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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

311 | Wednesday, July 9
Vibrant Music Hall, Waukee

Patresa Hartman | Saturday, July 12
FREE SHOW!
xBk Annex, Des Moines

Good Morning Midnight | Sunday, July 13
with Clip Clop & Duo Beats
xBk, Des Moines

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

Beaverdale Bluegrass Festival | Saturday, July 19
FREE SHOW!
Tower Park, Des Moines

The Mesmerists | Saturday, July 19
with Bird Hunters & Sapwoods

xBk, 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

Bouquet | Saturday, Aug. 16
with Sundance, Careful Gaze & Kensett
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

Mark Your Calendars: Shows Coming to Des Moines

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

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

Dehd | Tuesday, Sept. 16
with Starcharm
xBk, Des Moines

Peach Pit | Tuesday, Sept. 23
Val Air Ballroom, West Des Moines

Turnstile | Sunday, Sept. 28
with Mannequin Pussy, SPEED & Jane Remover
Water Works Park, 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

Cage the Elephant | Tuesday, Oct. 14
Vibrant Music Hall, Waukee

All Time Low | Wednesday, Oct. 29
with Mayday Parade
Vibrant Music Hall, Waukee

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

Hot Mulligan | Tuesday, Nov. 4
with Drug Church, Arm's Length & Anxious
Val Air Ballroom, West Des Moines

Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Live Music

Kansas | Sunday, July 13
McGrath Amphitheatre, Cedar Rapids

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

The Mesmerists | Friday, July 18
with Second Half & Early Girl
Gabe's, Iowa City

The Value of Human Life | Saturday, July 19
with Daisy Glue, Lou Sherry & Maaaze

Gabe's, Iowa City

Always Here: Trans Compilation Album Release Show | Sunday, July 27
The James Theater, Iowa City

McKinley James | Sunday, July 27
Gabe's, Iowa City

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

Blankslate | Friday, Aug. 15

with Mars Hojilla & Early Girl

Gabe's, Iowa City

Goose | Thursday, Aug. 28
FREE SHOW!

Hancher Auditorium, Iowa City

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

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

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

Mark Your Calendars: Upcoming Shows in the Quad Cities

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

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

Bachman-Turner Overdrive | Saturday, July 12
with The Marshall Tucker Band
Harrah's Stir Cove, Council Bluffs

Weezer | Sunday, July 20
Harrah's Stir Cove, Council Bluffs

Darius Rucker | Friday, July 25
Harrah's Stir Cove, Council Bluffs

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

ZZ Top | Saturday, Aug. 2

Battery Park, Sioux City

Simple Plan | Wednesday, Aug. 20
Harrah's Stir Cove, Council Bluffs

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

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | Wednesday, Oct. 1
with Hannah Cohen

Harrah's Stir Cove, Council Bluffs

Halestorm & Lindsey Stirling | Wednesday, Oct. 1
with Apocalyptica
Tyson Events Center, Sioux City