ABOUT

The Yiddish Folklife Festival of the Finger Lakes (YFFFL) is a new three-day arts and cultural festival taking place April 25-27, 2025 at the Lifelong Community Center downtown and other venues. YFFFL takes place on the traditional homelands of the Gayogo̱hó:nǫɁ (Cayuga Nation).

Featuring live klezmer music, folk dancing, a community potluck, cooking and cultural workshops, a nature walk, an academic lecture, an open mic, and other community events, this intergenerational, all-ages festival is open to the public, including those new to Yiddish music and culture.

All are welcome! Events are free / pay what you can. Registration is encouraged.

SCHEDULE
*Please click on event titles for full event descriptions & individual tickets

FRIDAY, APRIL 25

04:30 PM - Not Written on Water: The Movement to Recover Women Who Wrote in Yiddish - A Lecture (Cornell U.)

07:00 PM - Community Potluck, Instrumental Klezmer Jam, Shabes Songs (Lifelong)

SATURDAY, APRIL 26

10:30 AM -Yiddish Nature Walk (Stewart Park; leaves from Lifelong at 10am)

02:00 PM - Dough: Sweet & Savory - An Ashkenazi Cooking Workshop (Lifelong)

04:30 PM - Zingeray - A Yiddish Song Workshop (Lifelong)

07:00 PM - Community Open Mic (Lifelong)

SUNDAY, APRIL 27

11:00 PM - Jewish Paper-cutting Crafts Workshop (Lifelong)

02:00 PM - Yiddish Folk Dance Workshop & Klezmer Dance Party (Library Place Community Room)


FESTIVAL SUPPORTERS

We thank our partners: Klezmer Ensemble at Cornell University and Jewish Studies at Cornell University for working with us to put on this festival!

We thank our sponsors: Temple Beth El, Congregation Tikkun V'Or, and Ithaca Area United Jewish Community for supporting Yiddish Folklife Festival of the Finger Lakes!

We thank our funder: This festival is made possible in part with funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, administered by the Community Arts Partnership.