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- GREG BROWN show RESCHEDULED for MARCH 16… now at Hangar | by Dan | Published February 16, 2012
- Event Gallery at Bethel Woods Teams with Dan Smalls Presents | by Dan | Published January 23, 2012
- Welcome to 2012! PLEASE READ THIS… | by Dan | Published January 5, 2012
- A ton of new shows just on sale… | by Dan | Published December 2, 2011
- ONLINE SALES FOR STATE RADIO SOLD OUT | by Dan | Published November 16, 2011
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Event Summary
With the September 2011 release of Sing In My Meadow, Cowboy Junkies continue an ambitious schedule of four releases over an 18 month period, collectively titled “The Nomad Series.” Sing In My Meadow is a collection of songs recorded over a four day period that evokes the psychedelic, blues-inspired forays the band is fond of exploring on stage. The first ... more »
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- Venue: State Theatre of Ithaca [map]
- Event Date: Thu February 23, 2012
- Doors: 7:00PM
- Show: 8:00PM
- Age Policy: All AGES
Ticket Info
- Price: $29.50-$36.50
Event Summary
WICB and DSP are proud to welcome up and coming band SLEEPER AGENT in a special low-dough, nearly free show. WICB will be giving away 100 tickets – otherwise they’re only $5 in advance. Come see em now and say you were there when… Fresh off tour with Cage the Elephant and soon to embark on dates with Fun and ... more »
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- Venue: The Haunt [map]
- Event Date: Sun February 26, 2012
- Doors: 7:00PM
- Show: 8:00PM
- Age Policy: Ages 16+ Only
Ticket Info
- Price: $5.00 LOW DOUGH ADVANCE!
Event Summary
Why do we need museums? They show us something familiar and traditional, while at the same time documenting our innovation, showing us possible directions for the future. This is the same reason we need David Wax Museum – to give us music that is somehow familiar, as if it has always existed somewhere in our cultural ether, but is at ... more »
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- Venue: Abilene [map]
- Event Date: Wed February 29, 2012
- Doors: 8:00PM
- Show: 9:00PM
- Age Policy: All AGES
Ticket Info
- Price: $8.00 ADVANCE!!!
Event Summary
Why do we need museums? They show us something familiar and traditional, while at the same time documenting our innovation, showing us possible directions for the future. This is the same reason we need David Wax Museum – to give us music that is somehow familiar, as if it has always existed somewhere in our cultural ether, but is at ... more »
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- Venue: The Haunt [map]
- Event Date: Thu March 1, 2012
- Doors: 8:00PM
- Show: 9:00PM
- Age Policy: Ages 16+ Only
Ticket Info
- Price: $10.00 ADVANCE
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PEELANDER-Z, the Japanese Action Comic Punk Band based in NYC, was originally formed in 1998 by Peelander-Yellow, Peelander-Red, and Peelander-Blue, after meeting in New York City (although they’ll tell you they’re all from the Z area on the planet Peelander). Peelander-Green was welcomed in July 2008 after Blue left the band. After supporting Those Darlins’ and blowing our collective minds… ... more »
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- Venue: The Haunt [map]
- Event Date: Fri March 2, 2012
- Doors: 8:00PM
- Show: 9:00PM
- Age Policy: Ages 16+ Only
Ticket Info
- Price: $12.00 ADVANCE
Event Summary
Yours Truly Presents: Lower Dens “Batman” from Yours Truly on Vimeo. Texas-born Golden Apple, R.E.M. coverer, and ex-pizza shop employe Jana Hunter is currently living in Baltimore and fronting the quartet, Lower Dens. She was the first person to release a record on Devendra Banhart and Andy Cabic’s Gnomonsong via 2005′s Blank Unstaring Heirs Of Doom, followed by 2007′s There’s ... more »
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- Venue: The Haunt [map]
- Event Date: Sat March 3, 2012
- Doors: 8:00PM
- Show: 9:00PM
- Age Policy: Ages 16+ Only
Ticket Info
- Price: $8.00 ADV more at the door
Event Summary
“I’m broke as the Ten Commandments and sometimes I’m harder to follow…” -from “Money, Compliments, Publicity” by Todd Snider Initially The Excitement Plan (June 9th on Yep Roc Records) wasn’t supposed to be about anything. I was just trying to come up with the best… most open hearted … well-thought-out lyrics I could come up with. I wanted every song ... more »
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- Venue: The Haunt [map]
- Event Date: Sun March 11, 2012
- Doors: 7:00PM
- Show: 8:00PM
- Age Policy: Ages 16+ Only
Ticket Info
- Price: $20.00 ADVANCE
Event Summary
The way to build a following? Keep coming back! …and I’ll keep bringing Amy back until everyone takes notice of how amazing she is. The stranger in popular culture has often been a signifier for isolation. Amy LaVere’s life since the release of her last album has seen the breakup with a long-term love relationship and musical collaborator, as well ... more »
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- Venue: Lot 10 [map]
- Event Date: Wed March 14, 2012
- Doors: 9:00PM
- Show: 10:00PM
- Age Policy: all ages
Ticket Info
- Price: $10.00 ADVANCE
Event Summary
Greg Brown had a small accident last evening… he fell down and injured his shoulder. Nothing serious, but he needs a week off to recover. Due to this unfortunate incident, we are forced to postpone the show until March 16th. Due to scheduling conflicts, the show will now be moved to the Hangar Theater in Ithaca, located at 801 Taughannock ... more »
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- Venue: Hangar Theatre [map]
- Event Date: Fri March 16, 2012
- Doors: 7:00PM
- Show: 8:00PM
- Age Policy: all ages
Ticket Info
- Price: $27.50 Advance
Event Summary
You asked for him, you got him. The Ithaca debut of Chris Webby… “There Goes The Neighborhood Tour” Chris Webby (Christian Webster) is an up-and-coming rapper from the suburbs of Fairfield County, Connecticut. In just over a year and a half, Webster has released 6 full-length mixtapes, all freely available at datpiff.com. His first mixtape, The White Noise LP, was ... more »
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- Venue: The Haunt [map]
- Event Date: Tue March 27, 2012
- Doors: 7:00PM
- Show: 8:00PM
- Age Policy: Ages 16+ Only
Ticket Info
- Price: $15.00 ADVANCE more at the door
Event Summary
After supporting Jessica Lea Mayfield at Delilah’s, JC returns on a GREAT triple bill with Shovels and Rope and the fantastic Robert Ellis at Lot-10 (formerly Delilah’s). It’s gonna be intimate and totally sweet! See what we mean?
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- Venue: Lot 10 [map]
- Event Date: Thu March 29, 2012
- Doors: 8:00PM
- Show: 9:00PM
- Age Policy: All Ages
Ticket Info
- Price: $10.00
Event Summary
Yellow Dubmarine – Forty years after four musicians completed their swan song album which was named for the studio that they made famous, another group of supremely talented musicians entered into a studio to re-imagine that same album. For Dub-Reggae rockers, Yellow Dubmarine, the choice to take on the Beatles Abbey Road was a simple one. “There was a natural ... more »
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- Venue: The Haunt [map]
- Event Date: Fri March 30, 2012
- Doors: 8:00PM
- Show: 9:00PM
- Age Policy: Ages 16+ Only
Ticket Info
- Price: $12.00 ADVANCE
Event Summary
Dan Smalls Presents is honored to announce that classic country icon and Coal Miner’s Daughter, LORETTA LYNN. will play the State Theatre in Ithaca on Saturday, March 31. Tickets will go on sale Friday, January 20th at 10am and will be available without service charge at the State Theatre Box Office located at 105 West State St./MLK St. in Ithaca during their ... more »
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- Venue: State Theatre of Ithaca [map]
- Event Date: Sat March 31, 2012
- Doors: 7:00PM
- Show: 8:00PM
- Age Policy: All AGES
Ticket Info
- Price: $38.50-$58.50
Event Summary
New England’s genre-bending American roots string band, Hot Day at the Zoo, is spreading their “zoograss” sound nationwide. The high-energy quartet mixes folk, blues, ragtime and jazz with progressive bluegrass and Americana-infused rock and roll. Hot Day at the Zoo is pioneering their sound in a way that is reminiscent of how Johnny Cash transformed traditional country music. They have ... more »
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- Venue: Lot 10 [map]
- Event Date: Sat March 31, 2012
- Doors: 8:00PM
- Show: 9:00PM
- Age Policy: all ages
Ticket Info
- Price: $8.00 ADV for a limited time
Event Summary
In 1995, Zoso was formed to create the most mesmerizing and accurate portrayal of “the biggest band of the 1970’s” – Led Zeppelin (Rolling Stone Magazine). Each member was selected to portray both the appearance and playing styles of Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, and John Paul Jones. Zoso almost immediately developed an outstanding regional reputation and were awarded ... more »
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- Venue: The Haunt [map]
- Event Date: Sun April 1, 2012
- Doors: 7:00PM
- Show: 8:00PM
- Age Policy: Ages 16+ Only
Ticket Info
- Price: $15.00 Advance More at the Door
Event Summary
Our favorite support act from last year – think she played here 3x – will debut on her own intimately at Lot 10. Check her out below. Support act Live Footage opens the show. and this cover of JUICY:
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- Venue: Lot 10 [map]
- Event Date: Thu April 5, 2012
- Doors: 8:00PM
- Show: 9:00PM
- Age Policy: Ages 16+ Only
Ticket Info
- Price: $10.00 ADV more at the door
Event Summary
DSP is proud to announce the return to Ithaca of the Marco Benevento. Tickets are on sale Friday Feb 3 at 10AM… BIO Marco Benevento is a young keyboardist whose jazz-rooted work has expanded to include indie rock, jam band, and post-rock/experimental influences. Born in 1977 and raised in the northern New Jersey town of Livingston, Benevento studied piano and ... more »
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- Venue: The Haunt [map]
- Event Date: Fri April 13, 2012
- Doors: 8:00PM
- Show: 9:00PM
- Age Policy: Ages 16+ Only
Ticket Info
- Price: $12.00 ADVANCE More at the door
Event Summary
DSP is honored to host the legendary vocal maestro, Bobby McFerrin, in a rare performance at the State Theatre this April 14th. His shows are known for the amazing range and vocal stylings that Bobby is able to generate. Get ready for a crowd-pleasing, awe-inspiring night complete with your participation!
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- Venue: State Theatre of Ithaca [map]
- Event Date: Sat April 14, 2012
- Doors: 7:00PM
- Show: 8:00PM
- Age Policy: ALL AGES
Ticket Info
- Price: $36.50-$62.50
Event Summary
Old 97′s frontman returns for another barnburner of a solo show. If 2009 was an indication, this’s gonna be special! The band will eventually play Ithaca but for now come soak up all this solo goodness… Support from (most of) Steve Earle’s backup band – The Mastersons
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- Venue: The Haunt [map]
- Event Date: Sat April 14, 2012
- Doors: 8:00PM
- Show: 9:00PM
- Age Policy: Ages 16+ Only
Ticket Info
- Price: $15.00 ADV More at the door
Event Summary
Half of Sonic Youth for $13? Yes Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo brings his new group to Ithaca and will co-headline with Kranky Records’ Disappears which features the Sonic’s Steve Shelley on drums. All this plus the solo project of Lockett Pundt, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist of Atlanta-based ambient group Deerhunter. Can you say indie-noise bliss. Lee Ranaldo’s ‘Between The Times & ... more »
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- Venue: The Haunt [map]
- Event Date: Tue April 17, 2012
- Doors: 7:00PM
- Show: 8:00PM
- Age Policy: Ages 16+ Only
Ticket Info
- Price: $13.00 ADVANCE
Event Summary
The Senegalese phenom finally plays Ithaca. Respect the world beats and be there! The intricate dance music of Senegal, mbalax, has been made more accessible to western listeners by Cheikh Lo (born: CHeikh N’Digel Lo). Softening the hard edges of mbalax and incorporating elements of salsa, Zairian Congolese, rumba, folk and jazz, Lo has created an infectious, hook-laden, style of ... more »
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- Venue: The Haunt [map]
- Event Date: Thu April 19, 2012
- Doors: 8:00PM
- Show: 9:00PM
- Age Policy: all ages
Ticket Info
- Price: $15.00 ADVANCE
Event Summary
ALL TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT… THANKS ITHACA. Remember, being a fan on Facebook, following us on twitter, and joining our email list here has its privileges. Seating is as follows: General Admission on the floor, Reserved Seating in the balcony. So the little band that could have exploded but they’ll never forget their roots. In a rare bit of fate, The Avett Brothers needed ... more »
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- Venue: State Theatre of Ithaca [map]
- Event Date: Sat April 21, 2012
- Doors: 7:00PM
- Show: 8:00PM
- Age Policy: All Ages
Ticket Info
- Price: $38.50 ADVANCE RESERVED
- Status: soldout
Event Summary
Poised for breakout success, we present a rare opportunity to see this band up close and personal before they explode… A rare POP treat in Ithaca. Co-presented with Z95.5… Listen to win! Oh and they’re pretty darn talented for their ages… and an all ages EARLY MATINEE at 6PM
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- Venue: The Haunt [map]
- Event Date: Sun April 29, 2012
- Doors: 5:00PM
- Show: 6:00PM
- Age Policy: Ages 16+ Only
Ticket Info
- Price: ONLY $10.00
- Tickets Onsale: Fri February 24, 2012
Event Summary
PRESALE starts 4:20 PM on Valentines Day… join our list or the TPB fan club for the password… TRAILER PARK BOYS LIVE! “The Ricky, Julian and Bubbles’ Community Service Variety Show ” “The Ricky, Julian and Bubbles’ Community Service Variety Show” is a new, live theater show performed, in character, by the stars of the hit Showcase television program “Trailer ... more »
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- Venue: State Theatre of Ithaca [map]
- Event Date: Tue May 1, 2012
- Doors: 6:30PM
- Show: 7:30PM
- Age Policy: All Ages
Ticket Info
- Price: $25.50-$36.00
Event Summary
After several years its time for a return engagement. He stole the show at the State on Festival in the Desert with Tinariwen. Again at Grassroots, and partnered with both The Horseflies and Jsan… See him in this amazing and moving trio configuration…
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- Venue: The Haunt [map]
- Event Date: Thu May 3, 2012
- Doors: 8:00PM
- Show: 9:00PM
- Age Policy: Ages 16+ Only
Ticket Info
- Price: $16.50 ADVANCE more at the door
- Tickets Onsale: Fri February 24, 2012
Event Summary
The awaited return of the amazing Bear in Heaven. My have they grown and we are so excited to welcome them back with a new record in tow on Dead Oceans/Hometapes! www.bearinheaven.com After months of testing their limits and trusting their instincts, Bear in Heaven will emerge in April 2012 with I Love You, It’s Cool, an album so vivid ... more »
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- Venue: The Haunt [map]
- Event Date: Sun May 6, 2012
- Doors: 8:00PM
- Show: 9:00PM
- Age Policy: Ages 16+ Only
Ticket Info
- Price: $10.00 ADVANCE
Event Summary
An evening of improvisational comedy featuring well know TV icons Ryan Stiles, Greg Proops, Chip Esten and Jeff B Davis. In the spirit of Whose Line is it Anyway and the new Drew Carey show Improvaganza, the show features fast-paced, audience-interactive games like on the show and more. Get your tickets early for the best shot at getting close to ... more »
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- Venue: Harro East Ballroom [map]
- Event Date: Wed May 23, 2012
- Doors: 7:00PM
- Show: 8:00PM
- Age Policy: all ages
Ticket Info
- Price: $40.00 ADVANCE
Event Summary
From their days playing together as teenagers to their current acoustic and electric blues, probably no one has more consistently led American music for the last 50 years than Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady, the founders and continuing core members of the iconic blues-roots band Hot Tuna. Now members of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the pair began ... more »
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- Venue: State Theatre of Ithaca [map]
- Event Date: Thu June 21, 2012
- Doors: 7:00PM
- Show: 8:00PM
- Age Policy: All Ages
Ticket Info
- Price: $29.50-$42.50 Reserved