Heavy rain falling on day nine of the CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival, Saturday, June 29, 2024. comes to a close. Despite the rain -- music fans showed up on Jazz Street to catch Saturday's headliners for the last time this year."We will be back, we love coming here, we love Rochester, we love the festival it’s fantastic," Monteiro said. "We came specifically to see a couple of New Orleans acts tonight.
More than 1,500 artists perform in more than 300 concerts over the span of the festival. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Meters' album "Rejuvenation" -- the New Orleans ensemble"I am very honored and happy to be here in Rochester," Neville said. "We get to play music written and performed by The Meters with original members of The Meters in our group, so we are looking forward to sharing that flavor with Rochester.
"It gets busy and it’s a lot of fun because I can't go to the festival because I have to work, but I get the privilege of working the festival," Lynn Marie Strozier, an employee at Big City Pizza and Deli said. Joe and Jackie Cali travel from Buffalo every year to enjoy the festival. And this year -- the rain wasn't getting in their way.
"We were wondering if we should even come down this morning, because we saw it was going to rain all day and night," Joe Cali said. "And we thought, 'let’s just do it and we will make the best of it.'"
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