PHOTOS: Day 1 of the 2019 jazz fest

WXXI News | By Juan Vazquez

Published June 22, 2019 at 3:46 PM EDT

The first day of the 2019 CGI Rochester International Jazz festival featured big crowds to see Bonerama, Girls in Airports, and the hometown kid - Steve Gadd. WXXI photographer caught the excitement the first day of the festival brings to Jazz Street, check out his photos in our Flickr album.

Always a crowd favorite, Bonerama entertains the crowd on the City of Rochester stage

Girls in Airports opened up the first day of performances at Lutheran Church

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