A synopsis of the 2011 performer line-up.
505 Blues
Infectiously danceable Blues and Rock
Friday, June 3, 7:30pm, Bernie Milton Pavilion
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Ithaca Shakespeare Company
To celebrate this year’s Festival theme, the Ithaca Shakespeare Company presents a full production of Shakespeare’s most magical play. Feuding lovers, mischievous fairies, and a hapless band of wanna-be actors come together in the forest, with hilarious results! Don’t miss this special presentation of Shakespeare’s most popular romantic comedy.
Sunday, June 5, at 4:00pm in Stewart Park.
Airborne Velociraptor
You will say: “Whoa”!
Gymnastics, martial arts, and circus acrobatics
Sunday, June 5, 2:00pm, Flag Pole
Alan Rose and the Restless Elements
Rocking festival-themed songs
Friday, June 3, 3:30pm, Bernie Milton Pavilion
Atomic Forces
Experimental electronic Rock/Folk/Punk
Saturday, June4, 8:00pm, Aurora St. Stage
Ayurveda
Live rock band, Eastern & electronic elements
Sunday, June 5, 8:00pm, Ball Park Stage
Beach Parade
Indie Rock/Punk/Rock
Saturday, June 4, 9:25pm, CSMA Third Floor
Bombtree
Three piece high-energy Rock
Saturday, June 4, 10:05pm, CSMA Third Floor
Bridge Under Fire
Catchy Hard Punk Rock
Saturday, June 4, 5:45pm, CSMA Third Floor
Carle School of Irish Dance
Traditional Irish Dancing
Friday, June 3, 7:00pm, Inner Plaza
Cayuga Blue Notes
Country, Delta and early Chicago Blues
Saturday, June 4, 7:00pm, Amphitheater
Cayuga Chimes
Upbeat tunes from Doo-Wop to Contemporary
Saturday, June 4, 4:00pm, Cayuga St. Stage
Colleen Kattau and Some Guys
Organic & Latin American rhythmic folk
Friday, June 3, 4:00pm, Cayuga St. Stage
Comedy FLOPS – Improv comedy!
Friday, June 3, 8:00pm, Amphitheater
Common Railers
Original acoustic/Americana
Saturday, June 4, 5:30pm, Wine Garden Stage
CSMA Recorder Ensemble
Mixed-age players of Renaissance & Baroque music
Friday, June 3, 6:30pm, Amphitheater
Cyndy Scheibe – Live Mannequin
Friday from 4-6 pm and Saturday from 2-5pm near Center Ithaca
Danza Romani
Romani (Gypsy) Dances from Turkey, Spain & Russia
Friday, June 3, 8:00pm, Inner Plaza
David Caughey
Songs of social justice and acceptance
Friday, June 3, 1:00pm, Amphitheater
Diamonds in the Rough
Three voices a cappella
Friday, June 3, 2:00pm, Cayuga St. Stage
Diana Leigh Jazz Quartet
Sweet & sassy swingin’ standards!
Sunday, June5, Dance Lesson with Cindy Overstreet – 6:00-6:30pm
Dance 6:30 to 8:30 Large Pavilion
Djug Django
Vintage Jazz, Gypsy swing, original songs
Friday, June 3, 3:30pm, Wine Garden Stage
Driftwood
Shanty Rock
Saturday, June 4, 12:30pm, Wine Garden Stage
EAC Montessori Big Band
Big Band music
Friday, June 3, Noon, Bernie Milton Pavilion
El Caminos
A Dangerously Danceable & Fun Mix of Americana & Alt-Country
Sunday, June 5, 1:30pm, Theater Stage
El Rumbon
Latin Dance Party
Saturday, June 4, 5:30pm, Bernie Milton Pavilion
Elisa Sciscioli with Solstice
Original Soul music with world influences
Saturday, June 4, 6:30pm, Bernie Milton Pavilion
Elsa and the awesomeAWESOMES
Synthpunk/Electropop or ukulele
Friday, June 3, 5:00pm, Aurora St. Stage
Emilie Rose
Strong vocals on piano-driven pop-rock originals
Friday, June 3, 2:00pm, Amphitheater
Entwyned
Exciting arrangements of traditional and new melodies
Sunday, June 5, noon, Theater Stage
Fall Creek Brass Band
Loud, brass, dance, feel good
Saturday, June 4, 12:30pm, Aurora St. Stage
Fall Creek Folk
Vocal instrumental folk ensemble
Friday, June 3, 2:30pm, Wine Garden Stage
Fight a Scary Dog
High Energy Folk-Punk
Saturday, June 3, 6:30pm, CSMA Third Floor
Finger Lakes Women’s Chorale
Songs about flowers
Friday, June 3, 7:00pm, Amphitheater
Flumerflutes
A flute choir of Flo Flumerfelt’s students
Saturday, June 4, 3:00pm, Amphitheater
Freakuency
Funk, Rock, heavy grooves, high energy
Friday, June 3, 3:00pm, Aurora St. Stage
Free Boody Institute
Funk Revival
Sunday, June 5, 4:00p, Large Pavilion
Funknut
New School Old School Funk
Friday, June 3, 8:00pm, Cayuga St. Stage
Gadje
Exciting and soulful Gypsy Rock
Friday, June 3, 1:30pm, Wine Garden
GoGone
Soulful ballads to raucous and rockin’ tales of adventure
Friday, June 3, 5:30pm, Bernie Milton Pavilion
Greater Fingerlakes Jazz Orchestra
Contemporary Big Band
Sunday, June 5, 1:00pm, Large Pavilion
Greatest Common Factor (GCF)
Captivating break-dance routine
Saturday, June 4, 3:00pm, Bernie Milton Pavilion
Heavy Metal – Low Brass Ensemble
Classical music, Rock, and Jazz from a low brass quartet
Saturday, June 4, 4:00pm, Amphitheater
Hee Haw Nightmare
Bring your Dancin’ kicks
Saturday, June 4, 6:30pm, Wine Garden Stage
HotChaCha
Loud. Edgy. Rock
Saturday, June 4, 8:50pm, CSMA Third Floor
ITE Chamber Orchestra
Gorgeous string orchestra performances of Mozart, Ravel, Kreisler and more
Saturday, June 4, 3:30pm, Bernie Milton Pavilion
Ithaca Ballet
Classical ballet performance by Company members and students
Saturday, June 4, 2:30pm, Bernie Milton Pavilion
Ithaca Karate Harmony with Nature School
Karate performances with Jazz trio
Friday, June 3, 5:00pm, Inner Plaza
Ithaca Shakespeare Company- A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Ithaca Shakespeare Company presents a full production of Shakespeare’s most magical play. Feuding lovers, mischievous fairies, and a hapless band of wanna-be actors come together in the forest, with hilarious results! Don’t miss this special presentation of Shakespeare’s most popular romantic comedy.
Sunday, June 5, at 4 pm in Stewart Park
Ithaca Talent Education Young Violinists, Violists and Cellists
ITE School Musicians
Friday, June 3, 4:30pm, Bernie Milton Pavilion
Ithaca Tangueros
Tango: The Art of Improvisation
Friday, June 3, 7:30pm, Inner Plaza
Jayne and Bram
Traditional Irish music
Friday, June 3, 1:00pm, Bernie Milton Pavilion
Jim Self/Dancing Green
Interactive community based dance event
Sunday, June 5, 3:30pm, Flag Pole
June with Chandani Belly Dance Troupe
Traditional Middle Eastern Belly Dance
Saturday, June 4, 6:00pm, Cayuga St. Stage
Kakeru presents: MDSMR NITE’S DRM
Ladies and Gentlemen! Presenting, A Midsummer’s Night Dream as you’ve never seen it before (aka explained with all the boring stuff cut out!)! WATCH as the young lovers try to elope and end up bewitched! LAUGH as the faery queen falls in love with a donkey! SIGH as love is restored and everyone gets married, and GASP as 3 people attempt to perform a play meant for 21 actors…. in 18 MINUTES!!!
Friday at 6:00pm the Amphitheater
Saturday at 2:00pm at the Amphitheater
Kevin Kinsella
With full electric dance band with horns and harmony singers in support of his new ROIR Record Release “Great Design”
Saturday, June 4, 7:30pm, Bernie Milton Pavilion
KILRUSH
High intensity Celtic dance music!
Sunday, June 5, 6:00pm , Theater Stage
Kin Ship
Cigarettes, barstools and bunnies
Friday, June 3, 7:00pm, Aurora St. Stage
KlezEpic
Traditional Jewish Moldavian music and American Klezmer pieces
Saturday, June 4, 11:30am, Cayuga St. Stage
Luke Gustafson Trio
Furious 50’s Doo Wop
Friday, June 3, 1:00pm, Cayuga St. Stage
Lycaonfire Flow Arts
Movement from the Heart
Sunday, June 5, 2:30pm, Flag Pole
Magic Garden Puppets
Foundling Bird and the Witch, a German Fairy Tale
Saturday, June 4, noon, Amphitheater
Mantra and Mantrella
Middle eastern and vaudeville inspired dance and music
Friday, June 3, 6:00pm, Inner Plaza
Mark Rust – “Tunes For Spoons”
Spoon playing workshop.
Sunday, June 5, 1:00pm, Family Fun Tent
Mark Rust
An Ithaca Festival tradition
Saturday, June 4, 5:00pm, Amphitheater
Mary B. Lorson and the Soubrettes
Vaudeville meets Indie Rock
Saturday, June 4, 3:30pm, Wine Garden Stage
Mike (A)!
Folk, Punk, Psychedelia, Indie
Saturday, June 4, 5:10pm, CSMA Third Floor
Mike Brindisi & The New York Rock
High energy radio/family friendly rock and roll
Sunday, June 5, 4:00pm, Ball Park Stage
Mirage Belly Dancers of Ithaca
Joyful belly dancing for all!
Saturday, June 4, 2:00pm, Cayuga St. Stage
Mostly Inverted
“We gotch’er circus right here!”
partner acrobatics, object manipulation, and other circus skills!
Sunday, June 5, 3:00pm, Flag Pole
Mouth To Mouth To Mouth
Mathpunks!
Saturday, June 4, 8:15pm, CSMA, Third Floor
Mutron Warriors
Funky dance party
You’re gonna dance your pants off!!
Sunday, June 5, 6:00pm, Ball Park Stage
Mutsu
Blues Funk Rock with a hint of Zydeco!
Friday, June 3, 4:30pm, Wine Garden Stage
Nate & Kate
Ithaca’s favorite espoused Indie Folk superheroes
Saturday, June 4, 5:00pm, Cayuga St. Stage
Nate the Great
Top-notch juggling, fire, music & comedy
Friday, June 3, 4:30pm, Inner Plaza
Sunday, June 5, 3:00pm, Food Court
Native Earthling Band
Tribal Rock
Sunday, June 5, 2:30pm, Theater Stage
New Neighbors
Experimental/Folk/Rock
Friday, June 3, 8:00pm, Aurora St. Stage
New Rap Union
Clean, family-friendly and engaging
Friday, June 3, 7:00pm, Cayuga St. Stage
New Roots Charter School
Chorus, Jazz Ensemble and Brass ensemble
Friday, June 3, 2:00pm, Aurora St. Stage
New Roots Charter School Theater Troupe
Selections from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
Friday, June 3, 1:30pm, Aurora St. Stage
Nick Bullock
Pop/Rock/Indie
Saturday, June 4, 4:00pm, Aurora St. Stage
No Eggs No Problem
Hip-Hop jam band
Friday, June 3, 4:00pm, Aurora St. Stage
Nomadz B Fam
4 man Hip Hop
Saturday, June 4, 3:30pm, Aurora St. Stage
Not From Wisconsin
Americana meets Indie Rock
Friday, June 3, 6:30pm, Bernie Milton Pavilion
One-Heart Community Drum
Crowd participation encouraged, drum and dance
Sunday, June 5, all day in Stewart Park
ONE LOVE
A musical celebration of global prayer
Friday, June 3, 5:00pm, Amphitheater
Painted Rust
Death metal from Brooklyn
Saturday, June 4, 10:50pm, CSMA Third Floor
Panorama Chess promotions
Simultaneous chess exposition
Friday and Saturday all day Chess area on the Commons
Park Doing and the Dayton Flames
Original Country Rock
Friday, June 3, 5:30pm, Wine Garden Stage
Paso Fino
Eclectic Rhythm and Roots
Sunday, June 5, 12:30pm, Theater Stage
Pete Panek and the Blue Cats
House Rockin’ Chicago Style Blues
Sunday, June 5, 2:00pm, Ball Park Stage
Phil Shapiro and Carrie Shore
Sturdy songs, old and not so old, from the American Folk tradition
Saturday, June 4, 1:00pm, Amphitheater
Pleasantly Plump
Humorous and beautiful A Cappella pieces in harmony
Friday, June 3, 7:30pm, Amphitheater
Punch and Judy Puppet Theatre
Original puppet plays featuring Punch & Judy
Sunday, June 5, 2:00pm, Family Fun Area
Radar Radar
Nu-Disco, Dubstep, Electronica
Saturday, June 4, 3:00pm, Aurora St. Stage
Radio The Ape
Original dance rock with catchy tunes and clever lyrics
Friday, June 3, 6:00pm, Aurora St. Stage
Read-Along Songs with John Simon and Cal Walker
John Simon and Cal Walker delight audiences with story and song
Saturday, June 4, 12:30pm, Cayuga St. Stage
Road House
A cappella, close four-part harmony, barbershop quartet
Saturday, June 4, noon, Cayuga St. Stage
Seidaiko Taiko Drumming
Traditional Japanese, Chinese, African Drums, Lion Dance and Kabuki Mime
Saturday, June 4, 1:00pm, Bernie Milton Pavilion
Seishi Karate
Seishi Karate, Traditional Martial Arts for Adults and Children
Saturday, June 4, 12:30pm, Bernie Milton Pavilion
Seneca St. Ensemble
Renaissance, Baroque and Folk repertoire
Saturday, June 4, 3:00pm, Cayuga St. Stage
SOUK: Middle Eastern Grooves
Traditional Middle Eastern Music
Saturday, June 4, 6:00pm, Amphitheater
Steve Southworth and the Rockabilly Rays
“You can’t sit still”
Sunday, June 5, noon, Large Pavilion
Sundown Sally
Roots, Rhythm, and Homespun Harmonies
Saturday, June 4, 8:00pm, Cayuga St. Stage
SuperBev and the Bevetts
Three women funk
Sunday, June 5, Between Sets, Ball Park Stage
SwampCats
Rock and Roll!
Friday, June 3, 2:30pm, Bernie Milton Pavilion
Tamar Haviv
Left of center Pop music
Saturday, June 4, 1:30pm, Cayuga St. Stage
Technicolor Trailer Park
In Your Face Folk
Sunday, June 5, 12:00pm, Ball Park Stage
Theater Incognita - 2 one act productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Rude Mechanicals of Theatre Incognita present the most lamentable comedy of the cruel death of Pyramus and Thisby, a scene of most tragical mirth.
Friday at 5pm on the Bernie Milton Pavilion
“We are Spirits of Another Sort”: A Journey to Faeryland
Saturday at 4:30 at the Bernie Milton Pavilion
The Big Mean Sound Machine
Progressive Afrobeat and Dance
Sunday, June 5, 3:00pm, Ball Park Stage
The Black Walnut Band
Ithaca Style Country Soul
Saturday, June 4, 11:30am, Wine Garden Stage
The Blind Spots
Female-fronted Indie Rock
Friday, June 3, 7:30pm, Wine Garden Stage
The Blue and The Gray
Home-grown Rock n’ Roll
Friday, June 3, 3:00pm, Cayuga St. Stage
The Crow Greenspun Band
Folk/Rock singer/songwriter
Saturday, June 4, 5:00pm, Aurora St. Stage
The Destination
Dance your booty sore!
Sunday, June 5, 2:00pm, Large Pavilion
The DixieKats
Traditional Dixieland and Cajun Gumbo music
Sunday, June 5, 3:00pm, Large Pavilion
The Double E
Original Country Rockin’ Rollin’ Waltzin’ Dancin’
Friday, June 3, 6:30pm, Wine Garden Stage
The Fly Rods
Rock and Roll
Friday, June 3, 6:00pm, Cayuga St. Stage
The Folkadelics
Music you can dance to
Saturday, June 4, 4:30pm, Wine Garden Stage
The Grady Girls
Irish Fiddle Tunes
Saturday, June 4, 1:30pm, Wine Garden Stage
The Gunpoets
Positive, family friendly, energetic hip hop
Sunday, June 5, 7:00pm, Ball Park Stage
The Hog-Tie Sessions
Celtic, Bluegrass, and Gypsy genres
Sunday, June 5, 8:00pm, Theater Stage
The JazzHappensBand
Seven piece traditional “Dixieland” jazz
Saturday, June 4, 2:00pm, Aurora St. Stage
The MacGuillicuddies
Americana, Zydeco fun!
Saturday, June 4, 1:30pm, Bernie Milton Pavilion
The Makepeace Brothers
Roots based power Pop
Sunday, June 5, 5:00pm, Ball Park Stage
The Nate & Kate Kids Show
Kids music, participation, juggling w/ cello
Friday, June 3, 3:00pm, Amphitheater
The Newman Brothers
David Bowie space Rock to old school R&B
Saturday, June 4, 7:00pm, Aurora St. Stage
The Nines
Original arrangements to the classic Jazz repertoire
Saturday, June 4, 7:30pm, Wine Garden Stage
The Pranadhanas
Yoga-dance Performance Company
Saturday, June 4, 8:00pm, Amphitheater
The Purple Valley
Dancing Blues, Swing & Rock & Roll
Sunday, June 5, 5:00pm, Large Pavilion
The Tarps
Classic R&R covers
Saturday, June 4, 7:00pm, Cayuga St. Stage
The Temple Rockers
Roots Reggae and Dub
Sunday, June 5, 1:00pm, Ball Park Stage
The Tin Teardrops
Garage Rock
Saturday, June 4, 6:00pm, Aurora St. Stage
Thirteen South
Intense, High Energy Metal
Saturday, June 4, 11:30pm, CSMA Third Floor
Toivo
Accordion driven World Music
Saturday, June 4, 2:30pm, Wine Garden Stage
Tony Ocello
Blues, covers and originals
Friday, June 3, 4:00pm, Amphitheater
Traonach
Irish traditional music
Friday, June 3, 5:00pm, Cayuga St. Stage
Vitamin L
Uplifting, energizing concert with youth singers
Saturday, June 4, 11:30am, Bernie Milton Pavilion
Voices – Multicultural Chorus
Music from around the world
Sunday, June 5, 3:30pm, Theater Stage
Why the Wires
PunkRockWaltzStompShout
Saturday, June 4, 7:30pm, CSMA Third Floor
Zajal the Sugarplum Fairy–and Friends!
Participation Story Dance for all ages!
Friday, June3, 12:00pm, Amphitheater
Zela Zola
Original Gypsy Jazz
Saturday, June 3, 1:00pm, Aurora St. Stage
Zydeco Trail Riders
Zydeco dance!
Sunday, June 5, 7:00pm, Theater Stage
Other Happenings In and Around:
Ithaca Festival Jam Tent 2011
Sunday June 5th 2011 from 11:30 am until 9:00 pm
Sponsored by Ithaca Guitar Works and Ludgate Farm and Market.
http://www.guitarworks.com/ and http://www.ludgatefarms.com/
CAJUN JAM – 11:30 am – 1:00 pm (Traditional Cajun maybe a little Zydeco) The origins of Cajun music started in the north when the Acadians were forced to migrate from Nova Scotia to Louisiana in the late 1700′s. This is a rich and unique American music style. This will be an open acoustic only instrumental jam.
SINGING JAM - 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm (Folk Songs) This is a sing-a-long, where anyone can lead. Songs your parents sang when you were little, songs you sang at camp, songs that mean a lot to you right now. Instruments are welcome for back up, but the focus for this jam is on voices. Bring a song to share, chime in on a chorus or just listen, everyone is welcome!
OLD-TIME JAM - 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm (Appalachian Fiddle Tunes) — Southern old-time music was born when African rhythms and syncopation began to influence the fiddle dance tune tradition. Old-time jams often include guitar, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, mandolin, dulcimer, voices, and tapping feet to keep the rhythm. Tunes are usually passed along by oral tradition, but chord charts are available for many of the tunes, and musicians of any level are welcome. The emphasis is on getting into a groove for each tune, allowing each musician room to improvise within the structure of the tune.
BLUEGRASS JAM – 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm (Traditional Bluegrass) Bluegrass is American roots music comprising a rich fusion of traditions from the British Isles, jazz, blues, and country. This jam features fiddle, mandolin, banjo, guitar, dobro, upright bass, and vocals, and each instrument has the opportunity to improvise around the melody in wildly creative ways. All skill levels are welcome!
FIDDLE TUNE JAM - 5:30 pm -7:00 pm (New England, Contra and Assorted Dance Tunes) — We will be playing “fiddle tunes” suitable for contra or square dancing. These tunes originate from New England, Canada, British Isles and parts of Europe . This is an open instrumental jam where typical instruments are fiddle, guitar, mandolin, banjo (4 or 5 string), accordion, acoustic bass and occasional woodwinds such as flute or clarinet. This group typically works from the Ithaca “YFN tune set”. But any fiddle tunes are appropriate if someone can lead it! All skill levels welcome, come join us!
IRISH SESSION - 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (Traditional Irish) This session will be run in traditional Irish session style, which is generally full speed ahead and often stringing 2 or 3 tunes together at a time. All skill levels welcome: the tunes are fast, but the only way to “get the feel” is to jump in and try!
Ithaca Underground @ the CSMA Third Floor Performance Space
Saturday, June 4th, 5 to midnight – $5 cover
Mike (A), Bridge Under Fire, Fight a Scary Dog, Why The Wires, MTMTM, HotChaCha, Beach Parade, Bombtree, Painted Rust, Thirteen South
Ithaca Underground is a DIY organization aimed at nurturing a creative outlet for diverse music in Ithaca through all ages shows. Shows are booked year round at a variety of spaces in Ithaca, presenting national and regional bands that represent a wide array of underground genres with an emphasis on youth involvement. We’re enthralled to work in collaboration with the Ithaca Festival and CSMA this year and to present an evening of punk, metal, hardcore, indie, math-rock, and more.
Cyndy Scheibe Live Mannequin
Friday from 4-6 pm and Saturday from 2-5pm near Center Ithaca
Cyndy Scheibe has been performing as The Live Mannequin since 1978. She has participated in every Ithaca Festival since its inception, and was the general coordinator in 1982 and 1984. In her other life, she teaches classes in developmental psychology and media literacy at Ithaca College and is the Executive Director of Project Look Sharp.
The History Center in Tompkins County
Be on the lookout for the cast of local historical figures from The History Center in Tompkins County, who will be walking around the festival on Saturday. For more info- Phone: (607) 273-8284
www.TheHistoryCenter.net