July 20, 1978 - September 23, 2024

Raise a glass to Julia Cleveland, founder of Bluebird’s Thursday night music series. Inspiring musician, wonderful friend, beloved and integral member of our Bluebird community. Without you there is no this.

You are forever missed & we are forever blessed to have known you.

A little Julia:

Julia Cleveland Blue Legs

Links to her final show at Bluebird September 19, 2024:

First Set

Second Set

Three time Maple Blues Award nominee, Jenie Thai is a singer, songwriter, and pianist with an old-school soul, and a voice that spans more than three octaves. Inspired by America's great songwriters, she blends her love of classic R&B and roots music in tough but tender ballads and firey house-rockers.

Rebecca Hennessy is a Toronto based singer, trumpeter and piano player. Her original songs have sounds that travel through roots, jazz, and Americana traditions.

jeniethai.ca

rebeccahennessy.com

The Harley Card Trio plays contemporary jazz originals as well as music by some of their favourite composers, including Wayne Shorter, Duke Ellington, Joe Henderson, & Eddie Harris.

harleycard.ca

John Showman “one of the very best and most influential fiddle players in Canada” (Steve Pritchard, CIUT 89.5 FM) & Chris Coole, whose “banjo playing is, frankly, incomparable” (Mitch Podolak co-founder of the Winnipeg and Vancouver Folk Festivals) come together for a fiddle and banjo tour-de-force: playing both the classics from the American songbook and originals. Not to be missed!

lonesomeace.com

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