NEWSLETTER
Tickets Go on Sale Friday, Dec 19 at 10 AM
Rochester, N.Y. ( Dec. 16, 2025) — The 23rd Edition Rochester International Jazz Festival, in partnership with Rochester Regional Health, will welcome back GRAMMY-winning trumpeter Chris Botti in a ticketed headliner concert on Wednesday, June 25, 2026, at 8 p.m. at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. The concert will mark Botti's sixth appearance at the Festival.
Tickets go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 19, exclusively at RochesterJazz.com/tickets. Tickets including all fees are $125.84 (Boxes), $110.40 (Orchestra Floor), $94.97 (Mezzanine & Loges), and $74.39 (Balcony). This is a ticketed, reserved-seat show and is not accessible with a Club Pass.
A 24-hour presale for Festival e-news subscribers starts Thursday, December 18, at 10 a.m. To join the list, visit RochesterJazz.com.
The 23rd edition festival, June 19-27, will feature headliners, 174 Club Pass shows, more than 100 free shows, jazz workshops, and nightly jam sessions at 18 venues in downtown Rochester, New York.
Twenty-three Club Pass artists have been announced to date, with more to be announced in January. The full lineup will be released by March 10, 2026. Club Passes, the festival’s value passes that provide unlimited entry to Club Pass shows over one, three or nine days, are on sale now at early-bird prices at RochesterJazz.com/tickets. Prices go up Jan. 1, 2026.
About Chris Botti
Botti, who last at the Rochester International Jazz Festival in 2022, has been one of the most popular instrumentalists in the world for nearly three decades; he’s collaborated with some of the biggest superstars on the planet, including Sting, Paul Simon, Barbra Streisand, Lady Gaga, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, Bette Midler, Joni Mitchell, Steven Tyler, Andrea Bocelli, Herbie Hancock, Yo-Yo Ma, and others; he’s topped the jazz charts with numerous albums, earned multiple Gold and Platinum records, performed with symphony orchestras and on prestigious stages from Carnegie Hall to the Hollywood Bowl to the Sydney Opera House. Read more
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About the Rochester International Jazz Festival
The Rochester International Jazz Festival, in partnership with Rochester Regional Health, is one of the world’s leading jazz festivals. Since 2002, the nine-day, multi-dimensional festival has been held annually in downtown Rochester, NY, drawing over 200,000 people to 285+ shows and 18 venues. The festival navigates all genres of creative improvised music from around the world, presenting more than 1,750 legendary performers, familiar favorites, and new discoveries. RIJF is produced by RIJF, LLC, a privately held company owned by Marc Iacona and John Nugent. Nugent, Producer/Artistic Director, is a noted tenor sax player who has traveled the world with many jazz artists, including Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald, Rosemary Clooney, the Woody Herman Orchestra, and the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. Marc Iacona, Producer/Executive Director, is a Rochester native and President of Simcona Electronics. A business and community leader, he is an avid trumpeter and supporter of the arts.