Halfway through the festival, and there's somehow more fantastic things to come. So far, on Day 2 of this year's Grassroots festival, we really were treated to just an amazing lineup. Again. Some of our personal favorites got the day started off. The Rozatones and New Neighbors both had great sets on the Infield stage to kick the day off despite looming rain. Ayurveda stretched their boundaries with members of Alash joining them on stage in the afternoon, which was immediately followed by a face melting performance from The Campbell Brothers, who were the smash hit of the weekend so far. As far as we're concerned though, the queen of original soul music, Sharon Jones raised this festival to another level with her high energy grooves. To wrap it all up? Jsan, Sim Redmond, and John Brown's Body... what more could a local music fan ask for? Click here for our pictures from Day 2 of Grassroots 2009 so far, lots more to come!

There's a lot more where these came from, but as promised here's a taste of what we've been enjoying here at the Grassroots Festival so far. Day 1, Thursday, July 16th, was one for the record books. 7,500 concert goers enjoyed incredible performances from The Horseflies, Toots and The Maytals, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, New Neighbors, Donna The Buffalo and many more! Check out our Day 1 run through for now, by clicking here, which we will be updating as the weekend goes on! Come say hi to us, see you tonight for John Brown's Body and Sharon Jones!

Hello from Grassroots indeed! IthacaMusic.com is on the scene and covering the whooole freaking festival for you. We're gonna be uploading pictures at the end of every night to give you an idea of the madness that is underway here in Trumansburg. If you've got photos you'd like to add to our collection, please email them to us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . We'll also be giving you a run down of each days events and we'll do our best to get video footage up as soon as we can edit some down for you. Bring your sunscreen, it's hot out here! See you at Grassroots!

There's a new Spot in town, a Sweet Spot at that. Most of us are in agreement that we can never get enough music in this town, let alone places to host live music at. Thankfully there's a new place open that you should totally check out. It's called The Sweetspot Lounge. Since some things have been changing at the Lost Dog, Sprocket Rages, the man behind booking all the fabulous shows there has taken the reigns of Sweetspot and is doing a grand job thus far too. Located at 1779 Hanshaw Rd., the Sweetspot Lounge boasts 8800 sq. ft. with a brand new stage, 10,000 watts. Pool Tables, Dart Boards, Indoor Putting Green, Indoor Golf Simulators, Beer & Wine, and Great Food. The banquet hall is also available for bachelor parties, and wedding receptions.

The 19th Annual Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance is upon us and they've pulled out all the stops for sure. Which kind of makes us wonder how they'll top themselves next year for their 20th anniversary, but anyway. An extremely powerful lineup this year including Rusted Root, Bela Fleck and Oumou Sangare, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Scythian, John Brown's Body and so many more. Full lineup here. IthacaMusic.com will be bringing you live daily coverage of the festival right here on our site including pictures, videos and interviews. We're beyond amped for this and we know you are too. Make sure to check out http://www.grassrootsfest.org for more info on how you can do your part to help out. See you there!

It's Festival Season

With several amazing festivals under our belt already this summer, here's a few more to go before the summer closes out.

This is going to be one cool festival for sure. Desiderata, located in Bainbridge, NY, just about an hour and half from Ithaca, will boast a unique festival style lineup of truly deep grooves and electronic music. Infected Mushroom is coming all the way from Israel to help headline this festival, as well as a set from The Chemical Brothers, too. In fact, lots of acts will be traveling from across the globe for this one: all the way from Mexico, Belgium, Denmark, and more. You can see the whole lineup here. We're also pretty excited for U-Melt, big favorites in Ithaca, and Progress, too. What makes this festival really cool is the message behind it. It's not the type of festival just clamoring for your money all weekend, but rather a celebration of a different lifestyle and enjoying life. We're hoping we can cover the festival and that we see you there too!

Tickets are available right here!

This year marks the 10th annual Musefest, August 28-30th! The festival takes place at Newhart's Lodge in Newfield, a truly beautiful piece of land. The festival has seen some ups and downs, but last year's festival was definitely the best one to date, and this year's is really shaping up nicely as well. Check out this locally infused lineup:

Jsan & The Analogue Sons, Thousands of One, Rubblebucket Orchestra, Blue Sky Mission Club, Revision, Jimkata, Mutron Warriors, BuzzUniverse, Natural Breakdown, Second Class Citizens, I Yahn I Arkestra, Family Dawgz, Unexplained Bacon, The Spelunkers, Technicolor Trailer Park, Alan Rose, Nate and Kate, 12 oz Muzzle & many more!

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This Week's Honorary Ithacan is...

Gary Jules!

Gary Jules

After a crazy weekend at Grassroots, it'll be nice to take things to a more somber state as we welcome yet another wonderful performer to our humble city, Gary Jules. Gary is best known for his effortless vocal abilities and a natural voice that will draw you in and make you forget you're even seeing a live show. He leaped to fame with his cover of "Mad World" in the film Donnie Darko and has been touring nationally and swooning crowds ever since.

Gary Jules will be playing with local favorites The Sutras and White Hot at Castaways this Saturday, July 25th at 9 PM. Plug in and Go!

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Spring Cleaning

It is about that time for a little Spring cleaning. We hope you've noticed that we've been tidying a few things up here and there, playing catchup, and also slowly unrolling a similar, but slightly smoother layout. We hope Spring finds you well, and we'd love to hear your general thoughts and opinions on how we're doing, and what you think of the new layout/design. It's simple, send us an email just by filling out our easy contact form. Thanks in advance for your time! ~IM.com

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