3nd Annual Rochester Queer Arts Festival

Saturday, October 10, 2026  | Village Gate Square | Rochester, NY | 10AM - 5PM

Festival Applications Go Live January 30, 2026

Festival Applications Go Live January 30, 2026

A Celebration of LGBTQIA+ Creativity and Community.

The Rochester Queer Arts Festival is back in 2026, at Village Gate, RQAF will be bigger and better.

Now, more than ever, it is important that we show up and support our LGBTQIA+ artists, and our allies.

A photo of the Village Gate Atrium, which will be home to the main stage, bar, and vendor booths at the Rochester Queer Arts Festival 2025.

News and Updates.

Featured
RQAF 2025 Official Press Release
RQAF 2025 Official Press Release
Rochester Queer Arts Festival Partners with ImageOut to Bring All-Day Film Screenings to Village Gate Square
Rochester Queer Arts Festival Partners with ImageOut to Bring All-Day Film Screenings to Village Gate Square
Rainbow Cammo Joins the Rochester Queer Arts Festival as Our Title Sponsor
Rainbow Cammo Joins the Rochester Queer Arts Festival as Our Title Sponsor
Announcing Our Third Entertainment Sponsor: Jay Sackett — Keller Williams Real Estate
Announcing Our Third Entertainment Sponsor: Jay Sackett — Keller Williams Real Estate
Announcing Kroll Proukou, LLP as Our Second Inclusivity Sponsor
Announcing Kroll Proukou, LLP as Our Second Inclusivity Sponsor
The Strathallan Hotel Named Official Hotel Partner of the Rochester Queer Arts Festival
The Strathallan Hotel Named Official Hotel Partner of the Rochester Queer Arts Festival
Assemblymember Harry B. Bronson Joins as Entertainment Sponsor for the Rochester Queer Arts Festival
Assemblymember Harry B. Bronson Joins as Entertainment Sponsor for the Rochester Queer Arts Festival
Mistr Sets the Scene for an Fabulous VIP Experience at the Rochester Queer Arts Festival
Mistr Sets the Scene for an Fabulous VIP Experience at the Rochester Queer Arts Festival
Bar Bantam & The Hideaway Raise the Bar at the Rochester Queer Arts Festival
Bar Bantam & The Hideaway Raise the Bar at the Rochester Queer Arts Festival
Crisp Rochester Sizzles as the Rochester Queer Arts Festival’s Main Stage Sponsor
Crisp Rochester Sizzles as the Rochester Queer Arts Festival’s Main Stage Sponsor

October 10, 2026 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM

274 N. Goodman Street, Rochester, NY 14607

Come check us out in our home at Village Gate Square, right in the heart of The Neighborhood of the Arts in Rochester, NY.

 

2025 Sponsors and Partners

A colorful rainbow and black text logo with the words "Rainbow Casino" on a black background.
Close-up of a computer monitor with the words 'Your Ad Could Be Here' displayed.

Title Sponsor

Atrium Stage Sponsor

Silhouette of cattails or bulrushes with a colorful gradient circular background.

Inclusivity Sponsor

Logo for Tiny Tox Collaboration with a pink background and a large red circle, featuring the words 'tiny tox' in white text with a yellow dot, and 'COLLAB' underneath.

Supporting Sponsor

Wegmans logo in black and white.

Supporting Sponsor

Logo for the 'The Nitty Gritty' hair and waxing parlor with elegant black script and serif text, decorative lines, and flourishes.

Supporting Sponsor

The word 'RARR' with a lion's face in the middle, rainbow-colored mane, and the caption 'Something for Everyone' beneath.

Entertainment Sponsor

Presenting Sponsor is Stern Properties

Presenting Sponsor

The logo of the TV show 'Crisis' in bold red stylized lettering against a black background.

Festival Tent Stage Sponsor

Trillium Health logo with three overlapping petal shapes in light blue, yellow, and pink, and the words 'trillium HEALTH' beside it.

Workshop Room Sponsor

Logo for TGW Studio with pink text reading "Queer, Women-Owned Marketing & Creative" and a star symbol.

Supporting Sponsor

Logo with large orange 'WOW' text, a globe design replacing the letter 'O', and 'PRESENTS PLUS' written below in orange.

Entertainment Sponsor

Close-up of the word 'mist' in blue lowercase letters on a white background.

VIP Lounge Sponsor

Kroll Proukou LLP logo with a stylized blue mountain graphic, tagline 'Trusts, Estates & Elder Law' in blue text.

Inclusivity Sponsor

The Harley School logo with a shield emblem and the text 'The Harley School' and 'Established 1917'.

Student Gallery Sponsor

Logo for Mad City Windows & Baths featuring a stylized illustration of a government building with a dome above the company name.

Supporting Sponsor

Black background with white, chalk-like text that reads 'Light my Candle Co.'

Supporting Sponsor

RICHARD
SARKIS

Tim O. Mains Award Sponsor

Logo for Bar Bantam featuring a circular black emblem with stylized white letters and the bar's name.

Atrium Bar Sponsor

New York State Assembly 138th District logo featuring the state crest with a shield depicting a mountain, the sun, and a sailing ship, topped by an eagle, flanked by two allegorical female figures, with the phrase "Excelsior" on a ribbon beneath.

Entertainment Sponsor

Logo for Jay Sacket Real Estate featuring a stylized red house roof and windows above the name in cursive white text, with 'REAL ESTATE' in smaller uppercase letters below.

Entertainment Sponsor

Colorful Google Cloud logo with gradient shades of blue, green, yellow, and orange.

Photo Booth Sponsor

Text reading 'The Hideaway' in black and white.

Event Tent Bar Sponsor

Logo of the Strathallan Hotel & Spa, a Doubletree by Hilton property

Hotel Partner

An illustration of a leafless tree with intertwining green lines forming a circle around it and the words "Sustainable Wellness" written below.

Supporting Sponsor

Bright yellow circular badge with white handwritten-style text that reads 'A magical place to grow,' surrounding a central pink circle with a white lowercase 'm'. The border of the pink circle features multicolor, rainbow-like reflections. Black text encircles the pink circle, reading 'Be proud. Be yourself. Be courageous. Be amazing.' Two white flowers with black centers and pink 'm' logos inside a purple circle in the middle of each flower are on either side of the badge.

Supporting Sponsor

Logo for Genesee County Village & Museum featuring stylized gold letters 'gcv & m' and the full name below in dark blue text.

Supporting Sponsor