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.
Join the crowds at the Rochester Public Market. You might have to wiggle your way around one of the cheapest places to shop in Rochester. Vendors here have their hands over backstock that's been sitting in warehouses for weeks, or farm fresh vendors that just picked their foods the day before!
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.