Ready for some fresh live jazz in and around Rochester, NY? Each week, we gather the listings for live jazz to hear around Rochester for the next seven days immediately below. Open the rest of the post at the end of this week’s listings (if your’e receiving via email list you will get it all) and you’ll find live jazz we have heard about through December and January (plus some items of special interest beyond that….).
Hope you and yours had a great Thanksgiving if you celebrate and enjoyed some extra days off (I will be…).
Thursday, November 27, 2025
- No jazz for you? Are you surprised? Happy Thanksgiving!
Friday, November 28, 2025
- Holiday Jazz Special (more later) @ Vanni’s Jazz Lounge at the Inn on Broadway, 5:00 pm
- Ann MItchell Jazz Duo @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- Jazz On Tap: R&D Trio “Fairwell to Rick” @ Vine and Tap Wine Bar (Charlotte), 6:30 pm
- Daniel King & Keith Dudinski @ Flight Wine Bar Downtown, 6:30 pm
- Jacobo Vega-Albela’s “Un-Belonging Quintet” @ The Trestle (Sodus Point), 7:00 pm
Saturday, November 29, 2025
- Indigo Breeze @ Vanni’s Jazz Lounge at the Inn on Broadway, 5:00 pm
- Mike Pullano @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- Max Robbins Duo @ Flight Wine Bar Downtown, 6:30 pm
- The Blue Barn Cats @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:00 pm
- Jacobo Vega-Albela’s “Un-Belonging Quintet” @ Pausa Art House (Buffalo), 7:00 pm
- Israel Stone/Cole Powers Duo @ Annette’s (Webster), 8:00 pm
- Simon Fletcher Trio @ Vanni’s Jazz Lounge at the Inn on Broadway, 5:00 pm
Sunday, November 30, 2025
- Kat Link’s Rat Garbage Party @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:00 pm
- Mark McGrain’s “NOROC” Quartet @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
Monday, December 1, 2025
- Ossia New Music, including jazz trio Slings0t @ ESM, Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 pm
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
- Victrola Voila @ Lila’s, 5:00 pm
- Student Degree Recital: William Anderson, jazz guitar @ ESM, Hatch Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
- Ann Mitchell Jazz Trio with John Gabriele & Dave Arenius playing Holiday Classics @ Pittsford Community Library, 6:30 pm
- A Peter White Christmas with Mindi Abair and Vincent Ingala @ Kodak Center Main Theater, 7:30 pm (more info & tickets)
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
- Victrola Voilà @ Cheshire, 695 South Clinton (Rochester), 7:00 pm
- Margaret Explosion @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:00 pm
- Non-degree Recital: Daniel Andaya, jazz guitar, Ryden Ishihara, jazz drum, and Jake Merril, jazz saxophone @ ESM, MC 135 (MC 5), 9:30 pm
Looking for some live jazz later than the next week? Then click on the arrow to open it up here . . . .
Looking for live jazz in December?
- 4th: The Cool Club Trio @ Lila’s, 5:00 pm
- 4th: Ralph DeBergalis Duo @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- 4th: Student Degree Recital: Wesley Benjamin, jazz trumpet @ ESM, Hatch Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
- 4th: Student Degree Recital: Brendan Nie, jazz bass @ ESM, Hatch Recital Hall, 8:30 pm
- 5th: Annie Wells “Pictures of a Heart” Record Release event @ The Backroom Lounge at the Record Archive, 5:00 pm
- 5th: Jim Nugent @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- 5th: Melvin Henderson & Marvin Dolly @ Flight Wine Bar Downtown, 6:30 pm
- 5th: Mary DeFranco Jazz @ Vine & Tap Wine Bar (Charlotte), 6:30 pm
- 5th: Mid-Century Modern Jazz Quartet @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:00 pm
- 5th: Cécile McLorin Salvant @ Dallas Morse Coors Concert Series, Bailey Hall, Cornell University (Ithaca), 7:30 pm (more info & tickets)
- 5th: Kleinhans Music Hall & JazzBuffalo present A Swingin’ Christmas with Louis Prima Jr. and The Witnesses @ Kleinhans Music Hall, Mary Seaton Room (Buffalo), 7:30 pm (more info & tickets)
- 5th: Eastman Jazz Orchestra & Eastman New Jazz Orchestra @ Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 7:30 pm
- 5th: Bob Holz and A Vision Forward @ California Brew Haus, 9:00 pm
- 6th: NYSSMA All-State Jazz Ensembles @ The Theater at Innovation Square, 3:30 pm (tickets)
- 6th: Connie Francis-Malone @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- 6th: Jazz90.1 Presents an Evening with Four80East @ Greece Olympia High School, 7:00 pm (more info & tickets)
- 6th: Laura Dubin & Antonio Guerrero @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:00 pm
- 6th: Mary DeFranco Jazz @ Annette’s (Webster), 8:00 pm
- 7th: Raphael Enciso @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
- 8th: Vocal Jazz @ ESM, Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 pm
- 9th: Trio East @ Lila’s, 5:00 pm
- 11th: The Cool Club Trio @ Lila’s, 5:00 pm
- 11th: Ryan Johnson Duo @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- 11th: Nyerges, Smith & Lake Trio @ Vanni’s Jazz Lounge at the Inn on Broadway, 9:00 pm
- 12th: Jaesic Wade Trio @ The Backroom Lounge at the Record Archive, 4:00 pm
- 12th: Deepak Thettu & Friends @ Brown Hound Downtown at the MAG, 5:00 pm
- 12th: Mike KoRnRicH Jumpin’ Jazz Trio @ Vanni’s Jazz Lounge at the Inn on Broadway, 5:00 pm
- 12th: Mike Pallini @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- 12th: George Miller & Eric Davidson @ Flight Wine Bar Downtown, 6:30 pm
- 12th: Jazz On Tap: The Darryl Parker Trio @ Vine and Tap Wine Bar (Charlotte), 6:30 pm
- 12th: Max Robbins Trio @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:00 pm
- 12th: The Joey Stempien Big Band Christmas @ Tones Studios, 7:00 pm (more info & tickets)
- 13th: Moondance Trio @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- 13th: Joel Kastner & Ariel Zylberberg @ Flight Wine Bar Downtown, 6:30 pm
- 13th: Trio East @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:00 pm
- 13th: Eric Davidson Duo @ Annette’s (Webster), 8:00 pm
- 14th: WGMC Jazz 90.1 presents the Greece Concert Band @ Greece Baptist Church, 1230 Long Pond Road (Greece), 7:00 pm
- 14th: John Viviani & Friends: The Vince Guaraldi Project @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
- 16th: Stewie Evans Trio @ Lila’s, 5:00 pm
- 16th: Mary DeFranco Jazz @ Titus Tavern, 6:00 pm
- 16th: Victrola Voilà @ Cheshire, 695 South Clinton (Rochester), 7:00 pm
- 17th: Indigo Breeze @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:00 pm
- 17th: C.M.D. Christmas Album Release Party @ Lovin Cup Bistro & Brews, 8:00 pm
- 18th: Eastman@Washington Square: Holiday Jazz @ First Universalist Church (Downtown), 12:15 pm
- 4th: The Cool Club Trio @ Lila’s, 5:00 pm
- 18th: Marco Amadio @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- 18th: Marye Lobb @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:00 pm
- 19th: Ann Mitchell Jazz Duo @ Brewery Ardennes (Geneva), 5:00 pm
- 19th: Connie Francis-Malone @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- 19th: Ben Turiano & Alex Northrup @ Flight Wine Bar Downtown, 6:30 pm
- 19th: Rick Holland Little Big Band Annual Christmas Show @ Vine and Tap Wine Bar (Charlotte), 6:30 pm
- 19th: Simon Fletcher Trio @ The Chandelier Bar At Salvatore’s, 6461 Transit Road (Depew), 7:00 pm
- 20th: Jazz Jam Session @ Vine and Tap Wine Bar (Charlotte), 2:00 pm
- 20th: Michael Sidoti @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- 20th: Jaesic Wade & Ben Miller @ Flight Wine Bar Downtown, 6:30 pm
- 20th: Steve Cataldi Duo @ Annette’s (Webster), 8:00 pm
- 21st: Laura Dubin Trio Holiday Concert @ Parma Greece United Church of Christ, 1211 Manitou Rd, 1:00 pm
- 21st: ECMS Winterfest: New Horizons Jazz Ensembles @ ESM, Kilbourn Hall, 1:30 pm
- 21st: ECMS Winterfest: Music Educators Jazz Ensemble @ ESM, Kilbourn Hall, 3:00 pm
- 21st: ECMS Winterfest: ECMS Jazz Ensembles @ ESM, Kilbourn Hall, 5:30 pm
- 24th: Christmas Eve with Connie Francis-Malone @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 4:30 pm
- 26th: Ann Mitchell Jazz Duo @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- 26th: Los Pajaritos @ Flight Wine Bar Downtown, 6:30 pm
- 27th: Special Blend Trio @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- 27th: Thomas Chamberlain & Aaron Hunt @ Flight Wine Bar Downtown, 6:30 pm
- 27th: Uptown Groove @ Annette’s (Webster), 7:00 pm
- 30th: Victrola Voilà @ Cheshire, 695 South Clinton (Rochester), 7:00 pm
- 31st: NYE with the Special Blend Trio @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- 31st: NYE with Cool Club & the Lipker Sisters @ Lovin Cup Bistro & Brews, 6:00 pm
- 31st: NYE with the Bob Sneider Trio @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:00 pm
Looking for live jazz in the New Year (i.e., January)?
- 2nd: Jazz On Tap: R&D Quartet @ Vine and Tap Wine Bar (Charlotte), 6:30 pm
- 13th: Victrola Voilà @ Cheshire, 695 South Clinton (Rochester), 7:00 pm
- 15th: WGMC Jazz 90.1 presents the Bob Sneider Trio @ Greece Baptist Church, 1230 Long Pond Road (Greece), 7:00 pm
- 23rd: Jazz On Tap: Bob Sneider Trio @ Vine and Tap Wine Bar (Charlotte), 6:30 pm
- 23rd: Faculty Artist Series: Otis Brown III @ ESM, Hatch Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
- 27th: Victrola Voilà @ Cheshire, 695 South Clinton (Rochester), 7:00 pm
- 31st: Rochester Jazz Escape with Phil Denny, Phylicia Rae, Jacob Webb, Saxl Rose, Kevin Jackson and Jimmie Highsmith Jr. @ The Carlson, 50 Carlson Road, 5:00 pm (more info & tickets)
Some special live jazz even later….
- February 15th: Kleinhans Music Hall & JazzBuffalo present Tierney Sutton Celebrating Harold Arlen’s 121st Birthday @ Kleinhans Music Hall (Buffalo), 3:00 pm (more info & tickets)
- February 23rd: Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: The Let the Spirit Tour @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
- February 26th: Eastern Boundary Quartet @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
- March 1st: The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra @ The Theater at Innovation Square, 4:00 pm (tickets)
- March 29th: A concert + recording debut by Phil Haynes 2 Horns & What? featuring Nate Wooley & Peyton Pleninger @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
- April 8: DARK BLUE featuring Lucian Ban and Alex Harding @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
- April 13: Simone Baron’s Arco Bello @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm
- April 22nd: Snarky Puppy @ Electric City (Buffalo), 8:00 pm (tickets)
- April 26th: Kleinhans Music Hall & JazzBuffalo present John Pizzarelli Trio @ Kleinhans Music Hall (Buffalo), 3:00 pm (more info & tickets)
- May 12th: Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass & Other Delights @ Kodak Center, 7:30 pm (tickets)
- May 17th: Kleinhans Music Hall & JazzBuffalo present Emmet Cohen Presents Miles & Coltrane at 100 @ Kleinhans Music Hall (Buffalo), 3:00 pm (more info & tickets)
Click on the links where available for more information on the gig or tickets, or check out the venue’s website in the right panel. For the most part only start times for the gigs are listed, call the venue or visit their website for more details about when the doors open, how long the band will be playing, etc. Most shows do not have a cover. Please let me know if you’ve heard about any gigs that I may have missed here or if I have anything wrong (see the Contact Us link above to send an email if that’s how you roll). Tell your jazz-loving friends about the site so they can join us here or on our other channels.
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