Live music events

The free art and music festival held at Cellar Winery in Madrid celebrates rural art. This year, the festival grew by around 30 vendors and added additional local music acts.

The beloved music duo came to Iowa from Brazil in 2006 and has been entertaining crowds with their energetic performances that blend pop covers with electric string instruments.

Iowa communities celebrate a long musical tradition. Then, two Brazilian musicians say their farewell to Iowa.

The festival’s new 90 Degree Guarantee is the first of its kind. The policy references climate change, and states that the festival will issue refunds to ticket-holders who request them if temperatures are predicted to reach or exceed 90 degrees.

The rule from the Iowa Department of Administrative Services prohibits groups from holding more than one event per calendar year, which has forced the Des Moines Metro Concert Band to relocate its summer series.

Rainbow Kitten Surprise is back and better than ever. The band is working their way through a lengthy tour of their 2024 album, Love Hate Music Box, with another record on the way.

Iowa City's first-ever "Free Week," held Feb. 18-22, offers over 40 free events and performances across more than 20 venues downtown.

The concert, to be held on Aug. 30, marks a new era for the expanding movie site in Dyersville and solidifies it as an expanded, multifaceted event venue.

Planning which live performances you want to see this year? Hadestown, Hamilton and several comedy shows all made our list of shows that Iowa venues say are selling out the fastest.

For 24 years, the University of Iowa Women's Basketball coaches Lisa Bluder and Jan Jensen worked side by side, but their relationship goes back even further to when Jensen was a player and Bluder was head coach at Drake University.