Inspired by music a little off the beaten path (yet highly accessible)? Interested in bringing in some big name acts to Kelowna (including JUNO nominees/winners)? Interested in a Kelowna musical experience comparable to the Vernon and Salmon Arm Jazz Clubs, and a community nourished by its volunteers? If so, the Kelowna Jazz Society is your society! We want to hear from you!
Upcoming Jazz Society Shows, including links for online ticket purchase
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Okanagan Mission Community Hall (Big Red Barn), 4409 Lakeshore Rd, Kelowna
Get ready to swing to a live jazz band!
Kick off your evening with a beginner-friendly dance lesson, then hit the floor to show off your moves or simply sit back and enjoy professional musicians playing toe-tapping swing favourites!
6:30 PM – 7:15 PM: Beginner Dance Lesson 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM: Social Dancing & Live Music
$30/person
Gabriel is a jazz musician based in BC's southern interior. Born in Quito, Ecuador, he completed his music degree at Universidad de los Hemisferios before earning a diploma in Jazz Studies from the Conservatori del Liceu in Barcelona, Spain. While there, he attended master classes with Pat Metheny, Dave Holland, Peter Bernstein, and Jorge Rossy, which deepened his focus on jazz. Gabriel moved to Canada in 2016 and has since led his own group through performances across PEI and BC, including dates at the Vernon Jazz Club, the Salmon Arm Jazz Club, and the PEI Jazz Festival.
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Okanagan Mission Community Hall (Big Red Barn), 4409 Lakeshore Rd, Kelowna
Get ready to swing to a live jazz band!
Kick off your evening with a beginner-friendly dance lesson, then hit the floor to show off your moves or simply sit back and enjoy professional musicians playing toe-tapping swing favourites!
6:30 PM – 7:15 PM: Beginner Dance Lesson 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM: Social Dancing & Live Music
$30/person
More details to come...
Anthony D’Alessandro is a JUNO-nominated pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader based in Toronto, Canada. Hailed by the WholeNote Magazine as a pianist with a “natural feeling for swing and groove” and “scintillating technique”, and “one of the most impressive young jazz pianists today” by the Jersey Jazz Magazine, he has performed in many notable clubs, concert halls and jazz festivals around the world including the Montreal International Jazz Festival, the Teatro Nescafé de las Artes in Santiago Chile, Birdland Jazz Club and Smalls Jazz Club in New York City, and Koerner Hall in Toronto.
He tours internationally as a bandleader including performances across Canada, the United States, South America, and Europe. He regularly performs alongside a “who’s who” of the industry’s top jazz musicians including international artists such as Benny Benack III, Joe Farnsworth, and Summer Camargo as well as fellow Canadians Caity Gyorgy, Pat LaBarbara, and Ernesto Cervini.
D'Alessandro’s most recent album City Lights was nominated for Jazz Album of the Year at the 2026 JUNO Awards. It has been called an album that “swings, breathes, and even smiles” by the Paris Move, and “capturing the immediacy and authenticity of a band in full flight” by V13 Media. His composition Tune for Monty was selected for CBC Music’s prestigious “Songs You Need to Hear” list in May 2024.
D’Alessandro has toured and recorded with three-time JUNO award winning vocalist Caity Gyorgy, having played piano on her most recent 2025 JUNO winning album “Hello, How Are You?”