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Live Music & Upcoming Concerts in Iowa

When you’re not listening to Studio One, we encourage you to get out and listen to live music! Every day, there’s live music near you. It could be a singer-songwriter at your local coffee shop, a cover band down at the brewery or a Studio One favorite making a tour stop at one of our state’s amazing local music venues. We scour the state for upcoming concerts, so check out a show near you:

Des Moines Metro | Cedar Rapids & Iowa City | Quad Cities | Western Iowa

Des Moines Live Music

Carl Verheyen Band | Friday, May 2
with Joe & Vicki Price
xBk, Des Moines

Derry & the Dirty Dishes | Saturday, May 3
xBk, Des Moines

Future Islands | Monday, May 5
Hoyt Sherman Place, Des Moines

Abbie Sawyer | Friday, May 9
Temple Theater, Des Moines

Squid | Saturday, May 10
Wooly's, Des Moines

KALEO | Tuesday, May 13
Val Air Ballroom, West Des Moines

Mr. Softheart | Wednesday, May 14
with Blanky & Toon Smokes
xBk, Des Moines

Lukas Nelson | Thursday, May 15
Val Air Ballroom, West Des Moines

Rainbow Kitten Surprise | Friday, May 16
Vibrant Music Hall, Waukee

Lipstick Homicide and Polyachi | Saturday, May 17
xBk, Des Moines

Drug Church | Tuesday, May 20
Wooly's, Des Moines

Friko | Wednesday, May 21
with youbet
xBk, Des Moines

Napalm Death and Melvins | Friday, May 23
Wooly's, Des Moines

Phoneboy | Thursday, May 29
with INOHA
xBk, Des Moines

Lady Revel | Friday, May 30
with Munk Rivers
xBk, Des Moines

The Maytags | Thursday, June 5
with Tomar and the FCs & Abbie Sawyer
xBk, Des Moines

Acid Bath | Friday, June 6
Val Air Ballroom, West Des Moines

Sarah Tonin | Friday, June 6
with Social Cinema, Kensett & Dirty Blonde
xBk, Des Moines

Chelsey Green and The Green Project | Saturday, June 7
Temple Theater, Des Moines

Coheed and Cambria | Sunday, June 8
with Mastodon & Periphery
Vibrant Music Hall, Waukee

Dee Dee Bridgewater | Sunday, June 8
with Bill Charlap
Hoyt Sherman Place, Des Moines

Clayton Ryan | Monday, June 9
with Molly Brandt
xBk, Des Moines

Jordan Messerole | Friday, June 13
with Matt Woods & Casey Joe Collins and The Ghosts
xBk, Des Moines

Ryan Adams | Monday, June 16
Hoyt Sherman Place, Des Moines

Origami Angel | Friday, June 20
Wooly's, Des Moines

Modest Mouse | Monday, June 23
Val Air Ballroom, West Des Moines

The Cat Empire | Monday, June 23
Wooly's, Des Moines

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons | Sunday, June 29
Stephens Auditorium, Ames

Tripping Daisy | Sunday, June 29
Wooly's, Des Moines

Mark Your Calendars: Shows Coming to Des Moines

311 | Wednesday, July 9
Vibrant Music Hall, Waukee

Indigo De Souza | Tuesday, July 15
Wooly's, Des Moines

Air Supply | Sunday, July 20
Civic Center, Des Moines

oso oso | Wednesday, July 23
xBk, Des Moines

Beck with the Des Moines Symphony | Thursday, July 24
Water Works Park, Des Moines

Deep Sea Diver | Sunday, July 27
xBk, Des Moines

Harbour | Wednesday, July 30
xBk, Des Moines

Ira Grace | Saturday, Aug. 23
with Fred Love
xBk, Des Moines

Alice Cooper | Tuesday, Aug. 26
Vibrant Music Hall, Waukee

Indigo Girls & Melissa Etheridge | Wednesday, Aug. 20
Civic Center, Des Moines

Lake Street Dive | Wednesday, Sept. 10
with Lawrence
Water Works Park, Des Moines

Eric Hutchinson | Thursday, Sept. 11
xBk, Des Moines

Father John Misty | Wednesday, Oct. 1
Val Air Ballroom, West Des Moines

Jonas Brothers | Sunday, Oct. 5
with Boys Like Girls
Casey's Center, Des Moines

Franz Ferdinand | Monday, Oct. 6
Val Air Ballroom, West Des Moines

Durry | Tuesday, Oct. 7
xBk, Des Moines

Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners | Tuesday, Oct. 7
Wooly's, Des Moines

Smallpools | Tuesday, Nov. 4
Wooly's, Des Moines

Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Live Music

Charley Crockett | Friday, May 2
Riverside Casino & Golf Resort, Riverside

Munk Rivers | Friday, May 2
with Chrash, Second Half & Dizzy Bridges
Gabe's, Iowa City

City Mouse | Sunday, May 4
with Black Dots, Lipstick Homicide & TV Cop
Gabe's, Iowa City

Lucius | Wednesday, May 7
with Victoria Canal
Englert Theatre, Iowa City

Arm's Length and Prince Daddy & The Hyena | Wednesday, May 7
with RILEY! & Bike Routes
Gabe's, Iowa City

The Magnetic Fields | Friday, May 16 & Saturday, May 17
Englert Theatre, Iowa City

One More Hour | Saturday, May 17
with Greg Wheeler and The Poly Mall Cops, Running Man & TV Cop
Gabe's, Iowa City

Valerie June | Sunday, June 1
with Jess Nolan
Englert Theatre, Iowa City

Alison Krauss & Union Station | Friday, June 13
with Jerry Douglas
McGrath Amphitheatre, Cedar Rapids

The Wallflowers | Friday, June 13
Paramount Theatre, Cedar Rapids

Alison Krauss & Union Station | Friday, June 13
McGrath Amphitheatre, Cedar Rapids

I'm With Her | Sunday, June 15
Englert Theatre, Iowa City

The Allman Betts Band | Wednesday, June 18
Englert Theatre, Iowa City

Steve Earle | Tuesday, June 24
Englert Theatre, Iowa City

Mark Your Calendars: Who's Playing in Eastern Iowa Soon

Kansas | Sunday, July 13
McGrath Amphitheatre, Cedar Rapids

Postmodern Jukebox | Thursday, July 17
Englert Theatre, Iowa City

Foreigner | Monday, Aug. 11
McGrath Amphitheatre, Cedar Rapids

Blankslate | Friday, Aug. 15
with Mars Hojilla & Early Girl
Gabe's, Iowa City

Ray LaMontagne | Tuesday, Sept. 2
Hancher Auditorium, Iowa City

Jefferson Starship | Sunday, Sept. 21
Englert Theatre, Iowa City

Stereolab | Sunday, Oct. 12
Hancher Auditorium, Iowa City

Quad Cities Live Music

Tommy Prine | Friday, May 2

Raccoon Motel, Davenport

The Devil Wears Prada | Saturday, May 3
Capitol Theatre, Davenport

American Aquarium | Wednesday, May 7
Raccoon Motel, Davenport

Little Feat | Friday, May 16
with Cris Jacobs
Capitol Theatre, Davenport

Dave Blunts | Saturday, May 17
Capitol Theatre, Davenport

Ryan Adams | Tuesday, June 17
Capitol Theatre, Davenport

Night Moves | Tuesday, June 17
with Anthony Worden and The Illiterati & Shady Cove
Codfish Hollow Barnstormers, Maquoketa

St. Paul & The Broken Bones | Thursday, June 26
with Cece Coakley
Codfish Hollow Barnstormers, Maquoketa

Mark Your Calendars: Upcoming Shows in the Quad Cities

Social Distortion | Sunday, June 29
with Plague Vendor
Capitol Theatre, Davenport

JD McPherson | Saturday, July 5
Codfish Hollow Barnstormers, Maquoketa

Sierra Ferrell | Monday, July 14
with Kaitlin Butts
Capitol Theatre, Davenport

Lake Street Dive | Wednesday, July 16
Capitol Theatre, Davenport

Yonder Mountain String Band | Saturday, Aug. 2
Codfish Hollow Barnstormers, Maquoketa

Here Come The Mummies | Sunday, Sept. 14
Codfish Hollow Barnstormers, Maquoketa

Low Cut Connie | Friday, Oct. 3
with Judy Blank
Codfish Hollow Barnstormers, Maquoketa

Western Iowa Live Music

Breaking Benjamin | Saturday, May 31
with Staind
Harrah's Stir Cove, Council Bluffs

Ella Langley | Friday, June 27
Battery Park, Sioux City

Foreigner | Sunday, June 29
Harrah's Stir Cove, Council Bluffs

Mark Your Calendars: Upcoming Shows in Sioux City & Council Bluffs

The All-American Rejects | Saturday, July 12
Battery Park, Sioux City

Fitz and the Tantrums | Friday, Aug. 1
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Sioux City

ZZ Top | Saturday, Aug. 2
Battery Park, Sioux City