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July 1, 2023
Media Contacts
(585) 729-7533 (m)
(585) 755-6911 (m)
June 23 - July 1, 2023
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Photo for RIJF by Thom Bell.
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Final Day! of the 20th Edition!
Trombone Shorty is Back!
9 PM in FREE Concert at
Wegmans Stage @ Parcel 5
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NOTE TO MEDIA: Marc Iacona and John Nugent will be available for wrap-up interviews, photos and an attendance estimate tonight at 10 PM at Parcel 5. Text or email Amanda at (585) 729-7533 to confirm if you will be there and for the specific location. We will be unavailable for interviews on Sunday. We are grateful for your coverage of our 20th Edition! Thank you!
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We close out this year's festival with an encore performance of Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, their eighth concert at RIJF, in a free headliner show at 9 PM on the Wegmans Stage at Parcel 5. The incredible percussionist Pedrito Martinez, one of the best on the planet, plays at 7 PM on the Wegmans Stage. It will be the place to be to cap off the fest on July 1st! Plus, enjoy an amazing lineup in the 11 Club Pass venues, free shows on Jazz Street, in the Wegmans Pavilion, and the final Squeezers Jam Session at the Hyatt Regency Rochester.
This year's nine-day event, held at 19 venues with 300 shows, is one of the world’s leading jazz festivals. It is produced by Marc Iacona and John Nugent.
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Tonight! Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue 9 PM FREE Show
Wegmans Stage @ Parcel 5
If anybody knows their way around a festival, it’s Trombone Shorty. Born Troy Andrews, he got his start (and nickname) earlier than most: at four, he made his first appearance at Jazz Fest performing with Bo Diddley; at six, he was leading his own brass band; and by his teenage years, he was hired by Lenny Kravitz to join the band he assembled for his Electric Church World Tour. Shorty’s proven he’s more than just a horn player, though. Catch a gig, open the pages of the New York Times or Vanity Fair, flip on any late-night TV show, and you’ll see an undeniable star with utterly magnetic charisma, a natural-born showman who can command an audience with the best of them.
Since 2010, he’s released four chart-topping studio albums; toured with everyone from Jeff Beck to the Red Hot Chili Peppers; collaborated across genres with Pharrell, Bruno Mars, Mark Ronson, Foo Fighters, ZHU, Zac Brown, Normani, Ringo Starr, and countless more; played Coachella, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Newport Folk, Newport Jazz, and nearly every other major festival; performed four times at the GRAMMY Awards, five times at the White House, on dozens of TV shows, and at the star-studded Sesame Street Gala, where he was honored with his own Muppet; launched the Trombone Shorty Foundation to support youth music education and much more.
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Pedro Pablo “Pedrito” Martinez was born in Havana, Cuba, Sept 12, 1973 and began his musical career at the age of 11.
Since settling in New York City in the fall of 1998, Pedrito has recorded or performed with Wynton Marsalis, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews, and Sting, and has contributed to well over 100 albums. A master of Afro-Cuban folkloric music and the batá drum he has played and sung with dozens of Cuban rumba groups and contributed to several important films, including Calle 54 (2000) and Chico and Rita (2010).
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June 30 Recap Video &
Producer Picks for Jul 1!
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Get free brochures at the Ticket Shop (100 East Ave) and venues. Noon - 9 PM (new hours)
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LAST DAY! to get Official RIJF gear, Merch Tent on Gibbs & Parcel 5, 4-9 PM Saturday
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Take our SURVEY! Share your feedback! Take our quick audience survey
- All bags will be searched.
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First Aid Tent - staffed by Rochester Regional Health, get giveaways and basic first aid needs. Daily 5-9 PM in the RRH Big Tent
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Masks are available at every checkpoint and at the Ticket Shop.
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M&T Bank ATMs available in multiple locations around the fest.
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Get food and/or beverages at Max, Hyatt Regency Ballroom & Jams, Rochester Regional Health Big Tent, Montage, Wilder Room (beverages only), The Little, Innovation Theater, and at food trucks and vendors on Jazz Street (Gibbs) and Parcel 5. See our Food & Drink Guide
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Club Pass holders enjoy 10% off at Astor on Main or The Street Lobby Bar at The Hyatt Regency Rochester.
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Curtis Stigers
For the award-winning singer, songwriter, and saxophonist, Curtis Stigers, the story keeps getting better. His string of hit singles, millions of albums sold, and a 30-year recording career aside, Stigers’ commitment to artistic growth, and to bringing new tunes to the Great American Songbook. 6 & 9 PM Kilbourn Hall, Club Pass or $35/door Read more
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Russell Thompkins, Jr. with the Los Angeles Jazz Orchestra
The Los Angeles Jazz Orchestra makes its very first appearance at RIJF with Guest vocalist Russell Thompkins Jr. (Legendary Original Lead Singer of The Stylistics) today, 2nd Set. 8:30 & 10 PM, Rochester Regional Health Big Tent, Club Pass or $30/door Read more
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Alexi Tuomarila Trio
For 15+ years Alexi Tuomarila has been quietly building a reputation as one of the finest pianists of his generation in Europe, described by Jazz Times "as one of the next big deals on jazz piano" and selected as one of the New Future Names of International Jazz by distinguished British jazz journalist Stuart Nicholson. 7:30 & 9:30PMChrist Church - Global Jazz Now Club Pass or $30/door Read more
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Vincent Peirani
The Boston Globe recently wrote that he seems to be a culminating figure of sorts - able to move through various styles with an accomplished grace. The virtuoso accordionist has won international acclaim in the jazz world, expresses himself with remarkable ease in a wide variety of musical genres. 7 & 9 PM
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Squeezers Jam Session with Mike Cottone at the Hyatt Regency Rochester Astor on Main, 10:30 PM until. You never know who will show up. No cover charge. Food and beverages are available. 10% discount with Club Pass. Read more
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Saturday July 1, 2023
3:00 PM
3:45 PM
4:30 PM
5:15 PM
5:45 PM
Club Pass or $30/door
6:00 PM
Club Pass or $30/door
6:00 PM
Club Pass or $35/door
6:00 PM
Free
6:00 PM
Free
6:00 PM
Club Pass or $30/door
6:15 PM
Club Pass or $30/door
6:30 PM
7:00 PM
Free
7:00 PM
Free
7:00 PM
Club Pass or $30/door
7:00 PM
Club Pass or $30/door
7:30 PM
Club Pass or $30/door
7:30 PM
Free
7:45 PM
Club Pass or $30/door
8:30 PM
Club Pass or $30/door
8:30 PM
9:00 PM
Club Pass or $35/door
9:00 PM
Free
9:00 PM
Free
9:15 PM
Club Pass or $30/door
9:15 PM
Club Pass or $30/door
9:30 PM
Club Pass or $30/door
9:30 PM
Free
10:00 PM
Club Pass or $30/door
10:00 PM
Club Pass or $30/door
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Club Pass or $30/door
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Club Pass or $30/door
10:00 PM
Club Pass or $30/door
10:30 PM
Free
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LAST DAY! Visit the Merchandise Tent on Jazz Street!
Open 4-9 PM Today
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Thank You to our Sponsors & Partners |
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ABOUT THE CGI ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL
The CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival is one of the world’s leading jazz festivals. Held annually in Rochester, NY, more than 210,000 music fans attend the nine-day festival, which presents 300 shows at 19 venues with more than 1750 artists from around the world. The Festival was founded in 2002 and is produced by RIJF, LLC, a privately held company owned by John Nugent and Marc Iacona. 2023 marks the festival's 20th Edition. The 2020 and 2021 Festivals could not be held due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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