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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!

Lots of New Photos

We've got some new photos you should check out. As a few person operation, there's an awful lot to cover in this city, which is why we're constantly expanding to get new, enthusiastic people involved. We're honored to welcome our newest member to the team, Photographer David Korman! We met David not terrible long ago upon admiring some of his shots of local bands, and a few conversations later found us agreed that we're working towards the same goal, to encourage more people to get out and enjoy the wonderful music scene Ithaca has to offer. David's pictures are truly excellent, and he's got a serious future in photography. We'll be constantly adding new photos from local shows, so please check out media section to get a taste of what's out there!

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Ithaca Festival boasts great music lineup!

Check it out! With over a thousand different performers every year, this year's Ithaca Festival has a stellar lineup! We're especially excited for the Sunday Ballpark Stage; So many amazing musicians in one day! Don't forget to buy your festival button, it's your ticket to great fun and music!

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Friday, May 29th

Friday May 29^th

Cayuga St. Pavilion

Noon EAC Montessori Jazz - Classic jazz

1:00pm Jaimie Pyles - singer songwriter

1:30 Coyote Cowgirls - Honky Tonk

2:30pm Jerry Droleski - Classic rock

3:00pm Finger Lakes Women’s Chorale - Classical

3:30pm Native Earthling - Tribal rock

4:30pm Dave Streater and Blue Cayuga Jazz - Classic jazz music

5:30pm Los Finsteros - Bluegrass and ragtime

6:30pm Hedgehog Irish Trio - Traditional Irish

7:30pm Mud Bone - Country rock

See the FULL lineup by clicking 'Read More' below

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3 Great Choices, 1 Friday Night...

Okay, so this Friday night marks the beginning of May, and there's so much to do.

To get things started, for dinner at least, we have to mention that our good friends at Ithaca Beer will be pairing their delicious beers with homemade sausage in an event they call 'Uno De Mayo' and not to distract from music related events, but you can read all about it here. Yum.

But that leads us to our main point. There are some freaking awesome shows this Friday night, and we know you can't make all of them, so we invite you to tell us which one you're most excited about.

Here are your options:

Rubblebucket Orchestra - Featuring ex-members of JBB and quite arguably the nastiest horn section to come to Ithaca in a long time, they will be playing at Castaways Friday night with local super-group, Solstice. These nasty cats include members from Thousands of One, Mutron Warriors, Food Clothes and Shelter and more. Sick.

Revision will be playing at Funk and Waffles with Phil Smo and Ahnest. You can get down to some great, local Ithaca funk-rock, groove out with a waffle, and, who knows, maybe do the D-BBQ thang before hand? As they say at Funk and Waffles, 'Eat Up, Get Down'!

Scythian, 2007 Grassroots Phenoms who melted minds with their uber-high energy celtic/immigrant music stylings, will be playing at The Rongovian Embassy for a nice change of pace. These boys know how to throw a serious party, and if your hands are too busy for clapping, your feet will be doing the work for them.

The choice is yours, and yours alone!

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