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