Downtown Ithaca Alliance

Looking for some family-friendly puppet fun? Make an evening of it this Friday Downtown with Lilypad Puppet Theatre @lilypadpuppettheatre ! 🎭 As part of the Sidewalk Showcase, they will be performing on the West end of the Commons from 5 - 7 PM on May 15. This series was made possible by Visions Federal Credit Union and the Erin Aljoe Schlather Dedicated Memorial Fund of the Community Foundation of Tompkins County. Thank you for your support! #downtownithaca #ithacacommons #sidewalkshowcase

Calling all students 🗣️ Save the date for the Downtown Ithaca Study Crawl! 📝 ☕ Sign up for a digital passport through the link in our bio, head to a participating cafe and scan the QR code to check in, and study! Every check-in enters you into a raffle for a $25 Downtown Ithaca gift card. And if you share a picture of your study experience in the post-check-in survey, you can get a bonus entry. 📸 📅 May 6 - 15 📍 Participating Downtown cafes 🏆 $25 Downtown Ithaca gift card 📱 Please note that cellphones are required for participation! 🔗 /s/passport/2026-downtown-ithaca-study-crawl #downtownithaca #studycrawl #studentlife #cafecrawl

We’re kicking it off here at @rootstockflx with Lock, Key, & the Twins! Come check out the 6th annual #youthmusic festival put on by @newrootsschool ! @fingerlakesgrassrootsfest @downtownithaca @greenstar_coop @community_arts_partnership

Refresh your Spring wardrobe Downtown ✨ Swipe for longtime favorites and a new face to the Downtown Ithaca fashion scene 👚 👟 Be sure to check out our feed for Part 1, and stay tuned for more shopping suggestions! Have a place you like to update your look Downtown? Share it below ❤️ #downtownithaca #ithacany #springwardroberefresh

What an awesome event at @revelry_yards where @downtownithaca and @beginnings_cu announced the lineup for the Summer Concert Series! I'm excited to be included and I'll be opening for @cast.iron.cowboys and @therollinrustband on Thursday August 27th. See you there!

🚨 The lineup for the Beginnings Summer Concert Series had been revealed! 🎸 Swipe through to relive the Kickoff Party and see who's performing this summer every Thursday from 5-8 PM at the Bernie Milton Pavilion. Thank you to everyone who joined in on the celebration, and for Revelry Yards for hosting us! Thank you to our sponsors for making this series possible: Beginnings Credit Union @beginnings_cu , Cayuga Health @cayugahealth , Cayuga Media Group, HH Ithaca @hhithaca , Sound on Sound NY @soundonsoundny , Ithaca Guitar Works @ithacaguitarworks , Park Grove Realty @parkgroverealty , Bousquet Holstein @bhlawpllc , What's HOT CNY @whatshotmagazinecny , Coughlin & Gerhart, Trade Design Build @tradedesignbuild , Revelry Yards @revelry_yards , and New York State Music @nystatemusic #ithacany #downtownithaca #summerconcertseries

As part of our Downtown Employee Appreciation programming for May, you can sign up for a free tour of our local murals with Ithaca Murals @ithacamurals ! Spots are limited, so sign up using the link in our bio. Thank you to Tompkins Financial for making this program possible! #downtownithaca #downtownemployees #downtownappreciation

Happy Graduation to all of our recent graduates! No matter how you celebrate, we wish you the best for your future ❤️ And if you'd like to include Downtown in your plans, check our directory at or the link in our bio 🔗 #downtownithaca #ithacany #collegegraduation

This weekend Downtown is going to be a blast ✨ 🎭 Lilypad Puppet Theatre @lilypadpuppettheatre will be performing on the West end of the Commons as part of the Sidewalk Showcase! 😆 Head to K-HOUSE @khousekaraoke tonight for some great stand up comedy. 🎸 Listen to youth solo acts, bands, and dance troupes with styles ranging from hip hop to jazz at Rootstock @rootstockflx . Be sure to also check out the Youth Entrepreneurship Market! 🎤 Slip into your finest Gatsby-inspired attire and prepare to be transported to a dazzling era of style, soul, and celebration with Destiny La Vibe at the Community School of Music and Arts @csma.ithaca . 🎨 Explore painter Ileen Kaplan's and photographer David Watkins's art at the State of the Art Gallery @stateoftheartgalleryithaca . 🍿 End your weekend with a tour-de-force solo performance reckoning with justice, power, and female rage at the Kitchen Theatre Company @kitchentheatrecompany . Know of another event happening Downtown this weekend? Comment it below! --- Have a Downtown event you'd like to share? Make sure to add it to our events calendar on our website! Link to submit is in our bio. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter in our bio to stay in the loop for more events happening Downtown. --- #weekendinIthaca #downtownithaca #weekenditinerary #localevents #thingstodoIthaca

Downtown employees - let's get brunch! 🍳 Head to Center Ithaca from 7:30 AM - 1 PM for FREE breakfast sandwiches and coffee from Shortstop Deli @shortstop_deli , or for wraps from Adam Grill with a side of fries from Lou's. Make sure to pick up your free Downtown Employee hat as well as enter into the raffle for a $150 Downtown Ithaca gift card! You'll want to have your employee stamp card handy 😉 As a special thank-you to our maintenance workers, you can enter into an additional raffle for a $50 Downtown Gift card. 🎟️ Ithaca Murals @ithacamurals will also kindly be available to provide a tour of Downtown's murals from 12 PM - 1:30 PM 🖌️ Head to to register! If you can't make it, you can still enter the raffle - fill out the form on Thank you to Tompkins Financial for making this program possible! #downtownithaca #downtownemployees #downtownappreciation #freebrunch

Did you know we have two new places to grab a bite Downtown? Whether you're visiting for graduation or a local looking to try something new, these spots are worth a stop! 🥞 Salt & Pepper @saltandpepperithaca serves all-day breakfast dishes and is found on the Commons at 130 E State St. 🍴 Atabey Restaurant @atabeyrestaurant_lounge is the first Puerto Rican sit-down restaurant in Ithaca at 201 N. Aurora St. Plan your trip to Salt & Pepper and Atabey Restaurant today! #downtownithaca #newrestaurants #newcuisine

The Downtown Ithaca Study Crawl is on and many of you have shown off your study setups 📚💻☕️ Remember to check in to as many spots as you can by Friday, May 15 to earn more entries into our raffle for a Downtown Ithaca gift card! You can still submit a picture of your setup in the post-check-in survey to get an additional entry 😉 Sign up for your digital passport and join the fun using the link in our bio 🔗 Thank you to all of our participating locations! Alley Cat Cafe @alleycatithaca Bank Coffee @bankcoffeeshop Collegetown Bagels @collegetownbagels Farm to Feast @farmtofeastny Press Cafe @presscafe.revival Rosie's Cafe & Parlor @rosiescafeparlor The Hotel Ithaca @thehotelithaca The Nocturnal Cafe @nocturnalcafeny The Strand Cafe @thestrandithaca #downtownithaca #studycrawl #cafe