Rochester Lilac Festival

With the blooming of the lilacs comes the much-awaited Lilac Festival. The festival kicked off yesterday and will run for 10 days. Highland Park is expected to host over half a million visitors who will enjoy the delectable cuisine, enjoy fantastic music, and bask in the magnificent flora. The Lilac Festival is renowned as New […]

The 125th annual Lilac Festival is just around the corner and preparations are underway in Highland Park. In honor of the occasion, the staff from Camp Good Days recently took a break to clean up Teddi’s Place – a memorial established in 1979 by Gary Mervis in memory of his daughter, and a tribute to […]

As the weather warms up, we are getting ready for Rochester’s crown jewels, Lilacs! With the big festival coming up next month, many want to know if the lilacs will bloom in time- and experts shared their thoughts. Mark Quinn, Superintendent of Horticulture, stated: “The collection’s in great shape this year, there’s going to be […]

Missed the Lilac Fest last weekend? No worries! The Lilac Fest has kicked off its second weekend, running from 10:30 am to 8:30 pm at Highland Park. If you can’t make it then or want to come back, the festival continue Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and again on May 19-22. Head on down to the […]

This year’s Lilac Fest is back and better than ever and this time it will spread out over three weekends: May 6-8, May 12-15, and May 19-22. More than 85 musical sets will take place, including The Coupe De’Villes, Jumbo Shrimp, Blues Traveler, the Zac Brown Tribute Band, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, Giant […]

The Lilac Festival as we know it will be a little different this year.  The festival is moving from a free outdoor event to a paid indoor event.  It will be three weekends long starting May 7th.  The festival will have the traditional Art in the Park, marathon fundraisers, and craft beer and wine expos. […]

Many people from in or around Rochester look forward to the Lilac Festival which is held annually in May every year. Each year the festival attracts around 500,000 to Highland Park to enjoy music, food, and of course, the beautiful flowers in Rochester. The event is free to attend, and over 500 variations of lilac […]

As of this week, the Fairport Canal Days, Corn Hill Arts Festival, and Park Ave Summer Art Fest have all been canceled until 2021. The Fairport Canal Days, which were to take place from June 5 to 7, 2020, were canceled with no new date yet scheduled for 2021. Organizers for the 2020 Corn Hill […]