Yiddish Folklife Festival of the Finger Lakes (YFFFL) is a new three-day arts and cultural festival taking place April 25-27, 2025 at Lifelong Community Center downtown, and other venues.

Featuring live klezmer music, folk dancing, a community potluck, cooking and cultural workshops, a nature talk, an academic lecture, an open mic, and other community events, this intergenerational, all-ages festival is open to everyone, including those new to Yiddish music and culture!

Full workshop & event details and PWYC registration here: https://www.zeffy.com/…/yiddish-folklife-festival-of…

Festival Schedule at a Glance:

FRIDAY, APRIL 25
04:30 PM – Not Written on Water: The Movement to Recover Women Who Wrote in Yiddish – (Lecture at Cornell)
07:00 PM – Community Potluck, Instrumental Klezmer Jam, Shabes Songs (Lifelong)

SATURDAY, APRIL 26
10:30 AM – Yiddish Nature Walk (Stewart Park)
02:00 PM – Dough: Sweet & Savory – A Jewish Cooking Workshop (Lifelong)
04:30 PM – Zingeray – A Yiddish Song Workshop (Lifelong)
07:00 PM – Community Open Mic (Lifelong0

SUNDAY, APRIL 27
11:00 PM – Jewish Paper-cutting Crafts Workshop (Lifelong)
02:00 PM – Yiddish Folk Dance Workshop & Klezmer Dance Party w/Cornell University Klezmer Ensemble (Library Place Community Room)