Rochester's annual River Romance event is set for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 9, 10 and 11.
The schedule of events can be found here.
There is something for everyone to love as the community devotes an entire weekend to celebrating the beauty and majesty of Rochester's Genesee River during this peak autumn foliage season.
Renew your vows on the Pont de Rennes Bridge in High Falls Historic District. Explore by foot, bike or water, the beauty of the Genesee River way Trail. Explore the City’s newest riverfront district, Brooks Landing. Take a haunted gorge tour. Pick up your River Romance Passport for discounts at local restaurants and businesses. Fish for salmon below the Lower Falls, climb the tower of an 1822 vintage lighthouse. Take a romantic cruise on the Mary Jemison or the paddle-wheeled Harbor town Belle. Put a team together to take part in the expanded, two-day Head of the Genesee Invitational Regatta.
A myriad of opportunities will be offered by the City in partnership with numerous collaborators. The weekend includes over 40 separate events: historic walking tours, bicycle treks, boat rides and races, nature walks, concerts and lakeside family fun, plus horticultural workshops and festivities all along the river corridor.
Use your River Romance Passport for discounts at the locations of particiapting merchants.