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MASS DRAG: How the Church Blessed Gay Couples—Again

September 16th at 8:00pm

Five drag nuns walk into a gay bar. This is their church. They reveal a Roman Catholic secret: the Church once blessed same-sex unions. MASS DRAG is a world-premiere musical blending original songs, ritual, humor, history, and glitter into a joyful excavation of Christianity's forgotten stories. Part comedy, part liturgy, part act of recovery, it's a celebration of love, memory, and belonging.

Length: 75 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: Biltmore Bar & Lounge
Genre: Theatre

Voices from Ellis Island

September 16th at 8:00pm

It was called "the front door to freedom." From 1892 to 1930, Ellis Island was the first experience of life in America for millions of immigrants. "Voices from Ellis Island" follows seven immigrants from different parts of Europe as they cross the Atlantic Ocean and confront unexpected challenges in their new country at Ellis Island. Their stories are amusing, frightening, inspiring and true. Presented by One's Company with Pippa White.

Length: 70 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Ballrooms
Genre: Theatre

Sanctified Sauna

September 16th at 8:30pm

Breath in...and release. Sanctified Sauna embodies traditional European sauna rituals in an immersive performance to create a unique theatrical wellness experience. You’ll feel waves of heat, steam, and scents of essential oils unique for your journey. From deep restorative warmth to the invigorating cold, you'll leave the toxicity of daily life behind and discover the story of purification and wellness. Set yourself apart at the hottest and coolest fringe show to date and claim your ticket NOW!

Length: 75 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: St. Paul's Episcopal Church: Outdoors
Genre: Multidisciplinary & Circus

Blackout Bingo

September 16th at 9:00pm

Get ready for a bingo experience like no other! Hosted by Mrs. Kasha Davis (RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 7 and All Stars 8) alongside her husband DJ Mr. Davis, this high-energy drag bingo show is packed with laughs, outrageous games, and nonstop audience participation. Play for your chance to compete in fabulous challenges and win prizes, with the audience deciding who takes home the biggest rewards. It’s not your average bingo—it’s a hilarious, interactive party where everyone gets in on the fun!

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: Blackfriars Theatre
Genre: Comedy

Bushwhacked: Tim and Pammy Shea’s Pamper Camper

September 16th at 9:00pm

Step right up and be blessed by the radiant chaos of "Bushwhacked: Tim and Pammy Shea's Pamper Camper," a revival of laughter inside one joyful little trailer. Tim and Pammy invite you to testify, testify, TESTIFY as they deliver improvised miracles of comedy straight to your soul. Expect open hearts and a whole lot of playful nonsense dressed up like divine intervention. You’ll leave renewed, restored, and gloriously Bushwhacked—hallelujah and pass the shea butter! Only 4 tickets per show!

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: Spiegelgarden
Genre: Comedy

Movie Night

September 16th at 9:00pm

Haven't had time to watch your favorite movie? Been wanting to cross something off your watchlist? Then come on out to "Movie Night" and watch some of Rochester's esteemed improvisors perform a completely improvised movie remake from your suggestion. From dramas to westerns, classics to flops, this group will be sure to bring the magic of cinema to the Focus Theater stage.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: The Focus Theater: Focus Theater
Genre: Comedy

Love Songs in Winter

September 16th at 9:15pm

Love Songs in Winter: A love story about the years we lose while we are busy living. Over the years two people who once couldn't live without each other stopped paying attention. Now they sit across from each other at the same table they've always shared. Told through original songs and intimate, unflinching dialogue, Life on the Ground asks the question many of us are afraid to answer: when love becomes invisible, is it still there? Performed by the Front Porch Project and Project 7.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: Biltmore Bar & Lounge
Genre: Music

Spirits

September 16th at 10:30pm

Spirits is a performance of poems, songs and stories from Jacob Rakovan, National Endowment for the Arts and New York Foundation for the Arts poetry fellow and career bartender. It will explore the intersections of memories, survivor's guilt, ghosts and alcohol. Expect Appalachian murder ballads, Low-fi hillbilly blues, invocations of ghosts, moonshine and whiskey.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: Biltmore Bar & Lounge
Genre: Multidisciplinary & Circus

BELONG by Gianna Stewart

September 17th at 12:00am

BELONG is composed of words deemed unsavory, or “woke” by the current U.S. administration. In 2025, organizations documented the removal of these words from government publications and websites. This triptych by Gianna Stewart incorporates PEN America’s list into the letters BELONG, also a censored word, showing the power of language and the importance of naming to prevent erasure. Here the words are presented openly, in public space, in direct opposition to their removal from public discourse.

Length: 1435 Minutes
Tickets: Not Required
Venue: Rochester Contemporary Art Center: Side Lawn
Genre: Visual Arts & Film

Fine Art and Fabulous Paper with Bill Finewood

September 17th at 12:00pm

Fine Art and Fabulous Paper with Bill Finewood: Join the Central Library and Artist Bill Finewood as we tour his paintings, paper sculpture and illustrations. This exhibit will be on display throughout the duration of the Fringe festival during Central Library open hours. Join us for a special Artist Talk with Bill Finewood at the Central Library on Wednesday.

Length: 405 Minutes
Tickets: Not Required
Venue: Central Library: Harold Hacker Hall
Genre: Visual Arts & Film

Josh Owen

September 17th at 1:00pm

Josh Owen is an award winning, internationally renowned industrial designer, author, and educator. His studio’s work is produced by significant manufacturers in the United States and Europe, and his projects are featured in many permanent museum collections around the globe. This solo show offers a rarely-seen glimpse into Owen’s studio practice, on view at RIT City Art Space’s new gallery location in the Neighborhood of Play.

Length: 240 Minutes
Tickets: Not Required
Venue: RIT City Art Space: RIT City Art Space
Genre: Visual Arts & Film

Sanctified Sauna

September 17th at 3:15pm

Breath in...and release. Sanctified Sauna embodies traditional European sauna rituals in an immersive performance to create a unique theatrical wellness experience. You’ll feel waves of heat, steam, and scents of essential oils unique for your journey. From deep restorative warmth to the invigorating cold, you'll leave the toxicity of daily life behind and discover the story of purification and wellness. Set yourself apart at the hottest and coolest fringe show to date and claim your ticket NOW!

Length: 75 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: St. Paul's Episcopal Church: Outdoors
Genre: Multidisciplinary & Circus

Anti-Gone

September 17th at 5:00pm

"Anti-Gone" is a daring adaptation of the beloved classic. Audiences take action to determine the outcome of the thrilling drama, utilizing the most popular invention of Ancient Greece—the democratic vote. Is a happy ending for Sophocles' "Antigone" possible? Will we be able to find what has not been found in 2,500 years—a solution? "Anti-Gone" was the most-awarded show of the 2025 NYC Fringe Festival.

Length: 75 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: Biltmore Bar & Lounge
Genre: Theatre

A Pete Seeger Tribute

September 17th at 5:00pm

"Stand Up and Siiiinnnngggg!!!" A Pete Seeger Tribute for all ages, exploring the many years and songs of America's great folk singer. Seeger inspired countless musicians and helped popularize folk with hits such as "If I Had a Hammer." Canada's Woody's Choice invites you to join your heart and voice with the collective in a sing-a-long you will long remember! You will leave the show inspired by the true meaning of "freedom" of the heart.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: Downtown United Presbyterian Church: Celebration Hall
Genre: Music

Sanctified Sauna

September 17th at 5:00pm

Breath in...and release. Sanctified Sauna embodies traditional European sauna rituals in an immersive performance to create a unique theatrical wellness experience. You’ll feel waves of heat, steam, and scents of essential oils unique for your journey. From deep restorative warmth to the invigorating cold, you'll leave the toxicity of daily life behind and discover the story of purification and wellness. Set yourself apart at the hottest and coolest fringe show to date and claim your ticket NOW!

Length: 75 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: St. Paul's Episcopal Church: Outdoors
Genre: Multidisciplinary & Circus

Dashboard Dramas XII

September 17th at 5:30pm

A total sell-out eleven years running, this intimate theatre experience is unlike any other. You'll find yourself immersed in four all-new ten-minute plays as you rotate from one car to the next. Don't miss this hilarious, heartwarming, weird, and most of all, one-of-a-kind show. Only 8 tickets per performance!

Length: 50 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: Spiegelgarden
Genre: Comedy

Lake Ontario: A Body in Light

September 17th at 5:30pm

"Lake Ontario: A Body in Light" is an emotive, beautiful photographic installation and live performance event centered on Lake Ontario. Presented as part exhibition and part live program, the event weaves together photography, poetry readings, and live music. The result is an immersive, place-based gathering that invites audiences to slow down and meditate on their relationship to the water that defines our region.

Length: 120 Minutes
Tickets: Not Required
Venue: Central Library: Rundel Arts Room (glass cube!)
Genre: Visual Arts & Film

Tea Party at the End of the World

September 17th at 5:30pm

After a total sellout at La Jolla Playhouse’s WOW Festival in San Diego, Tea Party at the End of the World comes to the Fringe. As a guest at this intimate tea party, you’ll be served exquisite loose-leaf tea in a small-audience, multi-sensory experience inspired by creator Jessica Creane’s time in the Arctic Circle. It explores how we connect, find purpose and remain playful in uncertain times. When the end comes, no need to panic—you won’t be alone. Probably. 30 Tickets Only!

Length: 80 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: The Garden Studio
Genre: Theatre

21: A Tribute to Adele

September 17th at 6:00pm

Experience a powerful live performance celebrating the 15-year anniversary of Adele's iconic album "21." Performed by seasoned Fringe musicians who brought you shows like "Dark Side of the Moon" and "Allison's Angry Girl Era," this show will pay tribute to the #1 best-selling album of the 21st century, featuring moving performances of Adele's biggest hits, including "Rolling in the Deep," "Set Fire to Rain," and more!

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: JCC Ballrooms
Genre: Music

Bushwhacked: Tim and Pammy Shea’s Pamper Camper

September 17th at 6:00pm

Step right up and be blessed by the radiant chaos of "Bushwhacked: Tim and Pammy Shea's Pamper Camper," a revival of laughter inside one joyful little trailer. Tim and Pammy invite you to testify, testify, TESTIFY as they deliver improvised miracles of comedy straight to your soul. Expect open hearts and a whole lot of playful nonsense dressed up like divine intervention. You’ll leave renewed, restored, and gloriously Bushwhacked—hallelujah and pass the shea butter! Only 4 tickets per show!

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: Spiegelgarden
Genre: Comedy

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