Rochester International Jazz Festival

19th Edition Wraps Up 9 Days of Harmony with Record-setting Attendance of 210,000!

June 26, 2022

Rochester, NY–June 26, 2022–The 19th Edition CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival, one of the largest jazz festivals in the world, four times postponed because of the pandemic, wrapped up 9 days of harmony and 325 shows yesterday with...

Final Day of the 19th Edition!

June 25, 2022

Rochester, NY–June 25, 2022–It's the ninth and final day of the CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival 19th edition. Free headliner shows play on two big stages tonight, City of Rochester MLK Park stage presented by Wegmans and Cit...

Last 2 Days! It's Day 8 at the 19th Edition!

June 24, 2022

Rochester, NY–June 24, 2022–It's the last two days of the CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival 19th edition. Free headliner shows play on two big stages tonight, City of Rochester MLK Park stage presented by Wegmans and City of R...

Last 3 Days! It's Day 7 at the 19th Edition! + Schedule Updates

June 23, 2022

Rochester, NY–June 23, 2022–It's the final three days of the 9-day CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival 19th edition. This year's festival will deliver 325 shows June at 19 diverse indoor and outdoor venues in downtown Rochester ...

Last Four Days! Day 6 at the 19th Edition!

June 22, 2022

Rochester, NY–June 22, 2022–It's the last four days of the CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival 19th edition continues today and runs through Saturday, June 25. This year's festival will deliver 325 shows at 19 diverse indoor and...

Day 5! Robin Thicke Headlines!

June 21, 2022

Rochester, NY–June 21, 2022–The CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival 19th edition heads into its last five days today, and will wrap up on Saturday, June 25. This year's festival will deliver 325 shows at 19 diverse indoor and ou...

Day 4 - Monday June 20

June 20, 2022

Rochester, NY–June 20, 2022–The CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival 19th edition wrapped up the first weekend with grateful audiences and incredible music indoors and out. The festival continues today through Saturday, June 25 i...

Schedule Update: Dave Kikoski to Replace Helen Sung in 4 Performances

June 20, 2022

Rochester, NY–June 20, 2022–Due to the serious illness of Helen Sung's mother, we regret to announce that the Helen Sung Quartet + Special guest violinist Sara Caswell is unable to appear at the Wilder Room tomorrow night Tuesday, June 21 and W...

Day 3! Sunday June 19

June 19, 2022

Rochester, NY–June 19, 2022–The CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival 19th edition continues today through Saturday, June 25. This year's festival will deliver 325 shows at 19 diverse indoor and outdoor venues in downtown Rocheste...

Day 2 at the 19th Edition!

June 18, 2022

photo credit: The crowd at the City of Rochester Midtown Stage at Parcel 5 for Chris Botti's free show last night! Photo for RIJF by Aaron Winters. Rochester, NY–June 18, 2022–It was, quite simply, an incredible opening night. ...