Events scheduled in 2024-25 are described below. To learn about past events, please visit the History page.

The 2024-25 season

Fredonia Jazz Festival

Thursday, September 19, 2024. Domus Fare Restaurant. 5:30 and 8:00.

Benny Benack III, trumpet and voice; Nick Weiser, piano; August Bish, bass; and Gregory Evans. drums.

Friday, September 20, 2024. Rosch Recital Hall, SUNY Fredonia. 8:00 pm.

The Fredonia Jazz Orchestra and Flextet

Saturday, September 21, 2024. Multiple venues

2:00 pm: A Jazz Jam! Domus Fare Restaurant.

4:00 pm: The Dave Golando Quintet. With Ian Liedke, piano, Mark Cousins, bass, Jon Anderson, drums, Carol McLaughlin, tenor sax and flute.

7:00 pm. The New Alumni Quintet: Dylan Jaques, piano; Caleb Duden, bass; Sam Schaeffer, drums; Vincent Heller, trumpet; Matthew Erman, sax. The Anat Cohen Quartet. Anat Cohen, clarinet; Gadi Lehavi, piano; Tal Mashiach, bass; and Ofri Nehemya, drums. l1891 Fredonia Opera House.

Jazz at Domus Fare

All events at Domus Fare Restaurant, 41 W Main St. Fredonia. Each night, there are two shows: 5:30 and 800. Reserved seating.

Thursday, September 19, 2024. Jazz at Domus Fare. Benny Benack III, trumpet and voice, Nick Weiser, piano; August Bish, bass; Gregory Evans, drums.

Thursday, December 12, 2024. Jazz at Domus Fare. Nick Weiser Quartet: Weiser, piano; Kieran Hanlon, bass; John Bacon, drums, Elliot Scozzaro, saxophone.

Thursday, March 13, 2025. Jazz at Domus Fare. Christine Jensen, saxophone, with Nick Weiser, piano, Kieran Hanlon, bass, John Bacon, drums, Elliot Scozzaro, saxophone.

Christine Jensen is a renowned saxophonist and composer.   She studied with Pat LaBarbera and Jim McNeely, and has performed with Phil Dwyer, Lenny Pickett, Terrance Blanchard, and many more.  Repeatedly honored with Juno Awards for her albums, she consistently appears on the top of international critic’s polls, including Jazz Album of the Year in 2014.  She is founding artistic director and conductor of the Canadian National Jazz Orchestra, as well as the past artistic director of Orchestre National Jazz de Montreal. She is currently on the faculty at the Eastman School of Music.  Christine is the sister of trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, who appeared on the Jazz at Domus Fare series in October, 2022.

Thursday, May 1, 2025. Jazz at Domus Fare. Scott Tixier, violin, Nick Weiser, piano, Nicholas Walker, bass, Gregory Evans, drums.

Scott Tixier is a 5-time GRAMMY award-winning French jazz violinist. He has performed, recorded, and toured with such icons as Stevie Wonder, Kenny Barron, Elton John, Pink Floyd, Chaka Khan, Earth Wind & Fire, Ed Sheeran, Cassandra Wilson, Coldplay, Chris Potter, John Legend, Christina Aguilera, Natalie Cole, Anthony Braxton, Ariana Grande, Adele and many others. Tixier studied classical violin at the conservatory in Paris. Following that, he studied improvisation as a self-educated jazz musician. “Scott stands above all the current jazz violinists around the world.” (Jean-Luc Ponty)

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