Join us for an unforgettable evening of enchanting melodies and captivating rhythms as Grammy-nominated jazz virtuosos, Kate McGarry and Keith Ganz showcase their incredible talent and chemistry.

Band: Guitar - Keith Ganz, Bass - Paul Creek, Drums - Clarence Penn

Singers: Lead Vocalist - Kate McGarry

All programs subject to change.

Individual concert tickets: $35 adult; $10 college student with ID;  FREE for youth aged 18 and younger
Season pass (8 concerts): 15% off
More information and tickets available at GenevaMusicFestival.com.
Wheelchair accessible.

About KATE MCGARRY & KEITH GANZ ENSEMBLE

With 8 critically acclaimed albums and 3 GRAMMY®  nominations, vocalist Kate McGarry is recognized as a  jazz artist who brings authenticity and vitality to every  song regardless of genre. The Wall St. Journal calls her  music, “austere and elegant, an exceptionally appealing  blend of folk and jazz.” The New York Times pronounced  her singing, “astute and sensitive.” She has toured and  recorded with jazz illuminati Fred Hersch, Kurt Elling,  Maria Schneider, John Hollenbeck, Billy Childs, Luciana  Souza, Theo Bleckmann, and TONY Award Winner Jason  Robert Brown. 

During her decade in NYC, McGarry served as a Lincoln  Center Teaching Artist, U.S. State Department Jazz  Ambassador, and Jazz Arts faculty member at The  Manhattan School of Music. Downbeat’s 2016 Critics Poll  named McGarry the #1 Rising Star Female Jazz Vocalist.  She has been featured on iconic NPR shows such as Jazz  Set w/DeeDee Bridgwater, Piano Jazz w/Marion  McPartland, All Things Considered, as well as a host of  nationally syndicated radio shows. 

 Guitarist/arranger/producer Keith Ganz is a 2019  GRAMMY® nominee known for his uniquely melodic voice  on both electric and acoustic guitars. Lauded as a “sublime master of subtlety” by JazzTimes, Keith has  performed extensively with major jazz artists including  Harry Connick, Jr., Tierney Sutton, Luciana Souza, Kurt  Elling, Gretchen Parlato, Gary Versace, and Jo Lawry. TV  appearances include Oprah, Ellen, The Late Show with  David Letterman, The View, and Australian Idol.  

Kate and Keith have been musical and life partners for 17  years, producing 7 critically acclaimed albums together  and earning two GRAMMY® nominations for Best Jazz  Vocal Album. After honing their craft on the NYC jazz  scene for many years and a stint out west at the California  Jazz Conservatory, the couple has made their home in  Durham, NC. Their latest album What to Wear in the Dark  features vibrant, jazz-fueled rearrangements of songs by  iconic songwriters of the 70’s that address the journey of  darkness to light. 

About CLARENCE PENN

Clarence Penn is one of the busiest jazz drummers in the world, a leader of multiple bands, a composer, a prolific producer, and an educator.

Since 1991, when he arrived in New York City, Penn has placed his unique blend of mega-chops, keen intellect, and heady musicianship at the service of a staggering array of A-list artists—a chronological short-list includes Ellis and Wynton Marsalis, Betty Carter, Stanley Clarke, Steps Ahead, Makoto Ozone, Michael Brecker, Dave Douglas, Maria Schneider, Luciana Souza, Richard Galliano, and Fourplay. Penn’s impressive discography includes several hundred studio albums (including the Grammy-winning recordings 34th and Lex by Randy Brecker and Concert in the Garden and Sky Blue by Maria Schneider) representing a 360-spectrum of jazz expression, and he’s toured extensively throughout the United States, the Americas, Europe, Japan, and Southeast Asia. He’s composed music for films and commercials, and produced tracks for numerous singers in the pop and alternative arenas. He earned a “Ten Best of 1997” accolade from the New York Times for his first leader recording, Penn’s Landing.

A graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, where he was a protégé of Ellis Marsalis, Penn is active as an educator and drum clinician. From 2004 to 2012, he taught on the faculty of the Banff International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music. He’s also served on faculty at the Stanford Jazz Workshop, the Saint Louis College of Music in Rome, Italy, and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Intensive Jazz Institute.

Penn currently leads several ensembles. His most recent “rhythmically intoxicating” recording is 2014’s “Monk The Lost Files”arrangements of the music of Thelonious Monk. Released on the Origin record lable, an amazing quartet comprising saxophonist Chad Leftkowitz-Brown, Pianist Gerald Clayton/Donald Vega, and bassist Yasushi Nakamura performing the music of Thelonius Monk with today’s modern jazz sensibility. Near completion is a “world music” studio project of songs and instrumentals that melds background voices—including his own—with a world class band.

Whether Penn is leading his own band or performing as a sideman, he brings to the table unfailing versatility and professionalism, an ability to find creative ways to interpret a global array of styles and idioms, and a stated intention “to play music that’s warm and organic for the people and for myself.”

Our bar will be open on Sunday, February 18th from 5-10pm. Hope you can join us!

Free pool and shuffleboard. Beer, wine, cider, cocktails and non-alcoholic beverages available.

Our bar will be open on Sunday, February 4th from 5-10pm. Hope you can join us! During the hours of our bar night Ontario County Farm Bureau will also be hosting a Trivia Night in the main gallery space. Please contact Jacob at jlm563@cornell.edu or 585-626-9958 for more information or to RSVP. Participation in the Trivia Night is not required to visit the Official Unofficial bar (held in the back bar room on the second floor of the Cracker Factory), but it is fun and a great organization if you like participating in Trivia games!

Free pool and shuffleboard. Beer, wine, cider, cocktails and non-alcoholic beverages available.

Our bar will be open on Sunday, December 10th from 5-10pm. Hope you can join us!

Free pool and shuffleboard. Beer, wine, cider, cocktails and non-alcoholic beverages available.

We will be open on Sunday, August 20th from 5-10pm.

Live music with Emily Mure and Matt Sucich! Tickets are $15. Free pool and shuffleboard available, as well as outdoor seating. Beer, wine, cider, cocktails and non-alcoholic beverages available.

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We will be open on Sunday, July 30th from 5-10pm.

Free pool and shuffleboard available, as well as outdoor seating. Beer, wine, cider, cocktails and non-alcoholic beverages available.

We will be open on Sunday, July 9th from 5-10pm.

DJ Loose Ends will be spinning vinyl for some laid back Sunday vibes! Beer, wine, cider, specialty summer themed cocktails and non-alcoholic beverages available. Come enjoy the music, free shuffleboard and pool, and our outside deck!

Join us for the GMF debut of acclaimed Soul and R&B Singer Jason Clayborn and his band of instrumentalists and singers. Audience members will be dazzled by the GRAMMY-nominated singer’s performance, and even have the opportunity to sing along.

Band: Main Keyboard/Musical Director – Gabriel Hatcher II, Bass- Willie Robinson, Drums- Lacy Comer 

Singers: Lead Vocalist /Tenor – Jason Clayborn, Soprano – Kimberly Salter, Alto – Tiera Dunn, Tenor – Walter Malone III

All programs subject to change.

Individual concert tickets: $35 adult; $10 college student with ID;  FREE for youth aged 18 and younger
Season pass (8 concerts): $240 adult
More information and tickets available at GenevaMusicFestival.com.
Wheelchair accessible.

About Jason clayborn

Jason Clayborn is the oldest of six born to Jocelyn Clayborn in Louisville, Kentucky. Clayborn’s gospel music roots run deep, He is the grandson to Wilma Clayborn who was the first female gospel music disc jockey for the local gospel radio station. She also owned one of the only gospel music record stores in the state. At an early age, Clayborn began singing and playing drums in the local church and in the National Convention of Gospels Choirs andChoruses (NCGCC). Clayborn has toured the world with other national artists including several European and African tours with Dr. Ron Kenoly. In 2002, Clayborn was signed to Tyscot Records as a member of the world-renowned hip-hop gospel group, The Righteous Riders. During this time, Clayborn was nominated for three Gospel Music Association (GMA) awards, and a Stellar Award. Clayborn has also made appearances on BET, TBN and was a Kellogg’s Choir Competition spokesperson.

Clayborn has written several hit songs for other artists including: VaShawn Mitchell’s “I Worship You” and “Over and Over,” which featured gospel music legend, Kim Burrell; Wess Morgan’s “Get Me Thru” which sat on the Billboard Charts for several weeks; Ricky Dillard’s “I Survived It” and Hezekiah Walker’s “You’re All I Need” and “Better”. Clayborn’s “Better” went on to peak at number one on the Billboard charts for 18 weeks. It also garnered Clayborn nominations for a Dove Award (won), Stellar Award, Soul Train Award, Billboard Award, and Grammy Award.

In April of 2016, Clayborn founded The Atmosphere Changers (also known as TAC), which is a gospel music choir comprised of young adults (ages 18-34) from Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. After just a short period of time, TAC went on to perform at the 100th Anniversary of the Metro United Way, who were celebrating their 1 billion dollar fundraising goal to give to local charities.

We will be open on Sunday, Jun 4th from 5-10pm.

Live music! What About Now will be preforming starting at 8pm! It is their album release show, officially. Beer, wine, cider, some pretty amazing cocktails and non-alcoholic beverages available.

We will be open on Sunday, May 7th from 5-10pm.

Live music! World Heroes will be preforming starting at 8pm! It is their Official official album release show. Beer, wine, cider, pretty dang spectacular cocktails and non-alcoholic beverages available.

We will be open on Sunday, April 23rd from 5-10pm.

Burned Out Suns will be performing starting at 7pm (cover for live music is $5). Pool, shuffleboard and foosball also available, as well as beer, wine, cider, cocktails and non-alcoholic beverages.

We will be open on Sunday, April 16th from 5-10pm.

Live music! SHRIMPS will be preforming starting at 6pm! Pool, shuffleboard and foosball available. Beer, wine, cider, cocktails and non-alcoholic beverages available.

Enjoy a night of music with Emily Mure! Featuring Dave Drago on bass and harmonies and Jon Lewis opening! Doors open at 6 pm with music from 7-9. $10 entrance fee at the door.

Beer, wine, cider, cocktails and non-alcoholic beverages available.

Official Unofficial #109

We will be open on Sunday, August 21st from 5-10pm. Live music by World Heroes and BLEO starting at 8!

Pool, shuffleboard and foosball available. Beer, wine, cider, cocktails and non-alcoholic beverages available.