Get Ready, Rochester, For Fire and Ice

Snow, snow and more snow will cover part of downtown Rochester this week as the town gets ready for the annual Fire & Ice Festival.

The DDA, along with the city of Rochester and Oakland County, are sponsoring the sixth-annual outdoor festival Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Here's what you need to know right now about the festivities.

• The fireworks: Shows are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday nights. The best viewing spot is at the corner of Water and Third streets downtown.
• Ice scultpures: About 40 ice-carved works of art are set to arrive downtown on Friday morning. They will be placed in front of downtown businesses. Get your cameras ready! 
• Snow-tubing: Third Street will be covered in snow and ready for tubing. There will be three lanes this year; there will also be double tubes for young kids and adults to ride together.
• Other attractions: There will be dog-sled rides and a cross-country ski trail, and an ice-skating rink will be constructed in the field near Third and Water streets. 
• Help RAYA: The Rochester Area Youth Assitance organization invites festivalgoers to spaghetti dinners at the Rochester Fire Department from 5-8 p.m. Friday and 4-8 p.m. Saturday. Cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children. A pancake breakfast from 9-12:30 on Sunday morning also benefits RAYA. Cost is $6 for adults and $3 for children. 

Here is a complete schedule of events.