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This weekend
See everythingTryst
Three Heads Brewing · 7:00 PM
From $10Becoming Curious by Kali Quinn (A Special Event)
University of Rochester International Theatre Program · Through Nov 15
Tryst
Three Heads Brewing · 7:00 PM
The Transport
Photo City Music Hall · 7:00 PM
Carnivore A.D., Necrostalker, Karnage
Bug Jar · 9:00 PM
White Out Rave
Photo City Music Hall · 10:00 PM
9th Annual Oh Watta Night! Benefiting the People's Pantry of Rochester
Photo City Music Hall · 2:00 PM
SIS Shake your Ta-Ta-Tailgate Party
Three Heads Brewing · 7:00 PM
The Pentagram String Band, Katie Alessandra
Bug Jar · 8:00 PM
Thank Goodness! There's a Booksale
Charlotte Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 10:00 AM
Dungeons and Dragons Club
Frederick Douglass Community Library (Rochester Public Library) · 2:30 PM
Knitwits
Maplewood Community Library (Rochester Public Library) · 4:30 PM
Roc Dogs
Phillis Wheatley Community Library (Rochester Public Library) · 5:30 PM
Amerks Reading Power Play Story time and Visit with the Moose and a Hockey Player
Maplewood Community Library (Rochester Public Library) · 6:30 PM
Silver Linings Playbook
ROC Cinema · 7:00 PM
Catholics, Ssighborggg, Thorned Crown, Shark Arms
Bug Jar · 8:00 PM
Tuesday Tales
Frederick Douglass Community Library (Rochester Public Library) · 10:00 AM
Toddler Story Time
Sully Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 10:00 AM
KinderZoo Fabulous Frogs
Seneca Park Zoo · 10:15 AM
All Ages Storytime
Maplewood Community Library (Rochester Public Library) · 10:30 AM
Babies & Books
Lincoln Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 10:30 AM
Food for Thought
Charlotte Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 11:00 AM
Preschool Storytime
Monroe Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 11:15 AM
KinderZoo Splish Splash
Seneca Park Zoo · 11:30 AM
Read to a RocDog
Lincoln Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 3:00 PM
Story Lab: Hip Hop Club
Sully Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 4:00 PM
Guitar Lessons @ Lincoln
Lincoln Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 4:30 PM
Tragic Tuesday With Credit Card
Record Archive Backroom Lounge · 5:00 PM
Collage and Junk Journaling with Megan
Winton Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 5:30 PM
The Bones of J.R. Jones with Chris Kasper
Photo City Music Hall · 6:00 PM
Be Kind Tuesday
Three Heads Brewing · 6:00 PM
Dead Gowns, Bugcatcher
Bug Jar · 8:00 PM
Musical Storytime
Lincoln Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 11:00 AM
Book & Beast
Seneca Park Zoo · 11:00 AM
His Branches Community Health Steet Medicine
Lincoln Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 2:00 PM
After School Video Games
Lincoln Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 3:30 PM
Kids LEGO Club
Sully Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 4:00 PM
Legos
Arnett Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 4:00 PM
Lyell Fiber Arts Group
Lyell Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 4:30 PM
Brian Lindsay Band
Record Archive Backroom Lounge · 5:00 PM
Native American Scavenger Book Hunt
Phillis Wheatley Community Library (Rochester Public Library) · 5:30 PM
Selias with Blood Desecration, Bus Stop Abortion, Abhorrent Desolation, and Dying Flesh
Photo City Music Hall · 6:00 PM
Hannah Wicklund w/ Slow Funeral at Bug Jar
Bug Jar · 8:00 PM
Rochester Knighthawks Meet & Greet
Three Heads Brewing · 3:00 PM
"Show and Tell" Karaoke
Frederick Douglass Community Library (Rochester Public Library) · 3:00 PM
Thursdays at Three
Charlotte Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 3:00 PM
Brick Builders
Lincoln Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 3:30 PM
Story Time
Arnett Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 3:30 PM
Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Movie
Phillis Wheatley Community Library (Rochester Public Library) · 4:30 PM
Son House Blues Night
Record Archive Backroom Lounge · 5:00 PM
Fall Craft Night
Monroe Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 5:00 PM
Winton Writers Group: A three-part series Fall 2026
Winton Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 5:15 PM
Thin The Herd VA and 157frq with Amatera, Lord Loss, Karnage, and Void Dogs
Photo City Music Hall · 6:00 PM
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
ROC Cinema · 7:00 PM
Gary Owen: No Hard Feelings Tour
Kodak Center · 8:00 PM
Hiroe, Pons, Fortunato
Bug Jar · 8:00 PM
Safari Story Time
Frederick Douglass Community Library (Rochester Public Library) · 2:30 PM
Ping Pong
Maplewood Community Library (Rochester Public Library) · 3:00 PM
The Ginger Faye Bakers
Record Archive Backroom Lounge · 4:00 PM
Waiting for the Moon
Three Heads Brewing · 7:00 PM
Heated Rivalry Rave
Photo City Music Hall · 8:00 PM
Jim Breuer: Find The Funny Tour
Kodak Center · 8:00 PM
Five Dollar Friday: Fat Morning / Reddy Hollow / Groundhog / Jessy Fury
Bug Jar · 9:00 PM
Bilingual Storytime with Sra. Jazmin / Hora del Cuento Bilingüe con la Sra. Jazmin
Sully Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 10:30 AM
The Strictly Hip
Photo City Music Hall · 7:00 PM
Goose Pre-Game Party
Three Heads Brewing · 7:00 PM
Something Else
Three Heads Brewing · 7:00 PM
Racecourse, pluck
Bug Jar · 9:00 PM
East Esker, Level Memory, Cavalcade, Spearfish Guest, Drugstore Makeup, and Ayla Huff
Photo City Music Hall · 5:00 PM
The Treasury, Hexx Head, Nacelle Stern
Bug Jar · 8:00 PM
Adult Book Group
Charlotte Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 2:00 PM
Thanksgiving Magnet Craft
Lincoln Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 3:30 PM
Friendsgiving
ROC Cinema · 7:00 PM
Stroller Walkabouts
Seneca Park Zoo · 2:00 PM
Anime Club
Phillis Wheatley Community Library (Rochester Public Library) · 4:00 PM
Diamond Art Bookmarks
Sully Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 4:00 PM
Cook Soup and Reduce Food Waste with Alyssa
Winton Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 5:00 PM
Give Thanks with a Story and a Craft
Charlotte Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 11:00 AM
Kids Pokemon Club
Sully Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 4:00 PM
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month
Phillis Wheatley Community Library (Rochester Public Library) · 4:00 PM
Tween Video Game Day
Phillis Wheatley Community Library (Rochester Public Library) · 4:30 PM
Bec & The Bobcats
Record Archive Backroom Lounge · 5:00 PM
Funksgiving featuring Sophistafunk and Noah Fense and The Electric Field
Photo City Music Hall · 7:00 PM
Into the Now
Three Heads Brewing · 7:00 PM
Membership Bring-a-Guest Days!
Seneca Park Zoo · Through Nov 29
Holiday Magic Tours
Seneca Park Zoo · 3:00 PM
Comedy Showcase
ROC Cinema · 7:00 PM
RIOT
Photo City Music Hall · 7:00 PM
SEVARED FEST: Extremely Rotten / Animals Killing People / Goreality / Scumbag / Sanguinary Verdict / Suppuration / Thy
Bug Jar · 6:00 PM
Gentlemen's Club
Photo City Music Hall · 7:00 PM
The Wildflower Revolution
Three Heads Brewing · 7:00 PM
Holidays at the Market
Rochester Public Market special events · 8:00 AM
Voodoo Glow Skulls and The Koffin Kats with The Raging Nathans
Photo City Music Hall · 6:00 PM
Arnett Book Sale
Arnett Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 11:00 AM
It's Giving.....Tacos!
Phillis Wheatley Community Library (Rochester Public Library) · 5:00 PM
Adult Arts & Crafts - Holiday Card Creating
Arnett Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 6:00 PM
Todd Talk: Emily Skinner
University of Rochester International Theatre Program · 7:00 PM
The Polar Express
ROC Cinema · 7:00 PM
There's a Dog in the Library!
Sully Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 4:00 PM
Anime Club
Frederick Douglass Community Library (Rochester Public Library) · 2:30 PM
Professor Brian Cox: Emergence
Kodak Center · 7:30 PM
DJ Roulette
Photo City Music Hall · 8:00 PM
Root Shock, Annie In The Water, and Fungkshui
Photo City Music Hall · 6:30 PM
Left-Handed 2nd Baseman
Three Heads Brewing · 7:00 PM
Cirque Musica Holiday Wonderland
Kodak Center · 7:30 PM
KinderZoo Tough Tortoises
Seneca Park Zoo · 10:15 AM
KinderZoo Animal Homes
Seneca Park Zoo · 10:15 AM
Lighting of the Liberty Pole and Family Parade to ROC Holiday Village
City of Rochester special events · 5:00 PM
Moving Mountains
Three Heads Brewing · 7:00 PM
Big B's BDAY Bash ft. Murphy's Law / The Goons / Who Decides / Urban Strike
Bug Jar · 8:00 PM
The System Is Down
Photo City Music Hall · 8:00 PM
Nirvanna: A Tribute to Nirvana, Crawling: A Tribute to Early Linkin Park, and With Arms Wide Open: Tribute to Creed
Photo City Music Hall · 6:00 PM
Art Club
Winton Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 3:00 PM
Christmas' Around the World: December Beer Dinner
Rohrbach's Railroad St. Beer Hall · 6:00 PM
Wildlife Camera Conservation
At The Zoo · 11:00 AM
Baby Storytime
Monroe Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 11:15 AM
Kids Craft-ernoon
Sully Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 4:00 PM
Hayley Jane Band and Organ Fairchild
Photo City Music Hall · 7:00 PM
The Rock Orchestra by Candlelight
Kodak Center · 7:30 PM
Build a Gingerbread House
Sully Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 3:30 PM
Men Without Hats
Photo City Music Hall · 6:00 PM
Be Like Blippi Tour
Kodak Center · 6:00 PM
Gingerbread Houses with the Story Book Cook
Frederick Douglass Community Library (Rochester Public Library) · 3:00 PM
Winter Enchanted: A West End Christmas Show
Kodak Center · 7:00 PM
Farmhouse Welcome: Americana Tribute to Phish
Three Heads Brewing · 7:00 PM
Darude
Photo City Music Hall · 8:00 PM
NIGHT ONE: CARPOOL HOLIDAY WEEKEND
Bug Jar · 9:00 PM
RocDogs
Charlotte Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 10:30 AM
The Things She Carried: A Cultural History of the Purse in America
Anthony Museum Carriage House · 1:00 PM
9MM Mouthwash Christmas Show with Perspectives, An Easy Death, Dying Flesh, and Bus Stop Abortion
Photo City Music Hall · 5:00 PM
The Nasty Flyers
Three Heads Brewing · 7:00 PM
24th One Act New Play Festival
University of Rochester International Theatre Program · Through Dec 13
Lou Gramm: The Released Tour
Kodak Center · 8:00 PM
Gothic Underground: A Night of Live Electronic Performances
Photo City Music Hall · 10:00 PM
Shred Fest 2026 Guitarist Showcase
Photo City Music Hall · 5:00 PM
Robin Flanigan, Author of "Secret Rochester"
Winton Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 5:30 PM
Holiday Karaoke Dance Party
Frederick Douglass Community Library (Rochester Public Library) · 2:45 PM
Pre-Three Kings Day Celebration
Sully Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 4:00 PM
Holiday Craft Night
Monroe Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 5:00 PM
Tugboat
Photo City Music Hall · 6:00 PM
Christmas Carol Karaoke Party
Frederick Douglass Community Library (Rochester Public Library) · 3:00 PM
A Girl Named Genny
Three Heads Brewing · 7:00 PM
1916
Photo City Music Hall · 7:00 PM
Holiday Craft Bazaar
Frederick Douglass Community Library (Rochester Public Library) · 11:00 AM
The Reasonable Hour Dance Party with DJ Ben Frazier
Three Heads Brewing · 6:00 PM
Come Back To Earth: A Live Mac Miller Tribute
Photo City Music Hall · 7:00 PM
Breakfast with Santa
Seneca Park Zoo · 9:00 AM
Herbitual Konsumption, Crossing Out, Structural Defect, and Nattkyrka
Photo City Music Hall · 5:00 PM
Victorian Yuletide
Frederick Douglass Community Library (Rochester Public Library) · 2:30 PM
Mobile Museum Presents: The Quilt Story
Sully Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 4:00 PM
The Naughty List Party: 2000's Hits All Night
Photo City Music Hall · 8:00 PM
Emo Night Rochester
Photo City Music Hall · 7:00 PM
Eric Carlin's Half-Dead
Three Heads Brewing · 7:00 PM
Silent EDM Festival 6.0
Photo City Music Hall · 6:00 PM
Winter Wonderland: 2010's Hits Party
Photo City Music Hall · 8:00 PM
Noon Year's Eve
Seneca Park Zoo · 11:00 AM
Noon Years Eve with The Boomerang Club
Winton Branch Library (Rochester Public Library) · 11:00 AM
NYE with Dial Up: 90's Tribute
Three Heads Brewing · 7:00 PM
Golden Era Rave: 2010's EDM Classics
Photo City Music Hall · 8:00 PM
NYE Cuntstruction Zone ft. BOY JR + Drag Show & more!
Bug Jar · 9:00 PM
Boots 'N Beats: A Night of Country and EDM
Photo City Music Hall · 8:00 PM
Black Out Rave
Photo City Music Hall · 8:00 PM
Low End Legends 2027 (Day 1)
Photo City Music Hall · 5:00 PM
Rising Artist Thursday featuring Severed
Photo City Music Hall · 6:30 PM
Rochester Playground Library Storytime at Mendon Ponds Park
Mendon Ponds Park · 10:00 AM
The Bonnie Raitt Tribute Band, Silent Legacy (A Tribute to Melissa Etheridge), and The Waiting (A Tribute to Tom Petty)
Photo City Music Hall · 6:00 PM
Tim Dillon
Kodak Center · 7:00 PM
Nine Inch Nullz: Performing the Music of Nine Inch Nails
Photo City Music Hall · 7:00 PM
From the Field: Elephants, Farmers, and Bees in Tanzania
Seneca Park Zoo · 11:00 AM
Thunderstruck: America's AC/DC Tribute
Photo City Music Hall · 6:30 PM
Tense Threads: Exploring the Effectiveness of ‘Craftivism’ From Suffragists to Social Media
Anthony Museum Carriage House · 1:00 PM
Silent Disco: Music Through the Decades
Photo City Music Hall · 7:30 PM
Spearfish Guest, The Shut-Ins, Call Me Disaster, and more
Photo City Music Hall · 5:00 PM
Grace Potter & The Trespassers
Kodak Center · 7:30 PM
Winter Scene Painting with Deb Coller
Frederick Douglass Community Library (Rochester Public Library) · 1:00 PM
RZRKT
Photo City Music Hall · 7:00 PM
Danny Aion and Kincize
Photo City Music Hall · 8:00 PM
Luci
Photo City Music Hall · 7:00 PM
Teas From Around the World with Happy Earth Tea
Frederick Douglass Community Library (Rochester Public Library) · 1:00 PM
MUST DIE!
Photo City Music Hall · 8:00 PM
Matt Mathews: Not What I Ordered World Tour
Kodak Center · 7:00 PM
Todd Talk: Justin Townsend
University of Rochester International Theatre Program · 7:00 PM
Geriatric Animal Care at Seneca Park Zoo
At The Zoo · 11:00 AM
Rochester Playground Library Storytime at Powder Mills Park
Powder Mills Park · 10:00 AM
Hot In Herre: 2000s Dance Party
Photo City Music Hall · 8:00 PM
Cirque Alice
Kodak Center · 7:30 PM
BB Dang, Appetite For Voltage, and The Arcade
Photo City Music Hall · 7:00 PM
Swan Lake by International Ballet Stars
Kodak Center · 7:00 PM
Drummers Only 2027 (Rochester, NY)
Photo City Music Hall · 5:00 PM
The Secretary by Kyle John Schmidt
University of Rochester International Theatre Program · Through Mar 6
Divorced Dad Rock Night: The Soundtrack of Separation
Photo City Music Hall · 7:00 PM
Joel James
Photo City Music Hall · 6:30 PM
Todd Talk: Heidi Marshall
University of Rochester International Theatre Program · 7:00 PM
Nurse John: Against Medical Advice: Readmitted
Kodak Center · 7:00 PM
Zach Williams LIVE
Kodak Center · 7:00 PM
Rochester Playground Library Storytime at Black Creek Park
Black Creek Park · 10:00 AM
Elmo's Got the Moves
Kodak Center · 6:00 PM
90's Rockfest: STP and Weezer Tributes
Photo City Music Hall · 7:00 PM
William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet Film in Concert
Kodak Center · 7:00 PM
Louise Blancard Bethune: Every Woman Her Own Architect
Anthony Museum Carriage House · 6:30 PM
Big Florida
Photo City Music Hall · 7:00 PM
Mojo Brookzz: Outta Pocket Tour (6pm)
Kodak Center · 6:00 PM
Rochester Playground Library Storytime at Ellison Park
Ellison Park · 10:00 AM
Revolutionary Backlash: Women and Politics in the Early American Republic
Anthony Museum Carriage House · 6:30 PM
T.I.M.E. (Time, Identity, Memory, & the End of History Illusion) by Nigel Maister
University of Rochester International Theatre Program · Through May 1
I Will Follow: America's U2 Full Concert Celebration
Photo City Music Hall · 7:00 PM
Powerman 5000 with Aesthetic Perfection and A Killer's Confession
Photo City Music Hall · 6:00 PM
Roger Waters Presents LEGACY: A Pink Floyd Tribute Show
Kodak Center · 7:30 PM
The Amy Winehouse Band
Kodak Center · 7:30 PM
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield Guided Walking Tours
Rochester Lilac Festival · Through May 16
Opening Day Poster Reveal
Highland Park · 10:00 AM
Art in the Park & Small Business Circle
Highland Park · Through May 9
Coming up at Photo City Music Hall
The Transport
White Out Rave
9th Annual Oh Watta Night! Benefiting the People's Pantry of Rochester
The Bones of J.R. Jones with Chris Kasper
Selias with Blood Desecration, Bus Stop Abortion, Abhorrent Desolation, and Dying Flesh
Thin The Herd VA and 157frq with Amatera, Lord Loss, Karnage, and Void Dogs
Heated Rivalry Rave
The Strictly Hip
East Esker, Level Memory, Cavalcade, Spearfish Guest, Drugstore Makeup, and Ayla Huff
Funksgiving featuring Sophistafunk and Noah Fense and The Electric Field
RIOT
Gentlemen's Club
Close by, in Brighton, East End (Rochester), Downtown Rochester
The Little Mermaid KIDS
OFC Creations Theatre CenterWitness Palestine Film Festival 2026
The Little TheatreMozart & Bartók
Kodak Hall at Eastman TheatreTopdog Underdog
Geva TheatrePlay Lab: Make Your Own Rocket/Launch Pad
Play LabMAG Highlights Tour
Memorial Art GalleryRTOS: David Marsh
Rochester Broadway Theatre League (West Herr Auditorium Theatre)Play Lab: Alien Collage
Play LabCarol D. Simmons Storytime Club: Food and Feasts
Adams AtriumArt Start: Paint & Snack - Two Ravens Sing of the Sun (7AF26)
Creative WorkshopThe Menzingers: Everything I Ever Saw North American Tour
AnthologyL. J. Nightingale: Drawn
Writers & BooksPlaces in Rochester
- Photo City Music HallMusic venue · 56 coming up
- Seneca Park ZooZoo · 39 coming up
- Frederick Douglass Community Library (Rochester Public Library)Public library · 30 coming up
- Kodak CenterTheater · 26 coming up
- Three Heads BrewingBrewery · 18 coming up
- Sully Branch Library (Rochester Public Library)Public library · 17 coming up
- Arnett Branch Library (Rochester Public Library)Public library · 14 coming up
- Bug JarMusic venue / bar · 14 coming up
- Lincoln Branch Library (Rochester Public Library)Public library · 13 coming up
- Monroe County Parks 100 centennial eventsPark system · 13 coming up
- Maplewood Community Library (Rochester Public Library)Public library · 12 coming up
- Rochester Lilac FestivalFestival · 12 coming up
- Charlotte Branch Library (Rochester Public Library)Public library · 11 coming up
- Lyell Branch Library (Rochester Public Library)Public library · 7 coming up
- Phillis Wheatley Community Library (Rochester Public Library)Public library · 7 coming up
- Monroe Branch Library (Rochester Public Library)Public library · 6 coming up
- Susan B. Anthony Museum & HouseHistoric house museum · 6 coming up
- University of Rochester International Theatre ProgramUniversity theater · 6 coming up
- Winton Branch Library (Rochester Public Library)Public library · 6 coming up
- Record Archive Backroom LoungeRecord store and bar · 5 coming up
- ROC CinemaMovie theater · 5 coming up
- Rochester Public Market special eventsPublic market · 3 coming up
- City of Rochester special eventsCity events calendar · 1 coming up
- Rohrbach's Railroad St. Beer HallBrewery · 1 coming up
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