Each Friday morning since 2009, Debra Ross, publisher and CEO of KidsOutAndAbout.com, has given WARM 101.3 listeners a sneak peek into all that makes the Rochester area a great place for kids, teens, and families.
Originally launched in Rochester in 2001, KidsOutAndAbout.com now celebrates local events and activities in over 50 communities in the US and Canada, with 15 million readers per year and 750,000 subscribers to their free weekly e-newsletter of things to do locally. Their corporate offices are still right here in Rochester, where more great things happen per unit kid than anywhere else in the world.
- Click here for a list of everything happening in Rochester this weekend
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Plus sign up for KidsOutAndAbout.com’s free weekly newsletter of things to do here in our great area! Your newsletter will come each Thursday morning at 6am. Then listen every Friday morning at 7:40 and 8:40 to hear Debra, Tony, and Kristie chat about them with some behind-the-scenes insights!
First up this morning, we CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES (come on!) with America’s 250th at ESL Ballpark, the 2026 Corn Hill Arts Festival, and The Great Alphabet Hunt throughout Spencerport this month (kids can win prizes!)! Listen here for the details:
Next, we look at the writing on the wall… or in this case, the floor! The 20th annual Perry Chalk Art Festival is tomorrow, tonight the RPO is Under the Stars at Parcel 5, and the Cazenovia Lavender Festival is at Farmstead 1868: