Music Calendar
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Listed times represent show start time. Doors will open at least one hour before the listed time unless otherwise noted.
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| Fri 04.19 | Mr. Iowa City Pageant | Mr. Iowa City Pageant in | |
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Come enjoy new AND veteran performers in the 2nd Annual Mister Iowa City pageant! Featuring performers representing their interpretation of “masculine,” this event sold out last year. It joins with a brand new pageant this year, the Iowa City Diva Pageant, featuring takes on the “feminine.” Both pageants represent a new inclusiveness in drag pageants: they are both open to all competitors regardless of gender. Double pageant, double the space, more performers, and bigger stakes: come on out to raise money for Iowa City Pride and support local performers! Enjoy dinner at the Mill! Doors open at 6! All proceeds are a donation to Iowa City Pride and are tax deductible.
Time: 6:00pm. Admission: $10 Advanced // $15 Day of Show. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. Buy tickets |
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| Sat 04.20 | David Zollo & the Body Electric | David Zollo & the Body Electric in | |
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featuring Bo Ramsey | with Heartache Connoisseur Since bursting on to the midwestern music scene with the band High and Lonesome in 1992, David Zollo has had a busy career. Along with constant touring, in the U.S and Europe, with High and Lonesome (1992-1998;) and his current band, The Body Electric (1998-present) Zollo has recorded 7 records of his own material, including the most recent, 2015’s “For Hire.” In addition, he founded and operated the seminal, Iowa-based, roots music label, Trailer Records (from 1994-2005;) played keyboards and sang harmonies on many records by Nashville folk singer Todd Snider; fellow Iowan William Elliot Whitmore, and Greg Brown, amongst many other artists; and worked as a producer (The Pines; Brother Trucker; Kelly Pardekooper.) This year, he also formed a new band with Whitmore, guitarists Stephen Howard and Steve Doyle, and Body Electric drummer Brian Cooper, called Middle Western. Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $12 Advance / $15 Day of Show. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. Buy tickets |
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| Sun 04.21 | Pub Quiz | Pub Quiz in | |
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Iowa City’s Original Pub Quiz returns and we’d love for you to join us! With new host Corine, we’re coming back with the great trivia, and random fun that ran through Iowa City’s first pub quiz. It’s not just a sit down night of knowledge, it’s an event! The rules and deals are the same: $1 to play with 5 people max per team! We’ve got $3 Wells, $4 bombs, and $5 PBR Pitchers. So get your team, bring your random knowledge, and get ready for an awesome night! Time: 9:00pm. Admission: $1. Age restrictions: 21+ After 10 pm. |
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| Mon 04.22 | Open Mic with J. Knight | Open Mic with J. Knight in | |
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Open Mic with J. Knight is an Iowa City institution! So many great acts have played their first show and many seasoned pros test out new material before our live audience. Come check it out – you never know when you’ll catch the next great Iowa City songwriter. To sign your act up, call J. Knight in advance at 319.338.6713. Time: 7:00pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Tue 04.23 | University of Iowa — Jazz Performances | University of Iowa — Jazz Performances in | |
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Big Band Dance The Mill plays host to the University of Iowa’s jazz series which features student ensembles and collaborations with professors from the jazz program. Each installment features one or two particular groups focusing on a style or sub-genre of jazz. Time: 6:30pm. Admission: $3 Students/ $5 Non-students. Age restrictions: All Ages. |
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| Tue 04.23 | Front Bar Karaoke | Front Bar Karaoke in | |
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Front Bar Karaoke happens every Tuesday with your host Luke, and Rich shaking things up behind the bar! Most weeks have a theme, so check out our Facebook to see what outfit you’ll need to get together!
Time: 10:30pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: 21+ After 10 pm. |
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| Wed 04.24 | Burlington Street Bluegrass Band | Burlington Street Bluegrass Band in | |
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The house band will typically include Al Murphy, Bob Black, Dale Thomas, Joe Petersen and other IC bluegrass giants. http://www.myspace.com/theburlingtonstreetbluegrassband Time: 7:00pm. Admission: $5. Age restrictions: All Ages. |
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| Wed 04.24 | Talk Art | Talk Art in | |
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Join the UI Writer’s Workshop as they present their current works to other Workshop attendees. Open to the public!
Time: 10:30pm. Admission: Free. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Thu 04.25 | Bad Bad Hats | Bad Bad Hats in | |
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w. Elly Hoffmaier Bad Bad Hats is an indie rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. The band consists of Kerry Alexander, Chris Hoge, and Connor Davison. Named for a trouble-making character from the Madeline children’s books, Bad Bad Hats is defined by a balance of sweet and sour. Their music honors classic pop songwriting, with nods to nineties rock simplicity and pop-punk frivolity. Through it all, Alexander’s unflinchingly sincere lyrics cut to the emotional heart of things. Alexander and Hoge met while attending Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota. In 2012, they formed Bad Bad Hats with friend and bassist Noah Boswell, and began performing around the Twin Cities. That same year, they were signed by Minneapolis label Afternoon Records. Their 2015 debut album Psychic Reader caught the attention of outlets including The New Yorker, NPR, Pitchfork, and Paste. Since the release of Psychic Reader, Bad Bad Hats has toured the U.S. extensively, supporting artists including Margaret Glaspy, Hippo Campus, and Third Eye Blind. Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $10 Advanced // $12 Day of Show. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. Buy tickets |
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| Fri 04.26 | Jazz After Five | Jazz After Five in | |
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w. Bob Washut Trio Jazz After Five was conceived by local jazz musician and University of Iowa music professor who played with groups all over the world, wanted there to be an outlet for jazz lovers of all ages and tastes so he came up with the idea of having an early Friday evening Jazz show. Iowa City residents, U of Iowa college students, and even interested high school students can now swing by and enjoy new and original jazz compositions within the cozy and intimate confines of the Mill. Local jazz collector, DJ, critic, enthusiast Craig Kessler took the curatorial reigns in Spring 2014 upholding Sandy’s original vision of supporting a robust and captivating local jazz scene. Now, Jazz guitarist & University of Iowa professor Steve Grismore is at the helm! MUSIC goes until 7:00pm. Time: 5:00pm. Admission: Free Admission. Age restrictions: All Ages. |
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| Fri 04.26 | DICKIE | DICKIE in | |
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w. The Horse Theory Veteran tunesmith Dick Prall has taken his wares and shared them with violinist Kristina Priceman to create a collection of dark, gorgeous, and oft-times moony sing-alongs. The self-titled record comes in like a bellowing newborn, but settles into a pace of dynamic ebb and flow as it ages and ends with a Roy Orbison-styled recount of hopeful love that never bleeds into the saccharine. DICKIE is the exploration of subtle symphonies over creative prose, indie popped out melodies, under innovative storytelling and original grooves. Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $10 Advanced // $12 Day of Show. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. Buy tickets |
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| Sat 04.27 | Brad and the Big Wave | Brad and the Big Wave in | |
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ALBUM RELEASE SHOW, w. Megababes Singer-songwriter Brad Pouleson, formerly of The Beggarmen, has changed course with a new sound and a new band. Joined by Recliners band members John Kramer on bass and Paul McCray on guitar, plus veteran Doug Langbehn on keys and relative new-comer Connor Wade on drums, Pouleson leaves the Celtic world far behind to sing about life with his electric guitar in hand. Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $8. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Sun 04.28 | Environmental Coalition Benefit Concert | Environmental Coalition Benefit Concert in | |
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This year’s Earth Month Benefit Concert is “Jams for Friends of JCC.” Come donate to a good cause and listen to some good jams. $5 at the door and $1 raffle tickets- all proceeds going to Johnson County Conservation. Line Up: Tiger Torres, Paperback Rhino, The Loneliest Monk, and The Grapevines
Time: 7:00pm. Admission: $5 at the door and $1 raffle tic. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Sun 04.28 | Pub Quiz | Pub Quiz in | |
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Iowa City’s Original Pub Quiz returns and we’d love for you to join us! With new host Corine, we’re coming back with the great trivia, and random fun that ran through Iowa City’s first pub quiz. It’s not just a sit down night of knowledge, it’s an event! The rules and deals are the same: $1 to play with 5 people max per team! We’ve got $3 Wells, $4 bombs, and $5 PBR Pitchers. So get your team, bring your random knowledge, and get ready for an awesome night! Time: 9:00pm. Admission: $1. Age restrictions: 21+ After 10 pm. |
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| Mon 04.29 | Open Mic with J. Knight | Open Mic with J. Knight in | |
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Open Mic with J. Knight is an Iowa City institution! So many great acts have played their first show and many seasoned pros test out new material before our live audience. Come check it out – you never know when you’ll catch the next great Iowa City songwriter. To sign your act up, call J. Knight in advance at 319.338.6713. Time: 7:00pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Tue 04.30 | The Hook Presents: Poetry in Motion | The Hook Presents: Poetry in Motion in | |
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A night where wordsmiths take the stage with a live band in an innovative, collaborative, imaginative attempt to connect words and music while blurring genre lines. The Ross Clowser Quartet will be accompanying seven local wordsmiths, and each performer will bring their own stories, styles, and spirit that you won’t want to miss!
Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $10 at the door. |
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| Tue 04.30 | Front Bar Karaoke | Front Bar Karaoke in | |
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Front Bar Karaoke happens every Tuesday with your host Luke, and Rich shaking things up behind the bar! Most weeks have a theme, so check out our Facebook to see what outfit you’ll need to get together!
Time: 10:30pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: 21+ After 10 pm. |
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| Wed 05.01 | Talk Art | Talk Art in | |
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Join the UI Writer’s Workshop as they present their current works to other Workshop attendees. Open to the public!
Time: 7:30pm. Admission: Free. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Fri 05.03 | Run of the Mill’s Variety Show Fundraiser | Run of the Mill’s Variety Show Fundraiser in | |
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Come out for a night of amazing entertainment and door prizes to help support one of Iowa City’s up and coming theatre companies! Producing plays is expensive, but Run Of The Mill Theatre Productions’ first Variety Show Fundraiser enabled us to keep making the kind of art this community deserves. After last year’s success, we couldn’t help but host another! We’ve got a wide array of artists performing music, poi, rap, burlesque, and a theatrical play reading. They’ve all donated their time to supporting us, so please come out and support their art!
Time: 7:00pm. Admission: $5 Suggested Donation. |
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| Sun 05.05 | Pub Quiz | Pub Quiz in | |
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Iowa City’s Original Pub Quiz returns and we’d love for you to join us! With new host Corine, we’re coming back with the great trivia, and random fun that ran through Iowa City’s first pub quiz. It’s not just a sit down night of knowledge, it’s an event! The rules and deals are the same: $1 to play with 5 people max per team! We’ve got $3 Wells, $4 bombs, and $5 PBR Pitchers. So get your team, bring your random knowledge, and get ready for an awesome night! Time: 9:00pm. Admission: $1. Age restrictions: 21+ After 10 pm. |
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| Mon 05.06 | Open Mic with J. Knight | Open Mic with J. Knight in | |
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Open Mic with J. Knight is an Iowa City institution! So many great acts have played their first show and many seasoned pros test out new material before our live audience. Come check it out – you never know when you’ll catch the next great Iowa City songwriter. To sign your act up, call J. Knight in advance at 319.338.6713. Time: 7:00pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Tue 05.07 | Front Bar Karaoke | Front Bar Karaoke in | |
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Front Bar Karaoke happens every Tuesday with your host Luke, and Rich shaking things up behind the bar! Most weeks have a theme, so check out our Facebook to see what outfit you’ll need to get together!
Time: 10:30pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: 21+ After 10 pm. |
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| Wed 05.08 | Burlington Street Bluegrass Band | Burlington Street Bluegrass Band in | |
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The house band will typically include Al Murphy, Bob Black, Dale Thomas, Joe Petersen and other IC bluegrass giants. http://www.myspace.com/theburlingtonstreetbluegrassband Time: 7:00pm. Admission: $5. Age restrictions: All Ages. |
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| Thu 05.09 | Peter Mayer & Brendan Mayer | Peter Mayer & Brendan Mayer in | |
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Peter Mayer, guitarist, vocalist and songwriter has been with Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band for nearly three decades. Apart from his work with Buffett, Mayer pursues his own touring and recording career with 13 albums to his name. He has shared the stage with many bright lights of the music world including James Taylor, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Don Henley, Dave Mathews, and many others.
Brendan Mayer, guitarist, vocalist and songwriter, has been building a following, laying his tracks in the music world. He recently released his debut album, the Getaway Car EP on Mailboat Records. He performs regularly on his solo tours, toured a year with Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band, and most recently played a four-night stand with the Jimmy and the Coral Reefers at the famed La Cigale club in Paris, France.
Brendan and Peter joined forces last year to record their debut album, “Long Story Short.” This collection of twelve songs showcases each artist’s unique musical direction and voice, but the result is a unified sound, with compelling lyrics and inventive melodies meeting in the duo’s bloodline harmony.
Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $20 Advanced // $25 Day of Show. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. Buy tickets |
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| Fri 05.10 | Dead Coast Presents: Luke Winslow-King | Dead Coast Presents: Luke Winslow-King in | |
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w. Brian Johannesen Luke Winslow-King’s latest album is an example of craftsmanship at the highest level, radiating a warmth and timeless elegance. Adept at mixing country, blues, R&B, rock ‘n’ roll, and folk influences intuitively and masterfully, Luke shapes a mood from many sources and shepherds it to a unifying place of acceptance and hope. Blue Mesa is both stately and approachable, manifestly proficient but deeply personal. Luke Winslow-King has collaborated with New Orleans legends and wunderkinds alike, including Dr. John, John Boutté, Luti, Little Freddy King, Washboard Chaz, and Meschiya Lake. In addition to holding down residencies at numerous venues and releasing four studio records over the course of nine years, he has toured extensively in North America and Europe. Time: 9:00pm. Admission: $10 Advanced // $12 Day of Show. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. Buy tickets |
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| Sat 05.11 | Soul Sherpa | Soul Sherpa in | |
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with TBD Soul Sherpa is a Funk/Soul Musical collective ranging from 5-10 members. From a groove pumping rhythm section, to a four-piece sizzling horn section, Soul Sherpa mashes multiple styles and genres of music creating a massive musical experience. Each member of Soul Sherpa is an accomplished musician in his or her own right. Between wicked solos, amazing guest collaborators, and seemingly impossible amounts of energy, Soul Sherpa makes every live show a unique and exciting experience. Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $7 at the door. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Sun 05.12 | Pub Quiz | Pub Quiz in | |
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Iowa City’s Original Pub Quiz returns and we’d love for you to join us! With new host Corine, we’re coming back with the great trivia, and random fun that ran through Iowa City’s first pub quiz. It’s not just a sit down night of knowledge, it’s an event! The rules and deals are the same: $1 to play with 5 people max per team! We’ve got $3 Wells, $4 bombs, and $5 PBR Pitchers. So get your team, bring your random knowledge, and get ready for an awesome night! Time: 9:00pm. Admission: $1. Age restrictions: 21+ After 10 pm. |
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| Mon 05.13 | Open Mic with J. Knight | Open Mic with J. Knight in | |
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Open Mic with J. Knight is an Iowa City institution! So many great acts have played their first show and many seasoned pros test out new material before our live audience. Come check it out – you never know when you’ll catch the next great Iowa City songwriter. To sign your act up, call J. Knight in advance at 319.338.6713. Time: 7:00pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Tue 05.14 | Molly Burch | Molly Burch in | |
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w. Andy Jenkins In a small-town South of Austin, Texas vocalist and songwriter Molly Burch is relaxing in her sunny country home. The Los Angeles native has found tranquility in the outskirts of Texas, appreciating time on the front porch as cicadas sing in the distance behind her. Burch burst onto the music scene in 2017 with her debut album Please Be Mine, a ten-track ode to unrequited romance that she wrote after studying Jazz Vocal Performance at the University of North Carolina in Asheville. Please Be Mine earned praise from critics for her smoky, effortless vocals and bleeding-heart lyrics. “I was really blown away with how many people told me that the music has helped them through their own break-up,” she says of Please Be Mine. “I was just so moved by that. I never expected it. I was aware that people were actually listening to my music and having a positive experience, so [with the next album] I wanted to reveal my own struggles with fear and anxiety.” First Flower is a walk-through Burch’s most intimate thoughts. Unlike Please Be Mine, which focused on the contentious depression of heartbreak, First Flower explores broken friendships, her relationship to her sister, and more importantly, how Burch learned to fight overwhelming anxiety. Burch is a soft-spoken, careful person who shoves her nervousness away on a daily basis Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $10 Advanced // $12 Day of Show. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. Buy tickets |
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| Tue 05.14 | Front Bar Karaoke | Front Bar Karaoke in | |
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Front Bar Karaoke happens every Tuesday with your host Luke, and Rich shaking things up behind the bar! Most weeks have a theme, so check out our Facebook to see what outfit you’ll need to get together!
Time: 10:30pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: 21+ After 10 pm. |
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| Wed 05.15 | Gaines and Wagoner | Gaines and Wagoner in | |
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feat. Robert “One Man” Johnson Based in Madison, WI, the award-winning husband and wife duo of Mary Gaines (cello, guitar, bass, vocals) and Chris Wagoner (violin, mandolins, lapsteel, ukulele, guitar, accordion, vocals) play an eclectic mix of Americana—original and classic tunes ranging from folk to jazz, bluegrass to blues, honky-tonk and a little singer-songwriter on the side. Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $7 at the door. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Thu 05.16 | Noise Show | Noise Show in | |
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More info TBA!
Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Sat 05.18 | Crystal City Record Release | Crystal City Record Release in | |
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w. Cedar County Cobras Crystal City is releasing “Three-Dimensionality,” on vinyl! Crystal City is fronted by Dave Helmer and Sam Drella. Helmer is a Midwestern singer/songwriter from central Iowa with blue-collar roots. Heavily influenced by Paul Westerberg, Tom Petty, John Prine and Townes Van Zandt, Helmer’s songs are approachable and relatable, touching on themes of love and loss, being good to each other and celebrating life. Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $8 at the door. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Sun 05.19 | Xiu Xiu | Xiu Xiu in | |
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Presented by Feed Me Weird Things and Witching Hour Xiu Xiu was born on a dance floor, arriving alone at the club and going home alone from the club. That night the first Xiu Xiu song, Jennifer Lopez, was recorded. Its line, “is it tough to watch, Friday after Friday!?,” began what Xiu Xiu was going to try to say. The songs would always be about specific events in the personal lives of the band, the people close to them, and about the social and economic politics that effect and deform subjugated life from everywhere in this wobbling, wreck of a solar system. Over the course of 15 7″s, five EPs, six collaboration albums and ten full lengths Xiu Xiu has never shied away from any topic that is honest and meaningful to them. Their songs are about gender dysphoria, suicide, loneliness, going insane, child soldiers, the tsunami in Indonesia, hideous sex, the Sanrio character Pandapple, abortion politics, incest, cats, queer life, being raped by the police and the individual responsibility of U.S. military personnel for the families they murder. Somehow within all of this, cuteness attempts to find a way to embrace death and horrible emotion. Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $12 Advanced // $15 Day of Show. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. Buy tickets |
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| Sun 05.19 | Pub Quiz | Pub Quiz in | |
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Iowa City’s Original Pub Quiz returns and we’d love for you to join us! With new host Corine, we’re coming back with the great trivia, and random fun that ran through Iowa City’s first pub quiz. It’s not just a sit down night of knowledge, it’s an event! The rules and deals are the same: $1 to play with 5 people max per team! We’ve got $3 Wells, $4 bombs, and $5 PBR Pitchers. So get your team, bring your random knowledge, and get ready for an awesome night! Time: 9:00pm. Admission: $1. Age restrictions: 21+ After 10 pm. |
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| Mon 05.20 | Open Mic with J. Knight | Open Mic with J. Knight in | |
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Open Mic with J. Knight is an Iowa City institution! So many great acts have played their first show and many seasoned pros test out new material before our live audience. Come check it out – you never know when you’ll catch the next great Iowa City songwriter. To sign your act up, call J. Knight in advance at 319.338.6713. Time: 7:00pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Tue 05.21 | Front Bar Karaoke | Front Bar Karaoke in | |
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Front Bar Karaoke happens every Tuesday with your host Luke, and Rich shaking things up behind the bar! Most weeks have a theme, so check out our Facebook to see what outfit you’ll need to get together!
Time: 10:30pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: 21+ After 10 pm. |
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| Wed 05.22 | Burlington Street Bluegrass Band | Burlington Street Bluegrass Band in | |
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The house band will typically include Al Murphy, Bob Black, Dale Thomas, Joe Petersen and other IC bluegrass giants. http://www.myspace.com/theburlingtonstreetbluegrassband Time: 7:00pm. Admission: $5. Age restrictions: All Ages. |
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| Fri 05.24 | Jumbies + Charles Walker Band | Jumbies + Charles Walker Band in | |
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Jumbies takes the rhythm, energy and motion of traditional Afro-Caribbean musical styles such as Soca and Reggae, the vibrant sound of the steel pan, and a high-energy funk backing band and spins out a tasty cocktail of seriously danceable music. What further blows the mind is that this sound comes out of five guys from Iowa. All who see them are sure to be possessed by the spirit of Jumbies! Deliciously Stanky. Dynamically Funky. Recklessly Hopeful. Grounded in soul, the Charles Walker Band has been compared to Prince, Bruno Mars, Chaka Khan, and James Brown. The Milwaukee based band has refined their sound into Neo-Funk, a fusion of funk infused rhythms with pop melodies. Admission: TBA. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Sun 05.26 | Pub Quiz | Pub Quiz in | |
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Iowa City’s Original Pub Quiz returns and we’d love for you to join us! With new host Corine, we’re coming back with the great trivia, and random fun that ran through Iowa City’s first pub quiz. It’s not just a sit down night of knowledge, it’s an event! The rules and deals are the same: $1 to play with 5 people max per team! We’ve got $3 Wells, $4 bombs, and $5 PBR Pitchers. So get your team, bring your random knowledge, and get ready for an awesome night! Time: 9:00pm. Admission: $1. Age restrictions: 21+ After 10 pm. |
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| Mon 05.27 | Open Mic with J. Knight | Open Mic with J. Knight in | |
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Open Mic with J. Knight is an Iowa City institution! So many great acts have played their first show and many seasoned pros test out new material before our live audience. Come check it out – you never know when you’ll catch the next great Iowa City songwriter. To sign your act up, call J. Knight in advance at 319.338.6713. Time: 7:00pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Tue 05.28 | Front Bar Karaoke | Front Bar Karaoke in | |
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Front Bar Karaoke happens every Tuesday with your host Luke, and Rich shaking things up behind the bar! Most weeks have a theme, so check out our Facebook to see what outfit you’ll need to get together!
Time: 10:30pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: 21+ After 10 pm. |
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| Fri 05.31 | Flash In A Pan | Flash In A Pan in | |
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A collective of Iowa City musicians have teamed up to ramble every where from street corners to red carpet events. Founded in 2012, named on the assumption that the band would play two shows and dissolve; the band is currently in it’s Fourth year of playing all over Iowa. These pickers and grinners bring a fun mix of folk music of many shades. With warm humor and fiery content, this band will have you dancing and laughing, singing and stomping, and cherishing the moments we drink to remember! Noted for their shining harmonies, provocative compositions, and heart-felt performances, Flash in a Pan dishes out a sound that is all at once familiar and refreshingly different.
Admission: TBA. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Sun 06.02 | Pub Quiz | Pub Quiz in | |
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Iowa City’s Original Pub Quiz returns and we’d love for you to join us! With new host Corine, we’re coming back with the great trivia, and random fun that ran through Iowa City’s first pub quiz. It’s not just a sit down night of knowledge, it’s an event! The rules and deals are the same: $1 to play with 5 people max per team! We’ve got $3 Wells, $4 bombs, and $5 PBR Pitchers. So get your team, bring your random knowledge, and get ready for an awesome night! Time: 9:00pm. Admission: $1. Age restrictions: 21+ After 10 pm. |
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| Mon 06.03 | Open Mic with J. Knight | Open Mic with J. Knight in | |
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Open Mic with J. Knight is an Iowa City institution! So many great acts have played their first show and many seasoned pros test out new material before our live audience. Come check it out – you never know when you’ll catch the next great Iowa City songwriter. To sign your act up, call J. Knight in advance at 319.338.6713. Time: 7:00pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Tue 06.04 | Front Bar Karaoke | Front Bar Karaoke in | |
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Front Bar Karaoke happens every Tuesday with your host Luke, and Rich shaking things up behind the bar! Most weeks have a theme, so check out our Facebook to see what outfit you’ll need to get together!
Time: 10:30pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: 21+ After 10 pm. |
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| Mon 06.10 | Open Mic with J. Knight | Open Mic with J. Knight in | |
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Open Mic with J. Knight is an Iowa City institution! So many great acts have played their first show and many seasoned pros test out new material before our live audience. Come check it out – you never know when you’ll catch the next great Iowa City songwriter. To sign your act up, call J. Knight in advance at 319.338.6713. Time: 7:00pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Tue 06.11 | Front Bar Karaoke | Front Bar Karaoke in | |
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Front Bar Karaoke happens every Tuesday with your host Luke, and Rich shaking things up behind the bar! Most weeks have a theme, so check out our Facebook to see what outfit you’ll need to get together!
Time: 10:30pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: 21+ After 10 pm. |
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| Wed 06.12 | Burlington Street Bluegrass Band | Burlington Street Bluegrass Band in | |
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The house band will typically include Al Murphy, Bob Black, Dale Thomas, Joe Petersen and other IC bluegrass giants. http://www.myspace.com/theburlingtonstreetbluegrassband Time: 7:00pm. Admission: $5. Age restrictions: All Ages. |
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| Thu 06.13 | Dead Coast Presents: Malcolm Holcombe | Dead Coast Presents: Malcolm Holcombe in | |
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Malcolm Holcombe grew up in western North Carolina, home to some of the planet’s oldest mountains and some of America’s deepest musical traditions. Radio and TV fueled Malcolm’s musical passions as a kid, and music became even more important after he lost both his parents relatively young. He toured with bands and landed in Nashville, where he took up an inconspicuous station at the back of the house – the very back – at Douglas Corner, one of the city’s best singer/songwriter venues. He flirted with an official music career. But his stunning debut album made for Geffen Records was abruptly shelved, producing melodrama that only exacerbated Malcolm’s drinking and depression. Holcombe let in help where before he’d pushed it away. With deep faith in God and a commitment to his art, Holcombe repaired himself and his career. If you’ve not seen him in a live setting, this is what you have to do. His presence is spooky and timeless, as one imagines it was like to see Son House or Leadbelly. No emotional stone is left unturned. While you plan for this important experience, collect Malcolm Holcombe albums… He is cryptic, demanding, polarizing, bold, passionate and free, a combination badly needed in our time of infinite trivia. He’s even more interesting for having made a remarkable journey of recovery and discovery.
Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $12 Advanced // $15 Day of Show. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. Buy tickets |
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| Wed 06.26 | Burlington Street Bluegrass Band | Burlington Street Bluegrass Band in | |
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The house band will typically include Al Murphy, Bob Black, Dale Thomas, Joe Petersen and other IC bluegrass giants. http://www.myspace.com/theburlingtonstreetbluegrassband Time: 7:00pm. Admission: $5. Age restrictions: All Ages. |
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| Thu 06.27 | Dylan LeBlanc | Dylan LeBlanc in | |
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Dylan LeBlanc knows second chances don’t come around often. But, neither do voices like his.
Overwhelmed by the speed his gift would take him, from Applebee’s server to “the new Neil Young” in a matter of months, he walked away from an unlikely major label deal after releasing two critically acclaimed albums. He slipped into a blur of booze and self-doubt. Exhausted and damaged at just 23-years-old, Dylan came home to Muscle Shoals, Alabama to write a new life for himself. In between the moments of clarity and a few familiar falls, he also wrote a new album, Cautionary Tale: a collection of shimmering, arresting songs with the same haunting vocals that caught the attention of Lucinda Williams and Bruce Springsteen, now with a sharpened edge honed by hastened maturity. To help him say it, he sought out long-time friend Ben Tanner, [who] was beginning to engineer records again at the label he started with another friend of Dylan’s, Grammy Award-winning musician John Paul White, formerly of the Civil Wars. The two both produced and played on Cautionary Tale. “They prevented me from burying my words,” says Dylan. “Doubt can often be my first instinct, and I’ll try to cover things up with more elements to hide my voice, but I made up my mind to trust them. I heard Merle Haggard say once that the singer is secondary to the song, and they both helped me build a strong foundation for the emotions I was feeling.” LeBlanc’s upcoming album, ‘Renegade’ drops June 7, 2019 Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $12 Advanced // $15 Day of Show. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. Buy tickets |
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