public programs
kidDISCO
Admission • $3 per child, parents get in for free • $2 off with your Rochesterfest Button
Children of all ages must be accompanied by an adult.
Costumes, lights, music and art... kidDISCO!
The Rochester Art Center will host a dance party for the whole family. DJ's David Parisi and Scott Stulen will spin dance music geared especially for kids of all ages. Costumes are encouraged and fun prizes will be awarded for the best costumes, most creative dance moves and more! Move your body and dance the night away!
Families will also have the opportunity to view our current exhibtion Roman Signer: Works , create funny masks and screen print your very own kidDISCO logo t-shirt.
In addition to receiving discounted admission to kidDISCO, visitors with a 2008 Rochesterfest button will have FREE admission to view the exhibitions and 10% off all purchases in the Gallery Shop (members save an additional 10%) during Rochesterfest, June 21 - 29.
kidDISCO is a Rochesterfest event.
FLUX: LATE NIGHT ART PERFORMANCE & MUSIC
$5 cover • cash bar • 18+ • food available for purchase
9 pm galleries open • 10 pm live performance • 11: 30 pm DJ's
Beginning March 7th the Rochester Art Center will launch Flux, a music, art and performance happening featuring house DJs Scott Stulen and David Parisi along with monthly guest artists. On the first Friday of each month* a new music, art or dance performer will open the evening followed by music spun by house and guest DJs. Enjoy the views of downtown while meeting with friends and experiencing exciting new music and performances.
Flux is sponsored in part by the Rochester Downtown Alliance 
Upcoming Events
HIPSTER KARAOKE
friday, july 4
9pm to 2am $5 cover
Come celebrate the Fourth with Flux! After a day of holiday festivities join MCs and DJs David Parisi and Scott Stulen in singing your favorite indie-rock song, old school rap hit, or ironic hair metal ballad. Costumes encouraged, but not required.
3RD ANNUAL HEADPHONE FESTIVAL at FLUX
saturday, august 9, 2008
7 to 10 pm
$5 cover*
Originating in Europe in response to noise regulations placed on live music venues, headphone festivals emerged as an alternative performance environment for electronic musicians. Particularly suited for electronic music and laptop based performances, the headphone festival concept spread throughout Europe with the launch of the international Le Placard Festival in 2002. The expanding Le Placard Festival takes place each year as a traveling concert and web-streaming event. The headphone festival at the Rochester Art Center is now in its third year and the only ongoing festival of its kind in the upper midwest.
The Third Annual Headphone Festival will feature local, regional, and international musicians, video artists, multi-media artists and performers selected by event organizer Scott Stulen. Experienced entirely through headphones, musicians will perform original compositions comprised of field recordings, samples, live sound improvisation, and analog instruments output through a web of headphone jacks. Several performers will collaborate with video artists, adding a visual component to the audio performance. The Headphone Festival merges the collective concert experience with the intimate listening environment of your own living room.
Peformers will include:
Food Team (Minneapolis)
Lookbook (Minneapolis)
Dex Aquarieen (Minneapolis)
The Mr. Rusty Collective (Minneapolis)
David Parisi (Rochester)
Rap Fight (Minneapolis/Rochester)
* Please bring your own headphones to hear the performances.
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The Rochester Art Center is a dynamic gathering place, with open, vibrant, interior spaces that build community and enhance interaction with art. Throughout the year the Art Center offers its space for collaborative partnerships and diverse programming beyond the visual arts. Various arts and non profit groups in the region are welcome to apply as a Rochester Art Center Public Programs Partner. Past parnterships have included, a free afternoon performance by the Choral Arts Ensemble and a unique theatre production presented by Vertigo Theatre Factory. If your organization is interested in presenting an event at the Rochester Art Center please download this informational flyer and fill out the attached application: Public Program PDF Flyer.