Press Releases

The community of Rochester, N.Y., the home of women’s suffrage pioneer Susan B. Anthony, has undertaken special preparations to mark election day in 2016. As millions of Americans prepare to head to

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me recorded live in Rochester NPR's long-running weekly quiz show Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me was broadcast from a familiar backdrop this past weekend following the popular show's live recording at Rochester's Auditorium Theatre .  

Innovations from more than 600 scientific, technical and educational presentations will be highlighted during  The Optical Society’s  (OSA) 100th Annual Meeting ,  Frontiers in Optics  (FiO)/Laser Congress (LS) 2016 in Rochester, N.Y October 17th to 20 th .

Music aficionados in and around Rochester, NY will have the opportunity to experience the unique sights and sounds of the English handbell July 12-16 at a number of daily concerts, when Handbell

The New York State Public High School Athletic Association today announced that the New York State Boys Lacrosse Championship for the next three years (championship years 2017, 2018 and 2019) will take place in Rochester, N.Y. 

Visit Rochester welcomes the World Kobudo Federation to Rochester, N.Y., May 6-8 for the group’s biennial International Martial Arts Conference. 

Inaugural convention to draw fans of comics, television and film Flower City Comic Con, a brand new convention for fans – by fans – will debut this weekend in Rochester, N.Y. Flower City Comic

VisitRochester.com Recognized as "Best of Web" Visit Rochester, the official tourism promotion agency for Monroe County and Greater Rochester, has been recognized as a “ Best of the Web ” award winner

Visit Rochester and the Monroe County Sports Commission will welcome more than 1,700 bowlers to Rochester over the course of the next month as bowlers compete in the 80th annual New York State (NYS)

The 2016 Explore Greater Rochester Guide , the official visitor’s guide to Greater Rochester and Monroe County, is now available. The Explore publication is a partnership between Visit Rochester and