Summer of the Arts

Jam Session with the Blake Shaw Quartet
2025-07-04 21:30 - 23:00, 2025-07-05 22:00 - 23:00 (America/Chicago) | Wilder, 210 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
Just because the Jazz Fest ends for the night doesn’t mean there’s not more music! Head to Wilder at The Graduate Hotel to hear the sounds of Blake Shaw and one his many bands. In any way, shape, or form the band takes, you’re guaranteed to have a good time.

United Jazz Ensemble
2025-07-05 11:30 - 12:10 | Strauss Community Stage – Iowa City Jazz Festival, 16 N Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
Sponsored by West Music

About: Every Summer, this collaborative high school jazz combo comes together to prepare for their performance on the main stage at the Iowa City Jazz Festival. Directed by Aaron Ottmar, Ryan Arp, and Brian Zeglis, the band is comprised of students from City, Liberty, and West high schools from the Iowa City Community School District. For 25+ years, this group has served as one of the signature elements of the Jazz Festival’s commitment to jazz education in the public school setting. The opportunity for these students to perform at the Jazz Festival not only deepens their growth as musicians but also fosters wonderful collaboration between all three high school jazz programs.

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Artist Booths and Fun Stops Open
2025-07-05 11:30 - 20:30, 2025-07-06 12:00 - 16:00 | Clinton St., 10 S. Clinton St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
Check out the artist booths and Fun Stops on Clinton Street, as you go to and from the Main and Side stages! The artists feature a variety of items, and local organizations provide a range of activities at Fun Stops.

Culinary Delights and Beverage Garden
2025-07-05 11:30 - 22:00, 2025-07-06 12:00 - 16:00 | Iowa Avenue, 105 Iowa Avenue, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
Beverage Garden sponsored by Big Grove Brewery
Grab food from one (or more) of many vendors, then stop by the Beverage Garden!
Parents/Guardians: please note that you can bring minors into the Beverage Garden.
Last call in the Beverage Garden: 30 minutes before closing
Sales stop in the Beverage Garden: 15 minutes before closing

North Corridor Jazz All Stars
2025-07-05 12:15 - 12:55 | Strauss Community Stage – Iowa City Jazz Festival, 16 N Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
Sponsored by West Music

About: The North Corridor All-Star is made up of musicians from high schools along the north I-380 corridor and is under the direction of Coe College music professor, Steve Shanley. Individuals in this group have been recognized as members or alternates of the prestigious Iowa All-State Jazz Band, and all are pursuing private jazz studies. They are honored to be a part of this year’s festival and look forward to performing a mix of original compositions and standards.

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The Levi Temple Sextet
2025-07-05 13:00 - 14:00 | Oaknoll Side Stage-Iowa City Jazz Festival, 25 S. Clinton St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: The Levi Temple Sextet, led by trombonist and composer Levi Temple, brings to the Iowa City Jazz Festival a refreshing and modern palette of jazz compositions from Levi’s 2025 release How We Got Here. With influences of hip-hop, R&B, ECM, and traditional jazz, Levi’s music lends itself to all music fans alike while remaining compositionally rooted in the jazz practice. Levi is proud to share the stage with close friends and colleagues Sean Kiefer (trumpet), Tyler Utter (saxophones), Oisin Leopold (piano), Vincent Valadez (bass), and Jackson Schou (drums), all of which are featured on the SkyDeck Music release. Levi hails from Monticello, IA and holds a bachelor’s degree in Music Education from the University of Northern Iowa, of which all members of the group are either students or alumni.

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Mike Conrad Trio
2025-07-05 14:00 - 15:00 | Strauss Community Stage – Iowa City Jazz Festival, 16 N Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: Mike Conrad is a composer and improviser currently serving as Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies at the University of Northern Iowa. He has been recognized for his arranging and composing with four ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards and seven awards from Downbeat Magazine, as well as many other accolades. Conrad’s music has been performed all over the world, including a 2017 concert by the Metropole Orkest in the Netherlands, a 2014 Carnegie Hall Premiere, and a performance at the US Presidential Inauguration in 2013.
As a pianist and trombonist, he has toured China, played at the Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia, Italy, and appeared at various jazz festivals and venues all over the United States. Aside from his own projects like the All Angles Orchestra, the Mike Conrad Trio, and the co-led big band COLOSSUS, Conrad has enjoyed performing and/or recording with Alexa Tarantino, Dave Chisholm, the Bob Washut Dodectet, Christopher’s Very Happy. Band., the Max Wellman Big Band, and many other groups. Some of his more recent projects include a reimagination of Beethoven’s 3rd symphony in collaboration with the Berlin-based Stegreif Orchester, and a suite of four Iowa-inspired big band pieces for the Iowa Jazz Composers Orchestra, which he founded. Conrad’s latest jazz trio project, “Reconnect,” features Katie Ernst on bass and Cassius Goens III on drums.

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Web: https://www.mconradmusic.com/
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Aviana Gedler Trio
2025-07-05 15:00 - 16:00 | Oaknoll Side Stage-Iowa City Jazz Festival, 25 S. Clinton St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: Aviana Gedler is a jazz singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist with a passion for music and performance artistry. As the 1st Place Winner of the Ravenscroft Jazz Prize, 2nd Place Winner of the 2024 Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition and two-time winner of the Downbeat Magazine awards for best Vocal Jazz Soloist in the community college division in both 2021 and 2022, she has developed her voice and improvisational ear in the worlds of swing, bossa nova, bebop, modern jazz, and many more, and has spread her artistry across her home state of Iowa, with performances at Noce Jazz & Cabaret, Turner Jazz Center, and Hoyt Sherman, to name a few. She has performed alongside many other renowned musicians and ensembles, including Gabriel Espinosa, Kim Nazarian, Nate Sparks, and the Iowa Jazz Composers Orchestra, and has performed at summer festivals such as the Iowa City Jazz Festival and Jazz in July in Des Moines.
Since earning her Associate of Applied Arts degree in professional music at the School for Music Vocations in Creston, Iowa, under the direction of Tobi Crawford and Grammy-nominated Dr. Jeremy Fox, Aviana currently studies jazz performance at the New England Conservatory in Boston, Massachusetts with Jason Moran, Dominique Eade and Hankus Netsky. She has entered the New England scene, playing at Wally’s Jazz Cafe, the Mad Monkfish, and has performed at the Regattabar alongside the NEC Jazz Orchestra. Aviana continues to write and perform her music and continuously looks for any opportunity to collaborate with those around her. Aside from music, in her free time, Aviana enjoys eating food, reading, running, and petting her cats, Iris and June.

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Jocelyn Gould Quartet
2025-07-05 16:00 - 17:00 | Strauss Community Stage – Iowa City Jazz Festival, 16 N Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: 2021 JUNO Award winner Jocelyn Gould “has quickly become an “international favorite with her hard swinging, imaginative approach and technical mastery” (Joe Lang, Jersey Jazz Magazine). Her joyful energy has captivated audiences around the world and her passion for music is as infectious as her unique ability to connect with audiences. Jocelyn has absorbed the influences of the jazz guitar greats and has woven them into an exciting personal sound, citing Wes Montgomery, Grant Green, Joe Pass, and Kenny Burrell as primary influences on the guitar.

Jocelyn has spent the last several years touring internationally as a leader. Jocelyn’s 4th album, Portrait Of Right Now, was released in October 2024. This album has earned her 3rd JUNO Award nomination for Jazz Album Of The Year, adding to her 2021 win. 2025 will see Jocelyn touring in North America, Europe, and Japan.

Jocelyn is endorsed by Benedetto Guitars and is a Birdland Artist.

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The Alayna Ringsby Trio
2025-07-05 17:00 - 18:00 | Oaknoll Side Stage-Iowa City Jazz Festival, 25 S. Clinton St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: The Alayna Ringsby Trio is comprised of pianist Alayna Ringsby, drummer Chris Clausen, and bassist Vivian Shanley. Alayna is an emerging jazz pianist and educator based in Bloomington, Indiana. She holds a degree in Music Education from the University of Northern Iowa and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Jazz Studies and Performance at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music.
Hailing from Iowa, Alayna has performed regularly throughout the state with her own trio and duo ensembles, and with ensembles such as the Des Moines Big Band, the NOLA Jazz Band, and the Iowa Women’s Jazz Orchestra. Since arriving in Indiana, she has quickly become a part of the local jazz scene. She has performed in various small groups across the state, played in ensembles under the direction of Brent Wallarab and Wayne Wallace, and recently started co-leading a Thelonius Monk tribute band.

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Mark Lettieri Group
2025-07-05 18:00 - 19:00 | Strauss Community Stage – Iowa City Jazz Festival, 16 N Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: Mark Lettieri is a six-time nominated, five time GRAMMY winning guitarist, composer, producer, and instructor based in Fort Worth, TX. He creates acclaimed guitar-based instrumental music, and is a member of leading instrumental bands Snarky Puppy and The Fearless Flyers. As a session musician proficient in a multitude of styles, he has recorded and performed in virtually every genre of popular music with both independent and major-label artists.

Born in the San Francisco Bay Area, Lettieri came to Texas via Texas Christian University (TCU), studying advertising and public relations, and competing in track and field. A passionate guitarist since middle school, he began his music career in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex area upon graduating from TCU.

In addition to his recording, and performing career, Lettieri is involved with the development and demonstration of various musical equipment with a number of brands. Recently, he teamed up with Paul Reed Smith Guitars to create his signature model electric guitar, the Fiore, released during Winter NAMM 2021. Also in 2021, he collaborated with Apple, Inc. to create a package of downloadable guitar loops for the digital audio workstations Logic Pro and Garageband. Previously in 2018, he launched his signature overdrive pedal, the MeLody, with J. Rockett Audio Designs. He serves as a clinician on behalf of these and other brands he endorses.

An avid lover of food, travel, and doing his best to keep an active lifestyle, he resides with his wife, daughter, three cats, and a hamster.

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Ed East Jazz
2025-07-05 19:00 - 20:00 | Oaknoll Side Stage-Iowa City Jazz Festival, 25 S. Clinton St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: After a 5-year hiatus, Ed East resurfaces. His new works reflect the urgency to speak in his own voice. Whether as a soloist or accompanied by the very best Iowa has to offer, Ed delivers. His multi-instrumentalism is now more present, more evident and more purposeful. Ed East is back on stage, where he belongs.

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Stefon Harris and Blackout
2025-07-05 20:00 - 21:30 | Strauss Community Stage – Iowa City Jazz Festival, 16 N Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
Sponsored by Hilton Garden Inn

About: Stefon Harris is a four-time Grammy-nominated jazz vibraphonist, educator, app developer, and thought leader. He has been heralded as “one of the most important artists in jazz” (Los Angeles Times) and is a recipient of the prestigious Doris Duke Artist Award and the Martin E. Segal Award from Lincoln Center. He has been named Best Mallet Player eight times by the Jazz Journalist Association and Best Vibes Player in DownBeat Magazine’s Critics Poll. Harris currently tours with his Grammy-nominated band, Blackout, and has released eleven albums as a leader. He has also recorded and performed with The Classical Jazz Quartet, Kenny Barron, Ron Carter, Lewis Nash, the SFJAZZ Collective, Joe Henderson, Wynton Marsalis, Milt Jackson, Lionel Hampton, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Hutcherson, Cassandra Wilson, Diana Krall, Max Roach, Chaka Khan, Kurt Elling, Buster Williams, Dianne Reeves, Common, and Pablo Zeigler.

Harris’ band, Stefon Harris & Blackout, is a pioneering force in contemporary jazz. With influential albums like Sonic Creed (named Jazz Album of the Year by WBGO – the world’s #1 jazz station) and Urbanus (Grammy-nominated), Stefon Harris & Blackout showcase a dynamic interplay of intricate arrangements and soulful improvisation, solidifying their status as trailblazers in the modern jazz landscape. Their performances promise an electrifying fusion of tradition and innovation, leaving an indelible mark on audiences and further shaping the evolving narrative of jazz expression. They recently released Sonic Creed II: Life Signs (Motema Music), which is the highly anticipated sequel to their critically acclaimed album, Sonic Creed.

Along with performing, Harris has taught at universities throughout the world, led curriculum development at the Brubeck Institute, served as a part of the jazz faculty at New York University, and formerly served as the Associate Dean and Director of Jazz Arts at Manhattan School of Music. He is currently Artistic Advisor of Jazz Education at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), the Director of the Harmony Lab at Express Newark, and a tenured Associate Professor of Music at Rutgers University – Newark.

In 2013, he founded The Melodic Progression Institute (MPI) and created a revolutionary ear training app called Harmony Cloud which is widely used by musicians across multiple genres.

As a thought leader, Harris leads transformative presentations on corporate leadership and team empowerment for Fortune 100 companies using jazz as a metaphor. His 2012 TED Talk, “There Are No Mistakes on the Bandstand,” has gained nearly 900,000 views. Through these presentations, Harris is committed to the proliferation of empathy through the arts and empowering others with the necessary tools to articulate their authentic voices through music.

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Web: https://concord.com/artist/stefon-harris-blackout/
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Iowa City Fireworks
2025-07-05 21:30 - 22:00 | Old Capitol Museum, 21 N. Clinton St., Iowa City, IA, 52242, United States

2025 Jazz Brunch Fundraiser - SOLD OUT
2025-07-06 10:00 - 11:30 | The University of Iowa School of Music – Voxman Building, 93 E Burlington St,, Iowa City, 52240, United States
Join us for a smooth Sunday morning filled with live jazz and delicious brunch at the 2025 Jazz Brunch featuring the Carson Parker Trio!
Whether you’re a longtime jazz lover or just looking for a chill way to spend your Sunday morning before the festival kicks off, this event hits all the right notes.
Tickets: SOLD OUT!

Bring your friends, bring your appetite, and come support the arts with us. Seating is limited — get your tickets early and get ready for a beautiful morning of music, food, and community connection.

Steve Grismore Trio
2025-07-06 12:00 - 13:00 | Oaknoll Side Stage-Iowa City Jazz Festival, 25 S. Clinton St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: This trio has been together for several years now and really focuses on music by my favorite guitarists including John Scofield, Pat Metheny, Bill Frisell, John Abercrombie, Pat Martino and more. We also play jazz standards and a few original tunes of mine. We have played clubs all over the state and several special events such as KCCK’s Jazz Under the Stars, the Iowa City Jazz Festival, the Quad Cites Polyrhythms 3rd Sunday Jazz, and many more….
This rendition of the Steve Grismore Trio features Drew Morton on bass and Justin LeDuc on drums and cymbals.

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Web: https://www.gizmojazz.com/
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Kiersten Conway Sextet
2025-07-06 13:00 - 14:00 | Strauss Community Stage – Iowa City Jazz Festival, 16 N Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: Kiersten Conway is a dynamic songwriter, contemporary jazz vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist known for her inventive interpretations of jazz standards and compelling original compositions. A native of Iowa City, she has performed at top venues including Noce Jazz Club and Hoyt Sherman Place in Des Moines, and has been featured at the Iowa City Jazz Festival.
In 2024, Kiersten brought her artistry to the Rochester International Jazz Festival, sharing the stage with Laila Biali, and also performed at the prestigious Jazz Education Network Conference in New Orleans. A three-time recipient of the DownBeat Student Music Awards (2023–2025), she was recognized as a Vocal Jazz Soloist, for her original composition “Black-Eyed Susan,” and as an Outstanding Soloist in a Large Vocal Jazz Ensemble.

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Matt and Emma Quartet
2025-07-06 14:00 - 15:00 | Oaknoll Side Stage-Iowa City Jazz Festival, 25 S. Clinton St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: Matt Landon & Emma Reynolds are a dynamic jazz duo blending masterful guitar and captivating vocals. Matt, a Burlington, Iowa native, is an accomplished guitarist and educator who has performed with jazz greats like John Patitucci and Joey DeFrancesco. He holds degrees in Jazz Studies from Western Michigan University and the University of Northern Colorado and currently teaches at WMU and Kirkwood Community College. Emma, a vocalist and music educator from Mount Shasta, California, earned her B.M. in Jazz Vocal Performance from Cal State Long Beach. She has performed extensively across California. Together, Matt and Emma create fresh interpretations of jazz standards and original works, blending technical skill with heartfelt artistry. They are joined by Blake Shaw on bass and Chris Jensen on drums.

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BYOBrass
2025-07-06 15:00 - 16:00 | Strauss Community Stage – Iowa City Jazz Festival, 16 N Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: Established in 2017, BYOBrass is a high-energy brass band consisting of 9 musicians from the University of Northern Iowa and Des Moines area. Playing music in styles ranging from funk, pop, R&B, Americana, jazz, and techno, the guys bring sassy and brassy fun to the stage. Our own members compose and arrange much of the music we perform, meaning we’ve always got something new and groovy to play!

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Eat for the Arts at Dunn Brothers
2025-07-09 05:30 - 17:00 | Dunn Brothers Coffee, 3284 Crosspark Rd Ste A, Coralville, IA, 52241, United States
Start your day with Eat for the Arts at Dunn Brothers and sip for a cause! Whether you’re craving espresso, cold brew, or a pastry on the go, you’ll also be supporting Summer of the Arts.
10% of total sales on the day will be donated to support our free, family-friendly arts programming in the Iowa City area. That means your morning coffee helps bring more creativity and connection to our community.
Grab your favorite drink and give back — one cup at a time!

Alone Tonight Quartet
2025-07-09 18:30 - 20:00 | North Market Square Park, 600 Fairchild St., Iowa City, 52245
Sponsored by Artifacts

About: After spending the past year playing under the name Seul Ce Soir Quartet, this group of Django Reinhardt fans recently settled on the much easier to spell Alone Tonight. Piano, drums and bass make up the steady back line, while a cast of guest soloists sit in to fill out the fourth in this combo. Expect to hear songs from old films, cabarets, and Looney-Tunes as heard through the floorboards of your cheap apartment upstairs from the theater.

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Flash in a Pan AND Awful Purdies-LOCATION CHANGE
2025-07-11 18:30 - 21:00 | Chauncey Swan Ramp, 415 E Washington St,, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
Sponsored by Graduate by Hilton Iowa City
Please note the location change: we will be in the Chauncey Swan parking ramp tonight, 415 E. Washington St., Iowa City, IA 52240.
6:15 PM: Michelle Carpenter
6:30 PM-7:15 PM: Flash in a Pan
7:30 PM-9:00 PM: Awful Purdies

About: The Iowa City-based quartet has been refining their sound and performance all across the Midwest since 2012. Founded by guitarist Blake T. Daly, the current line-up also consists of banjo player Alex Flesher, mandolinist Max Lipnick, and bassist Lee Eckles. Over the years and through hundreds of shows, Flash in a Pan has cultivated a unique tonality balancing tradition and innovation in folk and bluegrass music. Noted for their shining vocal harmonies, vibrant stage energy, and modern sensibility in composition, Flash in a Pan has become a darling to festival stages, theaters, and bar rooms alike. Their musical style is all at once familiar and refreshingly unexpected.
Iowa Public Radio recognized Flash in a Pan as artist of the month in February 2024. Flash in a Pan has shared a stage with bluegrass royalty like The Travelin’ McCourys and Sam Bush, as well as rising acts and regional favorites like Chicago Farmer, Them Coulee Boys, The Lil Smokies, Miles Over Mountains, Pert Near Sandstone, The Kitchen Dwellers, and Horseshoes & Handgrenades.
Flash in a Pan has released two studio albums, Off The Rails (2017) and Folklore (2018) (available on Spotify). Currently, the band is developing new studio releases for 2024.

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Web: https://www.flashinapan.com/
Other links: https://www.facebook.com/flashinapanband/
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About: Awful Purdies is a Folk-Americana collective of five multi-instrumental women, powered by seamless harmonies, banjo, accordion, cello, guitar, mandolin, and bass. The sound is an earnest nod to traditional American music, folk, old country, bluegrass, honky tonk, and soul.
The live performance experience is intimate, containing both humor and insight. On stage, Awful Purdies actively share gratitude and support of one another and take turns stepping up as lead singers and songwriters.
Since 2006, Awful Purdies have been raising families, telling women’s stories, advocating for human rights, and engaging with their communities in Eastern Iowa.

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Web: http://www.awfulpurdies.com/
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Swampland Jewels
2025-07-12 18:30 - 21:00 | Riverfront Crossings Park, 1001 S. Clinton St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
Sponsored by Accurate Automotive and McDonald Optical

About: Ready for a road trip? Let The Swampland Jewels take you on a trip down old Highway 61, and across Route 90, through Southwest Louisiana and into East Texas. Playing a mix of original, Gulf Coast oldies, traditional Cajun/Creole, and TexMex tunes, The Swampland Jewels are sure to get you on your feet. If you aren’t a fan of the accordion, you will be after catching this set!
The Swampland Jewels consist of these veteran Iowa City area musicians: Nate Basinger, Forrest Heusinkveld, Eddie McKinley, Randall Davis, Marty Christensen.

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Web: https://theswamplandjewels.com/
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Eat for the Arts at Hyatt Regency Coralville
2025-07-15 06:30 - 21:00 | Hyatt Regency, 300 E. 9th St., Coralville, IA, 52241, United States
Join us for Eat for the Arts at the Hyatt Regency / Watermill Kitchen + Bar and enjoy a delicious meal in a beautiful setting — all while supporting the arts in our community!
10% of total sales on the day will go toward Summer of the Arts and our mission to bring free, family-friendly programming to the Iowa City area.
Make a reservation, stop in with friends, or enjoy a relaxing lunch break — every meal makes a difference!

Saul Lubaroff & Andy Parrott
2025-07-16 18:30 - 20:00 | Willow Creek Park, 1117 Teg Dr, Iowa City, IA, 52246, United States
Sponsored by ImOn Communications

About: Saul Lubaroff and Andy Parrott have a combined 85 yrs of playing music. Friends since high school, Saul and Andy have performed as a duo, Trio and Quartet for over 30 yrs. Expect a wonderful musical stew of pop standards, Bossa Nova grooves and timeless standards.

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Web: http://www.sauljazz.com/
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Diane Road AND The Recliners
2025-07-18 18:30 - 21:00 | Ped Mall Stage, 210 Dubuque St, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
Sponsored by Herteen & Stocker Jewelers
6:30 PM-7:15 PM: Diane Road
7:30 PM-9:00 PM: The Recliners

About: Diane Road embraces a broad musical spectrum, including jazz and blues standards, as well as pop, rock, folk, country and soul from the 60’s through today. With fresh takes on classics and a gravitation toward the deeper tracks, they set out to hear the music you don’t always get to hear enough of.
Formed in 2023, the band is comprised of accomplished professionals with decades of experience, performing across the US and abroad.
Meghan McDonough, lead vocals: Public Property, The Fez; Chris Dimond guitar: Iowa City guitarist with local acts Ben Schmidt, The Fox Hill Troubadours, Zebra Maneuver, Silt Creek, The Crazy Critters and Kerak. Chris teaches private guitar lessons out of his home studio. (chrisdimondguitarlessons.com) Dave Sieveking, bass: Nashville and Twin Cities touring and sessions; Brian Cooper, drums for Dave Zollo, Brian Johannesen, Black Angel Blues Jam House Band and he also teaches drums.

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About: The Recliners is an 8-member ensemble and plays a wide variety of music shaped by the interests and talents of each individual member. This longstanding group of Iowa City denizens have played together for nearly 35 years. Their music ranges from classic ’60s and ’70s rock to newly released songs by contemporary singer-songwriters, and includes original tunes, American folk music, Irish melodies, bluegrass, blues, ballads, and mostly, good old-fashioned rock and roll.

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RESCHEDULED TO 7/20: The Princess Bride
2025-07-20 21:00 - 23:00 | Iowa City Municipal Airport, 1801 Riverside Dr., Iowa City, 52246
Note: this event has been rescheduled to Sunday, July 20!
Sponsored by Z102.9
Runtime: 1hr 38 min
Rating: PG
Starring: Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Billy Crystal
Plot: A fairytale adventure about a beautiful young woman and her one true love. He must find her after a long separation and save her. They must battle the evils of the mythical kingdom of Florin to be reunited with each other. Based on the William Goldman novel “The Princess Bride” which earned its own loyal audience.
Watch the trailer HERE!
*Start times are an estimation based on sunset and are subject to change
