Musician Spotlight

Mario il Basso
Songs and arias, classical, opera, and pop from well-known Italian, Spanish, French, German, repertoires. Some stuff in English too - mostly jazz standards and Irish.

Venue Spotlight

Crossroads Bar and Grill
Lansing, NY
A great restaurant and pub, with open mic nights on alternate Thursdays, hosted by Bennie T.

Shop/Service Spotlight

Toko Imports
Dewitt Mall, Ithaca, NY
Hand Drums, Percussion, World Music instruments, Hats, Hammocks, Goddesses!

Education Spotlight

Marci Solomon: Vocal Coach
Offering private and group singing lessons and performance coaching, nationally and internationally, in a studio setting in Ithaca, New York, Austin, Texas, or online. Ph:

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.