20 Activities To Try At Rochester's 2020 Fire & Ice Festival

ROCHESTER, MI — This weekend brings one of the most popular mid-winter events to take place around Metro Detroit: Rochester's Fire & Ice Festival. It runs 5-9 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.

The event offers both family-friendly and adult activities, centered around spectacular ice sculptures.

But, the event is so much more than that.

Here are 20 activities happening at this year's event:

1. The ice carving competition, of course. 10 a.m. Saturday at East Second and Mill streets.
2. Tastefest Tent. East Second and Mill streets
3. Tube Sledding Hill. Mill and East Second streets
4. Ice sculpture show. Downtown Rochester
5. Carriage Rides. Friday and Saturday until 7 p.m. at West Third and Walnut streets
6. K-9 demonstration. 2 p.m. Saturday at East Second and Mill streets
7. Pet adoption. East Second and Mill streets
8. Food Truck Rally. East Second and Mill streets
9. Marshmallow Roasting. East Third and Main streets
10. Face painting. East Second and Mill streets (inside TasteFest Tent)
11. 5K race. 9:30 a.m. Sunday on Mills
12. Dog sled rides. Until 4 p.m. at East Second and Mill streets
13. Spaghetti dinner. 5-8 p.m. Friday and 4-8 p.m. Saturday at Rochester Fire Hall
14. Pancake breakfast. 9 a.m. to noon Sunday at Rochester Fire Hall
15. Cornhole. East Second and Mill streets
16. Ice skating. East Second and Mill streets, (weather permitting)
17. Big, Bright Light Show. Downtown Rochester
18. Live music. Inside restaurants Downtown Rochester
19. Fireworks. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, East Second and Mill streets
20. Free parking and shuttle. Buffalo Wild Wings