Be a film critic at the 360/365 George Eastman House Film Festival. Take your seat at Rochester's Dryden and Little Theatres to preview premier narrative films, documentaries, shorts, restored films, and experimental works from around the world. You have six days to see if the critic in you can pick the next academy award winner.
Sample the Festival of Food, the largest local tasting event held in Rochester. Celebrate for one full day with thousands of festival foodies who get together to sample over one hundred of the best local restaurants, wineries, breweries, bakeries, and farm fresh goods while listening to great music and having fun.
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.
Tap your feet to the music at the Rochester International Jazz Festival. Celebrate with thousands of music lovers from all over the world as they turn downtown Rochester's East End cultural district into "Jazz Street" for nine days of toe-tapping and finger-snapping music, featuring over 250 concerts at 18 venues.