
The Market's Famous Food Truck Rodeos
It’s fabulous fun: food on four wheels featuring the community's creative mobile cuisine! Just about everything and anything that could be served from a truck can be found at Food Truck Rodeos!
While you experience Rochester's best food trucks at Rodeos, you'll also enjoy local music, dancing and entertainment. See you at the Rodeos!
The Food Truck Rodeos are on the last Wednesday of the Month, April-September!
2023 Dates:
- April 26 with Jumbo Shrimp (pop/ rock)
- May 31 with FolkFaces (blues, rock)
- June 28 with Tommy Brunett Band (rock)
- July 26 with iGNiTE Band (reggae)
- August 30 with Junkyard Field Trip (indie)
- September 27 with Big Blue House (folk rock/blues)
*All rodeos are 5 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Rules, Regulations, Tips
- No shirt, no shoes, no entry.
- All bags are subject to search.
- No smoking in or under sheds.
- No pets except for service animals
- No bicycles in event area (although we encourage you to ride to the event, we have lots of bike parking).
- No skateboards or in-line skates.
- No drones.
- One sealed water bottle per person can be brought in; no other food or beverages.
We highly recommend bringing some lawn chairs and even a fold-out table. We guarantee there won't be enough of our picnic tables to accommodate the hordes of Food Truck Rodeo enthusiasts. And we highly recommend carpooling, transit, biking!
Do you have a food truck and interested in vending? at Food Truck Rodeos?
*Download the 2023 Food Truck Rodeo Application!* Please submit it to the Public Market Office, 280 N. Union Street, Tuesday-Friday mornings. Call 585-428-6907 or email PMarket@cityofrochester.gov Tuesday-Friday mornings with questions.
And see the City of Rochester's regulations governing food trucks, carts, and trailers at www.cityofrochester.gov/foodtrucks.
Download the new City Food Truck-Cart-Trailer Ordinance
History
The Food
Truck Rodeos at the Public Market began in 2011, when Market Director Jim
Farr attended a similar event in a fairground outside of Orlando, Florida.
Upon his return, he spoke to staff and John Urlaub, owner of Rohrbach’ s
Brewery located adjacent to the Market, and together they developed the model
that has become a popular family-themed, eat-a thon with live music accompaniment! It is not unusual to have over 40 food trucks and carts at a single Food Truck Rodeo.
Held
on the last Wednesday of the months of April through September, the Food Truck
Rodeos often draw more than 5,000 hungry patrons from throughout the Rochester
region.
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