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 | Waterloo & Cedar Falls | Western Iowa
Des Moines Live Music
The Devil Wears Prada | Friday, Apr. 18
with ERRA, Kingdom of Giants & Acres
Val Air Ballroom, West Des Moines
Chicago Farmer & The Fieldnotes | Saturday, Apr. 19
xBk, Des Moines
Some Friends | Sunday, Apr. 20
Wooly's, Des Moines
Dawes | Monday, Apr. 21
Hoyt Sherman Place, Des Moines
Brooks & Dunn | Thursday, Apr. 24
with David Lee Murphy & Molly Tuttle
Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines
Joywave | Thursday, Apr. 24
with little image
Wooly's, Des Moines
Allegra Hernandez | Friday, Apr. 25
Temple Theater, Des Moines
Andrew Hoyt | Friday, Apr. 25
Wooly's, Des Moines
Bright Eyes | Saturday, Apr. 26
Val Air Ballroom, West Des Moines
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
Mark Your Calendars: Shows Coming to 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
Cedar Rapids & Iowa City
Soulja Boy | Tuesday, Apr. 22
Gabe's, Iowa City
Corb Lund & Hayes Carll | Thursday, Apr. 24
Englert Theatre, Iowa City
Dehd | Friday, Apr. 25
with Gustaf
Gabe's, Iowa City
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
Mark Your Calendars: Who's Playing in Eastern Iowa Soon
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
Quad Cities Live Music
Bob Mould | Tuesday, Apr. 15
Codfish Hollow Barnstormers, Maquoketa
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
Mark Your Calendars: Upcoming Shows in the Quad Cities
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
Western Iowa Live Music
Breaking Benjamin | Saturday, May 31
with Staind
Harrah's Stir Cove, Council Bluffs
Mark Your Calendars: Upcoming Shows in Sioux City & 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