August
Harvest for Foodies: We've combed the calendars for this list of two-dozen harvest-season food events.
Free concerts: Under the stars in five separate concert series, all month.
Lansing Harbor Festival: A waterfront community festival packed with music, food and events. Myers Point Park, Lansing, Aug.14.
Trumansburg Fair: A classic county fair. Rides, funnel cake, agricultural exhibits and a demolition derby. Trumansburg Fairgrounds, Aug. 24-29.
September
Ithaca Brew Fest: 45 craft brewers, great food, live music. On the waterfront at Stewart Park, Sept. 4.
Rhiner Fest: Ithaca's bawdy waterfront past comes to life with food, music, games and living history all day on Inlet Island. Old Taughannock Blvd., Ithaca, Sept. 11.
Live at the State Theatre: Marhsall Tucker Band Sept.10, John Hiatt Sept. 23, Broken Social Scene Sept. 24.
Cornell Homecoming Weekend: Sept 24-26.
Finger Lakes Corn Maze: Get lost in a fabulous 10-acre maze. All fall at T-Burg Mini Golf, 1966 Rt. 96, Trumansburg.
October
28th Annual Downtown Apple Harvest Festival. Celebrate the harvest with food, music and fun for all. Downtown on the Commons, Oct.1-3.
Boo, Downtown "Ghost Walks:" Learn about Ithaca's dark side on a historical walking tour of haunted Ithaca. Oct. 2, 29, 30, 31.
Ithaca College "Fall Splash" Alumni Weekend & Homecoming, Oct. 1-3
Greater Ithaca Art Trail Open Studio Weekends: See 53 studios and 55 artists in two beautiful weekends. Oct. 9-10 and 16-17.
Friends of the Library Used Book Sale: One of the nation's largest, a quarter-million titles up for grabs, Oct. 9-11, 16-18 and 23-26.
Finger Lakes Cheese Tour: Open house events at 10 farmstead cheesemakers. Oct. 9-10.
Cornell First Year Family Weekend, Oct. 22-24
Ithaca College Family Weekend, Oct. 29-31
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