THE SHUFFLE DEMONS

A hit at festivals all over the world, the Shuffle Demons are a crowd-pleasing, full-on musical group that backs up wild stage antics with phenomenal playing by some of Canada’s most talented musicians. The Shuffle Demons first broke onto the Canadian music scene in 1984 with an electrifying musical fusion that drew in equal measure from Sun Ra, Charles Mingus, Run DMC and the Beastie Boys. This band is genre bending, highly visually entertaining, funny, and best of all, can really PLAY. All their eye-catching, crowd-pleasing stunts are backed up by incredibly solid musicianship and real groundbreaking playing. The band continues the tradition today with a great line-up of players that includes multiple Juno Award winner

Richard Underhill – sax & vox,
Matt Lagan – sax & vox,
Kelly Jefferson – sax & vox,
Mike Downes – bass & vox,
Stich Wynston – drums & vox.

Expect the same exciting, no holds barred performances that feature wild romps in the crowd, free jazz moments, danceable funk, poetry, killer solos and more. The Shuffle Demons released 10 albums and 9 videos in their 37-year career. They played 1000s of shows at major jazz and folk festivals in Canada and other countries during 25 tours.