Ongoing

2017 Friday Night Concert Series

Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage - Iowa Arts Festival 210 S Dubuque Street, Iowa City
Free

2017 Free Movie Series

Outside Macbride Hall 17 N Clinton St., Iowa City
Free

2017 Iowa City Jazz Festival

Iowa Healthcare Main Stage - Iowa Arts Festival 16 N Clinton Street, Iowa City

Find out more about the performers and schedule of events. Click here.

Free

Artist Booths

Clinton St. 10 S. Clinton St., Iowa City

FUN Zone

Washington St. Washington St., Iowa City

Beverage Garden

Clinton St. 10 S. Clinton St., Iowa City

North Corridor Jazz All Stars

Strauss Community Stage - Iowa City Jazz Festival 16 N Clinton Street, Iowa City

About: North Corridor Jazz All Stars

Free

Midwest Youth Jazz Collective

Youth Stage 101 S Dubuque Street, Iowa City

Local trumpeter Joey Schnoebelen joins with some of Illinois' finest talent to entertain JazzFest lovers. The group will take standards as well as lesser known tunes and put their own unique twist on the music.

Blake Shaw Quintet

College Stage 21 S Clinton St., Iowa City

Blake Shaw is an upright/electric bassist, composer, bandleader and private lesson teacher from Lisbon, Iowa who now resides in Iowa City. Shaw started on double bass at the age of 17 after becoming familiar with electric a year or two before.  He started his college career in

The George Jazz Trio

Local Stage 18 N Clinton St., Iowa City

The George Jazz Group is committed to playing the music of the 30s, 40s, 50s and beyond; music more commonly known as - "Jazz Standards." This musical genre is truly an American art form which conjures up composers with titles such as Duke and Count; musicians such as

Christopher’s Very Happy. Band.

Strauss Community Stage - Iowa City Jazz Festival 16 N Clinton Street, Iowa City

About: Christopher’s Very Happy. Band.

Free

Midwest Youth Jazz Collective

Youth Stage 101 S Dubuque Street, Iowa City

Local trumpeter Joey Schnoebelen joins with some of Illinois' finest talent to entertain JazzFest lovers. The group will take standards as well as lesser known tunes and put their own unique twist on the music.

Blake Shaw Quintet

College Stage 21 S Clinton St., Iowa City

Blake Shaw is an upright/electric bassist, composer, bandleader and private lesson teacher from Lisbon, Iowa who now resides in Iowa City. Shaw started on double bass at the age of 17 after becoming familiar with electric a year or two before. He started his college career in

The George Jazz Trio

Local Stage 18 N Clinton St., Iowa City

The George Jazz Group is committed to playing the music of the 30s, 40s, 50s and beyond; music more commonly known as - "Jazz Standards." This musical genre is truly an American art form which conjures up composers with titles such as Duke and Count; musicians such as

Jacob Garchik’s Ye Olde

Strauss Community Stage - Iowa City Jazz Festival 16 N Clinton Street, Iowa City

About: Jacob Garchik’s Ye Olde

Free

Dakota Combo

Youth Stage 101 S Dubuque Street, Iowa City

The Dakota Combo is a program of the MacPhail Center for Music (Minneapolis), supported by  the Dakota Foundation for Jazz Education (DFJE), A Twin Cities-based nonprofit whose mission is to create and support opportunities for Twin Cities area youth to play and learn through jazz. Selected each

Jim Buennig

College Stage 21 S Clinton St., Iowa City

A native of Geneseo, Illinois, Jim Buennig is a saxophonist based in Iowa City, Iowa specializing in a range of musical styles with his main focus being jazz. He received a Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz Studies from Western Illinois University and is currently completing a

Three Dawgs & a Bone

Local Stage 18 N Clinton St., Iowa City

This is a new band, but it is also a chance for 4 old friends to have a little fun playing more modern music (from off the beaten path) as well some originals. Hopefully you will find our approach to this music to be challenging and fun

Kris Davis Quintet

Strauss Community Stage - Iowa City Jazz Festival 16 N Clinton Street, Iowa City

About: Kris Davis Quintet

Free

Dakota Combo

Youth Stage 101 S Dubuque Street, Iowa City

The Dakota Combo is a program of the MacPhail Center for Music (Minneapolis), supported by  the Dakota Foundation for Jazz Education (DFJE), A Twin Cities-based nonprofit whose mission is to create and support opportunities for Twin Cities area youth to play and learn through jazz. Selected each

Jim Buennig

College Stage 21 S Clinton St., Iowa City

A native of Geneseo, Illinois, Jim Buennig is a saxophonist based in Iowa City, Iowa specializing in a range of musical styles with his main focus being jazz. He received a Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz Studies from Western Illinois University and is currently completing a

Three Dawgs & a Bone

Local Stage 18 N Clinton St., Iowa City

This is a new band, but it is also a chance for 4 old friends to have a little fun playing more modern music (from off the beaten path) as well some originals. Hopefully you will find our approach to this music to be challenging and fun

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