Vibetown and Coco Jafro - Kootenay Savings Music in the Park

The Trail & District Arts Council is very excited to get the community back together this Summer at Gyro Park for Kootenay Savings Music in The Park. With eleven shows and two acts per night, from June 22 to August 31, it’s the perfect opportunity for all the family to get together outside and listen to great live music.

This season we have a great mix of music from local favourites to touring talent!

On August 3 Vibetown brings their 5-piece horn band playing uplifting covers to Gyro Park. More music that you can't resist dancing to comes from headliners Coco Jafro, a global 7-piece that plays Afro-Funk-Latin-Soul fusion.

Vibetown is a 5-piece instrumental group with a summer vibe who love to make people dance. Led by horn instruments (trumpet and sax) they create a unique jazz-infused spin on crowd favourite pop standards as well as some original music.

Coco Jafro are a melting pot of inspiration, from North African traditional music to Afro-Latin funk fused with throwback 60's rhythms. The band's high energy performances has seen the collective playing sold out crowds, earning nominations as the 'Best Live Act' from the Van Isle Music Awards, ‘Best Urban Artist of the Year’ at Breakout West and regional finalists in CBC's esteemed Searchlight competition in 2016. Seize the future and start the party with the always relevant, always exciting, always progressive Coco Jafro.

"Vancouver-based but boasting members from all over the globe, [Coco Jafro] are purveyors of their own brand of groove that exists at the intersection of funk, soul and acid jazz.” - The Snipe News

Bring a lawn chair. Admission is by donation - $3 minimum suggested. Or support the Trail Arts Council's programming by buying a Season Pass for the whole summer for $50! You may buy a pass on the

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As part of Music in the Park 2023 we will once again be collaborating with Trail's Incredible Farmers Market. Our two Night Markets on July 20 and August 17 are awesome events that bring the community together with Music, Food, Beer Garden and Farmers Market. So much fun in Gyro Park.

This show is made possible thanks to support from Kootenay Savings Credit Union, Teck Trail Operations, Columbia Basin Trust, BC Arts Council, BC Touring Council, the Government of Canada, Tourism South Kootenay, Pharmasave Trail and our media partner Bounce Radio. We also gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia.

Upcoming shows

August 10: Penny Shades is a five-piece alt-soul group with modern grooves and psychedelic flair. Plus, Paula Neder is an Argentinian solo artist mixing Latin American folk music with pop and rock roots

August 17: Night Market: Dinosaur Fight's danceable keys and acoustic guitar with looping and vocals, and Baker Street Blues Band's electric blues, and Andrew Allen Duo, a beachy blend of pop and R&B.

August 24: UCRA Mountain String Band fine, homegrown Kootenay greygrass and Petunia and The Vipers and their fun mix of hillbilly-flavoured-swing inflected-ragtime.

August 31: White Lightning get you dancing with their blues, rock and Boogie Band vibes before the 2 Bit Jug Band close down the season with old time jazz and blues tunes from the 1920’s and ‘40s.