east end festival rochester ny
The first of summer’s East End Music Festivals is Friday, June 5. [1]
The Downtown Fitness Club East End Music Festival marks the kick-off of the 17th year of East End Festivals, which provide an opportunity for Rochester visitors and residents to experience the city as well as a fun night out. [...] The first party of the year is happening Friday, June 1, 2007, downtown at the Downtown Fitness Club East End Music Festival in Rochester, New York. [2]
In addition, Temple Bar and Grill owner Mike O’Leary, who runs the music end of the festival, is partnering with insider/Metromix on a Battle of the Bands competition. [3]
If you can’t get there early or late on June 5, you have two more chances to attend East End Music Festivals this summer - on July 10 and Aug. 14. [1]
“They will walk around and challenge festival-goers to do 30 seconds of pushups, then hand out prizes for the most pushups.” [3]
Tickets costing $25 entitle holders to catered food, private restrooms, complimentary beer and a view of two music stages from the VIP tent. [1]
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“At 6 p.m., most of the crowd is age 40 or older. [...] Hutchings says that the event - held on three Fridays in June, July and August - has been “unfairly labeled as a nothing more than a frat party. [1]
“We’re going to have a ‘Pushup Patrol’ of girls in camouflage bikinis,” says John Hutchings, owner of the Downtown Fitness Center, who’s managed the festival for the past five of its 19 years. [3]
If you go to the first East End Music Festival of 2009 on Friday, June 5, you might notice the addition of a sixth stage on Scio Street. [1]
“It is a fun time, but the focus isn’t on drinking. [3]
Located in Rochester’s East End, an area hopping with clubs, coffee shops, restaurants, and cultural centers including the Eastman Theatre, Memorial Art Gallery, and Little Theatre, the music festival will feature 12 bands on five different stages for an admission fee of only $3.00, with parking available for only two dollars at the nearby East End Garage (accessible at the Scio Street entrance via Main Street by the Eastman Theatre). [2]
The winner will play a 6 p.m. [3]
Sources:
[1] East End Music Festival ‘09 | Metromix Rochester
[2] Downtown Fitness Club East End Music Festival - Rochester Blog
[3] East End Festival ‘09 | democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle