Area Activity Guide: Fairport Music Festival
August 2016
A Festival to Feel Good About
As Festival City USA, Rochester has a wealth of celebrations that are inspiring, interesting, informative, and fun. But what if you could be doing good just by attending one of them?
Plenty of festivals have a fundraising element, but only the Fairport Music Festival donates all proceeds from the event to the Golisano Children’s Hospital at Strong. Now approaching its 12th year of operations, the Festival has grown into a local and regional favorite for thousands to celebrate the event and the community’s great fortune in having a stand-alone Children’s Hospital in the greater Rochester Area. Over the last 12 years, the Fairport Music Festival has donated nearly $1 Million to Golisano Children’s Hospital!
More than 30 spectacular bands will provide entertainment throughout the weekend of August 25th and 26th. The event includes children’s activities, games, crafts, and festival foods provided by many area food trucks and vendors. There is even a section for not-for-profit agencies to share information about their presence in the community.
Performance Schedule
FRIDAY NIGHT – 8/26/2016 – 5:00 PM-10:00 PM
5:00 – Jumbo Shrimp
6:15 – Adam Ezra Group
8:15 – Alan Doyle & The Beautiful Gypsies
Saturday – 8/27/2016 – 12:00 – 10:00 PM
EAST STAGE- POWER
12:00 – Miller & The Other Sinners
1:15 – Mud Creek
2:45 – Dirty Bourbon Blues Band
4:15 – Redeye Jack
6:30 – Root Beer Beaver
8:30 – Hall Pass
NORTH STAGE – RAILROAD
12:00 – Camp ROC Star
1:15 – Dead Letter Office
2:45 – Tommy Brunett Band
4:15 – Brass Taxi
5:45 – The Buzzards
7:30 – Download
9:00 – Northside Johnny
SOUTH STAGE – CANAL
12:00 – The Cool Club & Lipker Sisters
1:15 – Wood Street Blood Hounds
2:45 – Cinnamon Jones
4:15 – Teagan & The Tweeds
5:45 – Jumbo Jam with the FMF All-Stars
7:30 – Junkyardfieldtrip
9:00 – Campbell Brothers
B-Side
1:00 – Jack West
2:00 – Rock, Paper, Scissors
3:00 – Luke Metzler
4:00 – Bobby Rosato
Tow Path Café
12:30 – Mike Speranza
1:45 – Walt O’Brien
3:00 – Gene Romano
4:15 – Jon Lewis
Kids’ Stuff
- The Magic Guy
- Gadgets the Clown
- Airplay Comedy Juggling
- Paint Ball
- Rock Wall
- Sports Bounce House
- Airbrush Tattoo Artist
- Kids arts and crafts tables
- Bristol Mountain Aerial Adventures
Event Details
The Fairport Music and Food Festival
Friday, August 26th & Saturday, August 27th, 2016
Lift Bridge Lane in the Village of Fairport
Admission: $15 in advance/$20 day of/Free for kids 12 & under
No outside food or coolers, please.
Chairs & blankets are okay.
Getting There
This year, a shuttle will pick up festival attendees at Minerva De Land School and drop off at the intersection of Liftbridge and Main on a continuous loop from 3pm until 11 pm, Saturday, August 27. There is also FREE parking in the Village Landing and Packett’s Landing lots on the South Side of the Erie Canal, as well as additional space off North Main Street in any of the Village of Fairport parking lots. For more information, check out the event’s website.