January Jazzfest is set for the final weekend of January in virtual event with Mohegan Manor watch parties

BALDWINSVILLE, N.Y. — Organizers of January Jazzfest say the event will be back for its 10th anniversary at Mohegan Manor in Baldwinsville or through home viewing, scheduled for the weekend of Jan. 30 and 31.

“Nationally recognized” acts will perform each day of the virtual event, per a news release. “Private VIP” dinner watch parties are set for Mohegan Manor through the weekend as well.

Mohegan Manor will require masks when not seated and dining, and the facility will be “disinfected daily.”

Tickets are available at tix.com for $15 per day or $25 for the entire event, and all details about the shows and watch parties are available at www.cnyjazz.org.

Virtual tickets will only be available until 75 minutes before showtimes, with links sent one hour before show times.

Viewers will have the option of saving their ticket cost and viewing either or both days for free by attending VIP dinner watch parties at Mohegan Manor, the festival’s traditional host venue, where the shows will be cast to big screen TVs.

Saturday’s show begins at 7 p.m. with the eclectic blues, funk, roots music and Americana of Mark Nanni & The Intention, followed by the horn-driven neo-soul and blues of Miller & The Other Sinners. Sunday’s double bill opens at 5 p.m. with pianist Chuck Lamb followed by KJ Denhert’s brand of funky “urban folk.”

“We’re full speed ahead and presenting fine music for everyone at a time when we all need its communal, healing power the most,” Larry Luttinger, director of CNY Jazz, said in the release. “We realize that everyone is in a unique situation, so we’ve built maximum flexibility into this year’s fest. Each day’s schedule is a little over two hours long, to fit a home watch party dinner or the private dinners at Mohegan. Whatever your comfort level or cuisine of choice, it’s here for you to mix and match. Go all virtual, all live to enjoy the Manor’s high-end cuisine, or choose a combination of the two. Add four nationally respected acts that we’ve presented on our major festival stages in the past, and you’ve got a party for sure. So buy local, support the arts, and have a ball watching this festival.”