It's getting cold out there.... Below are the gigs in and around Rochester for the next seven days, plus those I know about through the rest of December and into January.

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Thursday, December 9, 2021

• Mike Pappert @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant & Jazz Bar (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• Rich Thompson Trio Generations @ The Little Theatre, 6:30 pm
• The Newton Brothers @ Faircraft Brauhaus, 7:00 pm 

Friday, December 10, 2021

• Chris Ott @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant & Jazz Bar (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• Trio East @ The Little Theatre, 6:30 pm
• Greg Wachala @ Ventosa Vineyards, 6:30 pm
• Jim Nugent & Kyle Vock @ Lemoncello Italian Restaurant & Bar (East Rochester), 6:30 pm

Saturday, December 11, 2021

• Ralph Debergalis @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant & Jazz Bar (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• Hanna PK Trio with Jeff Campbell and Abdul-Rahman Qadir @ Hedges Restaurant  (Webster), 6:30 pm
• Cool Club and The Lipker Sisters with Remedy @ Finger Lakes Gaming and Racetrack, 8:00 pm
• Paradigm Shift @ Linden Street Social (Geneva), 9:00 pm

Sunday, December 12, 2021

• Jazz Brunch with the Ann Mitchell Jazz Trio @ Mansion on Delaware Avenue, 414 Delaware Ave. (Buffalo), 11:15 am
• Jazz90.1 WGMC-FM presents Greece Concert Band @ Greece Baptist Church, 1230 Long Pond Rd. (Greece), 7:00 pm

Monday, December 13, 2021

• Bop Shop Records presents PAKT @ The Lovin Cup Bistro & Brews, 7:00 pm (info and tickets)
• Monday Jazz at the UUU hosted by Jordan Lerner @ UUU Art Collective, 153 State St. (Downtown), 8:30 pm, jam starts @ 10:00 pm

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

• No jazz for you?

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

• Steve Grills and the Roadmasters @ Backroom Lounge at the Record Archive, 6:00 pm
• Bob Sneider Trio @ Faircraft Brauhaus, 7:00 pm

Looking ahead to jazz in December and into January ...

December 2021

• 16th: Mike Pullano @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant & Jazz Bar (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 16th: Brad Batz Duo @ Faircraft Brauhaus, 7:00 pm 
• 16th: Roger Eckert Quartet @ Via Girasole Wine Bar (Schoen Place, Pittsford), 7:00 pm
• 17th: Connie Fredericks-Malone @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant & Jazz Bar (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 17th: Greg Wachala @ Ventosa Vineyards, 6:30 pm
• 17th: Glenn Miller Orchestra "In The Holiday Mood" @ The Theater at Innovation Square, 7:30 pm (info and tickets)
• 18th: Moon Dance Trio @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant & Jazz Bar (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 18th: Laura Dubin and Antonio Guerrero Trio @ The Little Theatre, 6:30
• 18th: Steve Grills and the Roadmasters @ Cabaret at Club 86  (Geneva), 7:00 pm
• 18th: Bop Arts presents David Clapp Quintet @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets) 
• 19th: Jazz Brunch with the Simon Fletcher Trio @ Strange Design Public House (Geneseo), 11:00 am
• 19th: Holiday Jazz with Ann Mitchell @ Pittsford Community Library, 2:00 pm
• 19th: The Archive Ravens @ The Little Theatre, 6:30 pm
• 21st: John Nyerges Trio Holiday Show @ 3Heads Brewery, 6:00 pm
• 22nd: Margaret Explosion @ The Little Theatre, 6:30 pm
• 22nd: Laura Dubin Trio @ Faircraft Brauhaus, 7:00 pm 
• 23rd: Bob McGee @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant & Jazz Bar (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 23rd: Greg Wachala @ Ventosa Vineyards, 6:30 pm
• 24th: Ann Mitchell @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant & Jazz Bar (Farmington), 4:30 pm
• 23rd: Chris Cady Duo @ Via Girasole Wine Bar (Schoen Place, Pittsford), 7:00 pm
• 26th: Raphael Enciso Group @ The Little Theatre, 6:30 pm
• 29th: Paradigm Shift @ Faircraft Brauhaus, 7:00 pm 
• 30th: Mike Kaupa/Gordon Webster @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant & Jazz Bar (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 30th: Jim Nugent Trio @ Faircraft Brauhaus, 7:00 pm 
• 30th: Greg Wachala @ Ventosa Vineyards, 6:30 pm
• 31st: Alexandra Barbara @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant & Jazz Bar (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 31st: Bob Sneider Trio @ The Little Theatre, 6:30 pm

January 2022

• 5th: Brad Batz Duo @ Faircraft Brauhaus, 7:00 pm
• 6th: Ted Perry @ Faircraft Brauhaus, 7:00 pm
• 9th: Jazz Brunch with the Simon Fletcher Trio @ Strange Design Public House (Geneseo), 11:00 am
• 12th: CMD @ Faircraft Brauhaus, 7:00 pm
• 13th: Jazz 90.1 presents Mike Kaupa Trio @ Greece Baptist Church, 7:00 pm
• 13th: Dean Keller Soul @ Faircraft Brauhaus, 7:00 pm
• 19th: Bob Sneider Trio @ Faircraft Brauhaus, 7:00 pm
• 20th: Big Blue House @ Faircraft Brauhaus, 7:00 pm
• 23rd: Jazz Brunch with the Simon Fletcher Trio @ Strange Design Public House (Geneseo), 11:00 am
• 26th: Hanna PK @ Faircraft Brauhaus, 7:00 pm
• 27th: Eric Heveron Smith Trio @ Faircraft Brauhaus, 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).