KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival

Organizers of this festival hoped to attract 15,000 attendees when it started in 2012; they got 33,000, and 50,000 the next year. The festival features a wide-ranging slate of artistic performances, from theater to dance and music, at venues throughout the East End, including a magnificent and rare Spiegeltent from Belgium. This was the first Fringe Festival in Upstate New York, and now it's one of the biggest in the country. Its free outdoor spectacle performances are a unique feature that you won't find at most other festivals.

Getting there: East End
Hours: Mid-to-late Sep
Price: $3-25 per individual event
Website: rochesterfringe.com (opens in a new tab)

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