Guest Info

Be kind to the neighborhood and your pocketbook and obey the parking rules. Vehicles parked illegally on the side streets surrounding the Lilac Festival and Highland Park will be ticketed and/or towed.

Parking: $7.00 per car

Close-in parking is available every day at three locations. If using driving directions or GPS, please enter
one of the following three Public Parking Lot coordinates in your destination field.

Lot 1, Main Lot | Adjacent to 1000 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NV 14620. Elmwood Avenue is
south of the Lilac Festival site. Enter from Elmwood Ave.

Lot 2, Goodman Street Lot| Located at 1065 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620. Enter on Elmwood Avenue. Click for directions

Motor coaches and other group tour vehicles must stop at the bus and motor coach check-in booth at
the corner of Highland and South Avenues before discharging their passengers. Bus Drivers will be
directed to a drop off point close to the purple cross walk. Once passengers have been discharged,
vehicles will be directed to free parking.
The parade takes place on Saturday, May 13th at 10:30 am. It will begin et South Avenue at Science
Parkway, and travel down South Avenue to Highland Avenue ending at Goodman Street. High School
Marching Bands, Police Pipe & Drum, local dignitaries and colorful floats are expected to participate in
the parade.

People with disabilities who have a wheelchair hang tag should use Public Parking Lot 2 and enter from
South Avenue.

Shuttle Service to and from the festival site operates continuously from 10:00am through 9:00pm each
Saturday and Sunday with pick up and drop off at the corner of South Avenue and Highland Avenue near
the entrance to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Look for the signs. On the Parade Day Saturday, May
13 shuttle service will run to and from the festival site operating continuously from 8:30am through
9:00pm. Adult round trip shuttle cost is $5.00, children six and under ride free. Handicapped accessible
busses are available.

To use the Weekend Shuttle Service, park for free at Monroe Community College 1000 E Henrietta Road,
Rochester, NV 14623.

On Lilac Parade day, Saturday, May 13, 2023, shuttle service will operate continuously from 7:30 am to 9:00 pm.

Changes apply from May 12- May 21, 2023
Traffic Pattern Changes

Highland Avenue: One-way eastbound
Pinetum Drive: One way Westbound, from South Goodman St. to South Avenue
Reservoir Avenue: One way Westbound, from Pinetum Drive/Doctors Drive to Mt. Hope Avenue
Doctors Drive: Closed to Through Traffic
Highland Avenue: One way Eastbound, from South Avenue to South Goodman Street
Robinson Drive: One Way Eastbound, from Mt. hope Avenue to South Avenue

Road Closures
The Following roads will be Closed (Local Traffic Only)

Meadowbrook Road between Elmwood Ave and Highland Ave
Azalea Road between Elmwood Avenue and Highland Avenue
Laney Road between Elmwood Avenue and Highland Avenue
Gregory Hill Drive between Meigs Street and S. Goodman Street
Linden Avenue between South Avenue to Mount Hope Avenue

Art in the Park Closures
Reservoir Avenue between South Avenue and the Reservoir will be closed May 12, 13, & 14 and 19, 20,&21 for the art &
craft show. It will be closed 8am on Friday through 8pm on Sunday.

Parade Day Closures
The following streets are closed from 9:15 am to 12:15 pm for the parade on Saturday, May 13th, 2023:
South Avenue from East Henrietta Road to Highland Avenue
Highland Avenue from South Avenue to Goodman Street
Science Parkway from South Avenue
Booth Street from South Avenue to East Henrietta Road
Warrant Street from South Avenue to East Henrietta Road
Rosemount Street from South Avenue to East Henrietta Road
Fort Hill Terrace from South Avenue to East Henrietta Road
Wall Street from South Avenue to Mt. Hope Avenue
May Street from South Avenue to Mt. Hope Avenue
Stewart Street from South Avenue to Mt. Hope Avenue
Langslow Street from South Avenue to Mt. Hope Avenue
Gold Street from South Avenue to Mt. Hope Avenue
No-name-one way from Elmwood Avenue from South Avenue to Mt. Hope Avenue
Meadow Brook Road from South Avenue to Elmwood Avenue
Azalea Road from South Avenue to Elmwood Avenue
Laney Road from South Avenue to Elmwood Avenue

Traffic Pattern Changes

• Highland Avenue is one-way Eastbound from Goodman Street to South Avenue
• Pinetum Drive, One way Westbound, from South Goodman Street to Doctors Drive
• Reservoir Avenue, One way Westbound, from Pinetum Drive/ Doctors Drive to Mt. Hope Avenue
• Doctors Drive Closed to Through Traffic
• Robinson Drive, One Way Eastbound, from Mt. Hope Avenue to South Avenue

Road Closures

The following roads will be Closed (Local Traffic Only)

• Meadowbrook Road between Elmwood Avenue and Highland Avenue
• Azalea Road between Elmwood Avenue and Highland Avenue
• Laney Road between Elmwood Avenue and Highland Avenue
• Gregory Hill Road between Meigs Street and South Goodman Street
• Furman Crescent between Highland Avenue and Mt Hope Avenue
• Pavilion Street between South Avenue to West Dead End
• Linden Street between Mt Hope Avenue to South Avenue