Denielle Bassels JAZZ PICNIC

11th Season Summer Festival

3rd annual JAZZ PICNIC

Sunday, June 23, 2024

The Brown Homestead, 1317 Pelham Rd, St. Catharines, ON L2R 6P7

Free Parking

1:00 pm -4:30 pm (doors @ noon)

Fee: NOW ONLY $80 + HST + Fees

USE PROMO CODE: PICNIC-2024

TICKET SALES CLOSE JUNE 21 @ NOON to accommodate catering time requirements

Fee: $80.00 + HST + Fees (MAWS Discount: Musicians/ArtsWorkers/Students)

($1/ticket goes to MusiCounts, Canada's music education charity associated with The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and The JUNO Awards.)

INCLUDES: Gourmet Jazz Picnic Lunch prepared by The Pie Guys Bakery & Cafe
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ABOUT THE SHOW

Lunch prepared by The Pie Guys Bakery & Café

Picnic Box Lunch menu options:

1/2 Sandwich (Choice of 1)

Veggie Wrap with Red Pepper Hummus                                                          Chicken Salad on a Croissant                                                                            Black Forest Ham with Swiss cheese on a White Sesame Bread 

Salad Options (Choice of 1)                                                                         

Mixed Greens with a Cherry Balsamic Vinaigrette                                              Italian Pasta Salad 

Each box would contain

2 slices of Cheese (wrapped together separately)                                              Butter Cookie with a Strawberry Heart                                                            Grapes & Strawberries

 PLACE YOUR ORDERS HERE

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Denielle Bassels (Vocals)

Toronto-born, Indie Swing chanteuse Denielle Bassels is a rising star on the Canadian jazz scene. Her music is a potent melange of jazz manouche, blues, folk and pop delivered with a powerfully unique contralto voice that packs solid heart punches, sure to "stop you in your tracks" - Juliet Dunn, Music Director, TD Niagara Jazz Festival. Think of Ella Fitzgerald sipping tea on a rollercoaster with the Mad Hatter, and you will know what a night of a Denielle Bassels concert is like. A voice as sweet as Doris Day can also launch into the ferocity of Big Mama Thornton and back, never leaving you to forget that it's Denielle you're hearing. Mix that with a natural penchant for storytelling, and you have a winning combo that leaves the audience wanting more.

Bassels first album of original songs, "What About Wool Wishbags," was voted top 5 albums of 2017 by Terry McElligot of JAZZ.FM91, and seven of the eleven songs went on to win songwriting awards, with "Cool Cool Water" garnering Grand Prize in the John Lennon Song Competition.

With her new single "Little Bit a' Love" out and three singles in tow, Bassels full album is poised for launch in early June 2023. The CD release party kicks off at Lula Lounge in Toronto on June 1st, just in time for Jazz Festival season.

“Little Bit a’ Love features buoyant, euro swing with brave arrangements, lush backup harmonies, and the richly emotional voice and writing of Denielle Bassels.”- LILY FROST, MUSICIAN, HOST OF CROONERS & SONGBIRDS

"Denielle Bassels is one of the brightest new lights on the Canadian Jazz scene." - RAUL DA GAMMA

“There is something about the imaginative way in which Denielle thinks, crafts and creates music that is undeniably her own.” - DANI ELWELL, JAZZFM.91