Interested in performing at a downtown event? Artist selection is determined by a jury process. If you have been booked in the past, you will still need to submit a sound bite or link to your website along with your application. Music submitted must directly reflect the performance and style you would perform.
Are you planning an event yourself and looking for local resources from speaking with expert event planners in Ithaca to borrowing equipment from the Tompkins Festivals Equipment lending program? Downtown Ithaca can help advise and program support to help make your event a success. Click on the link to submit your request.
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For over 20 years, Ithaca area attractions, shops, and restaurants unite to host a community-wide celebration honoring PreK-12 educators and school staff. The celebration includes events throughout Tompkins County. It's our way of saying thanks to educators & school staff everywhere for all of your hard work and dedication! The digital pass with the deals will be viewable February 1st. ... Read More
People will have the chance to bring a book and take a book. We will have stations with sustainable materials for people to make their own blind date.
Join So What? Studio + Creative Reuse of Ithaca at Cafe Dewitt for an art social! Come by yourself or with a friend to imagine, play, tap into that inner child, and see what happens when you give yourself permission to just have fun being creative in the presence of others. All materials will be provided. Zero experience encouraged!
Drop in for a figure drawing session at CSMA, generally held on the 2nd and 4th Friday evenings of each month! If you’re an intermediate or advanced-level artist interested in drawing from the nude model, come join our non-instructed, open sketch sessions. Just grab your own supplies and enjoy an evening of creativity in the company of other artists.
⚡ SURPRISE PRE-OPENING SHOW ⚡ Before we officially open K-HOUSE Karaoke & Arts Hub to the world, we're doing something SPECIAL. THE VERY FIRST SHOWS IN ROOM K ⚡ We're christening our brand new space with Portland's powerhouse 7-piece brass band @bangbangexperience for an exclusive pre-opening weekend nobody saw coming. 🎺 What you're about to witness: A full brass orchestra ... Read More
Whether single or dated, come celebrate love at the circus this Valentine's Day! Bring your kids, your grandparents, and your neighbors to 'Do You Feel the Love?' and see Circus Culture staff and friends perform tight wire, unicycle, aerials, juggling, and more. This is a fundraising event and all proceeds will go towards our scholarship fund. St Valentine's Day, February ... Read More
February at MIX Art Gallery on the Ithaca Commons is all about turning up the rhythm, the color, and the connection. Known for its vibrant exhibitions and intimate live events, MIX is serving a full month of art and music that makes winter in downtown Ithaca feel anything but quiet. Music lovers should mark their calendars for Thursday, February 13, ... Read More
Join us for Drag Story Hour with our lovely hosts: Tilia and Coraline ₊✩‧₊˚౨ৎ˚₊✩‧₊ at Buffalo Street Books
Get your books signed and meet author and artist from Upstate NY, Marisa Loretta. "Ethereal Ember, sinister, starry-eyed, and sorcerous, is her third book release, following Midnight Love Potion and Scarlet Nightfall. As an avid reader, her unending love of all things fantasy and romance, from Practical Magic to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, has only grown over the years. Marisa ... Read More
Join Mary Jumbelic, M.D. at Ithaca’s Buffalo Street Books for workshop “Forensics For Writers” focused on the techniques she utilized with writing her most recent work Speak Her Name (2025). Mary will offer insight into authentic language, characters, descriptions, and suspense, to help your true crime or mystery writing come alive! Learn the processes used by an award-winning author with ... Read More
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