Rochester International Jazz Festival

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The Rochester International Jazz Festival is a music festival held in June each year in Rochester, New York. The nine-day festival is held at multiple venues throughout downtown Rochester's East End cultural and entertainment district, including Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre and Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music - all within walking distance and many on "Jazz Street" (otherwise known as Gibbs Street during the rest of the year), which is closed off for the festival's nine days.

In 2008, attendance was estimated at a record 125,000 for the nearly 250 concerts presented.

In 2010, 162,000 people attended the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival's 250 concerts presented over nine days, breaking the record set the prior year of 133,000.

2011 saw another record-setting year with 285 concerts presented over nine days and in 18 different venues. Attendance reached an all-time high of 182,000.

In 2012, the 11th Edition hit another attendance record of 187,000, a record number of headliner sell-outs and the addition of a new venue, Hatch Recital Hall. Norah Jones, Diana Krall, Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers, Esperanza Spalding, Zappa Plays Zappa, and Daryl Hall "Live From Daryl's House" with special guest Keb' Mo' headlined this year.

In 2018, the festival drew a record-setting crowd of more than 208,000 people from around the world to see more than 1500 musicians from 20 countries performed in 320+ shows.

In 2019, the festival also drew more than 208,000 to see 1750+ musicians from around the world perform in 325+ shows.

CGI Communications became the festival's title sponsor as of July 2018, succeeding Xerox, which was the title sponsor for 10 years from 2009 through 2018. M&T Bank is the presenting sponsor. In 2024 Rochester Regional Health (RRH) succeeded CGI and became the festival's title sponsor.