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Geva Theatre Center is a regional, not-for-profit, professional theatre company based in Rochester, New York. It is housed in an 1868 building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, located in Rochester at 75 Woodbury Boulevard. The Center has full seasons of programming, in addition to discussions based on plays and staged ...
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre is the largest performance venue at the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester, located in downtown Rochester, New York, United States. The theatre was established by industrialist George Eastman and opened on September 4, 1922, as a center for music, dance, and silent film, with orchestral and ...
In 2010, 162,000 people attended the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival's 250 concerts presented over nine days, breaking the record set the prior year of 133,000. [ 2 ] 2011 saw another record-setting year with 285 concerts presented over nine days and in 18 different venues.
The First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival expanded to 10 days in 2013 -- held September 19–28 -- and drew more than 50,000 attendees to 360 performances at more than 20 venues. [7] Headliners included comedians Marc Maron , Dave Barry , and "Cirque du Fringe," a Cirque du Soleil-type show created for the festival. [ 8 ] "
Pages in category "Sports venues in Rochester, New York" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Blue Cross Arena, also known as the War Memorial, is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Rochester, New York. For hockey and lacrosse, its seating capacity is 10,662. The arena opened on October 18, 1955, as the Rochester Community War Memorial .
After the opening of the Erie Canal, which flowed through downtown Rochester until the early 20th century, the area boomed as a result of the city's flour industry. By 1834, some 20 flour mills were producing 500,000 barrels annually, the population reached 13,500 and the city area expanded to 4,000 acres (16 km 2). Rochester was then re ...
Years later, the Country Club of Rochester course was refined by Robert Trent Jones, a local man who was inspired by Ross as a boy, and ultimately followed in his hero's footsteps to become one of the most famous architects in the game. [4] The golfing legend Walter Hagen started caddying at the Country Club of Rochester when he was 7½ years old.