Yardbird Suite is a jazz club located at 11 Tommy Banks Way in Edmonton, Alberta.
It has features local national and international artist and averages 75 concerts,a season.
The Yardbird hosts weekly Tuesday night jam sessions,[1] sponsors the Littlebirds Big Band, presents Jazz For Kids events, and hosts the Yardbird Festival of Canadian Jazz.
The club was started by Edmonton musicians Terry Hawkeye, Zen and Ray Magus, Ron Repka, Garry Nelson, Ken Chaney and Neil Gunn.
In 1973 the Edmonton Jazz Society was founded and carried on the Yardbird Suite at the current location of 11 Tommy Banks Way.