Jaymz Bee: “The Village That Swings: A History of the Markham Jazz Festival”

Ron Minken and Jaymz Bee Markham Jazz Festival 2026

Online article published by Jaymz Bee, August 18, 2026

“The Village That Swings: A History of the Markham Jazz Festival”

DejaVu this weekend – August 22 and 23!

“I have spent a lot of my life standing in front of microphones telling rooms full of strangers why the next act is going to change their evening. Most of those rooms had a roof. My favourite one doesn’t. It’s a stretch of pavement called Main Street Unionville, and for two days every August it becomes the best jazz club in Ontario, even though nobody has to pay a cover.”

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