There's only one time per year in Rochester where you can do the following with five-minute intervals of each other: gorge on fried food, fill a plastic tube with sand in all the colors of the rainbow, catch a free concert, make a wax hand, eat a Nick Tahou's garbage plate, slurp up a huge strawberry smoothie, and then frolic through fields and fields of lilacs.

The Lilac Festival is 10 days of free fun (aside from what you pay for select concerts, food, and crafty items) that combines all of the vendors, arts and crafts, music, and lilacs you could ever want or need. This year the event runs Friday, May 8, through Sunday, May 17, 10:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m. at Highland Park. A schedule of performances is below; unless otherwise noted, all events are free. For more information visit lilacfestival.com.

Friday, May 8

Noon: Opening Ceremony

12:30 p.m.: Hill Top Singers

1:30 p.m.: Top Brass

4 p.m.: The Demos

5:30 p.m.: Tinted Image

7 p.m.: MC Lars

Saturday, May 9

10:30 a.m.: Lilac Parade

10:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m.: Arts and Crafts Show

Bank of America Stage

12:30 p.m.: Spanky Haschmann Swing Orchestra

2:15 p.m.: Small Town

4 p.m.: The Christine Spero Group

5:30 p.m. Break of Reality

7 p.m.: Smokey Joe's Cafe

Highland Bowl ($15)

2 p.m.: Coupe De'Villes

3:30 p.m.: Hard Logic

5 p.m.: Rickie Lee Jones

6:45 p.m.: Dr. John & The Lower 911

Lilac's N Kids Stage:

1 p.m.: Zooperstars

2 p.m.: Dinner Dogs

3 p.m.: Zooperstars

4 p.m.: Chris Wilkinson

5 p.m.: Flash in the Pan

Sunday, May 10

10:30 a.m.-6 p.m.: Arts and Crafts Show

Bank of America Stage

11:30 a.m.: El Ka Bong

1 p.m.: Streamline

2:30 p.m.: Free Henry!

4 p.m.: Troyka

5:30 p.m.: Beale Street Blues Band

7 p.m.: Primetime Funk

Highland Bowl ($15)

2 p.m.: The Goods

3:30 p.m.: Blue Jimmy

5 p.m.: Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes

6:45 p.m.: Joan Osborne

Lilacs 'N Kids Stage

1 p.m.: Flash in the Pan

2 p.m.: "Tiger" Tom Walsh

3 p.m.: Dinner Dogs

4 p.m.: Chris Wilkinson

5 p.m.: Dinner Dogs

Monday, May 11

Bank of America Stage

5:30 p.m.: Jerrod Niemann

7 p.m.: Jamey Johnson

Lilacs 'N Kids Stage

12:30 p.m.: Mike Kornrich, Banjo & Guitar

6 p.m.: Mike Kornrich, Banjo & Guitar

Tuesday, May 12

Excellus BlueCross BlueShield Latino Day

Bank of America Stage

4 p.m.: Grupo Pagan

5:30 p.m.: Provocativo

7 p.m.: 8 Y Mas

Lilacs 'N Kids Stage

12:30 p.m.: Mike Kornrich

6 p.m.: Chris Wilkinson, The Magic Guy

Wednesday, May 13

Healthy Seniors Day

Bank of America Stage

3:30 p.m.: Nate Rawls Orchestra

5 p.m.: The Electrokings

6:30 p.m.: The Showvanistics

7 p.m. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Lilacs 'N Kids Stage

12:30 p.m.: Mike Kornrich

6 p.m.: The Dinner Dogs

Thursday, May 14

Casa Larga Wine 'n Blues Day

Noon-7 p.m.: Farmer Market

Bank of America Stage

4 p.m. Madeline Forster

5:30 p.m.: Bob Henrie & The Goners

7 p.m.: Asleep at the Wheel

Lilacs 'N Kids Stage

12:30 p.m.: Mike Kornrich, Banjo & Guitar

6 p.m.: Mike Kornrich, Banjo & Guitar

Friday, May 15

Bank of America Stage

4 p.m. Passafire

5:30 p.m.: The Buddhahood

7 p.m.: John Browns Body

Lilacs 'N Kids Stage:

12:30 p.m.: Mike Kornrich

6 p.m.: Chris Wilkinson, The Magic Guy

Saturday, May 16

10:30 a.m.-8: 30 p.m.: Art in The Park Show

Bank of America Stage

Noon: Flint Creek

1:30 p.m.: Johnny Bauer

2:45 p.m.: Dave McGrath

4 p.m.: JB & Company

5:30 p.m.: The Carter Twins

7 p.m.: The Lost Trailers

Lilacs 'N Kids Stage

1 p.m.: Dinner Dogs

2 p.m.: Chris Wilkinson

3 p.m.: Tiger Tom Walsh

4 p.m.: Dinner Dogs

5 p.m.: Tiger Tom Walsh

Sunday, May 17

8 a.m.: Medved Lilac 10K/5K Family Fun Run

10:30 a.m.-6 p.m.: Art in the Park Show

Bank of America Stage

11:30 a.m.: Brockport Community Big Band

1 p.m.: Alysia Groth Band

2:30 p.m.: Different Every Time

4 p.m.: E.S.P. Jazz Quartet

5:30 p.m.: John Cole Blues Band

7 p.m.: Chesterfield Kings

Lilacs 'N Kids Stage

1 p.m.: Dinner Dogs

2 p.m.: Chris Wilkinson

3 p.m.: Tiger Tom Walsh

4 p.m.: Dinner Dogs

5 p.m.: Tiger Tom Walsh