Musician Spotlight

Johnny Dowd
Johnny Dowd is an American alternative country musician. Typical of his style are experimental, noisy breaks in his songs and strong gothic (in the sense of dark and gloomy) elements in the lyrics as well as in the music. There is also a strong undercurrent of black humor and the absurd in his work.

Venue Spotlight

Busy Bee Market
Interlaken, NY
The Busy Bee Market is a seasonal lakeside grocery and cafe. Open May through October. They have live music on Sundays.

Shop/Service Spotlight

Finn Studio
Trumansburg, NY
Finn Studio offers daily or hourly rates for band rehearsal space and/or 16-track recording. Drums, amps, and other gear available if needed.

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.