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

The Mockingbeards
The Mockingbeards are an acoustic folk quartet out of Ithaca, New York featuring guitars, mandolin, bass, violin and vocal harmony. They play a wide range of traditional, original and contemporary folk music, drawing upon rock, soul, and bluegrass influences.

Venue Spotlight

Double Down Bar & Grill
21 mill st, Candor, NY
Bar and restaurant featuring live music.

Shop/Service Spotlight

Ithaca Stringed Instruments
Trumansburg, NY
ISI has been building exquisite violins, violas, cellos, mandolins and custom guitars for more than 30 years.

Education Spotlight

Barbara Kaufman: Recorder Lessons
The recorder is the perfect instrument to introduce children and adults to the joys of music-making.

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.