Batiste invited several Bahamian dignitaries and jazz fans — such as Jon Stewart — to the opening night. Getty Images for Baha Mar “It never really dies, even though there’s this ...

Smokey Robinson will headline opening night of the 2025 Rochester Jazz Fest on Friday, June 20, at the Kodak Hall at Eastman ...

This year's festival will kick off with a opening night gala featuring the Emmet Cohen Trio. Bandleader Cohen is a Litchfield Jazz Camp alumnus who made his main stage debut at the festival in 2013.