Rochester Lilac Festival

The 2026 Lilac Festival will run from Friday, May 8 - Sunday, May 17. For most information about the festival, visit the festival producer's site at https://www.roclilacfest.com.  General inquiries about the festival can also be addressed to [email protected].

We are beginning to update this page with new information for 2026.  As we receive new information, we will remove and replace old documents and links below.

Know Before You Go

OLD - General information on the the 2025 Lilac Festival - special events, parking, policies

Lilac Run Information:

The 2026 Lilac Run will be held on Sunday, May 17. 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 2026 concerts, click here.

Traffic Information, Parking Restrictions, Contact Information

As 2026 information becomes available, we will replace the individual documents linked in this section.  For those items that are not yet updated for the 2026, we are posting the most recent version available from a past festival as a general guideline.

OLD - Lilac Fest 2025 Parking Restrictions and Traffic Control Plan

NEW! - Lilac Fest 2026 Road Restrictions By Street.pdf

NEW! - Lilac Fest 2026 Staff & Visitor Info for St. Johns.pdf

OLD - Lilac Festival Neighborhood Contacts (pdf)

For additional information, please visit https://roclilacfest.com/.