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Originally published on May 3, 2021 12:57 pm
After an attempt to save this year’s edition of the CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival by moving it back a month and changing the location to Rochester Institute of Technology, the event’s producers announced Monday morning that the event will be postponed again.
The new dates are June 17-25, 2022. But it was not immediately clear where the festival will be held.
“We will be back next year and are committed to making every effort to move forward in downtown Rochester and also explore expanding the Festival with programming at Rochester Institute of Technology,” co-producers Marc Iacona and John Nugent said in a press release.
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) It was already known the CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival would not be in Rochester in 2021, now, organizers say it won t happen anywhere.
Producers Marc Iacona and John Nugent Monday announced the festival would be postponed to 2022. It was originally slated for July 30 to Aug. 7.
Despite being moved to the campus of the Rochester Institute of Technology to allow for more space, Iaocona and Nugent say holding the festival will not be viable from either a business or health safety perspective due to New York state health guidelines and capacity restrictions. We are disappointed to announce that the CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival 19
Corn Hill Arts Festival. For the second year in a row, the Corn Hill Arts Festival has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Many of the Rochester area s larger festivals, including the Lilac Festival, Rochester International Jazz Festival, and Rochester Fringe Festival, are planning a return to live events this year, with some modifications. Smaller festivals, such as the Corn Hill Arts Festival, are still in flux as they determine how to safely avoid the risks of community spread of the virus, even as vaccinations increase. A post-pandemic world may be in sight, but it s not the reality yet.
After a year in which the pandemic sidelined the festival season, the city of Rochester is accepting applications to bring festivals back with tweaks that aim to ensure safety.
Deputy Mayor James Smith said smaller festivals will have to adjust, too.
“Certainly the state and the county Health Departments need to be a part of whatever event planning that goes forward,” Smith said after the Lilac Festival’s announcement in early April. “We’re excited about working with all of those folks who put those events on to get back to doing it, but I just think everyone needs to be prepared and needs to understand that it will be different. It will be different.”