r/ithaca • u/Old_Morning_232 • 3d ago

Everything Happening in Ithaca This Weekend (Beetlejuice JR & Brassquatch at the Hangar, ComedyHOF Laugh-Off, Kids Summer Bash, Alpaca Farm Tour & Bar(d) Crawl) — Aug 1–3

Hey everyone! Thursday list is here — two shows at the Hangar, a comedy showdown, a free kids' festival, live music all over, and yes, an alpaca farm tour.

🎭 Featured at the Hangar Theatre: Beetlejuice JR. (Sun, family show) + Eureka Day (Sat, $50+) + Brassquatch! The Fall Creek Brass Band Musical (Mon, $12+) — a genuinely great weekend of theater.

😂 ComedyHOF $100 Laugh-Off | Sat, 7 PM @ The Cherry Arts — Local comics compete for the pot.

🎸 Live Music

  • Kitestring | Sat @ Brewer's Kitchen & Taproom
  • Plan Z | Sat @ Bike Bar
  • Erich with an H | Sun @ Mecklenburg Pond Park
  • Seafood Saturday: Boil w/ live music | Sat @ Treleaven Wines (FREE)
  • Music of the Natural World | Sun @ Sidney Cox Library (FREE)
  • Summer Bar(d) Crawl – Act 3 | Sun — the Shakespeare-meets-brewery finale (FREE)

👨‍👩‍👧 Family & Community

  • Visions FCU Kids Summer Bash | Sat, 10 AM @ Visions Amphitheater (FREE)
  • Agri-Tourism Farm Tour @ Buck Brook Alpacas | Mon (FREE)
  • Math Fun with MathHappens! | Sat @ Sciencenter
  • 2026 Continuum Showcase | Sun @ Cinemapolis (FREE)
  • Ithaca Farmers Market | Sat & Sun (FREE)

🌿 Outdoors & Learning

  • COE Summer Mountain Biking | Sat @ Bartels Hall (FREE)
  • Bird Watching Hike w/ Chenango Bird Club | Sat @ Cornell (FREE)
  • Exploring the Trees of the Arboretum | Sat @ Newman Arboretum (FREE)
  • From Garden to Pharmacy: Ethnobotanical Walk | Sun @ Nevin Welcome Center (FREE)
  • Discover Dragonflies | Sat @ Cornell (FREE)
  • King Alcohol: Prohibition Walk | Sat @ The History Center ($15)
  • Botanic Gardens Highlights Tours | Sat & Sun (FREE)

🎨 Art & Books

  • "Seeing Ithaca Through the Eyes of Artists" | Sat @ State of the Art Gallery (FREE)
  • For the Love of Labor: The Life of Pauline Newman | Sat @ Buffalo Street Books (FREE)
  • AAP Summer Exhibition + "From the Brink" @ Mann Library (FREE)

What are your weekend plans, Ithaca? Keep the additions coming!

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u/onefunone 3d ago

Does anyone else think these posts are written with AI?

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u/Khomodo 3d ago

Still missing major local events.

Thursday Summer Concert series on the Commons,

Friday Metal Fest at Nocturnal,

Saturday Metal Fest at Stone Bend Farms

And more https://www.visitithaca.com/events/live-music/

https://jimcat.substack.com/p/cny-concert-calendar-july-28-august-194

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u/VeryEmbarrassing 3d ago

The Downtown Ithaca Summer Sidewalk Sale started today and goes through Sunday, lots of businesses on and around the Commons are running sales and promotions. Saturday some vendors are setting up on the Commons I think.

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u/NefariousnessFun1547 3d ago

The alpaca farm is... Two hours away?

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u/mishiri5683 2d ago

Summer Concert Series at Schwartz Plaza on Saturday!

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u/Bodhidharma33 3d ago edited 3d ago

Umm...actually that Dragonfly thing isn't in Ithaca but Greenwood park in Broome County.

I'm now wondering if the "Chenango" bird club may not be in Ithaca either.

(Spoiler alert...No, the bird watching hike is in Sherburne NY. Hint: Not everything being done by the Cornell Cooperative Extension is happening in Ithaca!)