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Day 8 of the 22nd Edition
Last Two Days!
Lettuce is on the Wegmans Stage
at Parcel 5 - Free!
Full Lineup in the Clubs & Free Shows on 7 Stages!
Last Day for Jazz Workshops & Jazz Starts at The Library
| What a beautiful night in Downtown Rochester! Los Lonely Boys were welcomed by a huge crowd at the Wegmans Stage at Parcel 5. Photo for RIJF by Mark Druziak. | | Thundercat played to a SOLD OUT crowd in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre! Photo for RIJF by Tom Flint. | | |
Rochester, NY – June 27, 2025 – It's the last two days of the 22nd Edition Rochester International Jazz Festival in partnership with Rochester Regional Health.
Tonight, the Wegmans Stage at Parcel 5 will feature Lettuce at 9 PM, and Sam Greenfield opens at 7 PM. FREE! No tickets are required. Food and drinks are available.
A full lineup will be presented in the ten Club Pass venues. Enter with a Club Pass or $30 ($35 at Kilbourn Hall) at the door.
Free shows today start at noon at the Central Library, followed by this year's final Jazz Workshop at 1:00 at Eastman School of Music. Concerts start at 3:45 to 10:30 p.m. on the City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage presented by the Community Foundation, at 6 p.m. in the Rochester Regional Health Big Tent, at 7 and 9 p.m. at the Wegmans Pavilion, and wrapping up the night with Squeezers Jam Session at the Hyatt Regency Rochester, starting at 10:30 p.m.
Get brochures and information at The Ticket Shop, located at 100 East Ave. at the corner of Gibbs St., open from Noon to 9 p.m.
Information on how to navigate the festival, including parking, street closings, where to eat, patron policies, and more, can be found at rochesterjazz.com/plan-your-visit/.
The nine-day festival will present more than 285 concerts at 18 venues in downtown Rochester, New York, including 110-plus free shows and 1,750-plus artists. Founded in 2002, the festival has become one of the world’s leading and largest jazz festivals.
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Lettuce
9 PM Tonight at Wegmans Stage at Parcel 5
Free! No Tickets Required
Sam Greenfield Opens at 7 PM
LETTUCE is (a) the prime ingredient in a salad, (b) a slang for cash, (c) a green herb that can be smoked, (d) a genre-busting six-member musical collective formed in 1992 by four alumni of the prestigious Berklee College Of Music, or (e) all of the above. If you answered “e,” then you’re in on the sheer magic of a band that both feeds the rich history of funk and combines it with strains of hip-hop, rock, psychedelia, jazz, soul, jam, go-go, and the avant-garde. Read more
Arrive early! Food and drinks are available for purchase. No outside food or drinks permitted. All bags will be searched. Individuals 17 and under must be accompanied by a parent/guardian or an adult 25 years or older. See Patron Policies for what to bring and what is not permitted. See Plan Your Visit for street closings and parking info.
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360 Video Short of Jazz Street Stage Last Night with Soul Stew
Video by Thom Bell for RIJF.
See more 360 Shorts on our YouTube Channel
| | Things to Know Before You Go! | | |
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Last 2 days to get official festival gear and gifts in the Merch Tent on Jazz Street, open 4 to 11 p.m.
- The Ticket Shop is open from Noon to 9 p.m. daily at 100 East Ave. at Gibbs for information, brochures, and to check for any lost and found items.
- Street closings and parking
- Food & Drink Guide
- Daily photo albums
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Download the RIJF Free App!
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Save Time in Line for early shows at Max and Kilbourn! Line up for wristbands at 4 p.m. outside the venues.
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Take our quick Audience Survey during the festival and let us know how everything is going
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Donate musical instruments in playable condition, accessories, and equipment at Rochester Education Foundation's booth on Jazz St., 5-7:30 p.m.
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All Aid Tent provided by Rochester Regional Health is located outside the Merch Tent.
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Squeezers Jam Sessions start nightly at 10:30 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Rochester Lobby Level. No cover!
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Last Day for Jazz Starts at the Library
Quinn Lawrence
Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County
12 noon, Free!
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Final 2025 Jazz Workshop!
Jeff Campbell
Acoustic Bass
Eastman School of Music Room 120, Free!
1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
No registration required. Sponsored by Wegmans.
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Oscar Peterson Centennial Quartet With Celine Peterson
6 & 9 p.m.
Kilbourn Hall
This unique live concert presentation will feature music from Peterson’s nearly seven-decade career, multimedia presentations, and conversation. The core band features acclaimed musicians from Peterson’s home of Canada, Robi Botos (piano), Mike Downes (bass) and Jim Doxas (drums) and Ulf Wakenius, on guitar.
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The String Queens
6:30 & 8:45
Theater at Innovation Square
Praised for its authentic, soulful, and orchestral sound, this dynamic trio creates stimulating musical experiences designed to inspire diverse audiences to love, hope, feel, and imagine. Its repertoire spans the Baroque era to the Jazz Age to today’s Billboard Hot 100. TSQ performs versatile programs that take listeners on a rousing musical journey through time and across a multitude of musical genres. Read more
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Yvonnick Prene Quartet “A Harmonica for Django”
6 & 9:30 p.m.
Montage
The celebrated jazz harmonicist, bandleader, composer ieducator is based in New York City. Known for his innovative artistry, he has released five highly praised albums as a leader, including *Listen!* (2023) and *Jobim’s World* (2024) on Sunnyside Records. Prené has collaborated with jazz greats such as Peter Bernstein, Rick Margitza, Bill Stewart, and Geoffrey Keezer.
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Nicole Zuraitis
Temple Theater
7 & 9:15 p.m.
A 2-time Grammy® winner and 4-time Grammy®nominee jazz singer-songwriter (Best Jazz Vocal Album, Best Large Jazz Ensemble, Best Jazz Performance & Best Arrangement), pianist and arranger, she has a “heart as big as her remarkable voice,” Nicole has positioned herself as one of the top artists and “prolific songwriters” to watch in jazz and beyond.
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Doreen Ketchens New Orleans Jazz
Rochester Regional Health Big Tent
8:30 p.m.
(90-minute set)
She has been called Lady Louie, Miss Satchmo & The Female Louis Armstrong. In 2022, Doreen, was honored with a Doctorate degree, in music from Five Towns College. Now she is Dr. Doreen J. Ketchens! She has successfully created her own style that blends her classical training with the soul of jazz. Read more
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Juliet Lloyd
The Little Theatre
6:45 & 9:00 p.m.
There’s an unmistakable urgency you can feel when a song is written and performed from a place of complete honesty. That feeling permeates the singer-songwriter's new album. I’ve always been envious of writers who say they write songs because they have to, because they had these things they just had to get out of themselves.”
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| | Free shows on the City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage presented by the Community Foundation start today at 3:45 p.m. with the Greece Olympia, Brighton, and Eastridge High School Jazz Bands, and Mike Kaupa’s ECMS Ensembles & Junior Jazz. | | |
Bruce Katz Band
7:30 & 9:30 p.m.
Jazz Street Stage
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USP
7 & 9 p.m
Wegmans Pavilion
East Ave at Chestnut
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All In Brass Band
6 p.m.
Rochester Regional Health Big Tent
| | Squeezers Jam Sessions at the Hyatt Regency Rochester The Street Craft Kitchen & Bar have been packed each night. Don't miss the last two nights to see who will show up to play! The music plays from 10:30 p.m. until. Located on the lobby level. Food and drinks are available. No cover. Sponsored by the DiMarco Group. Tonight and tomorrow, jams are led by Ryan Johnson and Escape Terrain. Photo for RIJF by Peter Parts. |
Download the RIJF App
Download our free RIJF App and put the 22nd Edition festival in your pocket. It’s your digital guide to the full nine-day lineup. For iPhones and Android smartphones. Sponsored by Harris Beach Murtha. Get the App
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Photos & Videos
Our team of photographers and videographers is capturing all aspects of the festival, so be sure to check out the photo gallery and videos, which are also posted on Facebook and YouTube.
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Take our Survey!
Please take our quick Audience Survey, conducted by Rochester Research Group, and tell us about your festival experience. Take it all during the Festival and afterward for a limited time until the survey closes. Provide your email, and be entered into a drawing for either a Club Pass for next year’s Festival or a Jazz Festival official merchandise package. Take Survey
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