Welcome to the quickest way to learn the week’s most exciting local events. This weekly event round-up is sponsored by The Ithaca Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Downtown Ithaca BINGO!
Pick up a card at any downtown retail location or business or print out the bingo card linked below. By picking up a card at a downtown location, you can instantly collect a FREE bumper sticker. Shop downtown to fill up your squares and check them off as you go. We’ll make it even easier to win by including a few social media squares on the bingo cards!
Date/time: Through June 2015
Location: Downtown Ithaca
Site: http://www.downtownithaca.com/dia/ithacabingo.html
Ithaca Festival of the Arts
The Ithaca Festival is a four day music and arts celebration, the premier event of its kind in Tompkins County. Over 1,000 talented local musicians, painters, dancers, clowns, community groups, and ensembles perform throughout the Ithaca Festival weekend.
Date/time: May 28-31
Location: Ithaca Commons, Ithaca NY
Site: http://ithacafestival.org/
Finger Lakes Cider House Asparaganza!
Celebrate the grand opening of the new Finger Lakes Cider House as well as all things apspragus! Free event and everyone’s invited!
Date/time: May 23, 3:00pm
Location: Finger Lakes Cider House
Site: https://www.facebook.com/
Bike Night Kickoff & Benefit
All riders are invited to an afternoon of social gathering with fellow bikers. Music, food, family and fun! Contests for best looking bike, loudest exhaust & most powerful bike.
Date/time: May 23, 5:30pm-10:00pm
Location: Crossroads Bar & Grill
Site: https://www.ithacaevents.com/
Lamb to Loom
Pet some lambs! Try your hand at spinning fleece, weaving with wool and creating lamb crafts! Stories and more with our furry friends–great event for all ages.
Date/time: May 23, 1:00pm
Location: 24 West Main Street, Dryden, NY
Site: https://www.ithacaevents.com/
Paint Nite Ithaca
Drink Creatively with Paint Nite Ithaca! A master artist will guide you through the steps to create a 16×20 acrylic masterpiece in about two hours, while you enjoy delicious food and drink at Joe’s Restaurant.
Date/time: May 25-Many summer dates available 7:00pm 9:00pm
Location: 602 West Buffalo Street
Site: https://www.ithacaevents.com/
Grassroots Big Splash Sustainability Weekend
The Big Splash Program is a weekend long celebration of how we can help enrich the world we live in! Enjoy vendors and musical performances from your favorite local bands, it’s a great pre-game for the big Grass Roots Festival in July!
Date/time: May 23-24
Location: Tioga County Fair Grounds
Site: http://www.
Birds in Blossom Bird Walk
A morning stroll full of feathery friends. Walks will be held rain or shine. Pre-registration is not required.
Date/time: Fridays at 8:00am, Through May 31
Location: F.R. Newman Arboretum off Caldwell Road
Site: http://www.ssreg.com/
JAWS
Jaws was released almost 40 years ago to the day. Feel old yet? Come see it how it was meant to be seen at the State Theater of Ithaca!
Date/time: May 30, 7:30pm
Location: State Theater of Ithaca
Site: http://www.stateofithaca.com/
BYOV-Bring Your Own Vinyl
Bring your own vinyl to Lot 10 and show the people what they’re missing!
Date/time: May 27, 7:00pm-12:00am
Location: Lot 10 on the Commons
Site: http://www.lot-10.com/
Welcome to Me- Cinemapolis
See your Saturday Night Live favorite Kristin Wiig as Alice Klieg, a woman with Borderline Personality Disorder who wins Mega-millions, quits her meds and buys her own talk show.
Date/time: Many show times available
Location: Cinemapolis
Site: http://www.cinemapolis.org/?
Ithaca Gorges Half Marathon
Now is the time to register and start training! The Inaugural Ithaca Half Marathon is a whole new way to see the sheer beauty that is Ithaca, NY. Challenge yourself while rewarding your senses with the fresh smell of nature trails and the cool mist of the waterfalls.
Date/time: June 14, at 8:00am
Location: The Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce 904 East Shore Drive
Site: https://www.facebook.com/