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

Spiritbox | Wednesday, Apr. 30
Vibrant Music Hall, Waukee

Turnover | Wednesday, Apr. 30
Val Air Ballroom, West Des Moines

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

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

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

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

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

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

Coheed and Cambria | Sunday, June 8
with Mastodon & Periphery

Vibrant Music Hall, Waukee

Ryan Adams | Monday, June 16

Hoyt Sherman Place, Des Moines

Modest Mouse | Monday, June 23

Val Air Ballroom, West Des Moines

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons | Sunday, June 29

Stephens Auditorium, Ames

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

St. Paul & The Broken Bones | Thursday, June 26

with Cece Coakley

Codfish Hollow Barnstormers, Maquoketa

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

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

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