Upcoming Radio Specials – May 2026
Ithaca Festival DISCO SPECIAL - Thursday May 28th
- 5/28 Thursday 6-8pm- 2-Hour Ithaca Parade DISCO SPECIAL co-hosted by DJ George (George’s Sparkletone Hour) & DJ Dijon (The Mustard Hour) - broadcast for the length of the Ithaca Parade. Listen for WRFI broadcasting the feed LIVE from our WRFI DJ bike fleet during the parade
- 5/28 - Thursday - 9-11pm - 2-hour Downtown Disco goes Downtown! Celebrating the theme of the 2026 Ithaca Festival from Dinosaur L to Deep Listening to Divine! only the finest! Downtown w/The Batgirl.
AUDIENCE SONG REQUESTS - Wednesday May 27th
- 9-11pm a weekday Lake Snake Radio 2-hour special with DJ Rob
- Tune in and drop a line this Wednesday for a special Lake Snake Radio Show where DJ Rob will give the people what they want — two hours of your song requests! The studio phones and email will be open to the listening audience, so send in your songs between 9pm and 11pm to add to the radio stew.
Punk & Poetry Sneak Peak- Wednesday May 13th
- 6-7pm Ithaca DIY Poetry & Practice At are special guests on Mind Meadow with Clara - Ithaca DIY Poetry and Practice At are joining forces for a massive Punk and Poetry Fest at Stone Bend Farm on May 23rd from noon to night.
And just our luck, they’re giving us a sneak peek on WRFI! Join us in the Mind Meadow to hear readings from poet Ember Babiak, organizers Keegan Young and Alayna Hernandez, along with some tracks from promoter and musician Nick Scollard.
Punk & Poetry Fest is a full day event filled with local punk, poetry, and community, hosted at Stone Bend Farm in Newfield on Saturday May 23rd - 12pm to Midnight.
Airing Wednesday May 13 at 6pm and again on Thursday May 21 at 5pm at 88.1 FM Ithaca, 89.7 FM Southern Finger Lakes, and 91.9 FM Watkins Glen, or stream online at WRFI.org/Listen.
Listen again at WRFI.org/archives, available for two weeks after broadcast, and permanently on WRFI's Spotify Channel.
Cinco De Mayo - Tuesday May 5th
- 4-5pm A Cinco De Mayo special on Amie's Winehouse with DJ Amie
- Amie will be serving up Mexican pop, indie, punk, surf rock and other delights from south of the border for Cinco De Mayo happy hour. As always, she’ll bring you a sip and song pairing that fits the bill.
MAY DAY SPECIALS - Friday May 1st
- 12-2pm Crazy Words, Crazy Tune with Roger Kimmel Smith - and SPECIAL GUEST Plucky Rosenthal
- Live appearance by Chicago-based singer/songwriter/personality Plucky Rosenthal, possibly with a song or two from her one-woman show, "Vintage Tunes, Modern Gal" -- appearing this week at the Old Greeny Fringe Fest
- 5-6pm The International Workers Day Special with Dr. Billy
- The set list is a collab, designed in part by Comrade Greenthumb. Comrade Greenthumb is currently a Vermont-based activist who was a critical organizer in the Occupy Oakland movement in 2011, where they employed strategies learned from labor organizers involved in the occupation of the Wisconsin state capitol in 2011.