The KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival spreads more than 600 performances across 30 or more venues in downtown Rochester over 12 days each September. Founded in 2012, it has grown into the largest multidisciplinary performing arts festival in New York State, anchored by a mirrored Spiegeltent theater and an outdoor bar and food-truck hub called Spiegelgarden.
It is a major upstate arts festival with strong public identity.
Rochester Fringe was the first North American fringe festival to feature a Spiegeltent, a traveling mirrored tent theater with roots in early-twentieth-century European entertainment, which now anchors the festival's central hub alongside Dawn's Spiegelgarden outdoor bar and food-truck area
Since its 2012 debut, the festival has drawn more than 1
1 million cumulative visitors across over 6,500 performances, and recent editions have introduced Circus in the City, a festival-within-a-festival of free outdoor circus and street theater performances
The Spiegeltent
a mirrored tent theater that Rochester Fringe was the first North American fringe festival to feature
has become the festival's signature venue and gathering point
hosting cabaret
comedy and music acts throughout the 12-day run each September
15–26 September 2026
Downtown Rochester is best.
Casual clothing suits most performances, with a layer for cooler September evenings; indoor venues vary from formal theater seating to standing-room cabaret-style spaces inside the...
Keep phone power, water, and a clear meeting point sorted before the main crowd arrives.
Rochester
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Rochester Fringe Festival is listed for 15–26 September 2026. Always re-check the official or local source close to travel.
The festival is listed in Rochester, United States. The map coordinate is a planning reference, not a guarantee of a ticket gate or exact venue.
12 days is the listed festival span. Add time for arrival, local transport, queues, and any route changes during the event.
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Rochester, NY
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