Freeville Music was formed on August 28, 2006 to bring information about and recordings of local music performances to the performers and to their audience. Catalogs of songs.

Freeville, NY is located about halfway between the village of Dryden and the city of Ithaca. Trumansburg and Cortland are not far away. We are less than an hour from Syracuse, Binghamton, Elmira, Owego, Waverly and Watkins Glen to name only a few places where live music might be playing. Rumor has it that one can travel to New York City (downstate) or Buffalo (upstate) in four hours or so, and although these rumors are unconfirmed, I have eaten some mysteriously fresh seafood recently as well as some dynamite chicken wings.

Local Festivals

• The Ithaca Festival A celebration of the Ithaca area's talent, starting with the parade and continuing with three days of performances by local bands, dancers, martial artists, jugglers and magicians. It's free, but you can show your support by buying a $5 Ithaca Festival button.
• Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance, Trumansburg, a moderately large, but friendly festival with a wide variety of music and dance from all over the world and including local groups. Sign up on Friday for the band contest held on Saturday morning.

Other Live Local Music Sites and Small Venues

• Cortland Music - information about and recordings of live music in and around Cortland, NY.
• Canaan Music Home - It's got a lot! Find out about performances, festivals and jams.
• Unreal City Productions, Cortland, providing booking, promoting, recording and other resources to musicians.
• Folksmith featuring a selection of local performer/songwriters.
• Maxie's Supper Club, Ithaca (It's also a place to eat fresh seafood!)

Open Mic - Websites

The Nines Acoustic Open Mic Recordings

Recorded and edited using Audacity, a free and open source program for Mac, Linux and Windows.

Folk Alley Openmic

A streaming radio station out of Kent State. Also a place to upload your recording.

OpenMikes.org

A nationwide list of open mics. (the Hotel Utah in San Francisco is highly recommended)

We hope you enjoy Freeville Music.

Freeville Music is Jerry and Patty Codner
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