Your festival event guide for the Rochester and Syracuse, New York Area, including the Finger Lakes.

Welcome to a comprehensive festival listing page for the Rochester-Syracuse and Finger Lakes area in New York State, including the counties of Cayuga, Cortland, Onodaga, Ontario, Oswego, Seneca, Schuyler, Tompkins, Wayne, and Yates. Once area festivals are confirmed on the main New York Festival Guide, they are copied over to this page to make it easier to plan your weekend festival adventures. Please keep in mind that you should not see area festivals that have been canceled or have not yet been confirmed.

Another area of New York State with a Festival Schedule Page is the Buffalo Area.

Festivals listed here include music festivals, art festivals, food festivals, town festivals, church festivals, cultural festivals and more, but they do not include craft shows, machinery shows, bazaars, county fairs and some other events.

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2023 Rochester and Syracuse Area Festival Schedule

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JUNE

6/1-6/3 – Mendon Carnival – Mendon
6/1-6/4 – Annunciation Rochester Greek Festival – Rochester
6/2 – History on Tap – Mumford
6/2-6/3 – Taste of Syracuse – Syracuse
6/2-6/4 – Fairport Canal Days – Fairport

6/8-6/11 – St. Sophia’s Greek Cultural Festival – Syracuse
6/9-6/10 – Seneca River Days – Baldwinsville
6/9-6/11 – The Family Hoedown – Hannibal
6/9-6/11 – Upstate Research Rocketry Festival (URRF) – Penn Yan
6/9-6/11 – Syracuse Polish Festival – Syracuse
6/10 – Central New York Pride – Syracuse
6/10 – Bergen Park Festival – Bergen
6/10 – Dryden Dairy Day – Dryden
6/10 – Rochester Real Beer Expo – Rochester
6/10 – Trumansburg Porchfest – Trumansburg
6/10-6/11 – Keuka Arts Festival – Penn Yan
6/10-6/11 – St. Anthony’s Festival – Cortland
6/10-6/11 – Genesee Country Village and Museum’s Celtic Faire – Mumford
6/11 – German Blossom Festival – Lima

6/15-6/17 – New York State Rhythm & Blues Festival – Syracuse
6/15-6/17 – Shortsville Fireman’s Carnival – Shortsville
6/16- ZooBrew II – Rochester
6/16 – Wine and Artisans Festival – Newark
6/16-6/17 – Owego Strawberry Festival – Owego
6/16-6/17 – Syracuse Juneteenth – Syracuse
6/16-6/18 – The Macedonian Ethnic Festival – West Henrietta
6/17 – Waterfront Festival and Cardboard Boat Regatta – Watkins Glen
6/17-6/18 – Western New York Pottery Festival – Avon

6/19 – Greece Historical Society’s Strawberry and Dessert Tasting Festival – Rochester
6/23-6/25 – Rochester International Jazz Festival I – Rochester
6/24 – Chil-E Fest – Chili

6/26-7/1 – Rochester International Jazz Festival II – Rochester
6/30-7/2 – Seneca Falls Canal Fest – Seneca Falls

JULY

7/1-7/2 – NY Lavender Festival I – Red Creek
7/1-7/2 – Sterling Renaissance Festival I – Sterling

7/4 – Irondequoit Fourth of July Festival – Irondequoit
7/7-7/8 – Geneseo Rotary Summer Festival – Geneseo
7/8 – Perry Chalk Art Festival – Perry
7/8-7/9 – NY Lavender Festival II – Red Creek
7/8-7/9 – Sterling Renaissance Festival II – Sterling
7/8-7/9 – Corn Hill Arts Festival – Rochester
7/8-7/9 – Finger Lakes Wine Festival – Watkins Glen
7/9 – Cars in the Park – Owego

7/12-7/15 – Hilton Fire Department Carnival – Hilton
7/14 – ZooBrew III – Rochester
7/13-7/16 – St. Elias Middle Eastern Festival – Syracuse
7/14-7/15 – BriteVibes Beer and Music Festival – Pompey
7/14-7/15 – St. Patrick’s Irish Festival – Syracuse
7/14-7/16 – Lyons Peppermint Days – Lyons
7/14-7/16 – Canandaigua Art & Music Festival – Canandaigua
7/15 – ROC Pride Festival – Rochester
7/15 – ZugFest – Geneva
7/15-7/16 – Sterling Renaissance Festival III – Sterling

7/18 – Taste of Wayne County – Newark
7/20-7/22 – Skaneateles Curbside Festival – Skaneateles
7/20-7/23 – Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance – Trumansburg
7/21-7/22 – Walworth Festival in the Park – Walworth
7/22-7/23 – Arts at the Garden – Canandaigua
7/22-7/23 – Sterling Renaissance Festival IV – Sterling

7/27-7/29 – St. Francis and St. Clare Summer Festival – Waterloo
7/27-7/30 – Brantling Bluegrass Festival – Sodus
7/27-7/30 – Oswego Harborfest – Oswego
7/28-7/29 – Northeast Jazz and Wine Festival – Syracuse
7/28-7/29 – Newfield Old Home Days – Newfield
7/29-7/30 – Sterling Renaissance Festival V – Sterling
7/29-7/30 – Spencerport Canal Days – Spencerport
7/29-7/30 – Waterfront Art Festival – Webster

AUGUST

8/3-8/6 – Lima Crossroads Festival – Lima
8/3-8/6 – Phelps Sauerkraut Weekend – Phelps
8/5 – Lincoln Hill Farms BrewFest – Canandaigua
8/5-8/6 – Sterling Renaissance Festival VI – Sterling

8/9-8/12 – Pageant of Steam – Canandaigua
8/9-8/12 – Fulton Jazz Festival – Fulton
8/11 – ZooBrew IV – Rochester
8/11-8/13 – Watkins Glen Italian American Festival – Watkins Glen
8/12 – Rochester Water Lantern Festival – Webster
8/12 – Gates Summer Celebration – Rochester
8/12 – Central New York Scottish Games and Celtic Festival – Syracuse
8/12-8/13 – Brockport Arts Festival – Brockport
8/12-8/13 – Sterling Renaissance Festival VI – Sterling

8/18 – Flour City Brewers Fest – Rochester
8/18-8/19 – Rochester Summer Soul Music Festival – Rochester
8/18-8/20 – Big G Jam – Hannibal
8/19 – Festival at the Falls – Honeoye Falls
8/19-8/20 – Fiddlers’ Fair – Mumford
8/19-8/20 – Hammondsport Festival of Crafts – Hammondsport
8/20 – PorchFest Cortland – Cortland

8/24-8/26 – Groton Olde Home Days – Groton
8/24-8/27 – Pickin’ in the Pasture – Lodi

SEPTEMBER

9/2 – Hop Harvest Festival – Mumford

9/8 – Grand Prix Festival – Watkins Glen
9/8 – ZooBrew V – Rochester
9/8-9/9 – Syracuse Irish Festival – Syracuse
9/9 – Newark Rotary Family Fest – Newark
9/9 – Central New York’s Tomato Fest – Auburn
9/9 – Autumn in the Village – Livonia
9/9-9/10 – M&T Bank Clothesline Festival – Rochester

9/12-9/17 – KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival I – Rochester
9/15-9/16 – Oktoberfest at Webster Fireman’s Field – Webster
9/15-9/17 – Jordan Fall Festival – Jordan
9/15-9/17 – The Fall Down – Hannibal
9/15-9/17 – Festa Italiana Syracuse – Syracuse
9/16 – Fare and Ware Festival – Mount Morris
9/16 – Lincoln Hill Farms Oktoberfest – Canandaigua
9/16 – Fayetteville Festival – Fayetteville
9/16 – Autumn Equinox Festival Pagan Pride Day – Geddes
9/16-9/17 – Palmyra Canaltown Days – Palmyra
9/17 – Oswego PorchFest – Oswego

9/18-9/23 – KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival II – Rochester
9/22-9/23 – No BS Brew Company Oktoberfest!! – Livonia
9/23 – Rails and Ales II – Rush
9/23 – Syracuse Vegfest – Syracuse
9/23-9/24 – Naples Grape Festival – Naples
9/23-9/24 – Central Square Apple Festival – Central Square

9/28-9/30 – Fairport Oktoberfest – Fairport
9/30 – Sodus Harvest Fest – Sodus
9/30 – Lyons PumpkinPalooza – Lyons
9/30-10/1 – Agricultural Fair – Mumford

OCTOBER

10/6-10/7 – Lincoln Hill Farms HalloweenFest I – Canandaigua
10/7 – Scream Fest – Hamlin
10/7 – Montour Falls Harvest Festival – Montour Falls
10/7-10/8 – The Great Cortland Pumpkinfest – Cortland
10/7-10/8 – Bristol Mountain Fall Festival – Canandaigua
10/7-10/8 – LaFayette Apple Festival – LaFayette

10/13-10/14 – Lincoln Hill Farms HalloweenFest II – Canandaigua

10/20-10/21 – Lincoln Hill Farms HalloweenFest III – Canandaigua

10/27-10/28 – Lincoln Hill Farms HalloweenFest IV – Canandaigua

NOVEMBER

11/18 – Holiday Market at Genesee Country Village and Museum – Mumford

DECEMBER

12/8 – Village Christmas – Watkins Glen