I can't believe the Park Avenue Arts Festival is this weekend!  This summer is slipping by so fast and us ROCites often measure the summer months by its festivals.  I've tried to pick out the Jazz at the festival for you (and there's a link to the whole music lineup down in the Other Genres portion of the post. 

Every Wednesday, every week, you'll find the next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester right here on JazzRochester. Sign up for our email list to get your local jazz goodness every week (plus, whatever else I publish from time to time). Share us with your friends and family who love live jazz.  Check us out on social media (links at the top of the column to the right). Whatever floats your boat....

If you hear about something that I haven't added below, please drop me a line (use the Contact Us link above),  give me the deets, and I'll add it to the post. As always, let me know if any gigs below are not happening or if I got something wrong. It's also a good idea to check the site before you head out.

Thursday, August 1, 2019

• Hochstein at High Falls: The White Hots @ Granite Mills Park, 82 Browns Race (Rochester), 12:10 pm
• The Swooners @ The Horizons Lounge at Woodcliff Hotel, 5:30 pm
• Chris Ott @ Bristol Harbour Resort, 5410 Seneca Point Rd (Canandaigua), 6:00 pm
• Hanna PK @ Via Girasole Wine Bar (Schoen Place, Pittsford), 7:00 pm

Friday, August 2, 2019

• Connie Fredericks-Malone @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 6:00 pm
• Jim Nugent Trio @ Lemoncello (East Rochester), 6:30 pm
• Scott Kwiatek @ Via Girasole Wine Bar (Schoen Place, Pittsford), 7:00 pm
• Rochester Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra @ Webster Gazebo (Webster), 7:00 pm

Saturday, August 3, 2019

• Al Biles & GenJam @ Park Avenue Festival: Oxford Street Stage, 10:15 am
• All In Brass Band @ Park Avenue Festival: Alexander Stage, 10:15 am
• Paradigm Shift @ Park Avenue Festival: Oxford Street Stage, 1:00 pm
• Just Jazz Trio @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 6:00 pm
• Jon Seiger & The All Stars @ Via Girasole Wine Bar (Schoen Place, Pittsford), 7:00 pm
• Paradigm Shift @ Linden Street Social Club (Geneva), 7:00 pm
• Special Blend @ The Horizons Lounge at Woodcliff Hotel, 7:30 pm

Sunday, August 4, 2019

• Al Biles & GenJam @ Park Avenue Festival: Somerton Stage, 10:30 am
• Panloco @ Sodus Bay Lighthouse, 7606 N. Ontario St. (Sodus Point), 2:00 pm
• Cool Club & The Lipker Sisters @ Marge's Lakeside Inn, 4909 Culver Rd. (Rochester), 4:00 pm
• Bop Shop Records and Bop Arts presents Don Menza 5tet with Bob Sneider, Mike Melito and Danny Vitale and John Hasselback @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm

Monday, August 5, 2019

• No jazz for you?

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

• 20th Century Vox @ Via Girasole Wine Bar (Schoen Place, Pittsford), 5:30 pm
• Rochester Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra @ Penfield Amphitheater, 3100 Atlantic Ave. (Penfield), 6:30 pm
• Jazz Session Series with the Gray Quartet @ The Spirit Room, 139 State Street (Downtown), 7:30 pm
• Bop Shop Records and Lovin Cup present Stick Men @ Lovin Cup Bistro & Brews, 8:00 pm (Lovin Cup link)

Wednesday, August 7, 2019

• Jon Seiger @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• Ann Mitchell Jazz Trio @ 80W, 7:00 pm
• Concerts by the Shore: Greece Jazz Band @ Ontario Beach Park, 7:00 pm

Miss the Blues and Other Genres on WGMC? Here is a little something for you....

• Steve Grills and the Roadmasters @ The Little Theatre Cafe, Friday, August 2nd, 8:00 pm
• Park Avenue Art Festival (Rochester), Saturday-Sunday, August 3-4 (All music listings are here)
• Jazz90.1 Jazz Cruise with Steve Grills and The Roadmasters @ The Colonial Belle, 400 Packett's Landing (Fairport), Monday, August 19th, 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm (more info and tickets)

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

• Jazz90.1 Jazz Cruise with Bill Tiberio and Friends @ The Colonial Belle, 400 Packett's Landing (Fairport), Monday, August 12th, 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm (Sold Out)
• Euge Groove @ Jazz Greats at Glenora Wine Cellars, Sunday, August 18th, 2:00 pm (more info and tickets)
• Jazz90.1 Jazz Cruise with Paradigm Shift @ The Colonial Belle, 400 Packett's Landing (Fairport), Monday, August 19th, 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm (more info and tickets) (postponed from June 10)
• Pat Metheny Side Eye @ The Smith Opera House (Geneva), Thursday, August 29th, 8:00 pm (more info and tickets)
• Terri Lyne Carrington and Social Science @ Cornell Concert Series: Bailey Hall (Ithaca), Friday, September 13th, 8:00 pm (tickets)
• Bop Shop Records presents the Sorgen/Bisio/Lawrence Trio @ Bop Shop Records, Saturday, September 21st, 8:00 pm
• Bop Shop Records presents Steve Greene: A Retrospective @ Bop Shop Records, Saturday, September 28th, 8:00 pm
• Jon Batiste @ Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, Saturday, October 5th, 8:00 pm (tickets)
• Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis @ Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, Wednesday, October 30, 7:30 pm (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 (look for the  graphic next to the listing). 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.