[Audio clip: view full post to listen] This past summer we had a chance to see these Ithaca progressive/electro rock jammers twice. Once at The Great Blue Heron Music Festival and then again at the Finger Lakes Grassroots Festival a few weeks later. Prior to The Blue Heron Festival we had never heard of these [...]
TRUMANSBURGH, NY – Grassroots continued it’s run as one of the longest running festivals in America this past weekend. Over the past 4 days the residents of Ithaca and music lovers from across the country descend on the Trumansburgh fairgrounds to celebrate some of the best roots, folk, & world music. .bbpBox a {color:#0084B4!important;}.bbpBox{background:url(http://a1.twimg.com/profile_background_images/98957262/buffalo.jpg) #022330;padding:20px;}p.bbpTweet{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px}p.bbpTweet [...]
Trumansburgh, NY July 22- July 25th. Our favorite festival of the year has just announced the 2010 festival lineup. My highlight of every summer is time spent with my family and friends at Grassroots festival grounds. We’re looking forward to 2 nights of Donna The Buffalo, Burning Spear, G.P.G.D.S., John Brown’s Body, Keith Frank, & Railroad [...]
ITHACA, NY | This week Ithaca’s Castaways hosted one of the most enlightened bands making waves in the indie and jam circuits. The 150 fans that packed the venue were treated to an hour and a half of schizophrenic, juxtaposed, genre-busting melodies from the Akron/Family. Prior to hitting the stage that night, word was Akron/Family, [...]
Another incredible year at one of America’s longest running music festivals. Check out these photos of Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, Donna The Buffalo, Hank Roberts, and the grounds at Trumansburgh in 2009. Click image below for full slide show! Related Posts:
*** Click HERE for 2009 band schedule *** July 16th to 19th 2009. Our favorite festival of the year – the 19th annual Fingerlakes Grassroots Festival has announced their lineup. Donna the Buffalo has been hosting the festival for 19 years to raise money for the fight against AIDS and other worthy causes, provide regional [...]
I was at this show with about 10 friends in the summer of 2006. I had camped out two days on the side of the road to get a good spot and it was well worth it! The Fingerlakes Grassroots Festival is one of the best festivals in the nation. It has an extremely diverse [...]
Grassroots Festival returned for it’s 17 year as one of the longest running festivals in America. John Brown’s Body put on an excellent show for it’s home crowd with some new song off their new CD. If your a fan of reggae/dub music you’ll love this mind blowing set. enjoy! For the lossless files via [...]
Grassroots in Trumansburgh, NY is one of my favorite festivals of the year. I’ve been eagerly awaiting the lineup announcement since purchasing our 4 day festival and camping passes a couple of months ago. The festival will be headlined by Donna The Buffalo, Lucinda Williams, & Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Other performers include reggae pioneers [...]
Here’s another reason why the Grassroots Festival in Trumansburg, NY is one of the top 10 festivals in the country. I haven’t been able to get my hands on their exhilarating performance from G’roots 2007 so this will have to hold us over for the time being. This soundboard recording is well worth your time [...]
Donna The Buffalo is one of America’s best kept secrets. Natives of Ithaca, NY they have been touring for almost 20 years and host 3 festivals a year, 2 in Shakori Hills and the Finger Lakes Grassroots Festival in Trumansbugh, NY. The Shakori Hills fall festival wrapped up 2 weeks ago and Joe Champion has [...]
Click here for Grassroots 2007 T’burgh Schedule (PDF) The Grassroots festival in upstate NY is July 19th-22nd and the schedule has been released. Highlights include performances by Donna The Buffalo, Keith Frank and Family Band, Arrested Development and over 60 other bands. For festival details check out the www.grassrootsfest.org website.
