EVENT​

CANVAS LOUNGE on the second floor will host "CANVAS JAZZ DAYS 2025" on Saturday, September 13th and Sunday, September 14th, 2025. These two special days will feature authentic live jazz performances and jazz record DJ sets. Enjoy them alongside NAKASU JAZZ 2025, which will be held in the Nakasu area.

・Axe Ono + Ogata Koji DUO @ September 13th (Sat)
■ INTRODUCE: Ono, who is based in Fukuoka, is full of warmth and sharp springiness, and his thick, bowed melodic playing is extremely rich, while his thick bass gives off a reliable yet rich charm. His duo with Ogata, who plays piano and projects melancholy with a neat, fine, and refreshing touch, is fresh and sparkling, immersing you in a pleasant sound space that is both extremely straightforward hard bop and somewhat warm and humane. He will release his first album as a leader, "Honto no Kimochi," in 2024.

・DJ Hiroomi Kuhara
■ PROFILE: He started his career as a hip-hop DJ in the early 2000s. He ended up falling in love with the original material and started collecting soul and jazz records. After that, he participated in prestigious soul and crossover events for many years. Before he knew it, he was in his 40s and had a decent career. He wanted to do something new. He was an adult, so he wanted to make a name for himself. Jazz was the answer. But there was no place to listen to it at full volume! Okay, let's make one. So in 2018, he started the live band + DJ event "&JAZZ" at Keith Flack. His signature band, Fukuoka Jazz Collective, is scheduled to perform at Nakasu Jazz 2025.

・ DJ Atsushi Ooshita
■ PROFILE: Began his musical career in 1998. Based in Fukuoka City, he has extensive experience playing both domestically and internationally. With a wide range of free-spirited and artistic music selections, he is always searching for stimulating sounds and is skilled at creating genre-defying rollercoaster-like mixes that combine his vast collection of new releases with his own carefully selected older releases. He uses analog rotary mixers manufactured by E&S and ALPHA RECORDING SYSTEM. He is a regular at HANGOVER's "VINYL LOVE" and a crew member at "Chihaya Social Musica Club".

・ YUD
■ PROFILE: Started his career in 2022. As a teenager, he was passionate about rock and spent his days playing drums as a member of a band. However, his musical curiosity did not stop there, and he now works as a DJ, delivering jazz and soul music with love in an all-vinyl style. Inspired by the many top domestic DJs he performs with, he himself strives to create unique and one-of-a-kind music. He is the organizer of "We JIVE!", a community that allows people to freely enjoy modern jazz, both old and new. He is also a member of SOUL ALIVE.

・Tommy-G
■ PROFILE: Captivated by the deep charm of Showa-era pop music from the time he was old enough to understand, he embarked on a thorny path in the world of pop music after learning about the work of his predecessors, including the "Legendary Masterpiece Liberation Alliance." He began selecting songs using the records he collected while still in high school, and at the same time, he also became passionate about researching the history of postwar Fukuoka music. Recently, he has formed "Mel Tomita and the New Daimyo Quarters (NDQ)," a band that updates the box vans of the past for the Reiwa era, and is active as the main vocalist. Born in Fukuoka on March 29, 2000.

・Tomoyasu Fujita
■ PROFILE: Since 1984, he has operated music bars "Fee Fi Fo Fum" and "opium" in Fukuoka, as well as shops such as "charmin" which stocks vintage clothing and miscellaneous goods, and currently runs the cafe-style select shop "poppee de son/maribron" in Imaizumi, and "KIKUNOKI", an atelier renovated from an old house in Minamikan, Kumamoto. He is a living encyclopedia who has led the Fukuoka culture scene.

・22nd Century Jazz
■ PROFILE: Although he was familiar with musical instruments from an early age, he lost hearing in his left ear due to illness. After rehabilitation, he won the gold medal in the vocal category at the Fukuoka Prefectural High School Music Competition. He gave up on his musical career after his mother passed away. He moved from Kitakyushu to Fukuoka City to continue his studies and find employment. He performed at festivals across Kyushu as a band and DJ. He then became devoted to jazz. With the concept of "22nd Century Jazz," he is active in a wide range of fields, from the streets to social media, focusing on analog records, in order to pass it on to the next century and his grandchildren's generations. Born just before the Showa era.