Rochester, NY – June 25, 2025 – We're heading into the last four days of the 22nd Edition Rochester International Jazz Festival in partnership with Rochester Regional Health.

The Wegmans Stage at Parcel 5 opens tonight with 27-year-old Jesus Molina, jazz pianist, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, a one-man force of nature, at 9 PM. Sonidos Unidos opens at 7 PM. FREE! No tickets are required. Food and drinks are available.

Trailblazing icon Rickie Lee Jones headlines at 8 PM at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. Tickets are still available at Rochesterjazz.com, on the App, at the door, or at the Festival's Ticket Shop at 100 East Avenue.

A full lineup will be presented in the ten Club Pass venues. Enter with a Club Pass or $30 ($35 at Kilbourn Hall) at the door. All venues are air-conditioned.

Free shows today start at noon at the Central Library, followed by today's Jazz Workshop at 1:00 at Eastman School of Music. Concerts start at 3:45 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. on the City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage presented by the Community Foundation, at 6 p.m. in the Rochester Regional Health Big Tent, at 7 and 9 p.m. at the Wegmans Pavilion, and wrapping up the night with Squeezers Jam Session at the Hyatt Regency Rochester, starting at 10:30 p.m.

Brochures, Club Passes, and tickets can be picked up at The Ticket Shop at 100 East Ave. at the corner of Gibbs St., open during the festival from Noon to 9 p.m. Gibbs Street is closed to traffic.

Information on how to navigate the festival, including parking, street closings, where to eat, patron policies, and more, can be found at rochesterjazz.com/plan-your-visit/.

The nine-day festival will present more than 285 concerts at 18 venues in downtown Rochester, New York, including 110-plus free shows and 1,750-plus artists. Founded in 2002, the festival has become one of the world's leading and largest jazz festivals.

Tonight at 8 PM at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre

Rickie Lee Jones

Rickie Lee Jones is an American musician, storyteller, and two-time Grammy winner who has been inspiring pop culture for decades, beginning with her star-making self-titled debut, followed by the seminal Pirates.

Named the “premier song-stylist and songwriter of her generation” by The New Yorker and “The Duchess of Coolsville” by Time magazine, Jones released her Grammy-nominated album Pieces of Treasure in 2023, a reunion with Russ Titelman, who produced her first two records. Jones’ celebrated memoir, Last Chance Texaco, was named Book of the Year by MOJO and a Best Book of the Year by Pitchfork and NPR. Read more

Buy tickets online up to show time, at the door, or at the RIJF Ticket Shop. Eastman Theatre Box Office opens at 7 p.m. Will Call is in the Eastman Lobby.

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Jesus Molina

9 PM Tonight at Wegmans Stage at Parcel 5

Free! No Tickets Required

Sonidos Unidos Opens at 7 PM

A world-class jazz pianist, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and successful online piano tutor, 27-year-old Jesus Molina is a one-man force of nature, a Berklee College of Music grad and Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation award winner who has already carved out an impressive career. His brand-new instrumental album Selah – a blessing meaning “praise” or “lift up” – perfectly captures his spiritual approach to music; 10 songs that soar to celestial heights, featuring Molina on piano and soprano saxophone, fronting a trio including bassist Guy Bernfeld and drummer Cain Daniel, two fellow Berklee alumni. Selah will be released on vinyl, CD and streaming on May 24th via Argentine/Mexican musician Noel Schajris’ independent label Dynamo Productions. Read more

Arrive early! Food and drinks are available for purchase. No outside food or drinks permitted. All bags will be searched. Individuals 17 and under must be accompanied by a parent/guardian or an adult 25 years or older. See Patron Policies for what to bring and what is not permitted. See Plan Your Visit for street closings and parking info.

Producers' Picks & Tuesday's Recap

Today's Producers' Picks

Recap of Yesterday

Things to Know Before You Go!

Redeem Club Pass tickets for Club Passes and lanyards at the Ticket Shop before attending any shows
Ticket Shop is open Noon to 9 p.m. daily at 100 East Ave. at Gibbs
Street closing and parking
Food & Drink Guide
Daily photo albums
Get official festival gear and gifts in the Merch Tent on Jazz Street, open 4 to 11 p.m.
Download the RIJF Free App!
Save Time in Line for early shows at Max and Kilbourn! Line up for wristbands at 4 p.m. outside the venues.
Take our quick Audience Survey during the festival and let us know how everything is going
Donate musical instruments in playable condition, accessories, and equipment at Rochester Education Foundation's booth on Jazz St., 5-7:30 p.m.
All Aid Tent provided by Rochester Regional Health is located on Jazz St. near E. Main.
Squeezers Jam Sessions start nightly at 10:30 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Rochester Lobby Level. No cover!

Jazz Starts at the Library

Mel Henderson

Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County

12 noon, Free!

Jazz Workshop

Herb Smith

Trumpet

Eastman School of Music Room 120, Free!

1:00 - 2:30 p.m.

No registration required.

Club Pass Series Highlights

Club Pass or $30 at the door ($35 at Kilbourn Hall)

See Full Schedule Grid

Fabiola Méndez

6:15 & 10 p.m.

Max of Eastman Place

The Puerto Rican cuatrista, singer, educator, and Emmy-nominated composer. Her artistic vision and original music focus on the exploration of her culture, her ancestry, and her identities. Native to Caguas, PR, Fabiola began playing the cuatro, Puerto Rico’s national instrument, at the age of six.

Ehud Asherie

5:45 & 7:45 p.m.

Hatch Hall

“A master of swing and stride” (The New Yorker), the jazz pianist ] integrates the venerable NY piano tradition into his inventive style. He lived in Italy for six years before his family moved to NY. He began playing piano as a child, but his passion for jazz came later—with a Thelonious Monk cassette tape—and his first visit to Smalls Jazz club.

Jacob Jolliff Band

6:45 & 9 p.m.

The Little Theatre

One of the world’s premier contemporary mandolinists, he graduated from Berklee College of Music, having studied there on a full scholarship. A fixture of the bluegrass scene, he has performed and collaborated with Béla Fleck, Tony Trischka, Michael Daves, Grant Gordy, Wes Corbett, and Alex Hargreaves, to name a few

Jane Bunnett’s Red Dragonfly

Temple Theater

7 & 9:15 p.m.

This is one of those rare projects that in execution becomes a great achievement. Bunnett and her band — Larry Cramer, trumpet and flügelhorn; Kieran Overs, acoustic bass; David Virelles, piano; Mark McLean, drums — team with the Penderecki String Quartet on a set that almost exclusively features startlingly fresh jazz revisions of songs from various world traditions.

Bad Sneakers

Rochester Regional Health Big Tent

8:30 p.m. (90-minute set)

Bad Sneakers is a powerhouse 13-piece band dedicated to bringing the music of Steely Dan to life with precision and passion. It's comprised of some of the region’s most accomplished musicians—including current and former members of Hard Logic, Prime Time Funk, Goodness, The Klick, The Bill Tiberio Band, and The Earthtones.

Shebad

The Duke

7:30 & 9:45 p.m.

SHEBAD is the creative spirit of visual artist and vocalist Claire Voy and multi-instrumentalist Ciccio Spagnolo. This Guelph-based music project plays on the exploratory realm of Indie Soul, characterized by jazz-influenced melodies, danceable basslines, and Claire’s transcendent voice.

More Free Shows Today!

Free shows on the City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage presented by the Community Foundation start today at 3:45 p.m. with the Irondequoit, Bloomfield, and Greece Athena High School Jazz Bands, followed by the ESM Honors Unit 2.

Rochester Metro Jazz Orchestra

7:30 & 9:30 p.m.

Jazz Street Stage

Red Hot & Blue

7 & 9 p.m

Wegmans Pavilion

East Ave at Chestnut

New Horizons Ensemble Directed by Don Sherman

6 p.m.

Rochester Regional Health Big Tent

Get Upcoming Headliner Show Tickets!

Tickets for Thundercat, our final headliner show at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, are available at RochesterJazz.com and on the RIJF App until show time, call (585) 454-2060, buy at the RIJF Ticket Shop, or on the day of the show at the Box Office in Kodak Hall's oval lobby, open at 7 p.m. on days of shows only. Doors open at 7:15 p.m. on days of shows only.

Thundercat

Thursday June 26

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