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Sanctified Sauna

September 26th at 9:00am

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

RITPO - Chamber Music Showcase

September 26th at 10:00am

Young talents of the RIT Philharmonic Orchestra will present a diverse program featuring various combinations of string, woodwind, and brass instruments. While pursuing STEM degrees across the institution, these students continue to perform at a remarkably high musical level. The repertoire spans classical masterworks as well as contemporary arrangements, showcasing both the versatility of chamber music and the extraordinary talents of RIT students.

Length: 45 Minutes
Tickets: Not Required
Venue: The Little Theatre: Theatre 1
Genre: Music

Roc River Ride

September 26th at 10:00am

Join a rolling audience on bicycles to discover Rochester's natural beauty and cultural wealth along the trails by the Genesee River and Erie Canal. Roc River Ride returns for its fifth year with new performers along a new route. Routes range from 10 miles (first hour) to 7 (11am and 11:15 departures) to 3 miles (11:30am). Bring your own bike!

Length: 120 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: Genesee Valley Park: Genesee Waterways Center
Genre: Multidisciplinary & Circus

Roc River Ride

September 26th at 10:15am

Join a rolling audience on bicycles to discover Rochester's natural beauty and cultural wealth along the trails by the Genesee River and Erie Canal. Roc River Ride returns for its fifth year with new performers along a new route. Routes range from 10 miles (first hour) to 7 (11am and 11:15 departures) to 3 miles (11:30am). Bring your own bike!

Length: 120 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: Genesee Valley Park: Genesee Waterways Center
Genre: Multidisciplinary & Circus

Roc River Ride

September 26th at 10:30am

Join a rolling audience on bicycles to discover Rochester's natural beauty and cultural wealth along the trails by the Genesee River and Erie Canal. Roc River Ride returns for its fifth year with new performers along a new route. Routes range from 10 miles (first hour) to 7 (11am and 11:15 departures) to 3 miles (11:30am). Bring your own bike!

Length: 120 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: Genesee Valley Park: Genesee Waterways Center
Genre: Multidisciplinary & Circus

Small Talk Theater

September 26th at 10:30am

A tiny festival within the grand Fringe. A gathering of little performance spaces, meant for audiences of one. One performer and one viewer at a time. Some for kids, some not. In a world dominated by the digital, gorged by holiday animatronics, lorded over by slick spectacle, by the artificial, and by excess in every realm, "Small Talk Theatre" brings all the magic, all the potential, the full array of theatrical shenanigans, down to the personal, immediate, individual scale.

Length: 360 Minutes
Tickets: Not Required
Venue: Central Library: Harold Hacker Hall
Genre: Theatre

Roc River Ride

September 26th at 10:45am

Join a rolling audience on bicycles to discover Rochester's natural beauty and cultural wealth along the trails by the Genesee River and Erie Canal. Roc River Ride returns for its fifth year with new performers along a new route. Routes range from 10 miles (first hour) to 7 (11am and 11:15 departures) to 3 miles (11:30am). Bring your own bike!

Length: 120 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: Genesee Valley Park: Genesee Waterways Center
Genre: Multidisciplinary & Circus

Sanctified Sauna

September 26th at 10:45am

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

The Old Ball Game: Live-Scored Baseball Silent Films

September 26th at 11:00am

The Old Ball Game celebrates America's pastime through live music, poetry, and silent film. Led by Rochester native Jared Engel, the Musicians’ Baseball Club of Brooklyn presents two award-winning live-scored films: Day of the Catch, about the Grapefruit League’s forgotten and hilarious origin, and The Mascot Race, a fast-moving baseball story set in modern-day New York. The program also features baseball-themed clips from silent-era films with original live scores. Fun for the whole family!

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: George Eastman Museum: Dryden Theatre
Genre: Multidisciplinary & Circus

Roc River Ride

September 26th at 11:00am

Join a rolling audience on bicycles to discover Rochester's natural beauty and cultural wealth along the trails by the Genesee River and Erie Canal. Roc River Ride returns for its fifth year with new performers along a new route. Routes range from 10 miles (first hour) to 7 (11am and 11:15 departures) to 3 miles (11:30am). Bring your own bike!

Length: 120 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: Genesee Valley Park: Genesee Waterways Center
Genre: Multidisciplinary & Circus

Roc River Ride

September 26th at 11:15am

Join a rolling audience on bicycles to discover Rochester's natural beauty and cultural wealth along the trails by the Genesee River and Erie Canal. Roc River Ride returns for its fifth year with new performers along a new route. Routes range from 10 miles (first hour) to 7 (11am and 11:15 departures) to 3 miles (11:30am). Bring your own bike!

Length: 120 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: Genesee Valley Park: Genesee Waterways Center
Genre: Multidisciplinary & Circus

Latin Rhythm Dance Club

September 26th at 11:30am

The Latin Rhythm Dance Club at the Rochester Institute of Technology is open to all levels of experience and exhibits a wide variety of styles—including salsa, bachata, and merengue—through lessons, performances, and events. The club also engages with the Latin dance community in Rochester by attending local dance events, hosting events, and hiring instructors who are knowledgeable in other styles of dance. Come out to our Latin dance showcase and dance with us!

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Not Required
Venue: The Little Theatre: Theatre 1
Genre: Dance

Rich The Magic Man Total Pandemonium Magic Show

September 26th at 11:30am

Get ready for "Total Pandemonium!" Rich The Magic Man brings 40 years of high-energy, interactive magic, comedy, audience participation, surprises, and nonstop laughs to the Rochester Fringe Festival! Kids and adults will learn magic tricks, become part of the show, and have the best day ever! A one-of-a kind, must see experience! Limited tickets available, so get yours before they disappear!

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

Roc River Ride

September 26th at 11:30am

Join a rolling audience on bicycles to discover Rochester's natural beauty and cultural wealth along the trails by the Genesee River and Erie Canal. Roc River Ride returns for its fifth year with new performers along a new route. Routes range from 10 miles (first hour) to 7 (11am and 11:15 departures) to 3 miles (11:30am). Bring your own bike!

Length: 120 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: Genesee Valley Park: Genesee Waterways Center
Genre: Multidisciplinary & Circus

9th Avenue Street Circus

September 26th at 12:00pm

A duo performance featuring multiple circus skills simultaneously combined, forming a kinesthetic compilation far greater than the sum of its parts. Balancing, spinning, juggling, hula hooping, teetering on unstable surfaces—all at the same time! Geriatric acrobatics and audience participation, a multitasking marvel for family friendly fun in the Spiegelgarden.

Length: 180 Minutes
Tickets: Not Required
Venue: Spiegelgarden
Genre: Multidisciplinary & Circus

Bella and the Witch

September 26th at 12:00pm

Inspired by the story of Baba Yaga, "Bella and the Witch" is a dance theater piece by Laurie MacFarlane with props by Martha Schermerhorn and music by Parker Callister. When Bella’s mom sends her on an errand to her mysterious aunt’s house, Bella must use her wits, charm, and even some magic to defeat the witch and return safely home. Called a “bizarre world of witches, moving trees, and stolen light” by City Magazine, "Bella and the Witch" is fast-paced, funny, and just a little bit scary!

Length: 30 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre
Genre: Multidisciplinary & Circus

Disco Kids

September 26th at 12:00pm

Back by popular demand. Big party for pint-sized dance machines takes over the Spiegelgarden at One Fringe Place. The next generation of club kids is here, popping and pouting up a storm. Disco Kids is a nonstop, fun-filled dance extravaganza that is the talk of kid town. Lights, music, and glow sticks. Welcome to the Fringe's not so silent disco.

Length: 120 Minutes
Tickets: Not Required
Venue: Spiegelgarden
Genre: Kids Fringe

Emo Yoga

September 26th at 12:00pm

Trade in the mosh pit for the yoga mat for one night only! Caitlin will lead you through a 60-minute yoga class, filled with the best emo and punk pop hits and deep cuts. Flow with bands like Fall Out Boy and My Chemical Romance, and rock out on the mat. Caitlin is a 200-hour World Yoga Foundation certified instructor, and a successful YouTuber. As well as a lifelong emo kid. It was never a phase.

Length: 90 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: Photo City Music Hall: Photo City Music Hall
Genre: Music

Kids Chalk Art

September 26th at 12:00pm

The kiddie fun continues with street Chalk Art, one of the most popular, FREE, family-friendly events at the Rochester Fringe Festival. Kids transform the central Dawn's Spiegelgarden into one giant, colorful tapestry of color during this artistic extravaganza. We bring the chalk, you bring the creativity! Fun for all ages, including parents, of course.

Length: 180 Minutes
Tickets: Not Required
Venue: Spiegelgarden
Genre: Kids Fringe

National Day of Play

September 26th at 12:00pm

Celebrate National Day of Play with Healthi Kids and the Western NY IPA with the biggest play day Rochester has ever seen! Want to build a fort with Jenga blocks? Create a masterpiece with sidewalk chalk? Invent a new game? Awesome! We'll have lots of activities and supplies to get your imagination going. Whether you stop by on your way to another show or spend the whole day playing with us, there will be fun for all ages.

Length: 180 Minutes
Tickets: Not Required
Venue: Spiegelgarden
Genre: Kids Fringe

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