WaterMusic & Dancing on the Trail is an annual celebration of acoustic music and human-powered movement on Ithaca’s waterfront for the enjoyment of paddlers, trail users and music lovers alike. WaterMusic presents a variety of music and dance performances by solo artists, tiny bands and community music groups. This year our featured performers include Jorge Cuevas and the Caribe All-Stars, Joe Crookston, the Triphammer Arts Dancers, Grassanova, Steven Stull, Naomi Sommers & Rick Manning, Downstairs Bluegrass Pickers, Deep Dive Old Time Jammers, Skylark Recorder Ensemble, Ithaca Ukes, Canaan Session Fiddlers, and more.
Ten years ago, in 2015, we celebrated the completion of the Cayuga Waterfront Trail at a Farmers Market ribbon cutting. This year, the Ithaca Farmers Market is the gateway into WaterMusic where you can enjoy music and dance and walk, bike, or paddle along the Waterfront Trail to enjoy music, dance and food.
The Market will host five performance areas - three inside the open air pavilion and two outside along the Waterfront Trail at the Market Pier and the CWT Trailhead. From the market you can paddle the Inlet or walk and bike to enjoy performance areas at the Crew Cove Overlook, Lookout Point, along the Cass Park Trail across from the Children’s Garden and Union Fields, and at the Cass Park Dragon Boat Docks.
MARKET PAVILION
North End
5:30 pm - Triphammer Dancers
7:00 pm - Jorge Cuevas & the Caribe All-Stars
West End
5:30 pm - Canaan Session Fiddlers
South End
5:30 pm - Naomi Sommers & Rick Manning
5:30 pm - Skylark Recorder Ensemble
MARKET SITE
Market Pier
5:30 pm - Nikolai Ruskin
7:00 pm - Joe Crookston
CWT Trailhead
5:30 pm - Ithaca Ukes
7:00 pm - Downstairs Bluegrass Jammers
ON THE WATERFRONT TRAIL
Crew Cove: 6:00 pm: Deep Dive Old Time Jammers
Lookout Point: 6:00 pm: TBD
Busker Trail: 6:00 pm: Come and play your music!
Dragon Dock: 6:00 pm: Grassanova
This year's event will be rain or shine, with performances under cover at the Farmer's Market even open-air performances are rained out, and will feature a closing concert at the Farmer's Market at 7:30.
For more information on WaterMusic and this year’s musicians and their locations, visit
stewartpark.org/events/2025/watermusic
The event information will be updated regularly.
WaterMusic is made possible in part with funds from the New York State
Council on the Arts and Tompkins County, administered by the Community Arts
Partnership; and by a grant from the Tompkins County Tourism Program.
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