Upcoming Concerts:
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Sala & Friends / Sala et Ses Amies
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Tickets are $20 for adults; $10 for children 12 to 17 years and children 11 years and under are free.
Seating is available in single, double, triple or sextuple - 0r bring your own chairs.
Concerts start at 7:00 pm - You can enter and choose your seats anytime after 6:00 pm.
Contact [email protected] if you would like to reserve seats for a group of 4 or more.
Refreshments will be available for purchase.
Les billets coûtent 20$ pour les adultes, 10$ pour les enfants de 12 à 17 ans et les enfants 11 ans et moins sont gratuits.
Places assises en configuration simple, double, triple ou pour six personnes - ou apporter votre chaise de parterre préférée.
Le spectacle débute à 19 h 00. Les portes ouvrent à 18 h 00.
Des rafraîchissement seront disponibles à la venté.
2026-2027 Subscriptions
Take Five...or seven...concerts, that is!
From Dave Brubeck, Miles, Billy & Ella to ABBA and the Grinch. Our eclectic season includes Blues, R&B, straight ahead jazz and a big band twist on iconic rock standards. In the middle of the excitement, the family concert favourite comes to steal the show in December as the Grinch comes to town.
But first enjoy our outdoor Sunday evening concerts at Patio 340 with Sala (Ariane Jean) on July 5 and Suzanne Kennelly on August 9.
From Dave Brubeck, Miles, Billy & Ella to ABBA and the Grinch. Our eclectic season includes Blues, R&B, straight ahead jazz and a big band twist on iconic rock standards. In the middle of the excitement, the family concert favourite comes to steal the show in December as the Grinch comes to town.
But first enjoy our outdoor Sunday evening concerts at Patio 340 with Sala (Ariane Jean) on July 5 and Suzanne Kennelly on August 9.
2026-2027 Subscriptions available now!
Buy your subscription now and get up to 20% off the casual ticket price.
$49 Casual Adult Tickets
$25 Casual Student or under 30 years tickets
Education events:
Other resources for Students and Teachers:
School Subscriptions: Buy a subscription for a greatly reduced rate to send your students to live WJO performances! Send a different student each time or offer to students to make a bulk subscription purchase through their schools.
(Complete seven-concert subscriptions only.)
Pre-concert performances: Please contact us if you wish to have your band perform before one of our concerts in the
2026-2027 season. Select your date before it is taken!
Big Band Workshops: Jump into your 2026-2027 school year with a half-day workshop for each of your jazz bands.
Take some of the weight of instruction off yourself and let us teach, encourage and inspire your students!
Mid-October and mid-November dates available.
Reserve an earlybird spot by contacting [email protected].
Women-Led Symposium 2027: We are in the planning stages and will announce more information about this uplifting event soon! If you wish to volunteer at this event, please contact [email protected]
WJO Honour Jazz Bands: Look for information in January 2027! Our honour jazz bands involve 2-3 days of workshops and rehearsals for students up to grade 12, and culminate in a performance at the TD Jazz Winnipeg Festival in June 2017. Auditions will be held in May 2027.
WJEC Summer Jazz Camps: Camps are finalized for August 2026. You are welcome to attend the free public concert on Friday, August 21. More information available soon...
If you would like your band to beta-test our upcoming play-along app, please contact [email protected].
Play-along charts for students are available HERE.
Jazz Skills videos are available HERE.
School Subscriptions: Buy a subscription for a greatly reduced rate to send your students to live WJO performances! Send a different student each time or offer to students to make a bulk subscription purchase through their schools.
(Complete seven-concert subscriptions only.)
Pre-concert performances: Please contact us if you wish to have your band perform before one of our concerts in the
2026-2027 season. Select your date before it is taken!
Big Band Workshops: Jump into your 2026-2027 school year with a half-day workshop for each of your jazz bands.
Take some of the weight of instruction off yourself and let us teach, encourage and inspire your students!
Mid-October and mid-November dates available.
Reserve an earlybird spot by contacting [email protected].
Women-Led Symposium 2027: We are in the planning stages and will announce more information about this uplifting event soon! If you wish to volunteer at this event, please contact [email protected]
WJO Honour Jazz Bands: Look for information in January 2027! Our honour jazz bands involve 2-3 days of workshops and rehearsals for students up to grade 12, and culminate in a performance at the TD Jazz Winnipeg Festival in June 2017. Auditions will be held in May 2027.
WJEC Summer Jazz Camps: Camps are finalized for August 2026. You are welcome to attend the free public concert on Friday, August 21. More information available soon...
If you would like your band to beta-test our upcoming play-along app, please contact [email protected].
Play-along charts for students are available HERE.
Jazz Skills videos are available HERE.
East Meets West: Connections
Juno Award: Jazz Album of the Year (group)
Western Canadian Music Award: Jazz Artist of the Year (2025)
The Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra’s eighth album release features new works by Canadian composers Fred Stride and Jean-Nicolas Trottier. A key goal of the WJO is fostering connections between jazz performers and composers across Canada. Several years ago, the WJO approached Montreal-based Trottier to propose a collaborative commission. Without hesitation, he suggested Fred Stride, whom he had met in 2011 when Stride was presenting masterclasses at the University of Montreal. The collaboration resulted in the stunning nine-movement suite featured on this album. Fred and Jean-Nicolas are prolific jazz composers and we are thrilled to bring them together on this project.
Winner of the Juno Award - Jazz Album of the Year (group)
Winner of the Western Canadian Music Award - Artist of the Year
available on all streaming platforms
Winner of the Juno Award - Jazz Album of the Year (group)
Winner of the Western Canadian Music Award - Artist of the Year
available on all streaming platforms
Forgotten Stories Suite!
Nominated for a Western Canadian Music Award:
Jazz Artist of the Year (2026)
The Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra Endowment Fund!
The Winnipeg Foundation logo - For Good. Forever.
The annual revenue we receive from the interest from this fund contributes to the WJO’s stability and sustainability. We receive matching funds from the Canada Cultural Investment Fund.
You can make your donation on The Winnipeg Foundation website by clicking on the GIVE icon and choosing the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra. This endowment, along with your regular donations and the support of funding bodies, will ensure continued music-making by the WJO.
Thank you to The Winnipeg Foundation and the Canadian Endowment Incentives fund for their support.
You can make your donation on The Winnipeg Foundation website by clicking on the GIVE icon and choosing the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra. This endowment, along with your regular donations and the support of funding bodies, will ensure continued music-making by the WJO.
Thank you to The Winnipeg Foundation and the Canadian Endowment Incentives fund for their support.
The Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra welcomes and shares its performance and creation of music - a universal language to all people irrespective of culture, race, sexuality, ability, language and gender.
Thank you to the Manitoba Arts Council for a professional development grant to help attend the Arts Reach Marketing, Ticketing and Development Conference in Toronto in June 2025.
Thank you to the Manitoba government for a grant to increase our inclusivity and diversity
and a grant to assist our move to electronic, paper-less music.
Thank you to the Government of Canada Canadian Heritage for Endowment Incentives matching grants for the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra Endowment administered by the Winnipeg Foundation..
- Any event may be altered or cancelled without notice.
- We take pictures and videos at WJO events. By attending you give permission for your image to be used in marketing or promotional materials.
- Masks are always welcomed at events, but not required. We thank everyone for being considerate of their neighbour and not attending if they are not feeling well. Our primary concern is your safety and the safety of our musicians, volunteers and staff.
- We take pictures and videos at WJO events. By attending you give permission for your image to be used in marketing or promotional materials.
- Masks are always welcomed at events, but not required. We thank everyone for being considerate of their neighbour and not attending if they are not feeling well. Our primary concern is your safety and the safety of our musicians, volunteers and staff.
The Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra is generously funded by:
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We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
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We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada.
Nous reconnaissons l'appui financier du gouvernement du Canada.
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The Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra welcomes and shares its performance and creation of music - a universal language to all people irrespective of culture, race, sexuality, ability, language and gender.
Music is an agent of hope. A dynamic and valuable device that helps us to heal and to bring us together. The First Peoples of Canada understood this and used music to reunite, resolve and reconcile. In the spirit of reconciliation, we acknowledge that WJO activities take place on Treaty Territory – land that was maintained and earnestly cared for by Indigenous peoples before European settlement. Manitoba is the original lands of Anishinaabe, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene peoples, and is the homeland of the Métis Nation. We acknowledge that Winnipeg benefits daily from Treaty 3 water that comes from Shoal Lake 40. It is with sincere sentiment that we recognize the mistakes of our recent and distant past. In working towards a Canada that benefits us all, we commit to seeking a greater understanding of Canada’s diverse cultural relationships through continued work with Indigenous communities; we commit to live in ways that honour and respect the treaties that were made on these territories; and we commit to stewarding the land in harmony for all who will come after us.
- Please contact us to receive information about the WJO or our concerts in an accessible format.
- Please refrain from wearing any fragrances or scented products as other patrons may be allergic to them.
- Your likeness may be captured at this event. Attending this event implies your permission for your image to be used in marketing or promotional purposes.
- Please do not attend if you do not feel well. Call the box office at 204-632-5299 to arrange to go to another concert.
- Please refrain from wearing any fragrances or scented products as other patrons may be allergic to them.
- Your likeness may be captured at this event. Attending this event implies your permission for your image to be used in marketing or promotional purposes.
- Please do not attend if you do not feel well. Call the box office at 204-632-5299 to arrange to go to another concert.
Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra / Box 68114, RPO Osborne Village, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3L 2V9
Main: 204-421-9398 / [email protected] Box Office: 204-632-5299 / [email protected]
Main: 204-421-9398 / [email protected] Box Office: 204-632-5299 / [email protected]