The Grassroots Festival of Music & Dance appears each year on the Trumansburg Fairgrounds in Trumansburg New York for four days of celebration of both contemporary and traditional roots music. Originally starting as a humble AIDS benefit concert in Ithaca, Grassroots has evolved into a nationally recognized nonprofit event.

Check out photos of last year’s 20th annual Grassroots Festival, or for more information on this summer’s coming festival, visit the Grassroots website at www.grassrootsfest.org.

Photos by Matt Chin and Brendan Boehner



GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance

For graduated senior Helen Jackson, who hadn’t been able to go home for breaks for the past two years, these last few months have been a much-needed break. “I’m moving halfway across the country in July for my PhD program, so I probably won’t be able to come home very often after this,” she said. Read More


GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance

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