The second annual City of Rochester
Roc Holiday Village presented by Five Star Bank opens today Friday, December 6th at 4 p.m. at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park, 353 Court St. in downtown Rochester, NY.
Roc Holiday Village will present 14 days of family-friendly activities for people of all ages including a Shopping Village, Santa’s Workshop, free photos with Santa, free ice skating and ice events, holiday celebrations, live music, The Lodge Bar and Restaurant with rotating pop-up restaurants, food trucks, free kids crafts, crafts classes for adults (tickets required) and more! In 2018, the event drew over 100,000 people of all ages from all over the region.
Friday, December 6 – Opening Day!
- Free Ice Skating 4:00 pm – 10 p.m.
- Santa’s Workshop 4:00 pm – 9 p.m.
- Free Crafts for Kids 4 – 9 p.m.
- The Lodge Bar & Restaurant: 4 – 11 p.m.
- Marty’s Meats Pop-up Restaurant 4. – 11 p.m.
- Village Shopping 4 – 10 p.m.
- Artist Corinne Fallone signs 2019 Commemorative Posters 5 – 6 p.m.
- RMSC presents: “Two Scientists Walk Into a Bar…” 5:30 – 8:30 p.m.
- Live music: Stephen Morris Quartet’s “A Charlie Brown Christmas” 7 – 11 p.m.
- Ice Skating 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.
- Santa’s Workshop 11 a.m. – 9 p.m. (Santa will be “on-break” from 4 to 7 p.m. participating in the Parade on December 7)
- Free Crafts for Kids, YMCA of Greater Rochester Gingerbread House, 11 a.m. – 9 p.m.
- Curling Demo & Instruction, Rochester Curling Club 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
- Village Shopping 11 – 10 p.m.
- The Lodge Bar & Restaurant 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.
- Marty’s Meats Pop-up Restaurant 4 – 11 p.m.
- Meet Santa, Rudolph, Elves, & local sports team mascots, Liberty Pole 4:30 p.m.
- Lighting of the Liberty Pole with Mayor Lovely Warren 5 p.m.
- Family holiday parade with Mayor Warren from Liberty Pole to Roc Holiday Village at Dr. MLK Jr, Park 5:10 p.m.
- Parade arrival at Roc Holiday Village for official tree lighting 5:30 p.m.
- RMSC presents: Two Scientists Walk Into a Bar, The Lodge, 5:30 – 8:30 p.m.
- Live music: Prime Time Brass Band, The Lodge, 6 – 7:00 p.m.
- Live music: Boptet, The Lodge, 8 – 11:00 p.m.
Sunday December 8
- Wreath-making class – tickets no longer available, 9 – 10:45 a.m.
- Storytime with Santa – ticketed, SOLD OUT 9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m.
- Free Ice Skating 10 a.m – 6 p.m.
- Santa’s Workshop 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
- Village Shopping 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
- The Lodge Bar & Restaurant 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
- Learn to Skate, Free 1:30 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.
- Free Crafts for Kids – 3 – 6 p.m.
- Marty’s Meats Pop-up Restaurant 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.