Your festival event guide for the Rochester and Syracuse, New York Area, including the Finger Lakes.
Welcome to a comprehensive festival listing page and guide for the Rochester-Syracuse greater area in New York State. Once area festivals are confirmed on the main New York Festival Schedule, 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.
Otherwise, for other areas or all of of Western New York State, please refer back to the New York State Festival Schedule Page.
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.
“My Review” means that it’s a link to my review of that festival.
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2021 Rochester and Syracuse Area Festival Schedule
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CORONAVIRUS UPDATE
While I am doing my best to update festival postponement dates, cancellations or note alternative versions, some festivals listed as going on may have been canceled or changed without my knowledge.
Always check festival information before attending as things are constantly changing and I know what it’s like to arrive at a festival location and find nothing.
Stay strong, be safe and let’s festival on together!
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AUGUST
8/3-8/8 – SENTIENT Fest – Moravia
8/5-8/8 – Phelps Sauerkraut Weekend – Phelps
8/6-8/8 – St. George Macedonian Festival – Syracuse
8/7 – Fox Fest – Syracuse
8/7 – DeWitt Canal Day – DeWitt
8/7-8/8 – Sterling Renaissance Festival VI – Sterling
8/12-8/15 – Fulton Jazz Festival – Fulton
8/13 – Syracuse Bacon Festival – Syracuse
8/13 – ZooBrew IV – Rochester
8/13-8/14 – Watkins Glen Italian American Festival – Watkins Glen
8/13-8/14 – FGAS German Fest – Spencerport
8/14 – Central New York Scottish Games and Celtic Festival – Syracuse
8/14 – Puerto Rican Festival I – Rochester
8/14 – Gates Summer Celebration – Rochester
8/14-8/15 – Sterling Renaissance Festival VII – Sterling
8/19-8/22 – TedFest – Albion
8/20 – Flour City Brewers Fest – Rochester – TOUR VERSION
8/20-8/21 – Big G Jam – Hannibal
8/20-8/21 – Hannibal Fire Company’s Field Days – Hannibal
8/20-8/22 – Seneca Falls Canal Fest – Seneca Falls – USUALLY IN JULY
8/21 – Puerto Rican Festival II – Rochester
8/21-8/22 – Fiddlers’ Fair – Mumford
8/21-8/22 – Hammondsport Festival of Crafts – Hammondsport
8/26-8/28 – Groton Olde Home Days – Groton
8/26-8/29 – Pickin’ in the Pasture – Lodi
8/27-8/28 – The Big Mean BBQ – Trumansburg
8/27-8/28 – Rochester Summer Soul Music Festival – Rochester
SEPTEMBER
9/3-9/5 – New York State Festival of Balloons – Dansville
9/4-9/6 – Oakfield Labor Daze – Oakfield
9/5 – St. Rocco’s Italian Festival – Holley
9/6 – Hop Harvest Festival – Mumford
9/10 – Grand Prix Festival – Watkins Glen
9/10 – ZooBrew V – Rochester
9/10-9/11 – Syracuse Irish Festival – Syracuse
9/10-9/11 – Lansing Carnival – Lansing
9/11 – No BS Brew Company Oktoberfest!! – Livonia
9/11 – Central New York’s Tomato Fest – Auburn
9/11 – Livingston County Farm Fest – Mt. Morris
9/11-9/12 – Golden Harvest Festival – Baldwinsville
9/11-9/12 – M&T Bank Clothesline Festival – Rochester
9/14-9/25 – KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival – Rochester
9/17-9/19 – Festa Italiana – Syracuse
9/17-9/19 – The Fall Down – Hannibal
9/17-9/19 – Jordan Fall Festival – Jordan
9/18-9/19 – The Purple Painted Lady – Palmyra
9/18-9/19 – Finger Lakes Fiber Festival – Hemlock
9/18-9/19 – Wings and Wheels in Hammondsport – Hammondsport
9/18-9/19 – Canaseraga Fall Harvest Festival – Canaseraga
9/18-9/19 – The Great Pumpkin Farm Festival Weekend I – Clarence
9/19 – Oswego PorchFest – Oswego
9/22-9/26 – Harvest Bounty Fall Fair – Caledonia
9/25-9/26 – Palmyra Canaltown Days – Palmyra
9/25-9/26 – Naples Grape Festival – Naples
9/25-9/26 – Appleumpkin Festival – Wyoming
9/25-9/26 – The Great Pumpkin Farm Festival Weekend II – Clarence
OCTOBER
10/2 – Montour Falls Harvest Festival – Montour Falls
10/2 – Kendall Community Scarecrow Festival – Kendall
10/2 – Locktoberfest – Phoenix
10/2-10/3 – Cohocton Fall Foliage Festival – Cohocton
10/2-10/3 – Hilton Apple Fest – Hilton
10/2-10/3 – The Great Pumpkin Farm Festival Weekend III – Clarence
10/8-10/10 – Candor Fall Festival – Candor
10/9 – Genesee Valley Hunt Races and Fall Festival – Geneseo
10/9 – Bushels and Barrels on the Square – Hammondsport
10/9-10/10 – LaFayette Apple Festival – LaFayette
10/9-10/10 – Lincoln Hill Farms Fall Fest – Canandaigua
10/9-10/10 – The Great Pumpkin Farm Festival Weekend IV – Clarence
10/16-10/17 – The Great Pumpkin Farm Festival Weekend V – Clarence
10/23-10/24 – The Great Pumpkin Farm Festival Weekend VI – Clarence
10/29-10/30 – Finger Lakes Beer Festival – Watkins Glen
10/30-10/31 – The Great Pumpkin Farm Festival Weekend VI – Clarence
NOVEMBER
11/6 – Rochester Children’s Book Festival – Rochester
11/12-11/14 – Canandaigua Christkindl Market – Canandaigua
11/13 – Syracuse Wine Festival – Syracuse – USUALLY IN APRIL
11/15-11/21 – Wegman’s Lights on the Lake I – Liverpool
11/22-11/28 – Wegman’s Lights on the Lake II – Liverpool
11/27 – Syracuse Wine and Chocolate Festival – Syracuse
11/29-12/5 – Wegman’s Lights on the Lake III – Liverpool
DECEMBER
12/4 – Tully Craft Show – Tully
12/6-12/12 – Wegman’s Lights on the Lake IV – Liverpool
12/10 – Village Christmas – Watkins Glen
12/13-12/19 – Wegman’s Lights on the Lake V – Liverpool
12/20-12/26 – Wegman’s Lights on the Lake VI – Liverpool
12/27-1/2 – Wegman’s Lights on the Lake VII – Liverpool
JANUARY (2022)
1/3-1/9 – Wegman’s Lights on the Lake VIII – Liverpool
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
5/28 – North Syracuse Family Festival – North Syracuse
JUNE
6/12 – German Blossom Festival – Lima
6/17-6/19 – Syracuse Polish Festival – Syracuse
6/17-6/19 – Rochester International Jazz Festival I – Rochester
6/20-6/25 – Rochester International Jazz Festival II – Rochester
JULY
7/2-7/3 – Cazenovia Arts and Crafts Show – Cazenovia
7/15-7/17 – Auburn Rotary Party in the Park – Auburn