Come out to the last Jazz Brunch of the year at the Black Dog Tavern on Sunday, September 6th!
The wonderful voice of Chantal Thompson, ably supported by Zak Colbert, Rich Bannard, Dave Barton and Bobby Hsu can be heard from 11:30 am to 2:00 pm at the Black Dog Tavern this Sunday. Don’t miss this chance to hear some amazing music while you eat and drink delicious things!
Black Dog Tavern – 69 Brock Street, Kingston ON
Come and see the Brownman Electryc Trio on September 9th 2026 at the RCHA Club!
The RCHA Club in Kingston proudly presents 2x National Jazz Award winners for “electric jazz group of the year”, the BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO, up from Brooklyn, NY and on tour in Ontario in September, and whom NPR (National Public Radio) in New York City has called “the new standard in electric-jazz”, while the Chicago Tribune has called them “irreverent, searching & exploratory in a way that Miles would have been proud to see”. The trio is led by GRAMMY long-lister and multiple JUNO Award winner BROWNMAN ALI, heralded as “Canada’s pre-eminent jazz trumpet player” by the New York Village Voice. “The trio folds aspects of Black American Music into a chordless jazz framework”, states Brownman. “When we’re not playing originals, we often take classic standards from the 30s through the 50s and re-imagine them as if they were written today and being produced by, say, DJ Premier or Kanye West. The end result is something that hopefully sounds relevant in today’s musical paradigm, but still resonates with the history and lineage of the jazz tradition. And yep – you’ll hear a lot of Miles Davis’ influence in that resulting sound”.
:: Brownman Ali – electric trumpet (Brooklyn, NY)
:: Sean Dennis – 6-string electric bass (Toronto, ON)
:: Miles Johnson – drums (Toronto, ON) – 19 years old!!!
Tickets are $20 and available at the Club
RCHA – 193 Ontario Street, Kingston, ON
Come out to the RCHA on Monday, August 24th at 7 pm and see some wonderful Jazz music in the New Orleans Style!
Sunny Side is inspired by early jazz greats like Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Nate King Cole and Fats Waller. They deliver a New Orleans style jazz experience featuring rich three part harmonies, a driving rhythm section and a dynamic vocalist and dancer. They bring the music to life! Their shows are immersive and high energy. Audiences are encouraged to dance, sing along and soak in the joyful atmosphere that defines their home town.
In August of 2025, Sunny Side completed their fifth national tour, with over 20 performances in 16 cities across states including Tennessee, Ohio, and New York—appearing in a variety of venues from listening rooms to swing dance halls.
Since 2020, Sunny Side has been a sought-after choice for private events and weddings. Recognized for their professionalism and crowd-pleasing performances, they’ve earned The Knot’s “Best of Weddings” award in 2021, 2023, 2024, and 2025—an honor reserved for the top 5% of wedding bands nationwide.
Don’t miss this incredible band!
Tickets are $25 and available at the club 613 542 8152 (call or drop in).
The RCHA Club is at 193 Ontario Street, Kingston ON
Come witness these four in full flight, this performance will feature deeply exploratory, hard-swinging modern-jazz audiences will not want to miss.
Tickets are $20 and available at the Club or by visiting: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/nick-maclean-quartet-feat-brownman-ali-kingston-tickets-1987137580997
On August 10, 2026, jazz duo Nathalie Craan and Dave Beckstead celebrate an extraordinary 35 years of making music together with a special duo performance at the RCHA from 4:30–6:30 p.m.
With a musical partnership spanning more than three decades, Nathalie and Dave have performed in a variety of formats—from intimate duo settings and trios to larger ensembles and full big bands—and have taken their music to audiences across Canada, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. Their repertoire combines classic jazz with modern twists alongside contemporary music infused with a jazz aesthetic. Career highlights include a U.S. State Department “Jazz Ambassadors” tour of Madagascar, an eight-year house gig at Beijing’s CD Jazz Café, a performance at the Forbidden City Concert Hall as part of the Beijing Nine Gates Jazz Festival, and a five-year association with Redbones Blues Café in Kingston, Jamaica. Now calling Kingston, Ontario home, Nathalie and Dave invite audiences to join them in celebrating 35 years of musical collaboration.
Admission is $5.
Ahmed Moneka is a Juno-nominated, Iraqi-Canadian musician based in Toronto. He draws on his Afro Sufi heritage to deliver a joyful and transcendent mix of African grooves and Arabic folk melodies, informed by contemporary funk, soul and jazz! Amhed is coming to the Broom Factory on August 7. The show is all ages!
Oscar Evans plays the Wolfe Island Hotel this Saturday, June 6th!
Oscar Evans is a Canadian jazz composer and multi-instrumentalist from Kingston, Ontario specializing in upright bass and trumpet. Blinded in his adolescence, Oscar has gravitated toward learning multiple instruments as a medium for understanding music theory and musicianship.
Oscar studied Jazz Trumpet at Humber College from 2017-2020. In recent years, Oscar has spent his time focusing on his bass playing and composition. Oscar looks forward to playing at the Hotel Wolfe Island with his ensemble of incredibly talented jazz musicians: Paul Morrison on piano, Nicholas Adema on trombone, Bobby Hsu on saxophone, Andy Love on drums. Oscar Evans will play double bass. This performance will showcase Oscar’s new compositions that will feature on his first full-length all original record.
Oscar consistently pushes his own boundaries to create interesting new music. In 2026 he will release two full-length records: one consisting of free jazz, and the other of original compositions. You can find all of his new releases on Bandcamp.
On Monday June 8th, the Inner Harbour Jazz Band welcomes special guest Oscar Evans on trumpet. A talented Kingston multi-instrumentalist, Oscar brings creativity and energy to the group. Joining Oscar will be Nathalie Craan on vocals and Dave Beckstead on guitar for an afternoon of jazz standards and swing favourites.
The Music runs from 4:00–6:30 PM
$5 cover for nonmembers
RCHA Club – 193 Ontarion Street, Kingston ON
Angela Verbrugge and Ray Gallon bring “Gershwin, Porter, ‘n Me” at the Wolfe Island Hotel on Friday, June 5th from 6 pm to 8:30 pmEntrance by gratuity to the musicians. Suggested donation $20 to 30pp https://hotelwolfeisland.com/events/angela-verbrugge-gershwin-porter-n-me/ Western Canadian Music Awards ‘Jazz Artist of the Year’ nominee Angela (Clancy) Verbrugge brings Gershwin- and Cole Porter-era standards to life with her signature charm. A finalist in the International Songwriting Competition, Verbrugge weaves in the timeless standards with her own Canadian jazz compositions and lyrics. The Kingston-born, Amherstview-raised, Vancouver Island-based artist is described as “both hip and a hoot” (JazzWeekly), and has toured in Japan, Hong Kong, S. Korea, Taiwan, Türkiye, the UK, Germany, Luxembourg, France, Italy, and coast to coast in Canada — all since 2021! She has released four albums to great reviews from the international jazz press, topped polls in JazzTimes and All About Jazz, and is regularly played on leading jazz radio programs. Her recorded songs have been streamed almost a million times across platforms. Her early influences include her Kingston friends Bob Ayre, Andy Poole, Paul Chabot, and Murray Wilson. Backed by a stellar pianist —New York City based, Grammy-nominated jazz pianist Ray Gallon, recognized recently for his recordings as a leader with the likes of Ron Carter, Lewis Nash and Kenny Washington that Angela associate-produced. Ray has been professional Jazz Pianist living in New York City for 45 years. He got his start being mentored by Hank Jones, John Lewis (the Modern Jazz Quartet) and Jaki Byard. As a young man, he started touring with Lionel Hampton (there’s a video of him with Hamp at the Montreal Jazz Fest still on YouTube) accompanying him and some of the most famous names in jazz such as Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Williams, Chaka Khan, Gloria Lynn, Dakota Staton, and touring with the Harper Bros, TS Monk, George Adams in venues including the White House and Kennedy Center. This is a true working jazz musician playing on average four gigs a week in NYC year-round for decades with a touch and breath of vocabulary that only that much experience brings (even just search his name in the SmallsLive archive!). He is a professor at City College of New York in Harlem, and has also been called upon by other programs such as the New School, Vermont Jazz Center, and was Sheila Jordan’s preferred accompanist for her workshops. Ray and Angela have amazing musical chemistry that is best experienced live, so don’t miss their debut playing Hotel Wolfe Island and for those of you who have heard them at RCHA, hearing Ray on a baby Grand. |
