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Venues: Performing Arts

The Arts & Cultural Council Artists Issues Committee compiled the following list to share performing venues with artists. If the listed information is inaccurate or you think we should add other new spaces, please call the Arts & Cultural Council at 473-4000 to make the changes.

Compiled by: Artists Issues Committee, Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester

Major Performing Arts Venues

Public Buildings and Smaller Facilities


Major Performing Arts Venues

Arena at the War Memorial (1200)
100 Exchange Boulevard
Rochester, New York 14614
Contact: Jeff Calkins, General Manager
546-2030 

Auditorium Theatre (2500)
875 E. Main Street|
Rochester , New York 14605
Contact: John Parkhurst
325-7760 x 233

Downstairs Cabaret (100)
20 Winsor St.
Rochester, New York 14605
Contact: Chris Kawolsky
325-4370

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Eastman Theatre
26 Gibbs Street
Rochester, New York 14604
Eastman Theatre -(3094)
Cominsky Promenade - (400)
Kilbourn Hall - (459)
Contact: Andrew Green
274-1100

Finger Lakes Performing Arts Center
(2,200 seats;10,000 w/lawn)
FLCC Main Campus, Lincoln Hill Road
Canandaigua, New York 14424
222-5000

Genesee Country Museum
PO Box 310
Mumford, New York 14511
Exhibition Hall -(500)
Education Center Auditorium - (200)
Contact: Reservations Director
538-6822 

Geva Theatre
75 Woodbury Boulevard
Rochester, New York 14607
Mainstage - (552)
Contact: Administration
232-1366 

Harro East Theatre & Ballroom
155 North Chestnut
Rochester, New York 14604
( theatre -1,000, cabaret style 510)
Contact: Debby F letcher
454-0230

Hochstein Music School
50 North Plymouth Avenue
Rochester, New York 14614
Performance Hall - (900)
(open Jan. 99)
Taylor Auditorium - (100)
Contact: Anne Ferris
454-4403  

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Jewish Community Center
1200 Edgewood Avenue
Rochester, New York 14618
Contact: Tom Clark
461-2000 ext. 246
Alfred & Ida Hart Theatre - (306)

Memorial Art Gallery
of the University of Rochester
500 University Avenue
Rochester, New York 14607
Auditorium - (296) - nonprofits only
Green Room - (100)
Vanden Brul Pavilion-(250)
Cutler Auditorium - (400)
Contact: Paula Zahniser, Events Coordinator
473-7720 ext. 3006 

Monroe Community College
1000 East Henrietta Road
Rochester, New York 14623
Theatre-(578)
Contact: Jean Cray
292-2175 ext. 580 

National Technical Institute for the Deaf
Rochester Institute of Technology
116 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, New York 14623
Ingle Auditorium - (500)
Panara Theater - (500)
475-5012

Nazareth College Arts Center
4245 East Avenue
Rochester, New York 14618
Main Auditorium - (1100)
(2) Small Auditoriums - (198, 191)
Contact: Terry Meyer
389-2174

Rochester Association of Performing Arts
(RAPA) (185)
727 East Main Street
Rochester, New York 14605
Contact: Judy Andreano
325-3366

Rochester Museum and Science Center
657 East Avenue
Rochester, New York 14603
Eisenhart Auditorium - (400)
Strasenburgh Planetarium - (229)
Contact: Anita Angelico
271- 1880

Shipping Dock Theatre
3690 East Avenue
Rochester, New York 14618
Black Box Theatre- (110)
Contact: Fran & Barbara Biddy
385-8400

Strong Museum, Auditorium (290)
One Manhattan Square
Rochester, New York 14607
Contact: Gina Penny
263-2700

SUNY Brockport
Brockport, New York 14420
Contact: Richard St. George
395-2478
Tower Fine Arts Theatre - (400)
(Not usually rented out)

Theatre on the Ridge (2200)
Kodak Park
200 Ridge Road West
Rochester, New York 14692
Contact: Patty Jacox
588-2662

 University of Rochester -River Campus
Rochester, New York 14627
Strong -(1000)
Hubbell Auditorium - (500)
May Room, Wilson Commons -(400)
Contact: Nancy DeLong
275-2330

UPStage3 At The Aud
Capacity 250
875 East Main Street
3rd Floor
Rochester, New York 14607
Contact: Linda Crandall-Mars
Phone: 247-9288 or 704-9288

Visual Studies Workshop
31 Prince Street
Rochester, NY 14607
Performing Space - Available in 1999
Contact: Nathan Lyons
442-8676

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Performing Arts Venues
Public Buildings and Smaller Facilities

Asbury First United Methodist Church (900)
1050 East Avenue
Rochester, New York 14607
Contact:Carol Martin
271-1050

Baker -Cederberg Museum Archives (125)
1425 Portland Avenue
Rochester, New York 14621
Contact: Phil Maples
336-3521

Center at High Falls
60 Browns Race
Rochester, New York 14614
Seneca Room - (150)
Contact: Mark Lista
423-0000

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Christ Church (400)
141 East Avenue
Rochester, New York 14604
Contact: Maryanne Sickels
454-3878

Danforth Community Center
200 West Avenue
Rochester, New York
Contact: Kathy Warren
428-6746

Edgerton Community Center (200)
The Starlight Ballroom
41 Backus Street
Rochester, New York
Contact: Chris Sosolski
428-6769

First Unitarian Church of Rochester
220 Winton Road South
Rochester, New York 14610
Contact: Shirley Warren, Church Admin.
271-9070

Greece Athena High School (200)
880 Long Pond Road
Rochester, New York 14612
Contact: Maureen Hedberg
225-9600 x 2020

Greece Arcadia High School (715)
120 Island Cottage Road
Rochester, New York 14612
Contact: Athletic Office
621-3860

Greece Olympia High School (1000)
1139 Maiden Lane
Rochester, New York 14615
Contact: Maureen Hedberg
225-9600 x 2020

Greece Apollo Middle School (850)
750 Maiden Lane
Rochester, New York 14615
Contact: Maureen Hedberg
225-9600 x 2020

New York Museum of Transportation (25)
PO Box 136
6393 E. River Road
West Henrietta, New York 14586
Contact: James Dierks
533-1113

Pearce Memorial Church
4322 Buffalo Road
North Chili, New York 14514
Sanctuary -(1200)
Parmeter Hall (400-500)
Contact: Nelson Hill or Kathryn Smith Martin
594-9488

Rochester Historical Society (60)
485 East Avenue
Rochester, New York 14607
Contact: Meghan Lodge
271-2705

Rochester - Monroe County Public Library (200)
Kate Gleason Auditorium
114 South Avenue
Rochester, New York 14604
Contact: Chris Doyle, 428-8325 or Gail Boldt, 428-8046

St. Thomas Episcopal Church (150)
(Studio or performance)
2000 Highland Ave.
Rochester, New York 14618
Contact: Rob Ferris
442-3544

Temple Beth El
139 Winton Road South
Rochester, New York 14610
Contact: Rabbi Raphael Adler
473-1770

Temple B'rith Kodesh (350)
2131 Elmwood Avenue Rochester,
New York 14618
Contact: Lynne Goldberg
244-7060

The Spectrum Gallery at Lumiere Photo
439 Monroe Avenue
Rochester, NY 14607
Contact: Bill Edwards
461-4447

Writers and Books
740 University Avenue
Rochester, New York 14607
Auditorium - (65)
Contact: Vicki Files
473-2590

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