The Roc Holiday village serves up the coziest vibes. Both evenings I visited it was freezing but…read morethere are various warming stations and fire pits for you to warm up around. The Roc Holiday Village offers plentiful food and shopping options. I enjoyed a tasty hot chocolate from laughing gull chocolates while browsing the shops. I stopped into The Lodge Bar on both visits and got to hear live music! It really put me in a festive and fun mood, having a drink while watching the musicians play Christmas songs. They have games and plenty of seating available in the lodge bar. We also tried out the free ice skating. You have to wait in line to get your free skates. The line moved quickly and we were skating in no time. They have skate mates available which helps to makes the rink accessible to all experience levels. I needed some help and used a skate mate. The city backdrop just added to the overall experience. The Roc Holiday Village was beaming with holiday magic and warmth. How lucky we are to have this attraction in our city. I felt like I was in a Christmas movie.

What a spectacular holiday winter wonderland experience! It runs Dec 1-23 Wednesday through…read moreSundays. This was my first year attending. Parking all around the event, a few garages or if lucky street parking.. read the meters and signs. So many free activities to do, family friendly. Free ice skating, at the MLK outdoor ice rink. Free skate rental too. Great overlook area to people watch. Visit Santa Claus, free picture and a cookie. Crafts and other kid stuff in the gingerbread house. You will need a ticket ahead time for story time w Anna and Elsa. A few rows to shop local vendors and find some treasures. Very unique and hand made items. Some food and beverage options around the shopping village too. Chai, hot cocoa, pizza and donuts to name a few. Lodge bar is huge and open to the public. Grab a table or seat fast. Inside stage with live music and karaoke. A bunch of free games to play as you enjoy a tasty drink at the bar. Cash and credit taken. There are a few bar tastings events.. check their website. My favorite area is the outdoor seating area, scattered with fire pits, chairs and stumps to sit on and enjoy the atmosphere. Nothing beats watching the snow come down with a beverage in hand by a warm fire. They have igloo inns to rent, they seem to sell out way ahead of time. Cozy igloos sit 6-8 people, for 90 minutes. You can preorder food and drinks. You get a server that will bring you drinks and food too. Larger igloos available for 30 or 40 people. All igloos are heated. I was super excited to see one of the monorail cars from midtown mall on display. A great throwback to so many of our childhoods. It wasn't the holidays until you visited magic mountain, sibleys and took a ride on the monorail with your kazoo!

The Wayne County Fair makes for a fun evening out. Not a fair you can spend the whole day due to…read morethe size but we spent a few hours out of the house taking in the attractions. Plenty of rides and games available. Local businesses had information booths you could visit and connect with. We also enjoyed the 4H area where all of the animals were on display. The day we came judging had been completed and we were able to see the prize winners. The food vendor selection was your typical fair findings. We enjoyed the birdland popcorn chicken bucket. Huge portion for $10 dollars. We mainly visited for a special fair tasting event: tastes of Wayne county which cost an additional $15 to enjoy. You receive a tasting cup and you could visit as many vendor tables as you like within the closed off area. We ended up purchasing some delicious locally grown popcorn and you could see many attendees leaving with vendor goods.

20 dollars to park !!! cant do anything why have a concert if u cant afford the drinks and food now…read morepay to park!!! screw you wayne county pig department

Rochester Jazz Festival is one of the best events to attend in the city. The festival offered…read moreplenty of seating and food trucks to choose from. Easy to navigate and enjoy. Parking was not an issue, as there are multiple garages in the area within 5 minute walking distance to the event spaces. Enjoyed seeing packed streets with people enjoying the festivities. Lots of security throughout the event and even had my bag checked as we moved from area to area.

was disappointed this year in the merch tent; very sm with nothing going on in it. wegman's tent…read morevery small and that whole area shrunk down. not many of the non-music things this year. I think if you're going to minimize the event, you need to adjust your ticket prices accordingly.

Looking forward to going this year to have fun and enjoy the music. The Greek life, the food…read moreeverything every year I go. I'm so appreciative to having that there

Stopped yesterday on my way home from work as I was dying for a Gyro. The festival itself is mostly…read morefood tents with Greek food, and a festival tent with dancing. I think most people go for the food and watch the dancing for a bit. The church itself is incredible to see, I was amazed at the stained glass windows, and how beautiful it is inside, definitely worth a walk through if you get the chance. The Gyro's I brought home were delicious! I know it's billed as a festival, but I only spent about a 1/2 hour there, If you like Greek food, I recommend, or do take out like me.

Good luck finding somewhere to park. GPS is useless as most of the roads are closed. Parking as…read moredirected on Google was unavailable. Tiny private lots full on a Tuesday. We gave up and left after circling for 30 minutes. What good are festival signs if there is no parking?

After being to the lilac festival a few other times previous years and visiting this year, I don't…read morethink I would go back again. The first time I visited, I don't think there was any security check at all and the sebsequent times, until this most recent visit, it was minimal. The security line was long when my mom and I visited on a Monday morning. After getting through security, we walked through the concert and vendor food truck areas and went over to the farmers market. After going to the farmers market, we had to go through security again to go back to food trucks & vendors. I went through the line and was waiting for my mom (they made her dump out her water bottle) and the man I was standing near while I was waiting tried to tell me I had to go through security AGAIN even though I had just gone through. Ultimately I moved farther inside the vendor/food truck area to wait for my mom and he was ok with that. After seeking the food we wanted, we were ready to take a walk through the lilacs, which was across the street. The lilacs and other flowers were beautiful and smelled wonderful! After going through the lilacs, we would have had to wait in line and go through security YET AGAIN to get back to where we had parked/entered the festival. Rather than doing that, it was faster for us (and less aggrevating) to just walk the large block around the outside of the festival to get back to our car. If you have never been before and don't mind waiting in security lines several times then, sure, have a visit... Or if you just want to see the lilacs and not visit vendors, food trucks or the live music area, then I'd also say go for it. For myself though, the aggrevation and wasted time of having to go through security multiple times is not worth it.

Great food and music. Top notch German bands. The crowd was so into having a good time.read more

Put on by the German-American Societies of Rochester, this little festival is always a good time…read more $5 for admission. When you walk in there is an ATM, and all of the heritage flags from the different regions of Germany. There is a big dance floor area where people can let loose and have a good time with the performers. There's a beer slide game, and a nail and hammer game. Some vendors also bring little fedoras and German flags. Giant pretzels are $11. Beers (spaten, franziskahner, etc.) is about $6 a pint, and they offer pitchers. They have German wine and blue toad hard cider as well. We also purchased food, with sauerkraut, German potato salad and bratwurst. We had a great time.

Artisan Market-Christmas in the Country is located in the Rochester Dome Arena for the ultimate…read moreholiday shopping experience, November 9th-11th, during 2018. The 3 day event featured over 200 artisans and artists from across the country, displaying and selling their unique handcrafted creations including gourmet food, wine and spirits, spa quality bath and beauty products, trendsetting jewelry, handpoured aromatic candles, eco-friendly clothing, pottery, original wall art, woodwork, home décor and holiday gift items galore. 8$ at the entrance for normal adults, 3$ I believe for children and there may have been a military discount. Music in entrance by a local grade school. Overall, you'll find pretty interesting stuff- this market I recalled had more alcohol sampling/wine artisans than most markets I have been to. So if you're into handmade or small wineyard wines, this may be a good place to pick up some. You'll find some strange food concoctions too, ranging from none back cheesecake mixes, German waffle things that basically taste mildly plasticky ensuring their boasted 1 year shelf life, sauces, dips, honeys. I thought it was a good experience- things were well made and nice, but it's not one of those creative/novelle places where one goes to discover inspiration/new trends/abstract art/and new styles. There may be some innovation in the way a method has been done, but for I would give this a 3/5 for trend/novel things. It gets a 4/5 for diversity- would have liked to see more hand work and craftmanship rather than wines/food/stencils/sports team stuff. Prices were also about 4/5- market price or matched other festivals I've frequented.

Three day whiskey and music festival, at camp Eastman in Irondequoit. They said grab your glass…read moreand hold onto your hat, and boy they meant it! Three days of amazing music on two stages, Charles Wesley Godwin, moe, Tommy Brunetts all star cavalcade and Joan Jett and the blackhearts to name a few! Great seeing Lou Gramm a local favorite. Since it is a whiskey themed event, the world of whiskey was super popular, so many different distilleries showcased. Definitely an incredible experience sampling whiskeys from coast to coast. Iron smoke , Tin cup, den of thrives were some of my favorites. Other options were beers, wine and craft cocktails ... the old fashion was phenomenal! VIP area had a great viewing section and some lovely screwball cocktails... so smooth. Loved the fireside chats they offered, interesting to hear the different speakers talk about their process and love of what they do. Really hope this festival returns next year.. same spot too!!