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May Events

April showers bring May flowers in the Finger Lakes

What's happening in May in the Finger Lakes Region?

Enjoy all that nature has blooming with our partners who are offering lots of springtime events. You’ll be sure to enjoy the sunshine beauty of the Finger Lakes region at May events!

Check back often as more events are added throughout the year!

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Events for May 26, 2024 x
live music wednesdays
Live music Wednesdays at Ventosa Vineyards

FINGER LAKES LIVE MUSIC EVERY WEDNESDAY! SUPPORTING LOCAL, LIVE MUSIC, DELICIOUS FOOD, BEAUTIFUL VIEWS OF SENECA LAKE & BREATH-TAKING SUNSETS!

Ventosa Vineyards has free, local, live music year-round every Wednesday (and select other days), along with a buy 1, get 1 happy hour! If the weather is nice, music is out on our terrace…which comes with a beautiful view of Seneca Lake & sunsets that will take your breath away! Come support live, local music while enjoying yourself!
*BOGO happy hours only on Wednesdays

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Outside wine tasting in Eugenia's Garden
Eugenia's Garden Opening Weekend

VENUE: EUGENIA'S GARDEN

It’s finally here! Warm weather, striking views, and delicious wines and food to enjoy at your leisure. Eugenia’s Garden is a great place for family and friends to gather and relax! We invite you to join us for this annual weekend where we will be serving special flights and food items in celebration of the beginning of the season!

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Events for May 27, 2024 x
live music wednesdays
Live music Wednesdays at Ventosa Vineyards

FINGER LAKES LIVE MUSIC EVERY WEDNESDAY! SUPPORTING LOCAL, LIVE MUSIC, DELICIOUS FOOD, BEAUTIFUL VIEWS OF SENECA LAKE & BREATH-TAKING SUNSETS!

Ventosa Vineyards has free, local, live music year-round every Wednesday (and select other days), along with a buy 1, get 1 happy hour! If the weather is nice, music is out on our terrace…which comes with a beautiful view of Seneca Lake & sunsets that will take your breath away! Come support live, local music while enjoying yourself!
*BOGO happy hours only on Wednesdays

Learn More
Outside wine tasting in Eugenia's Garden
Eugenia's Garden Opening Weekend

VENUE: EUGENIA'S GARDEN

It’s finally here! Warm weather, striking views, and delicious wines and food to enjoy at your leisure. Eugenia’s Garden is a great place for family and friends to gather and relax! We invite you to join us for this annual weekend where we will be serving special flights and food items in celebration of the beginning of the season!

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Events for May 28, 2024 x
live music wednesdays
Live music Wednesdays at Ventosa Vineyards

FINGER LAKES LIVE MUSIC EVERY WEDNESDAY! SUPPORTING LOCAL, LIVE MUSIC, DELICIOUS FOOD, BEAUTIFUL VIEWS OF SENECA LAKE & BREATH-TAKING SUNSETS!

Ventosa Vineyards has free, local, live music year-round every Wednesday (and select other days), along with a buy 1, get 1 happy hour! If the weather is nice, music is out on our terrace…which comes with a beautiful view of Seneca Lake & sunsets that will take your breath away! Come support live, local music while enjoying yourself!
*BOGO happy hours only on Wednesdays

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Events for May 29, 2024 x
live music wednesdays
Live music Wednesdays at Ventosa Vineyards

FINGER LAKES LIVE MUSIC EVERY WEDNESDAY! SUPPORTING LOCAL, LIVE MUSIC, DELICIOUS FOOD, BEAUTIFUL VIEWS OF SENECA LAKE & BREATH-TAKING SUNSETS!

Ventosa Vineyards has free, local, live music year-round every Wednesday (and select other days), along with a buy 1, get 1 happy hour! If the weather is nice, music is out on our terrace…which comes with a beautiful view of Seneca Lake & sunsets that will take your breath away! Come support live, local music while enjoying yourself!
*BOGO happy hours only on Wednesdays

Learn More
Events for May 30, 2024 x
live music wednesdays
Live music Wednesdays at Ventosa Vineyards

FINGER LAKES LIVE MUSIC EVERY WEDNESDAY! SUPPORTING LOCAL, LIVE MUSIC, DELICIOUS FOOD, BEAUTIFUL VIEWS OF SENECA LAKE & BREATH-TAKING SUNSETS!

Ventosa Vineyards has free, local, live music year-round every Wednesday (and select other days), along with a buy 1, get 1 happy hour! If the weather is nice, music is out on our terrace…which comes with a beautiful view of Seneca Lake & sunsets that will take your breath away! Come support live, local music while enjoying yourself!
*BOGO happy hours only on Wednesdays

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Brentano String Quartet
Brentano String Quartet

Geneva Music Festival 2024 Season: Light and Dark
Thursday, May 30, 7:30 PM
Brentano String Quartet

Mark Steinberg and Serena Canin, violins; 
Misha Amory, viola; 
Nina Lee, cello

Haydn String Quartet Op. 33 No. 5
Shostakovich String Quartet No. 8
Mendelssohn String Quartet in D Major, Op. 44/1


Join the Brentano Quartet, hailed by the New York Times for their “luxuriously warm sound [and] yearning lyricism” for a special concert celebrating musical contrasts. Revel in Joseph Haydn’s genial and energetic String Quartet in G Major, Op. 33, No. 5, which overwhelmingly brings warmth and light to mind. Darkness descends in the String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110 by Dmitri Shostakovich; its dedication (“In memory of the victims of fascism and war”), somber, sometimes grating harmonies, and musical allusions (incorporating, for instance, “Dies irae” from the Catholic requiem mass) capture the pain and sorrow felt by its composer. Hope dawns, though, and brightness reigns in Felix Mendelssohn’s spirited String Quartet in D major, Op. 44, No. 1.

All programs subject to change.
Special Event $60
Buy 8 or more tickets across all concerts in a single booking and get 15% off.
More information and tickets available at GenevaMusicFestival.com. 
Wheelchair accessible.

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Events for May 31, 2024 x
live music wednesdays
Live music Wednesdays at Ventosa Vineyards

FINGER LAKES LIVE MUSIC EVERY WEDNESDAY! SUPPORTING LOCAL, LIVE MUSIC, DELICIOUS FOOD, BEAUTIFUL VIEWS OF SENECA LAKE & BREATH-TAKING SUNSETS!

Ventosa Vineyards has free, local, live music year-round every Wednesday (and select other days), along with a buy 1, get 1 happy hour! If the weather is nice, music is out on our terrace…which comes with a beautiful view of Seneca Lake & sunsets that will take your breath away! Come support live, local music while enjoying yourself!
*BOGO happy hours only on Wednesdays

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War and Peace
War and Peace

Geneva Music Festival 2024 Season: Light and Dark
Friday, May 31, 7:30PM
Saturday, June 1, 7:30PM

Geoffrey Herd and Blake Pouliot, violin;
Eric Wong, viola;
Clive Greensmith and Max Geissler, cello;
Esther Park, piano

Beethoven Op. 76, “Harp”
Shostakovich Piano Trio No. 2
Georges Antoines Piano Quartet

Music making can be a balm, offering respite among sorrow and strife, and giving artists a way of expressing their pain or reacting to their circumstances. In music, composers may celebrate victories, lament the loss of friends, or find the metaphorical harmony and peace that eludes the larger world. Join resident GMF artists for an exploration of three composers whose lives and works were shaped by their experience of conflict. Written during the Napoleonic wars, Beethoven’s “Harp” Quartet is a sparkling, lyrical reminder of joy, while Shostakovich’s Piano Trio, written as a memorial and replete with a danse macabre, dwells upon the tragic. Georges Antoine’s Piano Quartet, emerging from the trenches of World War I, is a passionate testament to a musical career cut short.  
 
All programs subject to change.
$35 adult; $10 college student with ID;  FREE for youth aged 18 and younger
Buy 8 or more tickets across all concerts in a single booking and get 15% off.
More information and tickets available at GenevaMusicFestival.com. 
Wheelchair accessible.

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Events for June 1, 2024 x
live music wednesdays
Live music Wednesdays at Ventosa Vineyards

FINGER LAKES LIVE MUSIC EVERY WEDNESDAY! SUPPORTING LOCAL, LIVE MUSIC, DELICIOUS FOOD, BEAUTIFUL VIEWS OF SENECA LAKE & BREATH-TAKING SUNSETS!

Ventosa Vineyards has free, local, live music year-round every Wednesday (and select other days), along with a buy 1, get 1 happy hour! If the weather is nice, music is out on our terrace…which comes with a beautiful view of Seneca Lake & sunsets that will take your breath away! Come support live, local music while enjoying yourself!
*BOGO happy hours only on Wednesdays

Learn More
Behind the Scenes Tour
Behind-the-Scenes Tours of Rose Hill Mansion

Go from the basement to the belvedere of Rose Hill Mansion.  Please

be advised that there are many stairs to climb, a dirt floor basement and some confined spaces included in the tour.  The tour lasts an hour. Recommended for adults and children over 10 years old. As space is limited, reservations are required and can be purchased at historicgeneva.org. The tour lasts an hour.

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Behind the Scenes Tour
Behind-the-Scenes Tours of Rose Hill Mansion

Go from the basement to the belvedere of Rose Hill Mansion.  Please be advised that there are many stairs to climb, a dirt floor basement and some confined spaces included in the tour.  The tour lasts an hour. Recommended for adults and children over 10 years old. As space is limited, reservations are required and can be purchased at historicgeneva.org. The tour lasts an hour.

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paddle
FREE Community Paddle

Have you ever wanted to try a kayak or canoe out for the first time? Curious to learn more about Sugar Creek and the Townsend-Grady Wildlife Preserve wetlands? Come to the Saunders Finger Lakes Museum to speak with staff and volunteers while enjoying some time out on the water and in the wetlands! Kayaks and paddles, canoes and paddles, and life jackets for children and adults are available to use at the museum. Or bring your own!

Pre-registration for a time slot is required.

You can join the fun at 10am, 11am and 12pm.

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War and Peace
War and Peace

Geneva Music Festival 2024 Season: Light and Dark
Friday, May 31, 7:30PM
Saturday, June 1, 7:30PM

Geoffrey Herd and Blake Pouliot, violin;
Eric Wong, viola;
Clive Greensmith and Max Geissler, cello;
Esther Park, piano

Beethoven Op. 76, “Harp”
Shostakovich Piano Trio No. 2
Georges Antoines Piano Quartet

Music making can be a balm, offering respite among sorrow and strife, and giving artists a way of expressing their pain or reacting to their circumstances. In music, composers may celebrate victories, lament the loss of friends, or find the metaphorical harmony and peace that eludes the larger world. Join resident GMF artists for an exploration of three composers whose lives and works were shaped by their experience of conflict. Written during the Napoleonic wars, Beethoven’s “Harp” Quartet is a sparkling, lyrical reminder of joy, while Shostakovich’s Piano Trio, written as a memorial and replete with a danse macabre, dwells upon the tragic. Georges Antoine’s Piano Quartet, emerging from the trenches of World War I, is a passionate testament to a musical career cut short.  
 
All programs subject to change.
$35 adult; $10 college student with ID;  FREE for youth aged 18 and younger
Buy 8 or more tickets across all concerts in a single booking and get 15% off.
More information and tickets available at GenevaMusicFestival.com. 
Wheelchair accessible.

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Mackenzie-Childs Warehouse Sale
03
May 2024
Thru
05
May 2024
2024 WAREHOUSE SALE INFORMATION May 3-5, Friday & Saturday 8 am to 5 pm, Sunday 8 am to 1 pm 107 Salem Street, Union Springs, NY 13160 The line:
107 Salem Street, Union Springs, NY 13160
8 a.m.
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MacKenzie-Childs Warehouse Sale
03
May 2024
Thru
05
May 2024
Save up to 70% on thousands of styles including Enamelware, Seasonal, Garden, Rugs, Patience Brewster, and much more! It's a quick drive from anywhere in Central, NY.
107 Salem Street
8:00am
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2024 Wine & Herb Event- May Weekend
04
May 2024
Thru
05
May 2024
4565 State Route 414
10:00 am
(315)-549-3034
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Behind the Scenes Tour
04
May 2024
Go from the basement to the belvedere of Rose Hill Man
3373 Route 96A
11:00
(315)-789-5151
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Be. Live. And Play Well Gala
04
May 2024
Clemens Center presents BE. LIVE. AND PLAY WELL GALA. Saturday, May 4, 2024 5:00pm-10:00pm
207 Clemens Center Parkway
5:00pm
(607)-734-8191
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The von Engeln Preserve along Fall Creek
04
May 2024
Thru
12
May 2024
PEGASYS Community Media Center (not open to the public), 519 W. State Street
Online anytime, and on Ithaca cable channel 13 at 9 a.m. & 5 p.m. Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. & 5:00 p.m. Sundays, plus 9 p.m. Thursday May 9, and 3 p.m. Friday May 10
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Behind-the-Scenes Tours of Rose Hill Mansion
04
May 2024
Go from the basement to the belvedere of Rose Hill Mansion.  Please
3373 Route 96A
11:00
(315)-789-5151
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Teacher Appreciation Week
05
May 2024
Thru
11
May 2024
Educators can Join us at the Museum for FREE during teacher Appreciation Week. May 5th-11th Sow proof of school district employment at the admissions desk and receive free admission.
1 Museum Way
9:00 AM
(607)-937-5371
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Vertical Tasting - May 2024
05
May 2024
Join us as we dig through our wine library and sample some older vintages!
4760 West Lake Road
4pm
(315)-789-9538
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Nurses Appreciation Week @ 3BrosWine
05
May 2024
Thru
11
May 2024
  50% off wine slushies and tastings for all healthcare workers with a valid ID.
623 Lerch Road
11:00am
(315)-585-4432
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