Festivals

• Balloon Adventure - January 29 - February 7 at The Sibley Building
  

• Rochester International Film Festival — April 14 - 16 @ Dryden Theatre
  

• ArtAwake - April 16 @ Village Gate
  

• Mayday Underground - April 30
  

• Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival — Saturday, May 7 @ RIT
  

• Lilac Festival — Friday, May 7 - Sunday, May 16 @ Highland Park
  

• Rochester Bicycle Film Festival - May 17 @ Cinema Theater
  

• Roc City Rib Fest — Friday, May 22 - Monday, May 25 @ Genesee Valley Park
  

• Rochester Greek Festival — June 2 - June 5 @ East Ave
  

• Show on Monroe — June 4 @ Monroe Village
  

• Fairport Canal Days — June 5 - 7 @ Fairport
  

• Rochester Real Beer Week — June 10 - 19
  

• Party in the Park - June 16 - August 11 @ Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park
  

• Maplewood Rose Festival — June 18 @ Maplewood Park
  

• Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival — June 24 - July 2 @ East End
  

• Chil-E Festival — July 4 @ Chili
  

• Rochester Summerfest — July 8 - 9 @ Downtown
  

• Bands on the Bricks — July 8 - August 5 @ Rochester Public Market
  

• Webster Volunteer Firemen's Carnival — July 13 - July 16 @ Webster Fireman's Field
  

• Shakespeare in the Park — July 15 - July 30 @ Highland Park
  

• Corn Hill Arts Festival — Saturday, July 9 - Sunday, July 10 @ Corn Hill
  

• Spencerport Canal Days — Saturday, July30 - Sunday, July 31 @ Spencerport
  

• Monroe County Fair — August 4 - August 7 @ Northampton Park
  

• Puerto Rican Festival — August 5 - 7 @ Frontier Field
  

• Park Avenue Summer Art Festival — August 6 - 7 @ Park Avenue
  

• Pageant of Steam — August 10 - 13 @ Canandaigua
  

• Rochester Celtic Festival — August 12 -13 @ MLK Park at Manhattan Square
  

• Brockport Summer Arts Festival — August 13 - 14 @ Brockport
  

• Flour City Brewer's Fest — August 19 @ Rochester Public Market
  

• Ukrainian Festival — August 18 - 21 @ St. Josaphat Ukrainian Church
  

• Greek Fest — August 25 - 28 @ Highland Park Neighborhood
  

• Fairport Music & Food Festival - August 26 - 27 @ Fairport
  

• Rochester Antiquarian Book Fair - September 10 @ Main Street Armory
  

• Clothesline Festival — September 10 - September 11 @ Memorial Art Gallery
  

• Oktoberfest — September 9-10 and 16-17 @ Camp Eastman
  

• Webster Garlic Festival — September 10 - 11 @ Webster
  

• Rochester Fringe Festival — September 15 - 24 @ East End
  

• Palmyra Canaltown Days — September 17 - September 18 @ Palmyra
  

• Artist Row — September 18 @ Public Market
  

• Naples Grape Festival — September 24-25 @ Naples, Town
  

• Polish Film Festival @ Dryden Theatre & Little Theatre
  

• Hilton Apple Fest — October 1 - 2 @ Hilton
  

• ImageOut — October 6 - 16 @ Little Theatre
  

• Fashion Week of Rochester — October 6 -15
  

• Mayday Underground - November 5 - 6 @ Village Gate
  

• High Falls Film Festival — November 10 - 14 @ Dryden Theatre & Little Theatre
  

• TEDxFlourCity — November 11 @ Rochester Academy of Medicine
  

• Snowbound Blues - December 2 - 4

• Other Lists: Rochesterdowntown.com Events List

• Previous Year Archives - 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007

The following local Festivals have a significant art component:

• Artist Row - September at Public Market
  

• ArtAwake - April
  

• Brockport Summer Arts Festival - August
  

• Canandaigua Art & Music Festival - July
  

• Canandaigua Waterfront Art Festival - July
  

• Clothesline Festival - September at the Memorial Art Gallery
  

• Corn Hill Arts Festival - July
  

• Fashion Week of Rochester - October
  

• Finger Lakes Fiber Arts Festival - September in Hemlock
  

• Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival - May
  

• Indoor Arts & Crafts Festival - October
  

• Lilac Festival - May
  

• Mayday Underground - April and November
  

• Park Avenue Summer Art Festival - August
  

• Rochester Antiquarian Book Fair - September
  

• Rochester Erotic Arts Festival - April at Radisson Hotel Rochester Riverside
  

• Rochester Fringe Festival - September
  

• Second Storie Indie Market - the Saturday after Thanksgiving at Visual Studies Workshop
  

• Waterfront Art Festival - Webster
  

• See Art Festivals Talk Page for discussion and comments.

The following local Festivals celebrate one culture that is part of our diverse community:

• Carifest - August
  

• Festa Italiana - July
  

• Finger Lakes Celtic Games and Festival - May
  

• Greek Fest - August
  

• India Fest - September
  

• International Food and Crafts Festival - Hamidiye Academy, June
  

• Macadonian Ethnic Festival - July
  

• Native American Dance & Music Festival - July
  

• Oktoberfest - September
  

• Polish Arts Festival - St. Stanislaus, August
  

• Puerto Rican Festival - August
  

• Rochester Deaf Festival - June
  

• Rochester Greek Festival - May
  

• Rochester Celtic Festival - September
  

• Turkish Art and Folk Festival - September
  

• Ukrainian Festival - August

The following local Festivals highlight the rich heritage of film in our community:

• High Falls Film Festival - October
  

• Rochester Bicycle Film Festival - May
  

• ImageOut - October
  

• Rochester International Film Festival - also known as Movies on a Shoestring - April
  

• Jewish Film Festival - July
  

• Labor Film Series - September-October
  

• Polish Film Festival - November
  

• Fast Forward Film Festival - March/April

The following local Festivals have a significant music component:

• Bands on the Bricks - July and August, Public Market
  

• Canandaigua Art & Music Festival - July
  

• Eastman Prism Concerts
  

• Fairport Music & Food Festival - August, Fairport on Liftbridge Lane near Box Factory Building
  

• Finger Lakes Choral Festival - July
  

• Hochstein at High Falls - July and August
  

• Party in the Park - June-August
  

• Rochester International Jazz Festival - June, East End
  

• Rochester Iosif Andriasov Chamber Music Festival
  

• Rochester Summerfest - July
  

• Turtle Hill Folk Festival - September
  

• Women in Music Festival - March

The following local Festivals focus on a season or particular holiday:

• ColdRush - February
  

• Harvest Hootenanny - September
  

• It's a Wonderful Life in the South Wedge - Christmas
  

• Lakeside Winter Celebration - February
  

• Lilac Festival - May
  

• Night of the Living Wedge - Halloween
  

• Oktoberfest - September
  

• Park Avenue Holiday Open House - Christmas and Hanukkah
  

• Winterfest - January

The following local Festivals focus on a particular Neighborhood or Town:

City of Rochester

• Corn Hill Arts Festival - July
  

• It's a Wonderful Life in the South Wedge - December
  

• Monroe Village Harvest Fest - September
  

• Night of the Living Wedge - October
  

• Park Avenue Holiday Open House - December
  

• Park Avenue Summer Art Festival - August
  

• Rochester River Romance - October
  

• Show on Monroe - June
  

• South Wedge-Ucation - September

Regional

• Brockport Summer Arts Festival - August
  

• Chil-E Festival - July
  

• Fairport Canal Days - May/June
  

• Hilton Apple Fest - October
  

• Monroe County Fair - August
  

• Naples Grape Fest - September
  

• Palmyra Canaltown Days - September
  

• Spencerport Canal Days - July