Festivals

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Groundhog Day Festival — Saturday, January 31

Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival — Saturday, May 2 @ RIT

Lilac Festival — Friday, May 8 - Sunday, May 17 @ Highland Park

Rochester High Falls International Film Festival — Wednesday, May 13 - Monday, May 18 (8th Annual)

Roc City Rib Fest — Saturday, May 23 - Sunday, May 24

Fairport Canal Days — Friday, June 5 - Sunday, June 7

Rochester International Jazz Festival — Friday, June 12 - Saturday, June 20 (8th Edition)

Monroe County Fair — Wednesday, July 15 - Sunday, July 19

Spencerport Canal Days — Saturday, July 25th - Sunday, July 26th

Brockport Summer Arts Festival — Saturday, August 8 - Sunday, August 9

Clothesline Festival — Saturday, September 12 - Sunday, September 13

Rochester High Falls International Film Festival — Wednesday, April 30 - Monday, May 5, 2008 @ the Dryden Theatre and the Little Theatre

Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival — Saturday, May 3, 10AM - 4PM @ RIT

Lilac Festival — Friday, May 8 - Sunday, May 18, 2008 @ Highland Park

Greek Festival — Thursday, May 29 - Sunday, June 1, 2008 @ the Greek Orthodox Church, 962 East Avenue

Wegmans Concerts by the Shore — Ontario Beach Park, Wednesdays, 7–9 p.m., June 4–Aug. 27, 2008

Fairport Canal Days — Friday, June 6 - Sunday, June 8, 2008 in Fairport

East End Night Life Festival — Friday, June 6, July 11th, August 15th, 2008, 5-11 p.m.

Maplewood Rose Festival — Friday, June 13 - Sunday, June 15, 2008 @ Maplewood Park

Rochester International Jazz Festival — Friday, June 13 - Saturday, June 21, 2008 @ East Ave

Rochester MusicFest — Sunday, June 22, 2008 @ PAETEC Park

Taste of Rochester Food Festival — Friday, June 27 - Sunday, June 29

Monroe County Fair — Wednesday, July 9 - Sunday, July 13, 2008 @ Monroe County Fairgrounds

Big Rib Bar-B-Que and Blues Fest — Thursday, July 10 - July 13, 2009 @ Highland Park

Corn Hill Arts Festival — Saturday, July 12 - Sunday, July 13, 2008 @ Corn Hill

Ten Ugly Men Festival — Saturday, July 26, 2008 @ Genesee Valley Park

Spencerport Canal Days — Saturday, July 26, 2008 - Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ Spencerport

Park Avenue Summer Art Festival — Saturday, August 2, 2008 - Sunday, August 3, 2008

Brockport Summer Arts Festival — Saturday, August 9, 2008 - Sunday, August 10, 2008 @ Brockport

Fairport Music & Food Festival — Saturday, August 23, 2008,

Lyell Avenue Street Fair — Saturday, August 23, 2007 @ Lyell Avenue

Roc City Rib Fest — Saturday, August 30th, 2008

Clothesline Festival — Saturday, September 6, 2008 - Sunday, September 7, 2008 @ the Memorial Art Gallery

Palmyra Canaltown Days — Saturday, September 13, 2008 - Sunday, September 14, 2008 @ Palmyra

Image Out Festival —October 10-19, 2008

Previous Year Archives - 2008, 2007

Lilac Festival — May 9-18, 2008

Corn Hill Arts Festival — July 12-13, 2008

Canandaigua Waterfront Art Festival — July 26-27, 2008

Park Avenue Summer Art Festival — August 2-3, 2008

Brockport Summer Arts Festival — August 9-10, 2008

Clothesline Festival — September 6-7, 2008 at the Memorial Art Gallery

Finger Lakes Fiber Arts Festival — September 20-21, 2008 in Hemlock

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German Festival (Gates) — August 11-13, 2006

Rochester Irish Festival — September 4-7, 2008

Oktoberfest — September 15 - 17 and 22 - 24, 2006

Polish Arts Festival — August 5-6, 2005

Rochester Pagan Pride Festival

International Film Festival also known as Movies on a Shoestring — May 4-6, 2006

Jewish Film Festival — July 17-24, 2005, 2006 date TBA

High Falls Film Festival — November 8-13, 2006

Image Out — October 6-15, 2006

Bands on the Bricks - July and August 2008, Public Market

Bennett Alliance Music Fest — Boston 2008 (formerly called OpenFest)

BoulderFest — July 27-29, 2007

Bug Jar Fest — August 27, 2005 in the Highland Bowl (no info available regarding a 2007 festival)

CounterFitFest — June 11-12, 2005 at A/V (no info available regarding post 2005 festivals)

Fairport Music & Food Festival — August 23, 2008, Fairport on Liftbridge Lane near Box Factory Building

Jazz Festival — June 13-21, 2008 around the East Ave area

MusicFest — June 22, 2008 at Paetec Park (no info available regarding a 2009 festival)

Rochester Independent Music Festival

Winterfest — January 22, 2006

ColdRush — February 3-5, 2006

Lakeside Winter Celebration — February 5, 2006

Lilac Festival — May 12-21, 2006

Oktoberfest — September 15 - 17 and 22 - 24, 2006

Chil-E Festival

Corn Hill Arts Festival

Spencerport Canal Days — July 25-26, 2009

Park Avenue Summer Art Festival

Brockport Summer Arts Festival — August 8-9, 2009

BoulderFest

Fairport Canal Days