China, Paul OD

The Lilac Festival is one blooming festival. Martha Stewart has been to this 10-day extravaganza held at Highland Park in Rochester, the only one of its kind in North America. Green thumbed festival growers are awe inspired by the magnificent collection of more than 500 varieties of lilacs blooming on over 1,200 bushes.

Harvest farm fresh treasures at Monroe Village Farmers' Market in Rochester. Spend a day at the market and shop at Burl Creek for fruit, herbs, vegetables, maple syrup, chicken and eggs. Then, head to Clover Meadow Creamery for goat cheese, milk and yogurt. You'll leave the market with all the ingredients to make a fresh, home cooked meal.

Bounce the family over to Bounce-it-Out, a family fun attraction where the number one rule is to have fun! Kids love to run, jump, and slide, and this 16,000-square-foot bouncy house's ten HUGE inflatable jumps let your kids do just that and more. Pack the kid's socks and let them bounce their way around some family fun.

Enjoy a night of entertainment as you take in a production of the symphony. Exhilarating concertos perform at the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Let the sweeping sounds of classic concertos from Mozart and Beethoven, to pops concertos in jazz, movie music, Broadway musicals, and family concertos of popular children's classics move you, inspire you and take you to places without ever leaving your seat.