Rochester Lilac Festival
The 2025 Lilac Festival will run from Friday, May 9th- Sunday, May 18th. While the Monroe County Parks Department is not the main producer of the Lilac Festival, it is the largest event that happens in the Monroe County Parks System. For more information about the Festival you can visit Roclilacfest.com, or email the event organizers at [email protected].
Know Before You Go
General information on the the 2025 Lilac Festival - special events, parking, policies
Lilac Run Information:
The Lilac Run will be held on Sunday, May 18th. To sign up for the Lilac Run, click here. To view the Lilac Run race course, click here.
10 Days of Free Concerts!
For more information regarding Lilac Festival concerts, click here.
2024/2025 Traffic Information, Parking Restrictions, Contact Information
As 2025 information becomes available, we will replace the individual documents linked in this section. For those items that are not yet updated for the 2025 festival, we are leaving the 2024 information on the page as a reference.
NEW - Lilac Fest 2025 Parking Restrictions and Traffic Control Plan
OLD - Lilac Fest 2024 Road Restrictions By Street.pdf
OLD - Lilac Fest 2024 Staff & Visitor Info for St. Johns.pdf
NEW - Lilac Festival Neighborhood Contacts (pdf)
For additional information, please visit https://roclilacfest.com/.
