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SEPTEMBER 21 & 22, 2018

 
 
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TICKETS


General Admisson
($49.50*)

Amenities Include:

• Single-day tickets, weekend passes and more available NOW: Click "Purchase Tickets" above! 

 


VIP Upgrade
#2

Amenities Include:

• Catered Dinner at Stewart Park hosted by X Ambassadors. (Catering provided by Serendipity) 

• Special acoustic performance by X Ambassadors

• Access to the VIP tent during the festival with specialty food/drink options available for purchase

• Exclusive VIP viewing area during the festival

• Cayuga Sound VIP Merch Pack

• Access to all off-site special events


VIP Upgrade #1

Amenities Include:

• Meet and Greet with X Ambassadors
 

• Catered Dinner at Stewart Park hosted by X Ambassadors. (Catering provided by Serendipity)

• Special acoustic performance by X Ambassadors

• Access to the VIP tent during the festival with specialty food/drink options available for purchase
 

• Exclusive VIP viewing area during the festival

• Cayuga Sound Mega VIP Merch Pack

• Access to all off-site special events


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SINGLE DAY LINEUP


FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 21

•Young the Giant 
•Sofi Tukker 
•Lady D & The Shadow Spirits


SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 22

•X Ambassadors
•Matt and Kim
•Talib Kweli
•Towkio
•Hannah Wicklund &
The Steppin Stones
•Knew
•No Comply


 
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WHAT IS CAYUGA SOUND?


On a brisk weekend in upstate New York last fall, multi-platinum selling rock band X Ambassadors returned to their hometown of Ithaca, NY to host an outdoor concert and city-wide weekend festival for the people that made them who they are. The band had a breakout year with their critically acclaimed album VHS, and global smash singles "Renegades," "Unsteady," and "Jungle."

CAYUGA SOUND returns to Stewart Park from September 21-22, 2018, along with a series of local events, talks, and activations on the days leading up to the two days of musical performances in Stewart Park. X Ambassadors will again curate the eclectic lineup of music- from rock to pop to hip-hop- representing the diverse music they listened to as kids and teens in Ithaca. Cayuga Sound is geared towards the new generation of music fans whose tastes cross any and all genre borders.

One stage will be set in the park, with a mix of national touring acts and friends of the band, to the world-class, home-grown local talent from Ithaca. Last year, the festival celebrated local business, as well as supported local nonprofits near and dear to the band's heart. Stay tuned for news on pre and post-show parties happening around town at The Haunt and more.

See you in Ithaca! Other events and experiences include:

The Official Cayuga Sound Pre-Party at The Haunt on September 20th with Great Good Fine Ok, Hannah Wicklund & The Steppin Stones, and The Whiskey Treaty Roadshow 

 (FREE for Cayuga Sound VIP ticketholders)

The Official Cayuga Sound Friday After Party at The Haunt on September 21st, presented by Ithaca Underground

 (FREE for Cayuga Sound VIP ticketholders)

Information on panel discussions coming soon!

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ARTISTS

X Ambassadors

X Ambassadors’ debut album VHS reflects on the events that shaped lead vocalist and lyricist Sam Harris and his older brother, keyboardist Casey Harris’ life growing up in Ithaca, NY. “It was us looking back on everything that made us who we are,” says Sam. The gold-certified album, which Rolling Stone called “bombastic rock that’s as stomping as it is diaristic, leavened by big-tent pop hooks and a hint of hip-hop swagger,” debuted at No. 7 on Billboard’s Top 200 chart and spawned the double platinum-selling “Renegades,” which spent 12 consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Alternative chart, and the double-platinum “Unsteady,” which went Top 10 at Alternative, Hot AC, and Top 40 radio. The success of VHS sent X Ambassadors on a nearly two-year touring odyssey that found them winning over fans around the world and performing at the Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Life is Beautiful, and Shaky Knees festivals, among others, and establishing themselves as a world-class rock band.

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Matt and Kim


Matt and Kim, the duo known for infectious, beat-driven anthems and explosive live shows, are back with their sixth studio album, due out this spring on FADER Label. Work on the new music began soon after Kim suffered a torn ACL while performing on stage at Mexico’s Vaiven Festival in 2017. The year-long break from touring allowed Matt and Kim the time to focus on songwriting and complete this album, which is one of the band’s most personal releases to date.

Matt and Kim’s previous release was 2016’s WE WERE THE WEIRDOS -- a surprise 4-track EP produced in its entirety during the week between the band’s two performances at Coachella and debuted on stage. Noisey called the EP, “the kind of record that wants you to run around Brooklyn and shower your friends in dollar bills, or better still, dance on a roof in the middle of the day.”

While students at Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute, Matt and Kim met on campus and began collaborating musically when they were quickly recognized for their thunder-punching, melodic mix of indie and dance music. Pitchfork described their sound as “melody so happily jerky and rhythms so dangerously spastic that you can practically hear paroxysmal crowds pogo-ing madly...Johnson sings and thousands of other kids in his zip code (and others like it around the country) feel like he’s describing their Saturday nights.”

In addition to multiple successful album releases, Matt and Kim have become the go-to live band for raw exuberance and dance-ready anthems. Billboard says, “their honestly creates a bond with an audience that wants to know as much as it can about their favorite musicians. And you don’t want to miss a moment.” The band has performed sold-out headlining tours across North America and wowed fans around the globe. They’ve performed to thousands upon thousands at many major music festivals including Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Coachella, Firefly, Summerfest, Big Day Out, Fuji, V, Pukkelpop and Ultra.

The Brooklyn duo are also viral video stars, with over 50 million YouTube views and counting, from innovative music videos to a regular vlog “Matt and Kim Show Ya Stuff” which allows fans a personal glimpse into their lives off the stage. Known for their inventive concepts, Matt and Kim’s video for “Lessons Learned,” in which they strip naked in Times Square on a very cold February day, won an MTV Video Music Award for “Breakthrough Video.” Fall 2018 will find the duo back on the road for more headlining shows and fall festivals.

This spring, Matt and Kim will be embarking on a U.S. headlining tour including stops in Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, Brooklyn, and Atlanta’s Shaky Knees Festival.

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Sofi Tukker

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Talib Kweli


The Brooklyn-based MC earned his stripes as one of the most lyrically-gifted, socially aware and politically insightful rappers to emerge in the last 20 years.

“I’m a touring artist. I’m an artist that’s internationally known. I’m not just a local artist at this point in my career. I’m cognizant of the fact that what I do is beyond where it started. I’m trying to reach the apex of where I am now, but without turning my back on or dismissing what I’ve done before.” After nearly 20 years of releasing mesmerizing music, Talib Kweli stands as one of the world’s most talented and most accomplished Hip Hop artists. Whether working with Mos Def as one-half of Black Star, partnering with producer Hi-Tek for Reflection Eternal, releasing landmark solo material or collaborating with Kanye West, Pharrell Williams, Just Blaze, J Dilla, or Madlib, Kweli commands attention by delivering top-tier lyricism, crafting captivating stories and showing the ability to rhyme over virtually any type of instrumental.

In 2011, Kweli founded Javotti Media, which is self-defined as “a platform for independent thinkers and doers.” Kweli has set out to make Javotti Media (which released his 2011 album, Gutter Rainbows, and is named after his paternal grandmother) into a media powerhouse that releases music, films and books.

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Knew


Ava Knew is a artist from NYC currently studying in Ithaca, NY. The primary focus of the gem's music is liberation and peace of mind. Over the last year, Ava Knew has been featured in a series of online blogs and magazines as well as in print. Some of these include, Distinct Mag, Passion Project Inc, Buzzfeed, Blavity, Afropunk, Montreality, Kylee Roberts, Sauce Radio, Qwear Fashion, and Hercampus.com. Much of her Ithaca fanbase can also be attributed to local performances, especially opening for artists like DRAM & Aboogie within such a early moments of her career. With graduation approaching, Knew began working on her 1st full length project about her experience as a black femme in America and also curating visuals for the sonic. As she continues to create & feed the world quality content, listeners and fans can anticipate new perspectives of hip hop through black-feminist framework.

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No Comply

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Hannah Wicklund & The Steppin Stones


Hannah Wicklund & The Steppin Stones are fronted by a 21-year-old powerhouse guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. The South Carolina-born artist, who formed the band as an eight-year-old, has developed a powerful and sublime synthesis of skills and makes it clear that the future is hers to conquer.

On their new self-titled album, Hannah Wicklund & The Steppin Stones (available everywhere now) the band — who’ve played over 2,000 shows — digs to their core and leaves it all on the floor. The album is an aural kaleidoscope of blazing guitars and searing vocals, all of which establish Wicklund as a triple-threat player, singer and writer. The album’s producer, Sadler Vaden, says: “Once we started writing some songs, I saw that she had a real, raw talent. I was inspired to work with her by her love of classic rock music and blues. I wanted to honor that in making this album, but also add a little modern edge to it.” On the 10-track album, Wicklund taps into the fury of loneliness (“Ghost”). She resurrects specters of Hendrix and Joplin (“Looking Glass”) as well as power ballad intensity (“Strawberry Moon”). Then, just as she’s supercharged you with about as much raw energy that you can handle, she lets you down gently with the acoustic intimacy of “Shadow Boxes”— all the while her vocals achieving a raw intensity that is rarely found elsewhere. It all comes together in a perfect blend of old-school rock ’n’ roll as viewed through the eyes of a new generation’s urgency.

That impression is doubly emphasized in the video for the album’s first single, “Bomb Through The Breeze,” a performance video featuring a hurricane of swirling color interspersed with black bunnies and slithering snakes creating an eerie visual environment. “Sadler and I wrote the song “Bomb Through the Breeze” as a response to feeling backed into a corner by someone who doesn't get the hint,” says Wicklund. “This is the type of song to hopefully inspire some self-confidence when it comes to standing up for yourself and others. Unfortunately, when someone's volume is on loud for so long, the only way to get their attention is to do something even louder.” The buzz about Hannah Wicklund & The Steppin Stones continues to grow globally. Guitar Player Editor-In-Chief Michael Molenda (posting at GuitarPlayer.com on 9/13/17) has heralded Wicklund “not simply as a shredder or a tonal colorist, though she certainly has chops and can go for some buzzy and less-than-organic sounds. What’s impressive to me is how she uses her custom Tom Anderson guitar and Orange half-stack to drive the emotional context of her songs with a combination of spiky rhythms, slow lines, fast runs and cagey riffs. It all adds up to a thrilling ride.”

Within 1 week of release of the album, it has been selected to appear on many of the Spotify tastemaker playlists, including Fierce Femmes & New Noise along with the “Bomb Through The Breeze” video being the first ever independent artist featured in the Top 10 on the Rock This playlist!

Hannah credits her father with instilling the lesson of never losing the intensity that music requires. Her first guitar was a present from him, as a kind of atonement for getting rid of her backyard trampoline. That very night, he taught her to play “Rockin’ In The Free World” and Tom Petty’s “It’s Good To Be King.” (Creativity runs through the family: her mother, a talented artist, painted the latest Steppin Stones album cover.)

The band will continue to tour for the remainder of 2018 with past appearances including major events such as the Peach Music Festival, Firefly Music Festival and Kaaboo Del Mar. She grew up knowing that her life would be consumed by music. And somehow it feels as though it is only the beginning...

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Lady D & The Shadow Spirits

 

Lady D & The Shadow Spirits


Lady D & The Shadow Spirits have their roots deep in ethereal folk music with a post punk-rock edge, their latest album, Star Kiss, is even pushing into the realm of pop. Alyssa Duerksen’s potent vocal command with Justin Roeland on drums, Mike Amedeo on bass and Chris Ploss on keys, richly textures and grounds the music; together they create a passionate current between the intimate and expansive that brings the audience into a dreamlike magic.

Alyssa describes Lady D as a voice from her ‘higher self’ who when asked, said her name was 'Diana', "The Shadow Spirits" are her Guides. Her haunting stories are told so authentically, the audience is often coaxed to pause and truly hear the words. Lady D creates a forceful wave when she performs, her vocals are rich, robust and undeniably powerful, this poetry carries a deep message of ‘Divine Feminine’ and her band executes her primal melodies with power and creative precision.

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Towkio

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MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED!

 
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STEWART PARK, ITHACA


Stewart Park is a great place to relax and socialize on the southeastern shore of Cayuga Lake in Ithaca, New York.  Originally a trolley park in the 1890s, the City of Ithaca has owned and maintained Stewart Park since 1921. The Park is enjoyed steadily by Ithacans and visitors alike.

Stewart Park offers plenty of green space as well as a playground, a large pavilion, benches, barbecue stands, picnic tables, fishing spots, tennis courts and a seasonal carousel.  The Park is a popular place for all kinds of gatherings: festivals, family barbecues, volleyball games, dances, and more.  It’s a also a great place to watch the sun go down and just enjoy nature.  Stewart Park is close to Ithaca Youth Bureau and the Visitors Center and is accessible on foot or by bike via the Cayuga Waterfront Trail as well as by car and the #13 and #13X TCAT bus. (taken from friendsofstewartpark.org)

 

TRAVEL

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Getting There

Ithaca is an easy drive from most cities in the Northeastern United States, as well as several major cities in Canada including Toronto and Montreal.

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Transportation

The festival will be easily accessible through parking lots at the nearby high school, shuttle services, by bike or by walking the waterfront trail from lots near The Haunt and The Ithaca Farmers Market.

 
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CONTACT


Please Note: Cayuga Sound is not accepting artist submissions at this time. See you in Ithaca!