Friday July 6th, 2018

Myles Sanko and Huntertones, soul & funk feature as the Festival Canarias Jazz & Más Heineken gets underway

Myles Sanko and Huntertones are the star attractions for the christening of the 27th edition of the Festival Internacional Canarias Jazz & Más Heineken, which kicks off this Friday 6 July in the public square – Plaza de España in Los Llanos de Aridane (La Palma). An open-air free-entrance concert featuring two very entertaining groups, different & international; a prime example of the continuing search for new artists that characterizes the billing at the festival. This will be one of more than 50 concerts featuring 28 musical ensembles performing at venues on five islands –La Palma, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria y Tenerife-, an ample programme of activities for this new edition. + INFO

Friday July 6th, 2018

The 27th edition of the Festival Canarias Jazz & Más Heineken kicks off this Friday in Santa Cruz de Tenerife & La Palma

The public square – Plaza de Los Alisios (at the rear of the Tenerife Auditorium) will host performances by the Christian Sands Trio, Keyon Harrold & Atlantic Jazz Ensemble on 6 July and Myles Sanko, Jungle Fire & Alexis Alonso Quartet on the 7th, at 21.00 hours
The square – Plaza de España (Los Llanos de Aridane) will be the venue in La Palma for concerts featuring Huntertones & Myles Sanko
The Alfredo Kraus Auditorium opens the doors of the Sala de Cámara (Chamber Hall) and Rincón del Jazz (Jazz Corner) on the 7th for the first night of the festival in Gran Canaria
Huntertones and the group from Tenerife 3alDente will take the stage in the beach parking area-Parking de la Playa in la Garita, Arrieta (municipality of Haría) in Lanzarote + INFO

Thursday July 5th, 2018

Santa Cruz de Tenerife recoups the Festival Canarias Jazz & Más Heineken open-air concerts

The Festival Canarias Jazz & Más Heineken kicks off this weekend with a double session of open-air concerts in the square – Plaza de los Alisios (at the rear of the Tenerife Auditorium). On Friday 6 July the billing will feature the local band Atlantic Jazz Ensemble, pianist Christian Sands in a trio formation and trumpeter Keyon Harrold. The concerts commence at 21.00 hours and are free-entrance. In this manner, Santa Cruz de Tenerife is able to recoup the open-air concerts it once staged, with a double programme as on Saturday 7 (same time & place) both lovers of good music & faithful fans of the festival, will be able to enjoy a second session featuring performances by the Alexis Alonso Quartet (Canaries), British artist Myles Sanko and the Californinans Jungle Fire. Two eclectic nights of entertaining exposure to two different ways of understanding & appreciating jazz, encountering from the classic & pure to the fusion of related rhythms like hip hop, soul & Afrobeat. + INFO

Monday July 2nd, 2018

João Bosco, Dhafer Youssef & Kenny Garrett top the list for the 27th edition of the Festival Canarias Jazz & Más Heineken

João Bosco, Dhafer Youssef, Kenny Garrett, Cyrille Aimée, Christian Sands, Keyon Harrold, Allan Harris, Michael Olivera, Eva Cortés, Gilad Hekselman, Myles Sanko, Jungle Fire, Tanika Charles, Yotam Silberstein, Iñaki Arakistain, Ida Nielsen, Julian Lage and Naughty Professor are some of the artists that make up the billing at this 27th edition of the Festival Internacional Canarias Jazz & Más Heineken, which kicks off this week and will be staged between 6 & 22 July at venues covering once again most of the Canary Islands. ‘Noche África’ (Africa Night), featuring Alex Ikot & Nelida Karr, and various other local bands complete said billing for a new presentation of this well seasoned Canarian festive event. + INFO

Monday June 18th, 2018

The 27th edition of the Festival Canarias Jazz & Más Heineken begins its itinerant route around six islands in the Square – Plaza de los Alisios of the Tenerife Auditorium

The 27th edition of the Festival Internacional Canarias Jazz & Más Heineken kicks off in the Squares – Plaza Alisios of the Tenerife Auditorium and Plaza de España of Los Llanos de Aridane in La Palma, with a programme featuring 49 concerts taking us also to the islands of Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, La Graciosa & Gran Canaria. This edition commences on 6 July and lasts till 22 July. + INFO