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Sunday 2:35 – 4:15 | Avery Mall The Djangoners take their inspiration from Django Reinhardt and his famous Jazz band from late-1930s Paris & London – “The Hot Club of France” – arguably, the most famous Jazz band Europe ever produced. Django Reinhardt was born into a family of Gypsies and began playing music early…

Saturday 1:35 – 3:05 | Main Stage It was 1996 when veteran Rochester musicians James Richmond (sax, keyboard and vocals) and Ralph Ortiz (bass) started assembling their dream band. A funk band, of course, and for once there would be no compromises in musicianship or material. This would be Prime Time Funk. One by one,…

Sunday 1:10 – 2:40 | Main Stage The Uptown Society Orchestra features favorites from the great American songbook in fresh arrangements written by some of the best writers of big-band swing and jazz today. This ten-piece Orchestra has played Major Jazz Festivals (Including Rochester’s Own-RIJF) to Corporate Events. The focus of the band and organization,…

Saturday 3:45-5:20 | Main Stage There’s a thinking side to what we do… How am I treating my fellow man? How am I living? Am I doing the right things in life?” –Darick Campbell The Campbell Brothers present Sacred Steel: African-American gospel music with electric steel guitar and vocal. This tradition is just now emerging…