Events
Our community ed team loves to mingle with the ROC community!
There are still plenty of chances to drop by one of Rochester’s many events this summer and chat with us, pick up some pointers on HIV research, and grab some *stellar* swag.
Spring 2025
Lovers Ball
Saturday, Feb 22, 5 – 10pm
The 6th Annual Lovers Ball: “The Golden Era” will feature official commentator Iconic God Motha “Precious Old Navy” and Overseer Wayde Gianni. Tickets are $20 presale and $30 at the door.
U of R LGBTQ Well-Being Fair
Thursday, Feb 13, 2:30 – 4:30pm
Join us and other supportive organizations and student groups in the May Room in Wilson Commons for all things related to LFBTQ+ sexual and mental health and friendship.
U of R Student Employment Fair
Wednesday, Feb 5, 2:30 – 4:30pm
U of R LGBTQ Spring Social
Wednesday, Jan 20, 4:30 – 5:30pm
PAST EVENTS
Fall 2024
Undergrad seminar at Nazareth
Friday, Oct 11, 12:30 – 1:30
Research fellow Rachel Simpson will speak with undergraduate science students on the basics of clinical research and her own work in HIV vaccine science. This talk is open to the public; please contact us at rva_cer@urmc.rochester.edu for location details.
Hair & Health Symposium
Sunday, Oct 13, 3 – 7pm
Edgerton R-Center
“It’s all about you!” Rudi will be on hand to chat during this hair-centric event, featuring presentations by hair, skin and health experts. Free admission; dinner and door prizes included!
Meet at the Stardust Ballroom at the Edgerton R-Center, 41 Backus Street, between 3 – 7 pm. Presented by Common Ground Health and the Get It Done initiative; sponsored by UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute Community Outreach and Engagement Department.
SUNY Brockport Fall Health and Wellness Fair
Wednesday Oct 22, 11am – 2pm
Seymour Union Ballroom
This fair is aimed at connecting students, faculty, and staff to community health and wellness services. It is in the Seymour Union Ballroom. Vendors are asked to arrive by 10:30 a.m.; table and chairs provided.
Sex and Chocolate Fair
Thursday, Oct 31, 2:30 – 4:30 pm
Hirst Lounge, Wilson Commons, U of R
This annual event is sponsored by University Health Services’ Health Promotion Office at U of R. As found on their website, “Through our health education initiatives, we aim to increase knowledge, build skills, and influence students’ motivation to adopt healthy habits.”
Westside Farmers Market
Tuesday, Sept 24, 4 – 7 pm
St. Monica’s Church parking lot
831 Genesee Street
We’re back Sept. 24, tabling and enjoying the PLEX neighborhood. Free parking at 34 Monica Street.
Black Pride Health Fair
Saturday, Sept 21, 1 – 4 pm
Rochester Black Pride‘s “Health is Wealth” resource fair features panelists Terence Pleasant, Pari Faison Lucas, Taurus Savant and Javannah Davis along with organizations committed to keeping you healthy (like us!). It’s Saturday, 1 – 4 pm at Staybridge Suites on Genesee Street.
RIT Fall Community Service Fair
Friday, Sept 20
We’ll be joining 30+ other Rochester community organizations in The SHED between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., to commune with RIT students and spread the word about our studies. This fair is part of RIT’s FallFest.
🏳️🌈Red Wings Pride Night – Take 2!
Tuesday, Sept 17
The original June game was rained out, so we get another Pride Night at Innovation Field! Same gig, though: we’ll be handing out our traditional pre-game Skittles and tabling with swag and tips on HIV prevention in the concourse.
First pitch is at 7:05 p.m. Get tickets at https://www.milb.com/rochester/tickets.
Brighton Farmers Market
Sunday, August 25, 9am – 1 pm
Brighton High School parking lot
1150 Winton Road S.
Westside Farmers Market
Tuesday, August 27, 4 – 7 pm
St. Monica’s Church parking lot
831 Genesee Street
We’ll be here Aug. 27 and Sept. 24, tabling and enjoying the PLEX neighborhood. Free parking at 34 Monica Street.
Pride Parade (Walk with us!)
Saturday, July 20
line up at 10 a.m.; parade starts at 11 a.m.
It’s the happiest day of the year! And this year, the parade and festival will have a new route and location: Up South Avenue from Science Parkway, landing in Highland Park.
As always, we invite YOU to march with us along the parade route. Send us an email at volunteer@rochestervictoryalliance.org and let us know your t-shirt size, if you don’t already have an RVA shirt.
City of Rochester Pride Flag Raising
Monday, July 15, 5 – 8 p.m.
39 W. Main St, Rochester
Pride Picnic
Sunday, July 14, noon – 6 p.m.
This year the picnic is being held at the Roundhouse Shelter at Genesee Valley Park. We’ll be one of the many community info tables there, enjoying the music, food trucks (yum) and entertainment along with a few thousand of our Rochester friends. More details and ticket info
Red Wings Pride Night
Wednesday, June 26
In what has become a beloved part of Pride celebrations in Rochester, the Red Wings will face off against the Scranton W/B Rail Riders with post-game fireworks. We’ll be handing out what’s become our tradition, too: free Skittles!
First pitch is at 7:05 p.m. Get tickets at https://www.milb.com/rochester/tickets.
Henrietta Pride
Monday, June 24, 5:30 – 8:00 p.m.
455 Calkins Rd
Join us for the Town of Henrietta’s 6th Annual Pride Festival, with a flag raising, music, food trucks, drag performers, authors’ corner, community tables and vendors, volleyball, bounce house, lawn games, pop-up library, live action role play table, balloons for kids, tutu making, face painting, and crafts.
The Armory “Themata” Market
Saturday, June 22, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
The Culver Road Armory (145 Culver in Rochester) hosts Themata — an arts and craft market featuring local artisans — on selected Saturdays throughout the summer. Themata donates some of the proceeds to a variety of social causes. The June 22 Themata will help raise funds for the Trevor Project and Mocha, and we’re excited to be tabling that day, too.
ROC Juneteenth 5K Run/Walk
Wednesday, June 19, 1 p.m.
This year’s Juneteenth 5K Run/Walk is meshed with an afterparty of live jazz starting at 4 p.m. It’s a great family event that starts and ends at Genesee Valley Park’s Riverbend Shelter.
Register online or the day of the event (from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.). Benefits go to constructing the Civil Rights Heritage Park at Baden Park.
FLX Pride
Saturday, June 15, 1 – 9 p.m.
Finger Lakes Pride is put on by the Family Counseling Service of the Finger Lakes. The festivities take place at 35 Lake Front Drive in Geneva (along the northern tip of Seneca Lake).