Thursday, September 12, 2019

• The Swooners @ The Horizons Lounge at Woodcliff Hotel, 5:30 pm
• John Medeski's Mad Skillet @ Three Heads Brewing, 8:00 pm (Facebook event)

Friday, September 13, 2019

• Chris Ott @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 6:00 pm
• Sinatra at the Sands Reprise @ Rochester Fringe Festival, Lyric Theatre Main Stage, 6:00 pm
• Fred Costello & Roger Eckers Jazz Duo @ Charley Brown's (Penfield), 7:30 pm
• Terri Lyne Carrington and Social Science @ Cornell Concert Series: Bailey Hall (Ithaca), Friday, September 13th, 8:00 pm (tickets)
• Lost Wax @ Cure at the Public Market, 10:00 pm

Saturday, September 14, 2019

• Cool Club and Lipker Sisters @ Palmyra Canal Days (Palmyra), 12:45 pm
• Special Blend @ The Horizons Lounge at Woodcliff Hotel, 7:30 pm
• Cousin Vinny @ Salvatore's Pizzeria & Pub (Webster), 7:30 pm
• Fred Costello & Roger Eckers Jazz Duo @ Charley Brown's (Penfield), 7:30 pm
• Paradigm Shift @ Unterbiergarten (East Ave), 8:00 pm

Sunday, September 15, 2019

• An Evening with Nancy Kelly @ Lovin Cup Bistro & Brews, 6:00 pm

Monday, September 16, 2019

• Grupo Calle Uno @ Rochester Fringe Festival, Central Library: Kate Gleason Auditorium, 5:00 pm
• Cool Club and Lipker Sisters @ Foodlink Festival of Food Fund Raiser at the Rochester Public Market, 6:00 pm
• Flower City Jazz Society presents the Back Room Jazz Band @ Radisson Hotel (Airport) Ballroom, 6:30 pm +
• Dave Rivello Ensemble | RED @ Rochester Fringe Festival: Kilbourn Hall, 7:00 pm
• Bossa Nova Bradley Brothers @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:00 pm
• Grupo Calle Uno @ Rochester Fringe Festival, Central Library: Kate Gleason Auditorium, 7:00 pm

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

• Jazz Session Series with the Gray Quartet @ The Spirit Room, 139 State Street (Downtown), 7:30 pm

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

• Rochester Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra @ Ontario Beach Big Band Series, Roger Robach Community Center, Ontario Beach State Park, 7:00 pm
• The Swooners @ 80W, 7:00 pm
• Margaret Explosion @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:00 pm

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• Uptown Groove Live @ Rochester Fringe Festival, Central Library: Kate Gleason Auditorium, Wednesday, September 16th, 6:00 pm

Heads Up ... Look for these Jazz Gigs and Special Jazz Events Coming Soon

• Bop Shop Records presents the Sorgen/Bisio/Lawrence Trio @ Bop Shop Records, Saturday, September 21st, 8:00 pm
• Exodus To Jazz Presents Four80East @ Anthology, Friday, September 27th, 7:30 pm (more info & tickets)
• Bop Shop Records presents Steve Greene: A Retrospective @ Bop Shop Records, Saturday, September 28th, 8:00 pm
• Bop Shop Records presents Karuna: Hamid Drake and Adam Rudolph Duet @ Bop Shop Records, Tuesday, October 1st, 8:00 pm
• Jon Batiste @ Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, Saturday, October 5th, 8:00 pm (tickets)
• Bop Shop Records presents Lucian Ban & Alex Harding Dark Blue @ Bop Shop Records, Tuesday, October 8th, 8:00 pm
• Jazz From the Prohibition Era with Rod Blumenau and the Upstate Dixieland Jass Band @ RIT Ingle Auditorium, Friday, October 11th, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
• Shop Records presents The Velvet Gentlemen @ Bop Shop Records, Saturday, October 12th, 8:00 pm
• Bop Shop Records and the Little Theatre present the Joe Policastro Trio @ The Little Theatre Cafe, Sunday, October 13, 7:00 pm
• Bop Shop Records presents Thomas Heberer, Michael Bates, Terrence McManus, and Jeff Davis @ Bop Shop Records, Saturday, October 19th, 8:00 pm
• Mwenso & The Shakes @ Callahan Theater, Arts Center, Nazareth College (Pittsford), Thursday, October 24th, 7:30 pm (more info & tickets)
• Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis @ Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, Wednesday, October 30, 7:30 pm (tickets)
• Bop Shop Records presents Robert Berry's 3.2 @ Lovin Cup Bistro & Brews, Friday, November 1st, 8:00 pm
• Bop Shop Records presents Olli Hirvonen New Helsinki @ Bop Shop Records, Wednesday, November 6th, 8:00 pm
• Bop Shop Records presents Simon Jermyn & Charlotte Greve @ Bop Shop Records, Sunday, November 10th, 8:00 pm
• Kat Edmonson @ Kilbourn Hall, Wednesday, November 13, 2019 (tickets)

We've compiled these gig and event listings from information obtained from our own knowledge of the jazz scene in and around Rochester, the performing artists themselves and other sources. The aim is to give you a one-stop place to find all your live jazz in and around Rochester. Click on the links where available in the post for more information on the gig or tickets where needed. Only music start times are listed, so visit or call the venue for more details about when the doors open, etc. (the websites for many of the venues are in the right panel). Check back as I will add anything I hear about after publication (you'll see a tag indicating it was added). Lastly, please forgive me where these listings prove to be wrong, I rely on you, the venues and the artists to let me know when we've got bad information, so don't hesitate to let us know about such departures from reality by clicking on the Contact Us link above.