August 21 – August 23, 2026 · 5 events
This weekend in Ithaca, New York brings 5 live events across the city. 1 events are explicitly listed as free. Here's what's on.
Ithaca's events scene runs on the combined wattage of Cornell and Ithaca College, a famously progressive community, and gorges that make every summer festival scenic. The State Theatre downtown books national touring acts in a restored 1928 movie palace, while the Hangar Theatre stages a respected professional summer season. The Ithaca Festival celebrates the town's creative spirit each June with parades and dozens of performances, and the GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance — held each July at the fairgrounds in nearby Trumansburg — has grown into one of the Northeast's most beloved roots music gatherings. The Commons keeps buskers and bar bands going year-round.
5 events are listed for Sunday, including Art in Bloom with Ithaca Garden Club at State of the Art Gallery at State of the Art Gallery, “Seeing Ithaca Through the Eyes of Artists” at State of the Art Gallery, “The Architecture of the Self”: A Summer Somatic Series at the House of S Corn, 100 YEARS PODCAST at Cinemapolis (2:30 PM). Events that start earlier in the weekend may still be running Sunday; open an event for its current schedule.