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

Cornell University Middle Eastern Music Ensemble
CUMEME has fun playing Turkish, Arabic, Persian, Greek, Armenian, and Latino songs!

Venue Spotlight

Lounge DeLuca
222 W Main St. Montour Falls
A cozy, intimate venue with live music every Friday from 6pm-8pm, open-mic the 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month from 5:30pm-8:00pm, and lounge piano every other Thursday.

Shop/Service Spotlight

New Vine Records
1621 Dryden Rd, Freeville, NY
New Vine offers management, artist development, production, and booking for those signed to the label for two year contract periods at a time.

Education Spotlight

Ithaca Guitar Works
215 North Cayuga Street, Ithaca, NY
Lesson rooms available

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.