This Week in Saskatoon: Saskatchewan Jazz Festival, PONY, Busdriver

The Saskatchewan Jazz Festival has entered the second week of dominating Saskatoon’s music scene. And, as per usual, there are a tonne of non-Sask Jazz events filling in the usual spaces outside of the Bessborough Gardens. While there are plenty of you that are planning on loafing to Feist, Arrested Development and all the free music you can handle, don’t forget to catch some of the smaller shows as well. This week, some of our personal favourites include PONY at Vangelis and Busdriver at Amigos on Tuesday, Power Buddies at Vangelis on Tuesday, and SIANspheric bringing the noise, again to Vangelis on the Monday after the long weekend. Also, if you feel like celebrating or something on Canada Day, The Classy Chassys have you covered at the Capitol.

MONDAY, JUNE 26
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: DTN YXE Pop-up Shows
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: PotashCorp Free Stage
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: Scarlet Restaurant Series
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: 2nd Avenue Grill Series
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: Donny McCaslin Group at The Bassment
The Matadors at Amigos
Crack Cloud, Blue Odeur and Supercroup at Vangelis
Tony K Trio at Buds on Broadway

TUESDAY, JUNE 27
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: DTN YXE Pop-up Shows
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: PotashCorp Free Stage
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: Scarlet Restaurant Series
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: 2nd Avenue Grill Series
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: Kenny Barron at The Bassment
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: Walk off the Earth at Bessborough Gardens
PONY, Dead Soft and Shirley & The Pyramids at Vangelis
Busdriver at Amigos
Tony K Trio at Buds on Broadway

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: DTN YXE Pop-up Shows
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: PotashCorp Free Stage
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: Scarlet Restaurant Series
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: 2nd Avenue Grill Series
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: Ingrid and Christine Jensen at The Bassment
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: Tommy Emmanuel at The Broadway Theatre
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: Ziggy Marley at Bessborough Gardens
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: Flamenco Borealis at Capitol Music Club
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: Banda Magda at Capitol Music Club
Tony K Trio at Buds on Broadway

THURSDAY, JUNE 29
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: DTN YXE Pop-up Shows
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: PotashCorp Free Stage
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: Finn’s Irish Pub Series
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: 2nd Avenue Grill Series
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: The James Hotel Series
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: Yoga Jam with Michael Franti and Ryan Leier at Bessborough Gardens
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: Michael Franti and Spearhead at Bessborough Gardens
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: Jack Broadbent at The Bassment
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: Igor Butman and the Moscow Jazz Orchestra at The Broadway Theatre
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: Desi Sub Culture at Capitol Music Club
Hillsburn at Village Guitar
Archaics, Power Buddies and Waitress at Vangelis
River Edge at Buds on Broadway

FRIDAY, JUNE 30
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: PotashCorp Free Stage
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: Drift Cafe Free Series
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: The James Hotel Series
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: Ms. Lisa Fischer and Grand Baton at The Broadway Theatre
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: Feist at Bessborough Gardens
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: Reuben and the Dark at Amigos
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: Dr. Don and Black Mambas at Capitol Music Club
The Hook Up, Sweetdreams, Brodie Moniker and Quiltin Heavens at Vangelis
BC Reed at Buds on Broadway

SATURDAY, JULY 1
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: PotashCorp Free Stage
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: The James Hotel Series
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: Arrested Development and Talib Kweli at Bessborough Gardens
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: Kay the Aquanaut and Factor Chandelier at Amigos
Canada Day at Diefenbaker Park
The Classy Chassys and Von Jumbo at Capitol Music Club
Charger at Buds on Broadway

SUNDAY, JULY 2
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival: PotashCorp Free Stage

MONDAY, JULY 3
SIANspheric, Radiation Flowers and Slow Down Molasses at Vangelis
Three String Fretless at Buds on Broadway