Rochester Lilac Festival
Festival de la Lila
annual spring festival in Rochester, New York, celebrating the blossom of the common lilac
Rochester · New York · United States of America
🗓️ When?
May
Only the month is known, not the day.
- Month
- May
- Founded
- 1898
📍 Where?
- Town
- Rochester
- Region
- New York
- Country
- United States of America
- How precise?
- the festival's own coordinate
ℹ️ Details
- Website
- rochesterevents.com/…
- Status
- unclear
View on Wikidata Read on Wikipedia
Something wrong? Report something
📖 Excerpt from the Wikipedia article
The Rochester Lilac Festival is an annual art, music, food, and horticultural festival held in early to mid-May in Highland Park in Rochester, New York. The park's collection comprises approximately 1,200 lilac shrubs representing more than 500 varieties across 22 acres (8.9 ha) of the park's grounds. Described as the largest free festival of its kind in North America, the Rochester Lilac Festival draws more than 500,000 visitors over its ten-day run and is one of the oldest celebrations of lilacs in the United States. Admission to the festival and to Highland Park is free of charge.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article „Rochester Lilac Festival“ (en.wikipedia.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.