Blue Moon Marquee with guest David Vest

Name: Blue Moon Marquee with guest David Vest
Start: 2025-04-17T19:30:00-07:00
Location: The Port Theatre

Schedule

Thu, 17 Apr, 2025 at 07:30 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

The Port Theatre | Nanaimo, BC

Join Nanaimo International Jazz Festival and Nanaimo Blues Society as they present Blue Moon Marquee at The Port Theatre on April 17th with a guest appearance by David Vest.
After nabbing their first ever Juno win last year for Best Blues Album Cowichan Valley swing blues duo Blue Moon Marquee is over the moon to be nominated in the same category this year for their new album New Orleans Sessions.
Blue Moon Marquee write and perform original compositions influenced by anything that swings, jumps or grooves. A.W. Cardinal (vocals/guitar) and Jasmine Colette (Jasmine Ohlhauser) a.k.a. Badlands Jass (vocals/bass/drums) have played for a vast gamut of crowds at jazz clubs, lindy hop dance halls, folk venues, blues haunts, hospitals, prisons, markets, motorcycle joints, dive bars and prestigious festival stages.
The result of 9 years of rigorous crisscrossing Europe and North America is a distinct energy & style from this acclaimed duo. Carving a path through blues, jazz, jump jive, folk, Country, swing and Indigenous soul with an authentic spirit, their sound does not idle easily in one certain category. It stomps and struts through the wilds, conjuring a blend that pulls the different parts of their musical worlds together, taking the tones of early blues, the expressions of jazz, the heart of country, the spirit of folk, the swagger of soul & the rhythm of roll Their gift is they bring all these elements together without anything sounding out of step. They collect the roots and smoothly braid them with lyrics that often touch on the underbelly of society, woven with elements of Indigenous storytelling and poetic cadence.
Guest Appearance by David Vest
David Vest is a six-time Maple Blues Award winner who has been rockin’ and shoutin’ the blues (and bringing audiences to their feet) since 1957. He’s a boogie-woogie piano legend, a highly original songwriter, and a spellbinding storyteller.