While who I choose to get out to hear during the Rochester International Jazz Festival tends to be those coming from outside Rochester, there are so many great local jazz and other musicians who gig around Rochester the other 356 days of the year. From the kids starting out in one of the great high school jazz ensembles who play daily on the Jazz Street Stage, to students in the Jazz Studies program at ESM, to working jazz musicians, to nationally-known jazz artists who happen to be living or teaching here in Rochester, there is a lot of talent in town and many of them will be playing at the 2023 RIJF. I catch some as I pass between Club Pass venues or stand in line. But I do make it easy for you to find them by collecting them in one post (and throughout the other 356 days of at the year on this site).

Below are the local musicians, jazz and otherwise, who will be appearing at the RIJF this year (let me know if I missed any and I'll get them in here).

Friday, June 23rd

• CSE Music School Band @ City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage presented by the Community Foundation, 4:30 pm
• Honeoye Falls Lima High School Jazz Band @ City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage, 5:15 pm
• All in Brass Band @ Rochester Regional Health Big Tent, 6:00 pm
• Eastman Youth Jazz Orchestra with Herb Smith @ City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage, 6:00 pm
• iGNiTE Reggae Band @ Wegmans Pavilion, 7:00 pm & Wegmans Pavilion, 9:00 pm

Saturday, June 24th

• Pal-Mac High School Jazz Band @ City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage, 3:45 pm
• Penfield High School Jazz Band @ City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage, 4:30 pm
• Gates Chili High School Jazz Band @ City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage, 5:15 pm
• 78 RPM Big Band @ Rochester Regional Health Big Tent, 6:00 pm
• ECMS Jazz Combos Directed by Bob Sneider @ City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage, 6:00 pm

Sunday, June 25th

• Pittsford Mendon High School Jazz Band @ City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage, 3:45 pm
• Hilton High School Jazz Band @ City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage, 4:30 pm
• Fairport High School Jazz Band @ City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage, 5:15 pm
• New Horizons Jazz Ensemble Directed by Don Sherman @ Rochester Regional Health Big Tent, 6:00 pm
• ESM Jazz Honors Unit 1 with Kevin Murphy @ City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage, 6:00 pm
• Dear Marian: Laura Dubin Trio Plays Marian McPartland @ Theater at Innovation Square, 6:30 pm
• USP @ Wegmans Pavilion, 7:00 pm & 9:00 pm

Monday, June 26th

• Paradigm Shift @ Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County, 12:00 pm
• Victor High School Jazz Band 
• Hilton High School Jazz Band @ City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage, 4:30 pm
• Joey Stempien College Big Band @ City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage, 5:15 pm
• Dawn Thomson & Gary Versace @ Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music, 5:45 pm & 7:45 pm
• Brockport Big Band @ Rochester Regional Health Big Tent, 6:00 pm
• ESM Jazz Honors Unit 2 with Rob Varon @ City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage, 6:00 pm
• Nancy Kelly @ The Wilder Room, 6:00 pm & 10:00 pm
• Phylicia Rae @ Wegmans Pavilion, 7:00 pm & 9:00 pm
• Fred Costello @ City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage, 7:30 pm & 9:30 pm
• ESM-RIJF Jazz Scholarship Concert Celebrating Chick Corea ESM Jazz Ensemble @ Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 8:00 pm (Free)

Tuesday, June 27th

• Amanda Ashley @ Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County, 12:00 pm
• Greece Athena High School Jazz Band @ City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage, 4:30 pm
• Gate Swingers Big Band @ Rochester Regional Health Big Tent, 6:00 pm
• New Horizons Big Band Directed by Priscilla Todd Brown @ City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage, 6:00 pm
• Rich Thompson Trio "Generations" @ The Wilder Room, 6:00 pm  & 10:00 pm
• Atlas Band @ Wegmans Pavilion, 7:00 pm
• ECMS Music Educators Jazz Ensemble @ City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage, 7:30 pm & 9:30 pm

Wednesday, June 28th

• Quinn Lawrence @ Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County, 12:00 pm
• Greece Arcadia High School Jazz Band @ City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage, 4:30 pm
• Pittsford Sutherland High School Jazz Band @ City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage, 5:15 pm
• Penfield Big Band @ Rochester Regional Health Big Tent, 6:00 pm
• ECMS Faculty With Special Guest Vocalists @ City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage, 6:00 pm
• Mambo Kings @ Wegmans Pavilion, 7:00 pm & 9:00 pm
• Rochester Metro Jazz Orchestra City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage, 7:30 pm & 9:30 pm

Thursday, June 29th

• Herb Smith @ Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County, 12:00 pm
• Brockport High School Jazz Band @ City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage, 4:30 pm
• West Irondequoit High School Jazz Band @ City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage, 5:15 pm
• Melody Masters Big Band @ Rochester Regional Health Big Tent, 6:00 pm
• ECMS Jazz Alumni @ City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage, 6:00 pm
• Joe Beard Band @ Wegmans Stage at Parcel 5, 7:00 pm
• Violet Mary @ Wegmans Pavilion, 7:00 pm & 9:00 pm

Friday, June 30th

• Zahyia Rolle @ Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County, 12:00 pm
• Bloomfield High School Jazz Band @ City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage, 4:30 pm
• Eastridge High School Jazz Band @ City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage, 5:15 pm
• Greece Jazz Band @ Rochester Regional Health Big Tent, 6:00 pm
• Mike Kaupa's ECMS Saturday & Junior Jazz Ensembles @ City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage, 6:00 pm
• Latriste and the Frequencies @ Wegmans Pavilion, 7:00 pm & 9:00 pm
• Vince Ercolamento & Friends @ Hyatt Regency Rochester Grand Ballroom, 7:45 pm & 9:45 pm

Saturday, July 1st

• Brighton High School Jazz Band @ City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage, 3:00 pm
• Spencerport High School Jazz Band @ City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage, 3:45 pm
• Webster Schroeder High School Jazz Band @ City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage, 4:30 pm
• Canandaigua High School Jazz Band @ City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage, 5:15 pm
• Harold Danko @ Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music, 5:45 pm & 7:45 pm
• Syndicate Jazz Octet @ Rochester Regional Health Big Tent, 6:00 pm
• ESM Jazz Honors Unit 3 with Dan Mach-Holt @ City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage, 6:00 pm
• The BuddaHood @ Wegmans Pavilion, 7:00 pm & 9:00 pm

Additionally, Bob Sneider or Mike Cottone will be leading the Squeezers Jam Sessions every night starting at 10:30 pm at the Hyatt Regency Rochester's Main Street Gallery, which often attracts other artists appearing at the RIJF to sit in for a song or two.

Check my Wednesday posts on June 21st & 28th to find where some of them might be playing outside the RIJF.