Yiddish Folklife Festival of the Finger Lakes (YFFFL) is a new three-day arts and cultural festival taking place April 25-27 2025 at Lifelong Community Center downtown and other venues.
Featuring live klezmer music folk dancing a community potluck cooking and cultural workshops a nature talk an academic lecture an open mic and other community events this intergenerational all-ages festival is open to everyone including those new to Yiddish music and culture!
Festival Schedule at a Glance:
FRIDAY APRIL 25
04:30 PM - Not Written on Water: The Movement to Recover Women Who Wrote in Yiddish (Lecture at Cornell)
07:00 PM - Community Potluck Instrumental Klezmer Jam Shabes Songs (Lifelong)
SATURDAY APRIL 26
10:30 AM - Yiddish Nature Walk (Stewart Park)
02:00 PM - Dough: Sweet & Savory - A Jewish 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 with Cornell University Klezmer Ensemble (Library Place Community Room)
Event Venue
Lifelong, 119 W Court St, Ithaca, NY 14850, United States
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