In the News
2021
Jazz festival returns - Livingston County News - Nov 11, 2021Jazz Festival returns to downtown Rochester in 2022 - WROC Video - Nov 5, 2021Jazz Fest producers preparing for 2022 edition - Rochester Business Journal - Nov 5, 2021Jazz fest coming back to downtown next summer - 13WHAM - Nov 5, 2021Rochester's jazz festival set for downtown in 2022 after two-year hiatus due to COVID-19 - Democrat Rochester Jazz Festival to return to downtown in 2022 - CITY Newspaper - Nov 5, 2021Rochester's jazz festival set for downtown in 2022 after two-year hiatus due to COVID-19 - YAHOO NewCGI Rochester International Jazz Festival returning to downtown in 2022 - Spectrum News - Nov 5, 202Jazz Festival returns to downtown Rochester in 2022 - WROC - Nov 5, 2021CGI Rochester International Jazz Fest returning to downtown Rochester in June 2022 - WHEC - Nov 5, 2Rochester Jazz Festival to return to downtown in 2022 - WXXI - Nov 5, 2021Rochester named on Rent.com top 10 list of best cities for nightlifeLetterOne Rising Stars Jazz Award Open for Submissions - Downbeat - Sep 2021 Jazz Festival Postponed To June 17-25, 2022 Due To Pandemic Restrictions - All About Jazz Rochester Jazz Fest Cancels; Promises To Be Back in 2022 - Downbeat Magazine - May 4, 20212021 Rochester International Jazz Festival canceled - WROC TV - May 3, 2021RIJF Postponed For Second Year - Jazz90.1 - May 4, 2021CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival cancelled for 2021 - 13WHAM - May 3, 2021The pandemic silences the 2021 Jazz Fest - Rochester Beacon - May 4, 2021Pandemic protocols silence Jazz Fest again - Rochester Business Journal - May 3, 2021Rochester jazz festival canceled for 2021 - Democrat and Chronicle - May 3, 2021Rochester Jazz Festival 2021 has been canceled - CITY Newspaper - May 3, 2021
CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival postponed until 2022 - Spectrum News - May 3, 20212021 Rochester International Jazz Festival canceled - WROC TV 8 May 3, 2021 Parcel 5 in downtown Rochester to become temporary entertainment venue and green space - WROC TV - Long-awaited temporary greenspace coming to Parcel 5 in Rochester - Spectrum News Apr 15, 2020Local couple invests in Innovation Square theater - WXXI - Apr 2, 2021On “Firefly,” Alexa Tarantino shows why she's a rising star - CITY - Apr 2, 2021New performing arts center coming to downtown Rochester, Innovation Square - WROC - Apr 2, 2021The arts go dim due to COVID-19 - City - Mar 2, 2021RIT Set To Host Rochester International Jazz Festival In July - NYS Music - Feb 16, 2021Planning On Course For 2021 CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival - Newsbreak - Feb 15, 2021FESTIVAL: Planning On Course For 2021 CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival - 91.5 FM Jazz MoreFestival Producer Marc Iacona Talks to 13WHAM & FoxRochester's Alexi Arnold about 2021 Fest PlansJazz festival will happen but will move to RIT This Year - WXXI - Feb 11, 2021Jazz festival will happen but will move to RIT This Year - WXXI - Feb 11, 2021CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival moves to late July, and RIT’s campus - WROC TV - Feb 11,2021 Rochester jazz festival to be held at RIT this year - CITY - Feb 11, 2021CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival moves to late July, and RIT’s campus - 13WHAM - Feb 11, CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival Moving to RIT Campus this Summer - Spectrum News - Feb 11,Rochester jazz festival plans for new location out of downtown this year - D&C - Feb 11, 2021Jazz Fest plans to return July 30 at RIT this year, pending guidelines - WHEC TV - Feb 11, 2021Jazz Fest to return this summer, but not downtown - RBJ - Feb 11, 2021
2020
Jazz Fest Organizers Regrouping for 2021 - 13WHAM & FOX Rochester - Jul 22, 2020Jazz festival won't happen in 2020 - WXXI - Jul 10, 2020RIJF makes a hard choice ... the jazz festival will be postponed to 2021CGI Rochester Intl. Jazz Festival pushed back to June 2021 - 13WHAM - Jul 10, 2020Business Adapts Following Rochester Jazz Fest Postponement - Spectrum News - Jun 22, 2020Rochester’s jazz fest postponed until 2021 - Messenger Post - Jul10, 2020Rochester Jazz Festival postponed until June 2021 - WROC TV - Jul 10, 2020Rochester Jazz Festival relents to reality, cancels 2020 season - City Newspaper - Jul 10, 2020Rochester jazz fest rescheduled for June 2021 - Democrat and Chronicle - Jul 10, 2020Concert venues in NY and NJ face an uncertain summer. What's canceled and what's not, yet - D&C May Two jazz fest headliner acts rescheduled - City Newspaper - Apr 30, 2020Rochester Jazz Festival Postponed to October - Genesee Sun - Apr 29, 2020Rochester jazz festival rescheduled for October - Democrat & Chronicle - Apr 27, 2020Producers forge ahead on October Jazz Festival - Rochester Business Journal - Apr 27, 2020Interview: Ronnie Watts - Vents Magazine - Apr 27, 2020Jazz Fest announces rescheduled dates for October - WROC TV - Apr 27, 2020
Rochester Jazz Festival announces new fall dates - New York Upstate - Apr 28, 2020Rochester's summer festivals are gone - but hope remains for fall - CITY Newspaper - Apr 27, 2020Jazz Fest tentatively rescheduled to October 2-10 - 13WHAM - Apr 27, 2020Jazz Fest Postponement Provides Hope for Rochester Businesses - Spectrum NewsJazz Fest full lineup announced - Rochester Business Journal - Mar 18, 2020With a full lineup, the 2020 Rochester jazz fest is on, for now [ UPDATED ] - CITY Newspaper - Mar CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival announces all musical acts for 2020 event - WROC TV - Mar Trombone Shorty, Kool & the Gang among lineup for CGI Rochester Jazz Festival - 13WHAM - Mar 17, 202Norah Jones returning to Rochester jazz festival - The Daily News - Feb 28, 2020Norah Jones, Puss N Boots added to Rochester jazz festival - Syracuse.com - Feb 27, 2020Two more headliners announced for Rochester jazz festival - Democrat & Chronicle - Feb 25, 2020Jazz Fest announces 2 more headliners - WHEC TV 10 - Feb 25 2020Two more headlining acts announced for CGI Rochester Intl Jazz Festival - 13WHAM - Feb 25 2020Jazz fest announces two more headliners - WXXI - Feb 25 2020Commentary: If I were mayor . . . City Newspaper - Feb 12, 2020A sampling of what 2020 has in store on the arts-and-entertainment front - Messenger Post - Jan 2 20
