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IT'S THE MOST, WONDERFUL TIIIIIIME, OF THE YEAR! Let's take a look at some of the big festivals going on in and around the area for this summer. There's some really doozies, and something literally for everyone! 
The Great Blue Heron Festival is celebrating their 18th year of providing a great blend of roots and folk music. It's about a 3.5 hour drive from Ithaca, but a great weekend of music to give you a warmup to the Grassroots Festival. Check out this lineup: 
This year marks the 19th annual Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance. Coming up July 16th-19th, the festival this year boasts and incredible lineup of musicians, we've already posted these a bunch of times, but one more can't hurt :-) Donna the Buffalo , Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings , Béla Fleck (solo acoustic & with Oumou Sangaré) , Toots and the Maytals , Rusted Root , John Brown's Body , Galumpha , Samite of Uganda , Sim Redmond Band , The Horse Flies , Scythian , Keith Secola & his Wild Band of Indians , Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad , Keith Frank & the Soileau Zydeco Band , Hot Day at the Zoo , Kevin Kinsella , Johnny Dowd , Jimkata , Black Castle , Hank Roberts , Thousands of One , JSan & the Analog Sons , New Neighbors , The Gunpoets , The Rozatones Oh, and of course, many more. A truly great combination of world music and local bands.
 Argh! Conflict of interest! The same weekend as Grassroots, but a totally different lineup and feel. In an ideal world, these festivals would be a weekend apart, but there's not much you can do. Camp Bisco 8 is put on by The Disco Biscuits, and takes place about 20 minutes right outside of Albany, so a bit of a hike from Ithaca if you're up for it. Pretty cool lineup: 
 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!
Phew! Well, we can't play favorites, but we're going to do our best to be at all of them! The choice is yours, and yours alone. Legends of the Hidden Temple reference? Anyone? Anyone?
Happy Festivalling!
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