In its 18th year, tectonic shifts continue to shape the Rochester International Jazz Festival landscape. The newest and most significant development at the festival is music throughout all nine nights on the famous gravel lot known as Parcel 5.
John Nugent
CGI Communications takes over Jazz Festival sponsorship
The Rochester International Jazz Festival is getting a new title sponsor. The festival for 10 years has had Xerox at the head of its name, but festival organizers announced Tuesday that CGI Communications will now take on the sponsorship. Full name: CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival Presented by M&T Bank. CGI Communications, a digital marketing […]
Can Rochester handle success?
The buzz had hardly died down from June’s Rochester International Jazz Festival, but festival promoter John Nugent was back in town last week attempting to garner support from business and government leaders for next year’s festival. Over the next few weeks we’ll find out if Rochester’s got what it takes to build a new […]






