Rochester never ceases to surprise when it comes to weather, so when the rains and clouds finally parted, we were greeted with gorgeous weather for the first night of the festival. The setting sun blanketed downtown Rochester with a golden sheen, and the temperatures were as mild and comfortable as…
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We wait all year for this moment in Rochester: the start of the Rochester International Jazz Festival in June. The festival began 25 years ago and has been going strong ever since, despite the two years off due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Between 2002 and 2026, the festival has grown…
High winds tore through Rochester today, Thursday, June 18, leaving many branches fallen, trees downed, and power outages. I was down on Gibbs Street, aka Jazz Street, early afternoon to grab my festival pass, as the winds were picking up. I could see the festival workers struggling a bit to…
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