Fresh live jazz around Rochester for the week of June 12-18, 2025 ... and beyond
June 11, 2025
JazzRochester aims at providing you with the most comprehensive listings for live jazz gigs in and around Rochester, New York, broadly defined. To help you find some live jazz to hear, I've gathered listings for the next seven days immediately below. Things are going to get a bit busy here after this week as the Rochester International Jazz Festival starts up on June 20th. I'll cover the local musicians who will be playing at the festival, but you can also find things happening during the RIJF elsewhere here if you're not planning on coming down to "Jazz Street. After the fold you'll find gigs for the rest of June and July (other than the RIJF, which will be covered separately).
Hal Schuler has an exhibit of jazz images from the 1980s and 1990s at Image City Gallery, 722 University Avenue in the Arts District thru the end of RIJF. The Gallery is open from 12-6 Tuesday thru Saturday and 12-4 on Sunday. There is a reception on June 13 from 5 to 8:30 pm.
Thursday, June 12, 2025
- Higher Ground residency @ Lila's, 5:00 pm
- Ryan Johnson Duo @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- Swordfish Collective Album Release Show featuring Bill Tiberio @ Lovin Cup Bistro & Brews, 7:00 pm (more info & tickets)
- Mid-Century Modern Jazz Quartet @ Summer of Roses, Rose Community Building, 10734 School St (Rose), 7:00 pm
Friday, June 13, 2025
- Mel Henderson & Gerry Youngman @ Corn Hill Festival Poster Release party, Flight Wine Bar (Corn Hill Landing), 2:00 pm
- Deepak Theta with Mike MacArthur, Judah Sealy and Bill Tiberio @ Brown Hound Downtown (at the MAG), 5:00 pm
- Mike Pallini @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- Bob Vosteen & Mel Henderson @ Zambistro’s, 408 Main St. (Medina), 6:00 pm
- George Miller & Eric Davidson @ Flight Wine Bar (Corn Hill Landing), 6:30 pm
- Rich Thompson Trio Generations 5.0 @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:00 pm
- Jazz On Tap: Jon Randall Octet @ Vine and Tap Wine Bar (Charlotte), 7:00 pm
- Dream Float @ The Trestle, 8506 Greig St. (Sodus Point), 7:00 pm
Saturday, June 14, 2025
- Robert Glasper @ Juneteenth Festival & Parade at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park & Ice Rink, 353 Court Street (Downtown), 11:00 am to 8:00 pm (time of concert to be determined) (more info)
- Gerry Youngman & Mel Henderson @ Juneteenth Festival (Buffalo), 4:00 pm
- Prime Time Brass @ Rosé Soirée 2025 (Geneva), 4:00 pm (more info)
- Moondance Trio @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- The Sneider Brothers, featuring Gary Versace, Marco Panascia and Mike Melito @ Rochester Academy of Medicine, 6:00 pm (more info & tickets)
- Prime Time Brass @ Pulteney Park, 11 Park Place (Geneva), 6:00 pm
- Jim Nugent Duo @ Flight Wine Bar (Corn Hill Landing), 6:30 pm
- Jacobo Vega-Albela @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:00 pm
- Groove Juice Swing presents Hanna PK @ The Rose Room, 8:00 pm
Sunday, June 15, 2025
- The Djangoners @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:00 pm
Monday, June 16, 2025
- Laura Dubin & Antonio Guerrero @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:00 pm
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
- Tuesday Jazz Conversations at the Library: Danica Rebudiao (bass, vocals) & Will Anderson (guitar) @ Dorris Carlson Reading Garden (Kate Gleason Auditorium if rain), Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County, 115 South Ave. (Downtown), 12 noon.
- Omega’s 3 with Bobbie Henrie @ Lila's, 5:00 pm
- Jazz in the Bowl with the New Horizons Jazz Ensemble (Don Sherman, Dir.) and Mid-Century Modern Jazz Quartet @ Highland Park Bowl, 7:00 pm (more info & tickets)
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
- JazzBuffalo presents "Art Meets Jazz" with the Ann Mitchell Trio, with John Gabriele and Kyle Vock @ The Hunt Art Gallery in the Brisbane Building, 6:30 pm (more info & tickets)
- Prime Time Brass @ Pane Vino on the River, 7:00 pm
- Bop Arts presents Joe Fonda and Bass of Operation @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
- The Biltmore Commandos @ The Spirit Room, 8:30 pm
Looking for some live jazz later? Then click on the link below ... the "fold" ... and check it out.