3 Best Performing Arts Venues in Canandaigua, The Finger Lakes

The state-of-the-art outdoor amphitheater at the Constellation Brands Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center is the summer home of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. It also hosts internationally known rock, blues, jazz, and pop musicians, with seating for 15,000 under a band shell and on the grass-covered hillside.

More than 200 arts and crafts vendors line the downtown sidewalks for this annual festival, held on a weekend in mid-July.

More than 150 local and national artists display their work on the north shore of Canandaigua Lake as part of this juried show. The event is held the last full weekend in July.