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JazzEast Rising Association is a registered Charity (BN 8888 19190 RR 0001) and as such, we can issue a charitable tax receipt for your donation. For more information about the Halifax Jazz Festival, our various programs, and how your generous donations can contribute directly to our work, please contact Tenille Goodspeed Executive Director by email at executivedirector@halifaxjazzfestival.ca

As a registered charitable organization, the TD Halifax Jazz Festival has created vibrant musical experiences for our community through performance, education, and outreach for the last 37 years. It’s more important than ever to continue our mandate of delivering year-round activities in our community, supporting artists in their career development, and cultivating audiences for our talented artists.

We invite you to explore the donor and patron program opportunities below to find the option that best aligns with your giving goals.

Our Donor Program

Donate online

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

Drop by

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

Mail

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

Here are other ways you can support us:

  • We think jazz is important to the culture which we'd like to have, and we want to make sure that kind of culture is strong in Halifax, where we love to live. If you want this kind of culture for your children and their children, please remember Halifax Jazz Festival in your will, or through a living trust.

  • Goods or services donated for fundraisers or auctions, prizes for other activities, goods for Halifax Jazz Festival, printing services, maintenance services, art, and more. Please call 902-420-9943 x 1832 if you'd like to make an in-kind donation to ensure we are able to utilize your gift.

Halifax Jazz Festival's annual Financial Statements are public information and are available upon request.

We would like to extend a big thanks to our current donors:

  • Big Band $1000+: J&W Murphy Foundation, SM Hunter Holdings Limited, Eileen Irwin, Leonard Preyra

  • Smooth $500+: Baker Tilley, Frontier Field Engineering Ltd., Lynn Hennigar 

  • Traditional $250+: Rob Begg, Andrew Killawee, Nancy Stevens, Catherine Stevens

  • Funk $100+: Graeme Hicks, Daniel Oore, Paul Chui, Lauren & Matthew Sullivan, Jorin Linden Smith