Thursday, May 26, 2022

• Mike Kaupa/Gordon Webster Duo @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• Son House Blues Night with Gordon Munding & Jimmie Highsmith Jr. @ The Backroom Lounge at The Record Archive, 6:00 pm
• Jon Seiger @ Via Girasole Wine Bar, 7:00 pm
• ECMS Springfest: Jazz Ensemble and Big Band @ Kilbourn Hall, 6:30 pm
• Robert Varon Trio @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 7:00 pm
• Bop Arts presents Lucian Ban @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)

Friday, May 27, 2022

• Ann Mitchell Jazz Duo @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• Jon Seiger with Gordon Webster @ @ Veneto's (Buffalo Road), 6:00 pm
• Hanna PK Trio w Ed Croft & Abdul-Rahman Qadir @ Hedges Nine Mile Restaurant, 6:00 pm 
• Swordfish Trio @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm

Saturday, May 28, 2022

• Mel Henderson/Bob Vosteen Jazz Duo @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• Jon Seiger with Gordon Webster @ @ Veneto's (Buffalo Road), 6:00 pm
• Jazz One presents Bill Tiberio, Geoff Smith, Curtis Kendrick & Dave Labman play the music of Weather Report @ 75 Stutson Street (Charlotte), 7:30 pm (more info & tickets)

Sunday,  May 29, 202

• Craig Snyder & Collective Force @ Fort Hill Performing Arts Center, 20 Fort Hill Ave. (Canandaigua), 1:00 pm
• The White Hots @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm

Monday, May 30, 2022

• Monday Jazz at the UUU @ UUU Art Collective, 153 State St. (Downtown), 8:30 pm (doors open at 8:00)

Tuesday, May 31, 2022

• ECMS Springfest: ECMS Night of Jazz I @ Kilbourn Hall, 5:00 pm
• Bop Arts presents Skeeter Shelton's Spectrum 3 @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

• ECMS Springfest: ECMS Night of Jazz II @ Kilbourn Hall, 5:00 pm
• A Taste of Jazz Duo @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• Bobby Militello Quartet @ Abilene Bar & Lounge, 7:30 pm

Looking ahead to jazz through May and into June

June

• 2nd: Jim E. Leggs Trio @ Point of the Bluffs Vineyards (Hammondsport), 7:00 pm
• 2nd: Bob Sneider Trio @ Via Girasole Wine Bar, 7:00 pm
• 2nd: Cool Club with the Lipker Sisters @ Rose Community Series, 7:00 pm
• 2nd: KID OJ (Oliver Gomez Quintet) with the Gray Trio @ Small World Bookstore, 425 North Street, 7:30 pm
• 3rd: Simon Fletcher Trio @ Dublin Corner Farms, 1906 Main St. (Linwood), 7:00 pm
• 3rd: Jim Nugent @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 4th: Bob Sneider Trio @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 4th: Bop Arts presents the Alba Trio @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
• 5th: Jeff Hamilton Trio @ Geneva Music Festival, Smith Opera House (Geneva) (more info & tickets)
• 5th: Jon Seiger @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 6th: Mike Pappert @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 7th: Mike Kaupa @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 8th: El Rojo Jazz @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 4:30 pm
• 9th: Eric Heveron-Smith and Bernie Heveron @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 10th: Steve Grills and the Roadmasters @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 11th: Cool Club with the Lipker Sisters @ Rose Soiree, Pultney Park (Geneva), 4:00 pm
• 11th: Jim E. Leggs Trio @ Eli Fish (Batavia), 7:00 pm
• 12th: Dean Harpster @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 12th: Bop Arts presents the Sean Britt Trio (SB3) featuring Bob Sneider @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
• 13th: Bob McGee @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 13th: Jazz90.1 Jazz Cruise featuring Laura Dubin and Antonio Guerrero @ The Colonial Belle, 400 Packett's Landing (Fairport), 6:30 pm
• 14th: Chris Ott @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 14th: Jazz at the Beach featuring The Bill Tiberio Band @ Arbor at The Port, 1000 N. River St. (Charlotte), 7:00 pm
• 15th: Chris Ott @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 16th: A Taste of Jazz Duo @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 16th: Gordon Munding Duo @ Via Girasole Wine Bar, 7:00 pm
• 16th: Jim E. Leggs Trio @ The Holland Land Office Museum (Batavia), 7:00 pm
• 16th: Jazz One presents Curtis Kendrick & Brittany Rumph In Concert @ Photo City Music Hall, 543 Atlantic Ave., 7:30 pm (more info & tickets)
• 17th: Jim Nugent and Kyle Vock @ Lemoncello Italian Restaurant, 6:00 pm
• 17th: Trio East @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 17th: Cool Club with the Lipker Sisters with comedian Earl David Reed @ Fort Hill Performing Arts Center (Canandaigua), 7:00 pm
• 17th: Herbie Hancock @ Art of Jazz, Kleinhans Music Hall (Buffalo), 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
• 18th: Jimmie Highsmith Jr. @ Juneteenth Celebration at Martin Luther King Park, 6:00 pm
• 19th: Chris Ott @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 20th: Mike Pullano @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 20th: Bop Arts presents the Allegories with Susan Alcorn, Dave Ballou, Shelly Purdy and Michael McNeill  @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
• 21st: Duo Meccarello @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 22nd: Paradigm Shift Jazz Trio @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 22nd: Laura Dubin Trio @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 23rd: Ann Mitchell Trio @ Hochstein at High Falls, Granite Mills Park, 104 Platt Street (Downtown), 12:10 pm
• 23rd: Mike Kaupa/Gordon Webster Duo @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 23rd: Rich Thompson “Trio Generations” @ Faircraft Brauhaus, 7:00 pm
• 24th: Ann Mitchell Jazz Duo @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 24th: Rafael Enciso Trio @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 25th: Hassan Zaman @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 26th: Mike Sidoti @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 26th: Hanna and the Blue Hearts @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 26th: Bop Arts presents the New Origin Trio with Christophe Rocher, Joe Fonda and Harvey Sorgen @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
• 27th: Scott Bradley @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 29th: John Palocy and Gary Cummings @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 29th: Mel Henderson & Greg Wachala @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 29th: The GateSwingers Big Band @ Lovin Cup Bistro & Brews, 7:00 pm
• 30th: Jim E. Leggs Trio @ TF Browns (Batavia), 5:30 pm
• 30th: Robert Veron Trio @ Via Girasole Wine Bar, 7:00 pm

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).