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 & Omaha
Des Moines Live Music
Cheap Trick | Sunday, Jan. 25
Vibrant Music Hall, Waukee
Ducharme-Jones | Monday, Jan. 26
FREE album release show!
xBk, Des Moines
The Cactus Blossoms | Tuesday, Jan. 27
Temple Theater, Des Moines
The Carousel | Thursday, Jan. 29
with The Halloween Episode & Ryan Lombard
xBk, Des Moines
Duke Tumatoe | Friday, Jan. 30
Temple Theater, Des Moines
Cupid's Lounge | Saturday, Feb. 7
with Ramona and the Sometimes & The Lovin' Forkful
xBk, Des Moines
TV Buddha | Sunday, Feb. 8
with Astro Brat & Move Move
xBk, Des Moines
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' Valentine Ball | Saturday, Feb. 14
with Sara Routh
xBk, Des Moines
Dan Tedesco | Wednesday, Feb. 18
with Ghostwives
xBk, Des Moines
Weary Ramblers | Thursday, Feb. 19
Temple Theater, Des Moines
Turnpike Troubadours | Friday, Feb. 20
Horizon Events Center, Clive
Clay Street Unit | Friday, Feb. 20
with Jason Scott and the High Heat
xBk, Des Moines
The Black Jacket Symphony Presents Pink Floyd's 'The Wall' | Saturday, Feb. 21
Hoyt Sherman Place, Des Moines
Jinnouchi Power | Saturday, Feb. 21
with Spectral Snake & Clip Clop
xBk, Des Moines
Mosher/Macbrehon | Sunday, Feb. 22
with Bridget Bell & Sarah Tonin
xBk, Des Moines
Camping In Alaska | Tuesday, Feb. 24
with widaparte & human ant farm
xBk, Des Moines
Dropkick Murphys | Friday, Feb. 27
Val Air Ballroom, West Des Moines
Carver Jones | Saturday, Feb. 28
Temple Theater, Des Moines
Mark Your Calendars: Shows Coming to Des Moines
Gaelic Storm | Thursday, Mar. 5
Hoyt Sherman Place, Des Moines
The Other Brothers | Saturday, Mar. 7
Temple Theater, Des Moines
Chicago Farmer & The Fieldnotes | Saturday, Mar. 7
with Weary Ramblers
xBk, Des Moines
Sex Mex | Monday, Mar. 9
with Greg Wheeler and the Poly Mall Cops
xBk, Des Moines
Jeff Tweedy | Tuesday, Mar. 10
with Sima Cunningham
Hoyt Sherman Place, Des Moines
Hawthorne Heights | Tuesday, Mar. 10
with letlive. & Creeper
Wooly's, Des Moines
Hudson Freeman | Tuesday, Mar. 10
with Brian Gerald Bulger
xBk, Des Moines
Toto | Wednesday, Mar. 11
Hoyt Sherman Place, Des Moines
Wheatus | Friday, Mar. 13
Wooly's, Des Moines
Trisha Yearwood | Friday, Mar. 13
Hoyt Sherman Place, Des Moines
Sam Barber | Saturday, Mar. 14
Vibrant Music Hall, Waukee
Charlie Parr | Sunday, Mar. 22
xBk, Des Moines
The Happy Fits | Tuesday, Mar. 24
Wooly's, Des Moines
San Holo | Friday, Mar. 27
Wooly's, Des Moines
Coyote Island | Saturday, Mar. 28
xBk, Des Moines
bbno$ | Sunday, Mar. 29
Val Air Ballroom, West Des Moines
Lilly Hiatt | Monday, Mar. 30
FREE SHOW!
xBk, Des Moines
Susan Werner | Saturday, Apr. 4
Temple Theater, Des Moines
Journey | Wednesday, Apr. 8
Casey's Center, Des Moines
Gwar | Wednesday, Apr. 8
Val Air Ballroom, West Des Moines
Kids That Fly | Saturday, Apr. 11
with Post Sex Nachos
xBk, Des Moines
Brigitte Calls Me Baby | Tuesday, Apr. 14
xBk, Des Moines
Aly & AJ | Sunday, Apr. 19
Val Air Ballroom, West Des Moines
America | Saturday, Apr. 25
Civic Center, Des Moines
The Lubben Brothers | Saturday, Apr. 25
Temple Theater, Des Moines
Joyce Manor | Thursday, Apr. 30
Wooly's, Des Moines
The Last Dinner Party | Thursday, June 4
Val Air Ballroom, West Des Moines | Co-presented by Studio One!
Tyler Childers | Wednesday, July 15
with Wednesday
Casey's Center, Des Moines
Hinterland Music Festival | July 30 - Aug. 2
with KATSEYE, Lorde, Mumford & Sons, Kali Uchis & more!
Avenue of the Saints Ampitheatre, Saint Charles
Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Live Music
Hatis Noit | Tuesday, Jan. 20
with Lex Leto
Englert Theatre, Iowa City
JOSEPH | Thursday, Jan. 22
Englert Theatre, Iowa City
Worst Impressions | Saturday, Jan. 24
with 28 Days Later & Kensett
Gabe's, Iowa City
Big Head Todd and The Monsters | Sunday, Jan. 25
Englert Theatre, Iowa City
Fitz and The Tantrums | Thursday, Jan. 29
Riverside Casino, Riverside
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis | Thursday, Jan. 29
Hancher Auditorium, Iowa City
Vitamin String Quartet | Friday, Jan. 30
Englert Theatre, Iowa City
Dearborn | Saturday, Jan. 31
with Poster Girl
Gabe's, Iowa City
The Value of Human Life | Saturday, Jan. 31
Octopus College Hill, Cedar Falls
The Cactus Blossoms | Saturday, Feb. 7
with Angela Autumn
Wildwood Saloon, Iowa City
Good Habits | Saturday, Feb. 7
with TV Cop, Early Girl & Savage Little Suckers
Gabe's, Iowa City
Matteo Mancuso | Wednesday, Feb. 11
Englert Theatre, Iowa City
The Milk Carton Kids | Thursday, Feb 12
with Sierra Hull
Englert Theatre, Iowa City
Lip Critic | Thursday, Feb. 19
Gabe's, Iowa City
The Black Jacket Symphony Presents Pink Floyd's 'The Wall' | Thursday, Feb. 19
Paramount Theatre, Cedar Rapids
Jacoozy | Friday, Feb. 20
with Under High Street | FREE SHOW!
Gabe's, Iowa City
Elizabeth Moen | Saturday, Feb. 21
FREE SHOW!
Englert Theatre, Iowa City
Joe Bonamassa | Monday, Feb. 23
Paramount Theatre, Cedar Rapids
The Rumours | Saturday, Feb. 28
Octopus College Hill, Cedar Falls
Mark Your Calendars: Who's Playing in Eastern Iowa Soon
The Lone Bellow | Sunday, Mar. 1
with Fabrizio
Englert Theatre, Iowa City
Penelope Road | Tuesday, Mar. 3
Gabe's, Iowa City
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit | Wednesday, Mar. 4
Hancher Auditorium, Iowa City
Gaelic Storm | Wednesday, Mar. 4
Englert Theatre, Iowa City
Dar Williams | Thursday, Mar. 5
with Joy Clark
Englert Theatre, Iowa City
Halfloves | Friday, Mar. 6
with Anthony Worden and the Illiterati & James Tutson
Gabe's, Iowa City
saturdays at your place | Monday, Mar. 9
with Retirement Party & Kerosene Heights
Gabe's, Iowa City
Jordana | Friday, Mar. 13
with Kelcey Acer
Gabe's, Iowa City
The Robert Cray Band | Sunday, Mar. 22
Englert Theatre, Iowa City
Clarion | Friday, Apr. 3
with Forest & Bed
Gabe's, Iowa City
Stop/Time Festival | Apr. 3 & 4
with Frankie and the Witch Fingers, Pieta Brown & more!
Multiple locations in Iowa City
Loudon Wainwright III | Thursday, Apr. 9
with Chris Smither
Englert Theatre, Iowa City
Iron & Wine | Sunday, May 3
with Improvement Movement
Englert Theatre, Iowa City
Little Feat | Friday, May 8
Englert Theatre, Iowa City
Jackie Venson | Saturday, May 16
Wildwood Saloon, Iowa City
Ray LaMontagne | Tuesday, Sept. 1
Hancher Auditorium, Iowa City
Quad Cities Live Music
Endswell | Sunday, Jan. 25
with Footballhead, Garden Home, Yote & Blist Her
Raccoon Motel, Davenport
Sparkle Carcass | Saturday, Jan. 31
with Brandon Good & Cough N Flop
Raccoon Motel, Davenport
Jackson Dean | Friday, Feb. 6
The Rust Belt, East Moline
Pretoria | Friday, Feb. 6
Raccoon Motel, Davenport
Sun Centauri | Saturday, Feb. 14
with Jack Lion
Raccoon Motel, Davenport
Toto | Thursday, Feb. 19
Capitol Theatre, Davenport
Dear Maryanne | Thursday, Feb. 19
with Cheem
Raccoon Motel, Davenport
The Black Jacket Symphony Presents Pink Floyd's 'The Wall' | Friday, Feb. 20
Capitol Theatre, Davenport
Kerosene Heights | Sunday, Feb. 22
with Excuse Me Who Are You? & Gunk Lung
Raccoon Motel, Davenport
NEEDTOBREATHE | Thursday, Feb. 26
with Tall Heights
Capitol Theatre, Davenport
The Other Brothers | Friday, Feb. 27
with Katie & The Honky Tonks
Raccoon Motel, Davenport
Mark Your Calendars: Upcoming Shows in the Quad Cities
Dropkick Murphys | Thursday, Mar. 5
The Rust Belt, East Moline
Adam Weiner (Low Cut Connie) | Friday, Mar. 6
Raccoon Motel, Davenport
Descendents | Saturday, Mar. 14
with Frank Turner, The Sleeping Souls & NOBRO
Capitol Theatre, Davenport
Brad & The Big Wave | Friday, Mar. 20
Raccoon Motel, Davenport
Greg Wheeler & The Poly Mall Cops | Sunday, Mar. 29
with Mr. Softheart & Cough N Flop
Raccoon Motel, Davenport
Cat Clyde | Friday, Apr. 10
with Boy Golden
Raccoon Motel, Davenport
Western Iowa & Omaha Live Music
The Offspring | Saturday, Feb. 7
with Bad Religion
Tyson Events Center, Sioux City
Not Quite Brothers | Friday, Feb. 13
Slowdown, Omaha
The 502s | Wednesday, Feb. 18
with harf.
Slowdown, Omaha
Penelope Road | Sunday, Feb. 22
Slowdown, Omaha
The Black Jacket Symphony Presents Pink Floyd's 'The Wall' | Tuesday, Feb. 24
Orpheum Theatre, Sioux City
Wooli | Wednesday, Feb. 25
Steelhouse, Omaha
Mark Your Calendars: Upcoming Shows in Western Iowa & Omaha
All Them Witches | Tuesday, Mar. 3
with King Buffalo
Slowdown, Omaha
Fia | Tuesday, Mar. 10
with Johnny Suite
Slowdown, Omaha
Hawthorne Heights | Wednesday, Mar. 11
with letlive. & Creeper
Slowdown, Omaha
Descendents | Friday, Mar. 13
with Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls
Steelhouse, Omaha
saturdays at your place | Saturday, Mar. 14
with Retirement Party & Kerosene Heights
Slowdown, Omaha
BOYS LIKE GIRLS | Sunday, Mar. 22
Steelhouse, Omaha
The Happy Fits | Thursday, Mar. 26
Slowdown, Omaha
bbno$ | Tuesday, Mar. 31
Steelhouse, Omaha
runo plum | Tuesday, Mar. 31
with Aubory Bugg
Slowdown, Omaha
Clarion | Wednesday, Apr. 1
with Forest & Bed
Slowdown, Omaha
Carly Pearce | Saturday, Apr. 4
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Sioux City
Ethel Cain | Thursday, Apr. 23
The Astro Amphitheater, Omaha
Iron & Wine | Wednesday, Apr. 29
The Astro Theater, Omaha
The Amity Affliction & August Burns Red | Sunday, May 3
with Boundaries & Heavensgate
The Astro Theater, Omaha
La Dispute | Wednesday, May 6
with From Indian Lakes & Flooding
Slowdown, Omaha
Sam Barber | Thursday, May 7
with Michael Marcagi & Bebe Stockwell
The Astro Amphitheater, Omaha
Dry Cleaning | Tuesday, May 12
Slowdown, Omaha
ZZ Top | Thursday, May 14
Harrah's Stir Cove, Council Bluffs
Hairball | Friday, May 15
Harrah's Stir Cove, Council Bluffs
Amyl and the Sniffers | Tuesday, June 16
The Astro Theater, Omaha
Alison Krauss and Union Station | Wednesday, June 17
with Jerry Douglas
Orpheum Theatre, Sioux City