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2006 Rochester International Jazz Festival

The dates have been announced! The Rochester International Jazz Festival`s fifth anniversary edition will be held from Friday, June 9th through Saturday, June 17th, 2006. The spectacular nine-day event will fulfill every jazz lover`s fantasy.

RIJF has become one of nation`s largest and fastest growing music festivals, drawing fans from all across the U.S. and around the world. Attendance in 2005 topped 65,000. Each year, the Festival presents more than 100 concerts featuring a diverse and international lineup of legendary Grammy award-winning artists and critically-acclaimed jazz and contemporary groups. The artist lineup and schedule for the Festival`s Club Pass Series, Senator Jim Alesi Eastman Theatre series, and free concerts on outdoor stages will be announced in April 2006.

`The Club Pass is a tremendous value and a unique feature of RIJF,` says John Nugent, Festival Artistic Director and Producer. `As Club Pass veterans have discovered, it not only offers great savings, it allows people to experience a lot of diverse music over the course of the Festival. Jazz covers such a wide range of sounds and styles, it`s not who you know, it`s who you don?t know that makes the Festival interesting. The Club Pass makes it easy to check out new and different artists.` Individual Club Pass Series concert tickets are available at the door and range from $15 to $25.