in Vancouver. We will offer $500 per piece to artists whose work is chosen for the project.
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Event Locations
Vancouver
ANNEX
823 Seymour St, Vancouver
Hollywood Theatre
3123 W Broadway, Vancouver
Richmond
Gateway Theatre
6500 Gilbert Rd., Richmond
ANNEX & VOGUE THEATRE
Gateway Theatre
Hollywood Theatre
Jade Music Fest is grateful to be held on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish Nation), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation). We acknowledge our privilege to operate on these lands, and commit to work with and be respectful to the Indigenous peoples whose music and culture encourages us to better listen to each other.
Jade Music Fest is grateful to be held on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish Nation), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation). We acknowledge our privilege to operate on these lands, and commit to work with and be respectful to the Indigenous peoples whose music and culture encourages us to better listen to each other.