In order to make a more secure and better defined festival area, Monroe County Parks will install a fence around this year’s Rochester Lilac Festival, organizers announced Monday morning. The green, plastic mesh fencing will be installed around the event’s entertainment area in Highland Park for the duration of the festival, which will run May […]
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CONCERT UPDATE: Lilac Fest announces three headliners
The Rochester Lilac Festival today announced three headliners for the 2014 edition of the festival, which will take place May 9-17 in Highland Park. The concerts announced for the newly named CarMax Center Stage are: -World-music/pop/jam act Rusted Root, which will perform Thursday, May 15. -Reggae legends The Original Wailers, performing Saturday, May 17. -Pop/rock […]
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The artist of Highland Park
Monroe County horticulturist Tom Pollock ventures out into Highland Park often when the mornings are barely light. Driving a small green John Deere utility cart with its rear platform stocked with pruning shears, saws, shovels, and maybe an edger, Pollock patrols the park’s 155 acres for trees and shrubs in need of seasonal maintenance or […]
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Concert Review: The Slackers, Mikaela Davis, The Smithereens, Big Sandy
UPDATE 5/21/13 to correct the spelling of Pat DiNizio’s name. The Slackers are just so cool. The Bug Jar was like a Frigidaire when these Brooklyn cats rolled through town to rock steady last Thursday night. The band’s groove is punctuated by an understated beat; it hits your hips and feet but never clobbers you […]
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Rochester Lilac Festival announces 2013 schedule
The 115-year-old Lilac Festival announced details of its 2013 edition this morning, including a new official title for the event — the Rochester Lilac Festival. The festival will run May 10-19 in Highland Park. The festival grounds will be open daily 10:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m. and admission remains free. Headliners for the festival main stage this […]
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Lilac Festival 2005
The Lilac Fest opens Friday, May 13, and runs through Sunday, May 22. It is 10 days of heady fun not only celebrating our city’s love affair with a certain purple bloom, but also heralding the opening of a long and full summer festival season.
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Rochester’s 2004 Lilac Festival
It’s bloom time Our 10-day homage to the heady lilac has returned: This year’s Lilac Festival will run from Friday, May 14, through Sunday, May 23. The festival doesn’t only give us more incentive to enjoy the well-designed acres of Highland Park, or herald the opening of the long and busy summer festival season. […]
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Rochester’s 2004 Lilac Festival
It’s bloom time Our 10-day homage to the heady lilac has returned: This year’s Lilac Festival will run from Friday, May 14, through Sunday, May 23. The festival doesn’t only give us more incentive to enjoy the well-designed acres of Highland Park, or herald the opening of the long and busy summer festival season. […]
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Reader Feedback 5.28.03
Defending the war In regard to your response to Mr. Pritchard in the May 7 issue: Many of your statements are without merit. First: The war was not a violation of the UN Charter and other international agreements. The UN Charter allows for self defense. And the prior UN resolution, passed without dissent, stated […]
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Reader Feedback 5.14.03
Invest in schools As I began to read Charles Deering’s comments on the Rochester school budget (The Mail, April 23), I settled in to enjoy his sarcasm as he imitated ignoramuses who believe that schools are not the most important investment we can make. Imagine my shock when I realized that his ludicrous comments were […]
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The 2003 LilacFestival
Once again, the blooming has begun among the 22 acres of lilac bushes in Highland Park. Enter the Lilac Festival, Rochester’s oldest and largest festival, held this year from Friday, May 9, through Sunday, May 18, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. A half-million people will descend on the park, and there’ll be enough […]
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Highland Bowl concerts, Gay Alliance issues, UR pornography
Hold the concert in the Bowl I support the Lilac Committee’s decision to have a concert in the Highland Bowl during the Lilac Festival. The Lilac Festival comes after a long, hard winter. It symbolizes the beginning of the outdoor summer festivals. It is a time to get outside and enjoy our beautiful Highland Park, […]
