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Your Guide to Downtown Rochester's Fire & Ice Fest

Here is what you need to know before you go.

 

The Fire & Ice Fest in downtown Rochester continues Saturday and Sunday. Here's a look at the events planned for both days. 

On Saturday

Overall festival hours: 10 a.m.-9 p.m.

Things to do: Check out the ice sculptures, displayed in front of shops around town. Enjoy the beer and food tent, located behind Rochester Mills Beer Co. Speed down the Third Street tubing hill (snow tubes provided). Roast marshmallows over the fire on Third and Main streets (s'more ingredients available for purchase in the nearby tent). There's a geo-cache scavenger hunt from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and snow-shoeing and cross-country skiing, too.

Scheduled attractions:

  • Dogsled demos and rides: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
  • Broom ball demos on the outdoor skating rink: 11-11:40 a.m. and 12:45-1:05 p.m.
  • Ice skating: 10-11a.m. and 1:10-9 p.m. (bring your own skates).
  • Horse-drawn trolley rides: 1 - 4 p.m. (free)
  • Fireworks: 8-8:15 p.m.

On Sunday

Festival hours: 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Things to do: Check out the ice sculptures, displayed in front of shops around town. Enjoy the beer and soup tent, located behind Rochester Mills Beer Co. Speed down the Third Street tubing hill (snow tubes provided). Roast marshmallows over the fire on Third and Main streets (s'more ingredients available for purchase in the nearby tent).

Scheduled attractions:

  • A "soup-off," featuring soups made by local vendors. It's in the beer and food tent from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Vote for your favorite.
  • Onyx Figure Skating Exhibition from 12-12:30 p.m.
  • Closing ceremony at 3 p.m.
Did you attend the Fire & Ice Fest? Tell us in the comments.

David Gifford

1:26 pm on Sunday, January 30, 2011

We went last night and had a great time! We actually watched the fireworks through the window of our near by condo then walked into town. We took in every ice sculpture (seemed to be a Toy Story theme), got hot chocolate at Sanders, some snacks at Chomp and finished the evening at Penny Black. My guests were up from Royal Oak and Troy and really enjoyed themselves. It was great to see so many stores open and hundreds of people out enjoying themselves.

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