rochester lilac festival

With color soon to brighten the landscape of Rochester, the Lilac Festival signals arrival of spring through ten nights of live music at Highland Park. Entering Year 128, the celebration returns May 8–17 to the KeyBank Center Stage…

On Monday, May 12, local country band Candy performed for the first time at the Rochester Lilac Festival. The up and coming five piece band wowed festival goers with retro honky-tonk reminiscent of 1950’s - 1960’s classic country. Mixing…

The 127th Rochester Lilac Festival has announced the lineup of performers, including pop rock band Beach Weather, alt-pop band The Aces, rock band The Skycoasters and more, for the performance starting on Friday, May 9 to Sunday, May 18 at…

The 2024 Rochester Lilac Festival has announced its headliners and direct support performers from May 10-19 - the largest variety of talent in festival history. The Lilac Festival brings over 500,000 people a year from…

Covid-19 has cancelled just about everything this year. Sporting events, graduations, and concerts have all been postponed or cancelled in some capacity. The Rochester Lilac 5k/10k is no exception to these cancellations. In the absence of…

The 117th annual edition of Rochester's Lilac Festival was nothing short of a resounding success. Blessed by near perfect weather, a killer musical lineup, and actual flowers in bloom for once - it was a far cry from the past few years that…

The first Rochester Lilac Festival dates back to 1898. It added musical entertainment just a few years later in 1901. Over a century later, in 2015, Pokey LaFarge would grace the Lilac Festival stage playing music that harkened back to the…

Every year thousands upon thousands of people flood Highland Park in Rochester to enjoy the annual Lilac Festival 2015. Featuring a full hillside of blooming lilacs and other spring flowers, two weekends of craft vending, and a whole week…