Musician Spotlight

The Auroras
The Auroras are a four-piece rhythm section centered around the smokey contralto of lead singer, Hannah Kasoff. Songwriter and guitarist, Liam Lawson, describes the sound as "future soul, a marriage of classic R&B grooves with ethereal guitar and an experimental outlook."

Venue Spotlight

The Dark Horse Tavern
Main Street, Cortland, NY
Food, drinks, and live music in Cortland for over 40 years.

Shop/Service Spotlight

Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA)
State Street, Ithaca, NY
CSMA has a few practice / recital rooms available for rent

Education Spotlight

Joyce Catalfano: Flute Lessons
Hickey's Music Center
Eastman School of Music, and Ithaca College graduate. Individual lessons available by appointment at Hickey's Music Center. Ph: 607 339-9000

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."
  • Events.com seems to be an aggregator of localized Facebook event data that you may find useful.
  • 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.