TD Toronto Jazz Festival presents Mavis Staples
Monday, June 23, 2025, at 8 p.m.
The Toronto Jazz Festival is honoured to present legendary vocalist Mavis Staples. Hailed by National Public Radio as “one of America’s defining voices of freedom and peace,” Staples is the kind of once-in-a-generation artist whose impact on music and culture would be difficult to overstate.
Staples’ achievements are remarkable. She’s both a Blues and a Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, a Grammy Award-winner, a chart-topping soul/gospel/R&B pioneer, a National Arts Awards Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, and a Kennedy Center Honoree. As a civil rights icon, she marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., performed at John F. Kennedy’s inauguration, and sang in Barack Obama’s White House. She has collaborated with everyone from Prince and Bob Dylan to Arcade Fire and Hozier. At a time when most artists begin to wind down, Staples ramped things up, releasing a trio of critically acclaimed albums in her 70s with Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy that prompted Pitchfork to rave that “her voice has only gained texture and power over the years,” and People magazine to proclaim that she “provides the comfort of a higher power.”
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Location:
Elgin Theatre
189 Yonge Street
Toronto, Ontario