Listings of Live Music in Ithaca |
Mike Ludgate has compiled an impressive list of local folk music happenings and links.
Folkstuff is a newsletter serving the Tompkins County music, dance, and folk community.
A national online calendar of who's playing where, searchable by artist or region.
Ithaca Folk Music Radio Shows |
WVBR's Bound for Glory (WVBR--8 to 11 pm Sundays)
Ithaca's famous Sunday night folk music program broadcast live from the Cafe at Anabel Taylor Hall.
Salt Creek Bluegrass (WVBR--6 to 10 am Sundays)
Bluegrass, Old Time, Country and other things that go twang in the early morning.
Nonesuch (WVBR--10am to 2:30pm Sundays)
Music in the Folk Tradition.
Hobo's Lullaby (WICB--10 to noon Tuesday, repeated 2 - 4pm Sundays)
Everything from the spoken word to folk, world and other homeless music.
WSKG folk shows (8 to midnight, Saturdays)
Including The Folk Sampler, E-Town, and River City Folk, as well as WSKG's own Folk Music with Ken Campbell.
Regional Concert Series |
Cranberry Coffee House (Binghamton)
Third Saturdays September through May.
The Folkus Project (Syracuse)
Presents a variety of folk and acoustic music in Syracuse.
Heartland Concerts (Rochester)
Concert series in Rochester.
Valley Folk (Corning)
Concerts, open mikes and jams.
Regional Venues |
The Center for the Arts (Homer)
The Earlville Opera House (Earlville)
The Endicott Performing Arts Center (Endicott)
Oswego Music Hall (Oswego)
The Rongo (Trumansburg)
Regional Folk Music Organizations |
Buffalo Friends of Folk Music (Buffalo)
Central New York Bluegrass Association
Central New York Friends of Folk Music (Syracuse)
The Golden Link Folksinging Society (Rochester)
Festivals and Workshops |
The Clearwater Festival (Croton-on-Hudson)
Cranberry Dulcimer Gathering (Cobleskill)
Falconridge Folk Festival (Hillsdale)
Folk College with Simple Gifts (Huntingdon, PA)
Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance (Trumansburg)
Greenwood Furnace Folk Gathering (Huntingdon, PA)
Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival (Oak Hill)
The Heart of the Alleghenies Folk Music Festival
Hickory Fest (Wellsboro, PA)
The Ithaca Festival (Ithaca)
Newark Valley Apple Festival (Newark Valley)
Old Songs Festival of Traditional Music and Dance (Altamont)
Old-Time Fiddlers' Gathering (Watkins Glen)
The Philadelphia Folk Festival (Schwenksville, PA)
Pickin in the Pasture Bluegrass Festival (Lodi)
Turtle Hill Folk Festival (Rush)
Top of the Hill Bluegrass Festival (Canisteo)
Dance--Local and Regional |
Tompkins County Country Dances
Cornell International Folkdancers
Sponsors public contradances each month, English Country dance classes, as well as Scottish dance sessions.
Sponsors traditional New England Contra Dances and English country dances.
Is a national database of dances by date.
Music Instruction |
Phil Shapiro's Group Folk Guitar Lessons
Beginner and Intermediate Guitar classes offered twice a year.
Laurie Hart's Fiddle Lessons and Group Classes
Other Resources |
News, links and commentary for the folk music community.
The material Hugh Blumenfeld ammassed during his stint as editor of about.com's folk music page.
CFSS member, and Ithaca College reference librarian, John Henderson maintains an extensive set of folk music links.
A comprehensive source for links to organizations, artists and information about folk music as a business.
Campfire songs.
Includes the Digitrad digital tradition folk song database.
