Nathan Glasser explored Ithaca Porchfest 2024, which returned to Ithaca on Sunday, Sept. 22. Over 160 performers played music from porches for people to dance to.
By Georgie Gassaro, Contributing Writer
• September 20, 2023
From music to apples to chili, Downtown Ithaca and The Commons will be alive with the sounds and smells of Ithaca’s annual festivals, including Porchfest, Apple Harvest Festival and Chili Cook-Off Festival. While these festivals began as a chance to showcase Ithaca’s agricultural and artistic talents, today they serve as a testament to the city’s growth and development as a community since the early ’80s.
On a typically quiet street in the Fall Creek neighborhood, dozens of people crowded around the porch of an old house, dancing and singing along to the soulful croons and acoustic guitars of a local folk...
The Aaron Rizzo Band is influenced by blues, rock, R&B, pop and hip-hop. The band was selected to perform at the 2018 NAMM convention in Anaheim, California.
After all, Ithaca has been named as one of the best college towns in America for a reason — it has a quirky, charming culture that is impossible to describe.