Festival Hub: Rochester Jazz Festival

The Scene: The Rochester International Jazz Festival (RIJF)is one of the world’s leading jazz festivals, celebrating its 20th anniversary. Held annually in June, presenting more than 1750 legendary performers, familiar favorites, rising stars, and new discoveries from around the world n 320+ shows.

Rochester Jazz Festival 2024: June 23-July 1, 2024
  • 5 Con Swing
  • 78 Rpm Big Band
  • Abe Rabade Quartet With Davide Salvado
  • Al Chez & Brothers of Funk
  • Alex Hitchcock Quartet
  • All In Brass Band
  • Allison, Cardenas & Nash
  • Andrea Brachfeld Quartet
  • Andy Milne & Unison
  • aRT Trio
  • Artemis
  • Atomic Fizz
  • Bad Sneakers
  • Begonia
  • Benny Benack III Quartet
  • Bermuda Search Party
  • Bill Charlap
  • Bill Charlap Trio
  • Bill Tiberio Band
  • Black Rabbit
  • Bloomfield High School Jazz Ensemble
  • Bob Sneider and Paul Hofmann Play the Music of Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays
  • Brazilian Jazz Quartet Featuring Diego Figueiredo & Ken Peplowski
  • Brighton High School Jazz Band
  • Brockport Big Band
  • Brubeck Brothers
  • California Guitar Trio
  • Canadian Jazz Collective
  • Canandaigua High School Jazz Band
  • Chris Beard Band
  • Christie Dashiell Quartet
  • CHRISTONE “KINGFISH” INGRAM
  • CIMAFUNK
  • Cinnamon Jones
  • Cold Chocolate
  • Connie Han
  • Connie Han Trio
  • Dave Pietro Quartet
  • Dirk Quinn Band
  • Django Festival All Stars
  • Doxas Brothers
  • East Axis
  • Eastman Youth Jazz Orchestra With Herb Smith
  • Eastridge High School Jazz Band
  • ECMS Faculty With Special Guest Vocalists
  • ECMS Jazz Alumni
  • ECMS Jazz Combos Directed By Bob Sneider
  • Edmar Castenada
  • Ekep Nkwelle
  • Electric Kif
  • Eric Johanson Trio
  • ESM Jazz Honors Unit 2
  • ESM Jazz Honors Unit 1
  • ESM Jazz Honors Unit 3
  • Fairport High School Jazz Band
  • Franck Amsallem
  • Franck Amsallem Trio
  • Funk You
  • G.E. Smith
  • Gate Swingers Big Band
  • Gates Chili High School Jazz Band
  • Geoffrey Keezer & Gillian Margot
  • Gideon King & City Blog
  • Giveton Gelin Quartet
  • Glenelg High School Jazz Band
  • Greece Arcadia High School Jazz Band
  • Greece Athena High School Jazz Band
  • Greece Jazz Band
  • Greece Olympia High School Jazz Band
  • Groover Quartet
  • Grupo IFE
  • Gwilyn Simcock & Tommy Smith
  • Hanna PK
  • Harley School Jazz Band
  • Harold Danko
  • Harold Lopez Nussa
  • Harold Lopez Nussa Quartet
  • Hazmat Modine
  • Hilario Durán Trio
  • Hilton High School Jazz Band
  • Honeoye Falls Lima High School Jazz Band
  • Hot Club of Buffalo
  • Jae Sinnett
  • Jae Sinnett Trio
  • Jam Session With Bob Sneider Trio
  • Jam Session With Mike Cottone
  • Janet Evra
  • Jared Schonig “Two Takes”
  • Jazz Generation
  • Jerron Paxton
  • Jim Rotondi Quintet
  • Jimmie Highsmith Jr.
  • Joe Dyson’s Look Wiithin
  • Joe Lovano Trio Tapestry
  • Joey Stempien Big Band
  • John Oates
  • Johnny Johnson
  • Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen
  • Jonathan Scales Fourchestra
  • Jorge Luis Pacheco Trio
  • Jose Luis Pacheco
  • Judah Sealy
  • Kaisa’s Machine
  • Kevin Gordon Trio
  • Laila Biali
  • Latriste & Frequency
  • Laufey
  • Lee Ritenour Band + Special Guests Randy Brecker & Bill Evans
  • Little Misty
  • Locke/Keezer/Smith
  • LOS LONELY BOYS
  • Luca Ciarla solOrkestra
  • MacDonald-Oatts Quartet
  • Majestics
  • Manuel Valera
  • Manuel Valera Trio
  • MCC Jazz Band
  • Michael Mayo
  • Michael Mwenso & The Shakes
  • Mike Kaupa
  • Mike Kaupa’s Ecms Ensembles Saturday Ensemble & Junior Jazz
  • Miller & The Other Sinners
  • Miss Emily
  • Mode For Joe Duo Featuring Washer & Ballantyne
  • Music Educators Big Band
  • Music For Roads
  • Nasser/Premazzi Quartet
  • New Horizons Big Band Directed By Priscilla Todd Brown
  • New Horizons Jazz Ensemble directed by Don Sherman
  • Nick Hempton Organ Quartet
  • Oddgeir Berg Trio
  • Olatuja Project
  • One For All
  • Oskar Stenmark Sextet – 45 Riots
  • Paa Kow
  • Palmyra-Macedon High School Jazz Band
  • Penfield Big Band
  • Penfield High School Jazz Band
  • Pittsford Mendon High School Jazz Band
  • Pittsford Sutherland High School Jazz Band
  • Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light
  • REJUVENATION 50! Celebrating The Meters With George Porter Jr., Leo Nocentelli, Ivan Neville & Dumpstaphunk
  • RIJF-ESM Scholarship Concert
  • Roberto Occhipinti
  • Rochester Metro Jazz Orchestra
  • Ryan Johnson & Escape Terrain
  • Sam Shackleton
  • Samara Joy
  • School of the Arts Jazz Band
  • SHEILA E and the E-TRAIN
  • Shuffle Demons
  • Simon Fletcher
  • Sofrito Latin Jazz Quintet
  • Sonidos Unidos
  • Soul Stew
  • Spencerport High School Jazz Band
  • Stacey Kent
  • Stanley Jordan Plays Jimi Hendrix
  • Steven Bernstein’s & Millenial Territory Orchestra
  • Taj Mahal
  • The Aquaducks
  • The Brain Cloud
  • The Honey Smugglers
  • The Levin Brothers
  • The Pickle Mafia
  • Thunderstorm Artis
  • Tommy Smith
  • Trio 55
  • Twisted Pine
  • US Army Blues
  • Victor High School Jazz Band
  • Webster Schroeder High School Jazz Band
  • Webster Thomas High School Jazz Band
  • West Irondequoit High School Jazz Band
Rochester Jazz Festival 2023: June 23-July 1, 2023
  • Pat Metheny Side-Eye
  • Bonnie Raitt