Explore the Surrey musician directory to discover and book local talent.
From his early life as the son of a PEI fisherman, growing up surrounded by pickers & singers to his years touring North America in punk & metal bands, Jay Gavin has come full circle and returned to his roots in country, folk & bluegrass. With two albums Spirits 2017 and Boat on a Whale 2019 under his belt, Jay is well known for his natural authenticity, his often-humorous, twangy, foot-stompin' songs featuring traditional instruments and his rollicking, good timin' live shows. Jay has kept busy throughout the pandemic playing local shows and releasing videos for original honkytonk styled Lost in Austin, Conway & Loretta cover, You’re the Reason our Kids are Ugly and releasing single Beautiful Shame, a duet with his cousin, Shyanne Mae G.
Looking for the ultimate dance band that can cater for all your guests? Look no further! We’re a full-on big band too! We provide a vast entertainment singing repertoire from Eastern Bollywood Golden Oldies to the most recent Western chart hits. We’re one the finest dance party cover bands and offer the ultimate entertainment in live music for cocktail receptions, wedding receptions, garden parties, special events, corporate functions and private parties. We’ve carefully selected the most professional and experienced artists, thus creating a powerful musical synergy. Our creative art of musical composition, arrangement and stage performance will have your audience dance the night away to our grooving Bollywood fusion tunes!
As a guitarist, singer, improviser, and songwriter, Jeremy Stewart has been performing for over 20 years. He has toured Canada and shared stages or collaborated with artists like Geoff Berner, Wax Mannequin, Raghu Lokanathan, Joey Only, and many others. Stewart was the touring lead guitarist for Lheidli T'enneh Elder and Juno-nominated songwriter Marcel Gagnon. Formerly a fixture of the northern BC folk festival circuit, Stewart now makes his home in South Surrey.
Jessie Cavalier
Jim Hopson is an in-demand freelance low brass player, composer, arranger, and educator based in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Effortlessly versatile, his body of work as a performer crosses every genre and includes tours and appearances (live & recorded) all over the world. A dedicated educator, he has taught private lessons and clinics to thousands of young musicians, and has conducted student ensembles of all ages and abilities. He is a first-call arranger for bands and orchestras throughout BC, and his arrangements have been featured on numerous albums, TV shows, and films. His two studio albums ‘West Coast Nights’ (2015) and ‘Generations’ (2018) are available on Bandcamp.
John Parsons
Jordana Talsky is a singer, songwriter and vocal looper who fuses multi-genre influences into her own sound. She accompanies herself by voice with a Roland Boss RC505 loop station. Her ethos is to incorporate digital means into live performance in an organic way, and with the loop machine, she creates a choir on the spot with no pre-recorded parts. Accolades include finalist for CBC Searchlight (2018), placements in the John Lennon Songwriting Competition, Sarah Vaughan International Vocal Competition, Julian Award for Emerging Canadian Artists and Toronto Independent Music Awards. She has toured across Canada, Europe, and the U.S. has enjoyed widespread worldwide airplay of her releases.
Josh Bogert is an electronic/songwriter pop artist based in South Surrey. He has been active as an artist in the community since 2013, and has reached international success with his music releases. His music is meaningful, and leaves an impact when heard, whether as an acoustic performance, live with a band, or as one of Josh's rich productions recorded at his South Surrey studio (PostCube Studios). With over 4.5 million streams on Spotify and 70K Instagram followers, Josh is making an impact on the professional music scene both in his own community, and throughout the world.
Judi the Manners Lady is one of North America's favourite entertainers! Since 1994, children, parents, grandparents, and teachers alike have loved Judi's exciting, award-winning music, concerts, and seminars. Winner of Canada's Covenant Award for best children's album and song of the year, and nominated for the West Coast Music Awards, kids love learning kindness, character, and good manners in a fun way. Judi performs in English, Spanish, and French and she can say "hello" in 40 languages. In 2010, she trained over 10,000 children across Canada to be multicultural friendship ambassadors for the 2010 Olympics. Judi performs at schools, community groups, Gudwaras, churches, and festivals.
We are Julio Avila Cuban Band located here in Vancouver. We have been active since the beginning of 2022. The band is composed of seven members, mostly Cubans, and we play traditional and authentic Cuban music (salsa, son, timba) that is loved by the dancing and non-dancing crowds of BC. After only a few months in existence, we performed in a few of the biggest festivals last year such as the Harmony Arts Festival in West Vancouver, Surrey Fusion Festival, Kamloops Caribbean Festival, and Coquitlam Caribbean Days Festival. We were also featured in the Global News BC segment of This is BC by Jay Durant. We look forward to hearing from you!