Festival Guide

Official Fringe Guide

The Official Festival Guide has hit the streets of Rochester!  Put it in your calendar to be sure to pick up a copy at any of the addresses listed below now.

The Guide is printed by our print media sponsor, CITY.  We couldn’t do it without them!

Read Online

Read the 2026 online version of the guide from anywhere in the world!

Mail Order a Guide

If you are outside the area, you may order a guide via the link below to have one shipped to you when it hits the streets!

• $5 - Order a guide and shipped within the US
• $7 - Order a guide and shipped to Canada
• $9 - Order a guide and shipped outside the US

Guide Distribution Locations

Starting now, you will be able to collect a free guide from the following locations:

• The Abundance Co-op
  571 South Ave, Rochester, NY 14620
• Aerial Arts of Rochester
  1046 University Ave Suite C, Rochester, NY 14607
• Bar Bantam
  The Metropolitan, One S. Clinton Ave Rochester, NY 14604
• Bernunzio Uptown Music
  122 East Ave, Rochester, NY 14604
• Blackfriars Theatre
  795 E. Main St. Rochester, NY 14607
• Bop Shop Records
  1460 Monroe Ave, Rochester, NY 14618
• Boulder Coffee
  100 Alexander Street, Rochester, NY 14620
• Cafe Sasso
  739 Park Ave, Rochester, NY 14607
• Calabresella’s on Park
  210 Park Ave, Rochester, NY 14607
• Central Library of Rochester
  Rundel Memorial Building, 115 South Ave, Rochester, NY 14604
• The Century Club of Rochester
  566 East Ave, Rochester, NY 14607
• City Blue
  68 Scio Street, Rochester, NY 14604
• Corn Hill Navigation
  280 Exchange Blvd, Rochester, NY 14608
• Courtyard by Marriott
  390 East Ave, Rochester, NY 14607
• Downtown United Presbyterian Church
  121 Fitzhugh St N, Rochester, NY 14614
• East Rochester Public Library
  317 Main St., East Rochester, NY 14445
• Equal Grounds
  750 South Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620
• ESL Headquarters
  225 Chestnut St, Rochester, NY 14604
• ESL Branches
  Click here to view all branch locations
• Fattey Beer Company
  60 Adventure Pl, Rochester, NY 14607
• Fuego Coffee
  1 Woodbury Blvd, Rochester, NY 14604
• Garth Fagan Dance
  50 Chestnut St, Rochester, NY 14604
• George Eastman Museum
  900 East Ave, Rochester, NY 14607
• Hilton Garden Inn
  155 E. Main Street, Rochester NY 14604
• House of Guitars
  645 Titus Avenue, Rochester, NY 14617
• Hyatt Regency Rochester
  155 E. Main Street, Rochester, NY 14604
• Inn on Broadway
  26 Broadway, Rochester, NY 14607
• Java’s
  16 Gibbs St, Rochester, NY 14604
• JCC Rochester
  1200 Edgewood Ave, Rochester, NY 14618
• Ludwig’s Center Stage Cafe
  25 Gibbs St #116, Rochester, NY 14604
• Max’s Eastman Place
  25 Gibbs Street, Rochester, NY 14604
• Melo Coffee & Kitchen
  696 University Ave, Rochester, NY 14607
• Memorial Art Gallery
  500 University Ave, Rochester, NY 14607
• Mendon Public Library
  22 N. Main St., Honeoye Falls, NY 14472
• Midtown Athletic
  200 East Highland Drive, Rochester, NY 14610
• MuCCC
  142 Atlantic Ave., Rochester, NY 14534
• Notion
  50 State St, Pittsford, NY 14534
• Parkleigh
  215 Park Ave, Rochester, NY 14607
• Photo City Music Hall
  543 Atlantic Ave #2, Rochester, NY 14609
• Pittsford Dairy
  44 N. State Street, Pittsford, NY 14534
• Pittsford Dairy (on Park Ave)
  733 Park Ave, Rochester, NY 14607
• Record Archive
  33 1/3 Rockwood St, Rochester, NY 14610
• RMSC Planetarium
  663 East Ave, Rochester, NY 14607
• ROC Cinema
  957 S Clinton Ave, Rochester, NY 14620
• Roc City Circus
  1344 University Ave Suite 6200, Rochester, NY 14607
• Rochester Music Hall of Fame
  25 Gibbs Street, Rochester, NY 14604
• Salena’s
  Village Gate, 302 N. Goodman St., Rochester, NY 14607
• Salinger’s
  107 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14604
• School of the Arts
  45 Prince St, Rochester, NY 14607
• The Strathallan Rochester
  550 East Ave, Rochester, NY 14607
• St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
  25 Westminster Rd, Rochester, NY 14607
• Temple Bar
  109 East Ave, Rochester, NY 14604
• Three Heads Brewing
  186 Atlantic Ave, Rochester, NY 14607
• The Focus Theater
  260 E Main St, Rochester, NY 14604
• The Hochstein School of Music
  50 N. Plymouth Ave. Rochester, NY, 14614
• The Little Theatre
  240 East Ave, Rochester, NY 14604
• The Rochester Commissary
  250 E Main St, Rochester, NY 14604
• The Rose Room
  295 Gregory St, Rochester, NY 14620
• The Strong National Museum of Play
  One Manhattan Square Drive, Rochester NY 14607
• The Spirit Room
  139 State Street, Rochester, NY 14614
• Ugly Duck Coffee
  89 Charlotte St. Rochester, NY 14607
• VisitRochester
  45 East Avenue, Suite 400, Rochester NY 14604
• Writers & Books
  740 University Ave., Rochester, NY 14607
• WXXI
  280 State Street, Rochester, NY 14614

News Outlets

Additionally, the Fringe Guide will be distributed through the following news outlets:

• CITY: September issue
• Democrat & Chronicle: Sunday, August 30th issue
• The New York Times (Rochester, Buffalo, Batavia): Sunday, August 30th issue
• The Ithaca Times: Sunday, August 30t issue

Higher Ed Campuses

The Guide will also be distributed in early September on the campuses of:

• University of Rochester (including River Campus and Eastman School of Music)
• RIT
• St. John Fisher University
• Nazareth University
• MCC