Deputy Mayor Patrick Cunningham – BRIEFING & TALKING POINTS

Rochester Fringe Festival “Big Reveal”

10:30 a.m. – Thursday, July 13, 2023
Hart Theatre, Jewish Community Center, 1200 Edgewood Ave., 14618
Onsite Contact: Randi Minetor, cell: 585-737-3449 or
Adele Fico, cell: 585-402-3947
Communications Contact: Hannah Barry, cell: 585-645-8985

TIME:

● Event Begins: 10:00 a.m.

● Remarks Begin: 10:30 a.m. (speakers asked to arrive at 10 a.m.)
● Deputy Mayor to Speak at: 10:50 a.m.

AGENDA:

● Erica Fee, Festival Producer

● Mark Costello, Board Chair
● Simeon Banister, CEO, Rochester Area Community Foundation
● Patrick Cunningham, Deputy Mayor
● Mitch Gruber, City Councilmember
● Adam Bello, County Executive
● Ralph Meranto, Jewish Community Center

LOGISTICS:

● Parking: Free parking at the JCC main parking lot

● Entrance: Main entrance off Edgewood Avenue (will be marked)
● Seating Arrangements: Reserved seating for speakers
● Podium/Mic Details/Etc.: Podium and microphone provided
BACKGROUND:

● It’s the 12th year of the Rochester Fringe Festival, a 12-day event.
● Rochester Fringe Festival’s mission is to offer a platform for artists to
share their creativity and develop their skills while also providing
unparalleled public access to the arts.
● Rochester’s not-for-profit Fringe has become one of the largest and
most successful fringe festivals in the nation, the largest
multidisciplinary performing arts festival in New York State, and one
of the region’s most anticipated festivals each year.
● City has been supporter since inception and has increased support
as festival has grown.
● Rochester’s Fringe is among 250 in the world and about 50 across
the nation.

OBJECTIVES

● Reinforce the City’s support for the arts.

● Drive community excitement for the upcoming Fringe Festival.

TALKING POINTS:

Good morning! Thank you for having me today.

It’s my pleasure to represent Mayor Malik Evans,

whose a strong supporter of the Fringe Festival. I

hope you’re all enjoying your summer!

Rochester’s festival season is in full swing – and

yet, we still have much to look forward to with

the Rochester Fringe Festival on the horizon.

Fringe has become one of Rochester’s signature

events, the flourish at the end of a summer of

festivals.

The Fringe Festival is a spectacular opportunity

to celebrate the importance of the performing

arts with the best of our local talent as well as

world-renowned international acts.

And the City of Rochester is a proud sponsor;

happy to see it grow and thrive over the last 12

years as it brings a wonderful vitality and

vibrancy to our Downtown.

So I’m very excited to be here with you all today

to learn what Erica and the Fringe team have in

store for us this year.

Thank you to Erica, the Board of Directors, and

all of the Festival’s sponsors, supporters and

attendees for elevating Fringe to be one of

Rochester’s premier special events.

With that, I'm going to pass the microphone to

City Councilmember, Mitch Gruber.

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