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