This website is a catalog of information about local musicians, venues, teachers, shops and services, etc. Why? Because Ithaca is a great city, and there is a lot of great live music in this area.

Musician Spotlight

Finger Lakes Fife & Drum Corps
Youth fife and drum corps based in Ithaca but gladly accepting young people from around the Finger Lakes region.

Venue Spotlight

The Ithaca Festival
Downtown Ithaca, NY
The Ithaca Festival is a four day music and arts festival held in Ithaca, NY. Our mission is to celebrate the artist in everyone. Over the past 30 years, the Ithaca Festival has grown into a true celebration of community that is rich in talent, bringing together people of all ages, interests and origins.

Shop/Service Spotlight

Fingerlakes Recording
Old-school ultra hi-fi multitrack recording, contemporary multi-camera video production, editing, publishing, restoration & transfer of archival audio & video materials including arcane and obsolete formats, flat project rates - no hourly clock-watching.

Education Spotlight

Bob Keefe: Guitar Lessons
Lansing / Ithaca, NY
Bob Keefe has taught guitar for over four decades and teaches all styles and all levels of guitar. Classically trained, Bob holds a Masters and PhD in Music from the University of North Texas, one of the best music schools in the United States.

Events: Who's playing? Where? and When?

There isn't any comprehensive list of upcoming music events. Here are some tips to find out the "where and when":

  • If you have a specific musician or venue in mind, find their page on this site, and then go to their respective Facebook pages for primary source info. Be sure to "Like" their pages.
  • FLX Music 24/7 "is your ONE SOURCE for LIVE MUSIC in the Finger Lakes region."
  • Check out WVBR's Concert Log calendar.
  • Evensi seems to be an aggregator of localized Facebook event data that you may find useful.
  • "Dan Smalls Presents" books a few different venues in Ithaca, and they have a calendar on their site.
  • For punk, metal, hip-hop, hardcore music, check out Ithaca Underground.
  • For folk/acoustic music, The Canaan Institute is the best resource I've found. They have a comprehensive calendar, e-mail newsletter, discussion forums, and tons of other useful content.
  • IthacaEvents.com has some live music event listings as well.
  • Ithaca Times Events Calendar

I'll post more links to calendars as I discover them.