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The Geneva community is ideally set in the heart of New York’s fantastic Finger Lakes Region. The area is drenched with amenities that will dazzle everyone from the wine and food connoisseur to the baseball, brat, and beer crowd. Visit the region’s hundreds of wineries, catch a Division I athletics match-up, or just soak in the scenery in our sixty-acre lakefront park.

A weekend jaunt, or a dream vacation, either way, Geneva’s got what you’re looking for…

Downtown Geneva

Hundreds of shops, restaurants, and services line these historic streets, marked by a collection of diverse architecture that will capture your imagination. Make downtown Geneva one of the first among your many stops in the region.

Downtown Geneva also plays host to regional events, including our annual Cruisin’ Night car show in July, Wednesday night concerts in the park all summer long, and Live At Five; a concert series hosted by the Ramada Geneva Lakefront, featuring live music, friends, and fun on the shores of Seneca Lake each Friday of the summer.

Check out the Business Improvement District’s website for more information on shopping, dining, services, and events in downtown Geneva.

Wine!
Wine

The Finger Lakes Region has exploded in the last decade with world renowned wines and wineries.
Block out an entire weekend or more to explore the three major wine trails in the region, and you’ll see why our wines have been lauded on the national scene.

There are so many ways to maximize your wine experience in and around Geneva. Here are some great places to start planning:

Seneca Lake Wine Trail

Cayuga Lake Wine Trail

Keuka Lake Wine Trail

New York Wine and Culinary Center

Arts and Culture

The Geneva community is ripe with opportunities to enjoy performing and visual art, as well as a wealth of historic and cultural experiences.

Our premier venue for performances is the historic Smith Opera House. Each year, the Smith hosts

hundreds of programs, ranging from live performances by national acts to showings of locally produced independent films. The Smith seats 1,200, and has been heralded as one of the most acoustically phenomenal performance venues in the U.S.

For more intimate performances, local entrepreneurs Brandon and Amy Phillips have transformed one of Geneva’s historic industrial buildings into The Cracker Factory; a mixed-use facility that houses artisan-quality production facilities, but also plays host to small scale music, visual art, and dance performances.

On the performance venue side, the region also plays host to national acts at the Marvin Sands-
Constellation Brands Amphitheater in Canandaigua. Each summer, CMAC rolls out a jam-packed
schedule of rock, country, and other popular musical performances.

To explore Geneva’s rich historical and architectural heritage, one need only stroll through downtown, or through our Pulteney Park Historic District and soak in the rich value of restoration and preservation projects championed by our own Geneva Historical Society. For an in-depth look at Geneva’s history, the Society also manages a museum and several historic sites throughout the region.

Recreation and Sports

So, physical vigor is your game? We’ve got that covered as well. The City of Geneva’s Recreation Department hosts camps and leagues in virtually every sport imaginable. Our Geneva Recreation Complex is a year-round destination with indoor field sports hosted on our brand new turf, including box lacrosse, soccer, and many others. In the winter, “The Cooler” plays host to private skating lessons, public free skate, and hockey at every level from PeeWee to collegiate.

More of a spectator? Geneva is home to Hobart and William Smith Colleges, who field teams across the spectrum of collegiate sports; including a renowned Division I lacrosse squad. In the summer, our own historic McDonough Field is home of the summer college league Geneva Red Wings, an affiliate of the Minnesota Twins.

The region is also host to several professional sports franchises, including minor league baseball’s
Rochester Red Wings, Syracuse Sky Chiefs, and Auburn Doubledays, as well as minor league hockey’s Rochester Amerks.

The Great Outdoors

If you just enjoy the simple pleasures of nature, you’ll find your niche here as well. The region is host to Seneca Lake State Park, boasting miles of trails, a spray park and swimming beach, constructed wetlands, and a marina.

Several private marinas serve Seneca Lake along with plenty of transient dock space at the City’s sixty acre lakefront park.

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