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 06.23 | Sing OUT Loud Fundraiser for ICPride & Dreamwell Theatre | Sing OUT Loud Fundraiser for ICPride & Dreamwell Theatre in | |
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Sing OUT Loud Karaoke Night in Backroom of The Mill Hosted by Isaac Helgens and Revolution Entertainment Sliding cover of $5-10 depending on what you can afford Additional cost of $1 per song to perform karaoke Close out Pride Month with a night of singing your favorites with your friends Full menu available till 11pm Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $5-$10. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Sat 06.24 | Block Party After Party Featuring: Bernemann Brothers Band | Block Party After Party Featuring: Bernemann Brothers Band in | |
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Rock , Country, and Blues, and driven by the passion of the live experience, the Bernemann Brothers Band fits like a favorite pair of blues jeans. The band chemistry is palpable and contagious when siblings Matt and Ryan Bernemann (Drums, and Guitar/ Vocals, respectively) are joined by Ben Schmidt (Electric guitar/ Vocals) , and Rich Wagor (Bass). You’ll hear classic tunes you love, rare gems that may have escaped you, and even the occasional original composition, all delivered up with an easygoing sense of fun and rock solid musicianship. Time: 11:00pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Sun 06.25 | Pub Quiz | Pub Quiz in | |
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Join us for Pub Quiz every Sunday at 9pm. Only $1 to play and the winner takes the whole Pot! Hosted by Abba.
Time: 9:00pm. Admission: $1. Age restrictions: 21+ After 10 pm. |
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| Mon 06.26 | Open Mic with J. Knight | Open Mic with J. Knight in | |
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An Iowa City institution. So many great acts have played their first show at the Mill’s Open Mic. Many seasoned pros test out new material before a 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: 8:00pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Tue 06.27 | Dance with Center for Worker Justice | Dance with Center for Worker Justice in | |
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Doors open at 6:30pm Summer is finally here & CWJ would like to invite you to the first of a three-part series of events. We will have 3 fundraisers with Tropicante, an Iowa-based group that plays Salsa, Merengue, Bachata,Cumbia, Latin Jazz and much more… Join us at The Mill for a fun and relaxing time of socializing, food, and dancing, while supporting worker rights, minimum wage, community ID, immigrants rights, housing and other issues. Each event will have dinner or drink specials, which will be announced a day in advance. Tickets: $10 if you show your Community ID and $15 without Time: 7:00pm. Admission: $10 w. Community ID / $15 GA. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Wed 06.28 | 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 06.28 | 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 06.29 | The Dandelion Stompers | The Dandelion Stompers in | |
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w. Paper Moon Shiners The Dandelion Stompers bring you New Orleans jazz with all the trimmings. Start with a grade-A rhythm section, add a savory selection of horns, round out the mixture with hot and spicy vocals and you’ve got a recipe for Dandelion gumbo! Lineup: Chris Clark-bar sax; Katie Greenstein-tpt; Ira Greenstein-tpt; Brandi Janssen-bass; Marc Janssen-gtr; Katie Roche-voc; Suzanne Smith-clarinet Time: 7:00pm. Admission: $10. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. Buy tickets |
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| Fri 06.30 | John Lake Studio Recital | John Lake Studio Recital in | |
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Doors: 1:30pm John Lake and his students will perform at the Mill. The John Lake Student Recital is a bi-annual event with musicians of many styles and levels. Free admission. Fun for the whole family! Time: 2:30pm. Admission: Free. Age restrictions: All Ages. |
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| Sun 07.02 | Pub Quiz | Pub Quiz in | |
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Join us for Pub Quiz every Sunday at 9pm. Only $1 to play and the winner takes the whole Pot! Hosted by Abba.
Time: 9:00pm. Admission: $1. Age restrictions: 21+ After 10 pm. |
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| Mon 07.03 | Open Mic with J. Knight | Open Mic with J. Knight in | |
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An Iowa City institution. So many great acts have played their first show at the Mill’s Open Mic. Many seasoned pros test out new material before a 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: 8:00pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Tue 07.04 | Alone on the 4th of July | Alone on the 4th of July in | |
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An evening of music featuring: Brian Johannesen, The Lonelyhearts, and friends Brian Johannesen is an Iowa City-based songwriter by way of Chicago and Nashville. Johannesen’s music blends the rich Americana traditions of the Midwest and the South. Raised on a steady diet of Bruce Springsteen and Alabama, Johannesen blends this musical foundation with the music he has grown to love as an adult, including Gillian Welch, Steve Earle, and Hank Williams. Time: 7:00pm. Admission: $6. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Thu 07.06 | Waldemar | Waldemar in | |
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w. Sleeping Jesus, TBD Besides being a home for incredible performing artists, Eau Claire, WI is dense with extraordinary production talent. For the forthcoming Visions EP, Larson enlisted an elite production team of local fellow producers and friends, Evan Middlesworth (El Vy) and Brian Joseph (Bon Iver, Local Natives, Sufjan Stevens, Indigo Girls) as Co-Producers for the record. The recording process was patient and precise spanning over four months in Eau Claire at Middlesworth’s Pine Hollow Studio and Joseph’s studio, The Hive. The sound of Waldemar is lush, intricate and layered; a vast array of instruments and elements woven tightly together. Often deviating from traditional indie song structures and favoring arrangements closer at times to modern and classical choral composers. This is owed largely to Larson’s extensive years studying classical choral music since he was a child. Post-80’s inspired electric guitar tones, nuanced rhythmic textures from dual drummers, trombone sectionals and near constant choral inspired harmonic vocal arrangements comprise the sonic landscape constructed by Larson’s multi-instrumental artistry. Sleeping Jesus-Sunny, hazy, and a bit burnt out, born from a city with a fetish for folk rock, Sleeping Jesus rises from the ashes crafting slick, lush, and dreamy indie rock gems. Lyrics of love, lust, and escapism dance across a kaleidoscope of sound as a jesus like figure hypnotically sways across the stage. Sleeping Jesus is, in every essence, the foreplay of indie rock. Since the debut release of Perennial in 2016, Sleeping has shared the stage with The Staves, EZTV, Haley Bonar, Night Moves, Day Wave, and many more. Sleeping Jesus was recently chosen by First Avenue in Minneapolis as one of the best new bands of 2016. Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $8. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Fri 07.07 | Chef PZ Going Away Bash | Chef PZ Going Away Bash in | |
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w. DJ Simeon Talley, ION & Romulan (of AWTHNTKTS), Soultru Come send Chef PZ home right by watching him perform his First Generation album. Let’s kick it! Time: 10:00pm. Admission: $5. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Sat 07.08 | FY5 | FY5 in | |
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The band’s recently released 2015 album titled Eat The Moon proves that they consistently bring us “a self-assured vision of American music, rooted in tradition, but pointing to new creative directions that make it vital and relevant in today’s modern world…” Eat The Moon is currently a Top 10 Album on the Folk DJ Charts, with album titled track “She Wants to Eat the Moon” climbing within the Top 20. You can also catch Del McCoury spinning the hand picked album on his SiriusXM show Bluegrass Junction. Colorado’s FY5 proudly swim in the deep currents of American music-classic bluegrass, tried-and-true honky tonk, country swing and skillfully spun folk tales. While their sound evokes timelessness, it is decidedly contemporary, well-traveled 21st century sensibility that informs their songwriting. Their tunes draw on the bumps, bruises and laugh lines earned when we find ourselves in the “bogs” of back roads, dive bars and long, lonesome nights.
Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $12 Advance / $15 Day of Show. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Sun 07.09 | Pub Quiz | Pub Quiz in | |
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Join us for Pub Quiz every Sunday at 9pm. Only $1 to play and the winner takes the whole Pot! Hosted by Abba.
Time: 9:00pm. Admission: $1. Age restrictions: 21+ After 10 pm. |
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| Mon 07.10 | Open Mic with J. Knight | Open Mic with J. Knight in | |
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An Iowa City institution. So many great acts have played their first show at the Mill’s Open Mic. Many seasoned pros test out new material before a 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: 8:00pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Wed 07.12 | 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 07.13 | The Recliners | The Recliners in | |
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The Chataqua Brothers Iowa City mainstays, the Recliners play such a wide variety of music that they are hard to classify. If there were a category labeled: contemporary Acoustic-Pop-Folk-Rock-Turkish, this group would certainly top the list. Within their repertoire there is something for everyone, from classic ’60s and ’70s numbers to songs by contemporary singer-songwriters, from traditional Turkish tunes to American folk songs, Irish melodies, and bluegrass, from Van Morrison and the Beatles to the edgy rock and traditional ballads of Richard Thompson. Through it all there’s only one rule – everyone has to have a good time! Time: 7:00pm. Admission: $7. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Fri 07.14 | An Evening w. Ray Bonneville | An Evening w. Ray Bonneville in | |
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Every now and then, you run across someone with a library’s worth of stories to tell. But unlike the raconteurs who regale friends with well-embellished versions of their exploits, these storytellers have lived so much, they reveal chapters of their hard-won wisdom slowly, carefully, like layers peeled from an onion. Ray Bonneville didn’t even open his storybook until his early 40s, some 20 years after he started performing. But with a style that sometimes draws comparisons to JJ Cale and Daniel Lanois, this blues-influenced, New Orleans-inspired “song and groove man,” as he’s been so aptly described, luckily found his rightful calling. On his fourth Red House Records album, Easy Gone, Bonneville delivers 10 reasons why patience pays off. In each, his guitarwork shimmers like stars emerging at dusk. His voice carries the rich, natural timbre of time, though underneath that pearl-like smoothness, one hears its gritty core. His harmonica rhythms add even more texture to his sound.
Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $15 Advance / $20 Day of Show. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. Buy tickets |
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| Sun 07.16 | Pub Quiz | Pub Quiz in | |
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Join us for Pub Quiz every Sunday at 9pm. Only $1 to play and the winner takes the whole Pot! Hosted by Abba.
Time: 9:00pm. Admission: $1. Age restrictions: 21+ After 10 pm. |
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| Mon 07.17 | Open Mic with J. Knight | Open Mic with J. Knight in | |
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An Iowa City institution. So many great acts have played their first show at the Mill’s Open Mic. Many seasoned pros test out new material before a 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: 8:00pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Wed 07.19 | Tobin Sprout | Tobin Sprout in | |
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w. Elf Power Tobin Sprout, former guitarist / songwriter of indie-rock icons Guided By Voices, has a new album (his first in 7 years), The Universe And Me (Burger Records), out on January 27. The Universe and Me takes a deliberately primitive approach that focuses on feeling, as opposed to production. The result is a vague bridge between the ballads of psych-era Beatles, and the haunting vulnerability of Daniel Johnston’s Hi, How Are You? Sprout penned and sang GBV classics including 14 Cheerleader Coldfront, It’s Like Soul Man, Awful Bliss, Ester’s Day, To Remake The Young Flier and Islands (She Talks In Rainbows). Burger Records will also be reissuing Sprout’s out-of-print 1990s Matador solo albums, Carnival Boy and Moonflower Plastic. Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $12 Advance / $15 Day of Show. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. Buy tickets |
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| Fri 07.21 | No DAPL Benefit | No DAPL Benefit in | |
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Indigenous Iowa was formed out of the No Dakota Access Pipeline (No DAPL) movement. Using our sovereignty and traditional ideologies, we strive for environmental and social justice– two issues that cannot be separated. As our climate changes, more people will suffer and our mission is to help prevent the atrocities that are occurring to our Mother and the people she nurtures. To accomplish this goal, we have created Little Creek Camp, which supports a community rooted in Indigenous thought and practice right here in Iowa County. We are a think tank dedicated to the decolonization of society and the land. We believe it is time to empower the Indigenous worldview and listen to what our ancestors said about caring for our Earth like a Mother.
We will continue to fight and support others in fighting the DAPL in court, in the IUB office, in the streets and anywhere else oil runs across our land. We ask that you join us by: - Continuing the fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline in Iowa by campaigning locally and educating the public about the court case of landowners/Sierra Club vs. Iowa Utilities Board. -Addressing local struggles in the state of Iowa such as Monsanto, Industrial runoff, pig farms, deportation, immigrant exploitation, LGBTQ struggles, police brutality, and other social and environmental injustice issues. -Dismantling Imperial Colonialism: resisting the current colonized administration and economy. Building a global resistance movement. -Building a sustainable community that provides an example of how to change the economy through indigenous, sustainable living practices. -Being prayerful and peaceful and respecting our sacred fire so we may help people heal from the atrocities of Standing Rock and/or any other issues that need tending. The work that we carry out is part of the healing, along with prayer, sweat and ceremony.” Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $10. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Sun 07.23 | Pub Quiz | Pub Quiz in | |
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Join us for Pub Quiz every Sunday at 9pm. Only $1 to play and the winner takes the whole Pot! Hosted by Abba.
Time: 9:00pm. Admission: $1. Age restrictions: 21+ After 10 pm. |
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| Mon 07.24 | Open Mic with J. Knight | Open Mic with J. Knight in | |
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An Iowa City institution. So many great acts have played their first show at the Mill’s Open Mic. Many seasoned pros test out new material before a 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: 8:00pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Tue 07.25 | Dance with Center for Worker Justice | Dance with Center for Worker Justice in | |
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Doors open at 6:30pm Summer is finally here & CWJ would like to invite you to the first of a three-part series of events. We will have 3 fundraisers with Tropicante, an Iowa-based group that plays Salsa, Merengue, Bachata,Cumbia, Latin Jazz and much more… Join us at The Mill for a fun and relaxing time of socializing, food, and dancing, while supporting worker rights, minimum wage, community ID, immigrants rights, housing and other issues. Each event will have dinner or drink specials, which will be announced a day in advance. Tickets: $10 if you show your Community ID and $15 without Time: 7:00pm. Admission: $10 w. Community ID / $15 GA. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Wed 07.26 | 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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| Sun 07.30 | John Lake Studio Recital | John Lake Studio Recital in | |
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Doors: 1:30pm John Lake and his students will perform at the Mill. The John Lake Student Recital is a bi-annual event with musicians of many styles and levels. Free admission. Fun for the whole family! Time: 2:30pm. Admission: Free. Age restrictions: All Ages. |
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| Sun 07.30 | Lotería Night at The Mill: Presented by LULAC | Lotería Night at The Mill: Presented by LULAC in | |
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Join us for Lotería night at The Mill.
Lotería is a Latin game originated from Mexico game of chance, similar to bingo, but using images on a deck of cards instead of plain numbers on ping pong balls. Every image has a name and an assigned number, but the number is usually ignored. Each player has at least one tabla, a board with a randomly created 4 x 4 grid of pictures with their corresponding name and number. Players choose what tabla they want to play with, from a variety of previously created tablas. Each one presents a different selection of images. Time: 6:00pm. Admission: $5 Suggested Donation. Age restrictions: All Ages. |
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| Sun 07.30 | Pub Quiz | Pub Quiz in | |
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Join us for Pub Quiz every Sunday at 9pm. Only $1 to play and the winner takes the whole Pot! Hosted by Abba.
Time: 9:00pm. Admission: $1. Age restrictions: 21+ After 10 pm. |
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| Mon 07.31 | Open Mic with J. Knight | Open Mic with J. Knight in | |
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An Iowa City institution. So many great acts have played their first show at the Mill’s Open Mic. Many seasoned pros test out new material before a 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: 8:00pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Tue 08.01 | Bob Schneider | Bob Schneider in | |
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w. Travis Linville Bob Schneider has reigned as a de facto king of the Austin music scene for a couple of decades now, and while no one stays on top forever, the man shows no signs of decay in quality or creativity. Schneider is the city’s genius chameleon, mixing pop, hip-hop, folk and biting humor with essential melodies and bloody brilliant lyrics. His joys and heartbreaks, laid bare in song, help us understand our own. Schneider has been a recording artist for 25 years, putting out his first record (“Party Till You’re Dead”) in 1991 as frontman for Joe Rockhead, a funk-rock combo in the vein of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. That band was followed by his best-known group, Ugly Americans, which toured with the Dave Matthews Band and Big Head Todd and the Monsters. Ugly Americans was a kind of alt-rock supergroup, with former members of Cracker, Poi Dog Pondering and Mojo Nixon’s band. Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $17 Advance / $20 Day of Show. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. Buy tickets |
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| Mon 08.07 | Open Mic with J. Knight | Open Mic with J. Knight in | |
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An Iowa City institution. So many great acts have played their first show at the Mill’s Open Mic. Many seasoned pros test out new material before a 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: 8:00pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Fri 08.11 | Nicole Atkins | Nicole Atkins in | |
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w. TBD Named Rolling Stone’s “Top 10 Artists To Watch” in 2007 for her debut album Neptune City, Nicole Atkins has appeared on numerous late night TV shows, including “The Late Show with David Letterman”, “Conan”, and “Later… with Jools Holland”, and featured in media outlets ranging from the New York Times to Time magazine. She has toured throughout the US and Europe, both headlining and also touring with The Black Keys, Mavis Staples, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Primal Scream, Chris Isaak and The Avett Brothers. Nicole is currently in the studio recording her 4th studio album with Austin Jenkins, Josh Block and Chris Vivion of Niles City Sound. She also recently performed one of her new songs, “A Little Crazy”, on the season finale of the new Showtime series “Roadies”, directed by Cameron Crowe. The recording of “A Little Crazy” is available via Stardog Records /Republic Records as part of the soundtrack album for the show. Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $12 Advance / $15 Day of Show. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. Buy tickets |
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| Mon 08.14 | Open Mic with J. Knight | Open Mic with J. Knight in | |
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An Iowa City institution. So many great acts have played their first show at the Mill’s Open Mic. Many seasoned pros test out new material before a 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: 8:00pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Tue 08.22 | Dance with Center for Worker Justice | Dance with Center for Worker Justice in | |
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Doors open at 6:30pm Summer is finally here & CWJ would like to invite you to the first of a three-part series of events. We will have 3 fundraisers with Tropicante, an Iowa-based group that plays Salsa, Merengue, Bachata,Cumbia, Latin Jazz and much more… Join us at The Mill for a fun and relaxing time of socializing, food, and dancing, while supporting worker rights, minimum wage, community ID, immigrants rights, housing and other issues. Each event will have dinner or drink specials, which will be announced a day in advance. Tickets: $10 if you show your Community ID and $15 without Time: 7:00pm. Admission: $10 w. Community ID / $15 GA. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Fri 09.08 | Catfish Keith | Catfish Keith in | |
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Blues singer, songwriter and bottleneck slide guitarist Catfish Keith has established himself as one of the most exciting country blues performers of our time. Catfish’s innovative style of foot-stomping, deep delta blues and American roots music has spellbound audiences the world over. A two-time W. C. Handy Award nominee for BEST ACOUSTIC BLUES ALBUM, and an inductee into the BLUES HALL OF FAME, Catfish has twelve NUMBER ONE independent radio chart-topping albums to his credit, and packs houses all over the world with his dynamic stage show.
Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $15. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. Buy tickets |
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| Thu 09.14 | Downtown Boys | Downtown Boys in | |
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w. TBD The United States’ myriad inequalities, hatreds and phobias are painfully evident in 2017, offering proof that the age-old dichotomy of “political bands” versus “apolitical bands” simply doesn’t exist. Either you are comfortable and unfazed by the current reigning power structures, or you choose (or have no choice but) to use your music as a vehicle for the dismantling of oppression and the creation of something better. No matter what your songs are about, you are choosing a side. The position of Providence, RI’s Downtown Boys has been clear since they started storming through basements and DIY spaces with their radically-minded, indefatigable rock music: they are here to topple the white-cis-het hegemony and draft a new history. In the words of vocalist and lyricist Victoria Ruiz, they are “five unique and individual people who believe in the spectrum of people, experiences and emotions.” On their self-titled 2014 EP on Sister Polygon Records (run by their like-minded friends in Priests), they offered songs like “Slumlord Sal,” which strikes out against abusive landlords. Its accompanying video relays the idea that cops can be literally smacked out of their oppressive mindsets and into an exuberantly queer dance party. This is how Downtown Boys began, combining revolutionary ideals with boundless energy and contagious, inclusive fun, and their resolve has only strengthened as both their sound and audience have grown. Time: 9:00pm. Admission: $10 Advance / $12 Day of Show. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Thu 09.14 | Downtown Boys | Downtown Boys in | |
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w. TBD The United States’ myriad inequalities, hatreds and phobias are painfully evident in 2017, offering proof that the age-old dichotomy of “political bands” versus “apolitical bands” simply doesn’t exist. Either you are comfortable and unfazed by the current reigning power structures, or you choose (or have no choice but) to use your music as a vehicle for the dismantling of oppression and the creation of something better. No matter what your songs are about, you are choosing a side. The position of Providence, RI’s Downtown Boys has been clear since they started storming through basements and DIY spaces with their radically-minded, indefatigable rock music: they are here to topple the white-cis-het hegemony and draft a new history. In the words of vocalist and lyricist Victoria Ruiz, they are “five unique and individual people who believe in the spectrum of people, experiences and emotions.” On their self-titled 2014 EP on Sister Polygon Records (run by their like-minded friends in Priests), they offered songs like “Slumlord Sal,” which strikes out against abusive landlords. Its accompanying video relays the idea that cops can be literally smacked out of their oppressive mindsets and into an exuberantly queer dance party. This is how Downtown Boys began, combining revolutionary ideals with boundless energy and contagious, inclusive fun, and their resolve has only strengthened as both their sound and audience have grown. Time: 9:00pm. Admission: $10 Advance / $12 Day of Show. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Fri 09.15 | Good Morning Midnight | Good Morning Midnight in | |
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w. The Port Authority, Wood Chickens, Forever Nap Good Morning Midnight is the solo project of 19 year old Charlie Cacciatore. Cacciatore has spent much of the past year and a half playing shows around the Midwest in anticipation for Good Morning Midnight’s debut album, “Basket Of Flowers.” Recorded at Flat Black Studios with engineers Dana T and Luke Tweedy, “Basket Of Flowers” is a sprawling 60 minutes of literary guitar pop, giving nods to Alex G, Sparklehorse, and Paul Simon. Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $5. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Sun 09.17 | Rainer Maria | Rainer Maria in | |
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w. TBD If you happened upon the front page of the New York Times arts section on April 13th, 2006, you might likely have been taken by one of two reactions. Perhaps “Who?” Or maybe for the long devoted adherents, “Finally!” There they were, a trio who came up in the idealistic confines of Madison, WI, and the fertile incubator that was the Midwest’s ‘90s indie rock scene, now perched atop a Brooklyn warehouse with the sunset-drenched Manhattan skyline behind them. Momentary conquerors at what would turn out to be the tail end of a decade of trailblazing creativity, Rainer Maria had reached a mountaintop of sorts, and yet by the end of the year they’d be bidding farewell to sold out crowds at the Bowery Ballroom and Williamsburg Brooklyn’s now almost mythical DIY haunt, Northsix. Many years later, guided by their shared history as songwriters, and buoyed by their recent adventures and explorations in music and life as individuals, their new album S/T, fits like well worn boots with the spring of new soles. Intuitively written without much post-mortem intellectualization, the album benefits from its origin as an exercise in fun between old friends who didn’t necessarily have the intention of releasing a new record when they started down the path. The lyrics are full of natural imagery, influenced by the more pastoral setting outside De Marrais’ window—soil and greenery, weather patterns, and other markers of country life. While sonically, S/T retains and even amplifies the core grit and vigor that Rainer Maria has always had as a band. Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $15 Advance / $18 Day of Show. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. Buy tickets |
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| Fri 09.22 | Cedar County Cobras | Cedar County Cobras in | |
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w. Flash in a Pan Cedar County Cobras have been described as contagious, acoustic rockabilly, dancing bluegrass, or brand new old-time country with the gritty sound of soulful blues. It is almost impossible to box the sound of The Cobras into one musical genre. Just know that you should be prepared to bring your dancing shoes and party with this musical troupe made up by two blind brothers from the electric rock band Porch Builder and a woman mandolin player rooted in bluegrass and rock n’ roll. These folks come together from two musical families blending the sound of gravel road rock n’ roll with a mandolin and fiddle to bring you Iowa’s newest acoustic string band! Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $8. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Sun 09.24 | Lotería Night at The Mill: Presented by LULAC | Lotería Night at The Mill: Presented by LULAC in | |
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Join us for Lotería night at The Mill.
Lotería is a Latin game originated from Mexico game of chance, similar to bingo, but using images on a deck of cards instead of plain numbers on ping pong balls. Every image has a name and an assigned number, but the number is usually ignored. Each player has at least one tabla, a board with a randomly created 4 x 4 grid of pictures with their corresponding name and number. Players choose what tabla they want to play with, from a variety of previously created tablas. Each one presents a different selection of images. Time: 6:00pm. Admission: $5 Suggested Donation. Age restrictions: All Ages. |
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| Fri 10.13 | Big Thief | Big Thief in | |
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w. TBD The trails that Brooklyn’s Big Thief—Adrianne Lenker (guitar, vocals), Buck Meek (guitar), Max Oleartchik (bass), and James Krivchenia (drums)—take us down on Capacity, the band’s highly anticipated second record, are overgrown with the wilderness of pumping souls. After last year’s stunning Masterpiece, Capacity was recorded in a snowy winter nest in upstate New York at Outlier Studio with producer Andrew Sarlo. The album jumps right into lives marked up and nipped in surprisingly swift fashion. They are peopled and unpeopled, spooked and soothed, regenerating back into a state where they can once again be vulnerable. Lenker’s songs introduce us to a gallery of multifacted women and deal with the complicated matters of identity — at once dangerous and curious, though never unbelievable. Lenker shows us the gentle side of being ripped open. Tricked into love, done in and then witnessing the second act of pulling oneself back together to prepare for it to all happen again, but this time to a sturdier soul, one who is going to take the punches better than ever before and deal some jabs and roundhouses of their own. Time: 9:00pm. Admission: $15. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. Buy tickets |
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| Thu 11.09 | Dar Williams | Dar Williams in | |
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In concert including a reading and discussion from her new book, What I Found In A Thousand Towns Dar Williams has been called “one of America’s very best singer-songwriters” by The New Yorker. She’s released ten studio albums and authored four books including her latest, “What I Found In A Thousand Towns,” to be released in September. Known as much for her staunch progressive ideals as her raw acoustic energy, Williams has been captivating audiences with her sheer elegance and honesty in her folk-pop songwriting since the ’90s. Williams’ growth as an individual over her two-decade-long career has gone hand-in-hand with her evolution as an artist, touring along the way with such distinguished peers as Joan Baez, Patty Griffin, Ani DiFranco, Loudon Wainwright III and Shawn Colvin among others. Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $20 Advance / $25 Day of Show. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. Buy tickets |
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| Sun 11.26 | Lotería Night at The Mill: Presented by LULAC | Lotería Night at The Mill: Presented by LULAC in | |
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Join us for Lotería night at The Mill.
Lotería is a Latin game originated from Mexico game of chance, similar to bingo, but using images on a deck of cards instead of plain numbers on ping pong balls. Every image has a name and an assigned number, but the number is usually ignored. Each player has at least one tabla, a board with a randomly created 4 x 4 grid of pictures with their corresponding name and number. Players choose what tabla they want to play with, from a variety of previously created tablas. Each one presents a different selection of images. Time: 6:00pm. Admission: $5 Suggested Donation. Age restrictions: All Ages. |
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