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ImageOn Friday, March 27th, nine Ithaca-based bands will perform at Castaways in a special Clash tribute concert benefiting the Cayuga Waterfront Trail.  Thousands of One, Hee Haw Nightmare and Hubcap are just a few of the acts who will appear, each playing an assortment of their favorite Clash songs in their own distinctive styles—with no repeats!

This event also serves as the official kick-off party for The Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF), a one-week multimedia inter-arts extravaganza taking place March 30th through April 5th.   Film screenings will take place at Ithaca College, Cinemapolis, and Fall Creek Pictures throughout that week.

The Clash took the raw anger of British punk and worked it into a political and aesthetic agenda. Outstripping all of their peers in terms of length and depth of career, the Clash were rebels with a cause - with many causes, from anti-Thatcherism to racial unity to the Sandinistas. Their music was roots-based but future-visionary; their experiments with funk, reggae, and rap never took them far from a three-minute pop song. Hyped as “the only band that matters,” the Clash fell apart just as it broke through to an American audience. By then it had shown that punk was not just a flash-in-the-pan explosion and had delivered an arsenal of unforgettable rock songs.

The Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival has stepped up as the main sponsor of this year's event!  The concert is also sponsored in part by Audrey Edelman RealtyUSA, Ithaca Carshare, CObP Design, Dan Smalls Presents, Maxie's Supper Club, ComDoc, Inc., Red Feet Wine Market, The Ithaca Beer Company, and 93.5 WVBR.  The whole extravaganza benefits the development of the Cayuga Waterfront Trail, a recreational and healthy lifestyle initiative developed to improve lake access for county residents. A unique partnership between the City of Ithaca and the Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce, the paved trail is suitable for everything from walking to rollerblading to biking to hiking and showcases Ithaca’s largest natural resource—Cayuga Lake.

This marks the fifth “Tunes for the Trail” concert and close to $20,000 has been raised from this annual event since 2005.
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