About US

The West Island Blues Festival is a community-minded venture with the expressed objectives of aiding non-profit organizations and promoting Blues in the West Island.  

Over the past eighteen years, we have donated over $245 000 to many West Island community organizations including: the West Island Association for the Intellectually Handicapped, the West Island Black Community Association, the West Island Women’s Shelter, Literacy Unlimited, Alzheimer Groupe Inc, AJOI, the West Island Palliative Care and Portage.

Errol Johnson

President and Co-founder 

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Dimitrios (Jim) Beis

Co-Founder

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Michael Doig

Member

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Fay Johnson

Member

 

Silvia Latour

Member

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Michael Stanley

Member

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Sharkie Tarakjian

Member

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Shaina Thornhill

Member

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Phillipe Voisard

Member