Ruby Farmer is a bassist and guitarist from Brooklyn, NY. She has shared the stage with Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, Sean Jones, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Houston Person, and Kandace Springs. Most recently, she led her quintet for Dizzy’s Club Late Night Sessions at Jazz at Lincoln Center. She is currently studying at Columbia University.
Photo credit: Logan Burr
Mingus Festival & HS Competition 2023, winner Outstanding Ensemble. Ruby Farmer, William Schwartzman, Spencer Towse playing Folk Form I (by Mingus)
Carnegie Hall NYO Jazz with Dee Dee Bridgewater at Royal Albert Hall (London), BBC Proms.
Shows
| UPCOMING SHOWS | |||
| Bar ao | Kal Ferretti, Emmanuel Michael, Matthew Fu, Ruby Farmer | Fri 4/17/26 9pm-11pm | Link |
| Steinway & Sons (NY) | Will Hill (piano), Ruby Farmer (bass) opening for Christian McBride | Thu 4/23/26 5pm | To come |
| Columbia University Lee C. Bollinger Forum | Columbia Jazz | Fri 4/24/26 7:30pm | Link |
| Nublu | Chloe Madrak, Ethan Oliver, Ruby Farmer, Emmanuel Michael | Sun 4/26/26 8pm | Link |
| Carnegie Hall | Sean Jones Well-Being Concert Ruby Farmer (bass) | Sat 5/2/26 5pm | Link |
| PAST SHOWS | |||
| 54 Below | Columbia University’s Varsity Show Through The Ages | Sun 4/5/26 9:30pm | Link |
| Columbia University Lee C. Bollinger Forum | Music and Jazz Discourse | Mon 3/30/26 6pm-7pm | Link |
| Close Up NYC | Emmanuel Michael | Mon 2/9/26 | Link |
| Chez Trente (Hong Kong) | Alex Wu Trio | Sat 1/17/26 | Link |
| All Saints Church (Brooklyn, NY) | Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra (ALJO) Christmas (Eve) Concert | 12/24/25 9pm FREE CONCERT | Link |
| Spring Awakening Musical Minor Latham Playhouse | Columbia Musical Theatre Society | Fri 11/14 Sat 11/15 | Link |
| Silvana | Gabriel Newman Quartet | Sun 7/27/25 8pm | Link |
| Swing 46 | Kevin Blancq Big Band | Wed 7/23/25 5:30pm and 7:15pm | Link |
| Green Room 42 | Ruby Laks | Sun 7/6/25 7pm | Link |
| Bitter End | Chelsea Chiu | Th 7/3/25 8:30pm | Link |
| Fayetteville Amphitheater (Fayetteville, Georgia) | Kandace Springs WCLK JazzFest ’25 | Sat 6/21/25 7pm | Link |
| Silvana | BenHitsDrums | Fri 6/6/25 8pm-9pm | Link |
| Shapeshifter Lab | Ruby Farmer Quartet | Sun 6/1/25 8:30pm | Link |
| Dizzy’s Late Night (Jazz at Lincoln Center) | Ruby Farmer Quintet | Th 5/29/25 11pm Fri 5/30/25 11pm Sat 5/31/25 11pm | Link |
| Hudson River Museum Gala | Ruby Farmer Quintet | Th 5/29/25 6pm | Link |
