There’s always something happening in Rochester. Here are CITY readers’ top picks in art, music, comedy, and more.
And the winners are . . .
- Best Actor Penny Sterling
- Best Art Gallery Memorial Art Gallery
- Best Artist Shawn Dunwoody
- Best Arts Event Rochester International Jazz Festival
- Best Band (Cover) Something Else
- Best Band (Original) Danielle Ponder
- Best Blues Artist or Group Danielle Ponder
- Best Club DJ Mighty Mic (ROAR)
- Best Comedian/Comedy Troupe Chris Thompson
- Best County Artist or Group Zac Brown Tribute Band
- Best Dance Company Garth Fagan Dance Company
- Best Drag Performer Deedee Dubois
- Best Film Festival Rochester International Film Festival
- Best Folk Artist or Group The Honey Smugglers
- Best Hip Hop Artist or Group Moses Rockwell
- Best Instrumentalist Herb Smith
- Best Jazz Artist or Group Danielle Ponder
- Best Live Music Venue (Large) CMAC
- Best Live Music Venue (Small) The Bug Jar
- Best Movie Theater The Little
- Best Mural or Public Art Murals at Martin Luther King Jr. Park
- Best Museum Strong Museum of Play
- Best Music Festival Rochester Jazz Festival
- Best Photographer Jim Montanus
- Best Place to See Comedy Comedy @ The Carlson
- Best Published Author Justin Murphy
- Best Published Poet Chen Chen
- Best Rock Artist or Group Joywave
- Best Theater Company Geva
- Best Vocalist Danielle Ponder
This article appears in Jun 1-30, 2021.
