Art Fair
2022-06-03 17:00 - 20:00, 2022-06-05 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Downtown Iowa City, Linn St., Dubuque St., Clinton St., Iowa Ave., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
There will be 87 artists spread over 7 downtown blocks!

Culinary Delights and Beverage Garden
2022-06-03 17:00 - 22:30 | Downtown Iowa City, Linn St., Dubuque St., Clinton St., Iowa Ave., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
Food vendors will be serving up tasty items on Iowa Avenue!
The Beverage Garden offers an even better view of the Main Stage this year on Clinton Street!

Avey Grouws Band
2022-06-03 19:00 - 20:30 | Iowa Healthcare Main Stage – Iowa Arts Festival, 16 N Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: Avey Grouws Band blends blues, roots, rock and soul as powerfully as the Mississippi River runs through their home in the Quad Cities of Iowa & Illinois. Led by powerhouse vocalist Jeni Grouws and ace guitar man Chris Avey, the two-time top ten Billboard charting band are known for their gritty sound and enthusiastic shows. Sophomore album, “Tell Tale Heart”, was recorded in Nashville, TN with Grammy award winner, Casey Wasner (Keb’ Mo’, Taj Mahal). Released September 2021, “Tell Tale Heart” debuted #7 on the Billboard Blues Album chart. Avey Grouws Band also hit #10 on the Billboard charts with their 2020 debut album, “The Devil May Care”. In 2023, Avey Grouws Band set off on tours to Florida, the East Coast, the Midwest including Kansas City and Topeka, and then to Las Vegas to play the iconic Big Blues Bender with greats Keb’ Mo’, Shemekia Copeland, Danielle Nicole, Tab Benoit and more.

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Web: https://www.aveygrouwsband.com/
Other links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSz9bwRb-XQ
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Kittel & Co.
2022-06-03 21:00 - 22:30 | Iowa Healthcare Main Stage – Iowa Arts Festival, 16 N Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: Jeremy Kittel is an American violinist, fiddler, and composer. He received a Grammy nomination for “Best Instrumental Composition” in 2019 alongside prevalent composers such as John Williams and Terence Blanchard. Fluent in multiple musical genres, he composes original music that draws from a wide variety of influences including folk, jazz, Celtic, Classical, electronic, and more.
Kittel & Co. (“Kid-dle and Koh”) inhabits the space between classical and acoustic roots, Celtic and bluegrass aesthetics, folk and jazz sensibilities, and has performed at venues such as Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Celtic Connections, and A Prairie Home Companion. The group released its debut album, Whorls, in 2018, which features Kittel along with mandolin phenom Josh Pinkham (named “the future of the mandolin” by Mandolin Magazine), transcendent cellist Nathaniel Smith (as heard with Sarah Jarosz and Kacey Musgraves), guitarist Quinn Bachand (called “Canada’s top Celtic guitarist” by Ashley MacIsaac), and hammer-dulcimer wizard Simon Chrisman (acclaimed for bringing a new tonal flexibility to the instrument). Bluegrass Situation calls Whorls “a feat of new acoustic, string band-rooted chamber music…. whimsical, alluring, and magnificent,” while Earmilk says Whorls is “…a devastatingly beautiful album… a stunning melting pot of classical and folk music, featuring some of the greatest musicians in the genre.”

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Web: https://jeremykittel.com/pages/kittel-co
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Emerging Artist Area
2022-06-04 10:00 - 19:00, 2022-06-05 10:00 - 16:00 | Old Capitol Mall, 201 S Clinton St., Iowa City, 52240
Co-sponsored by US Bank and River Products
In 2022, the Emerging Artist Area will be in the Old Capitol Mall, in the east wing. The mall entrance that is closest to the Area is on Washington Street. There will be signs posted and maps available on festival grounds to help you navigate to the 15 talented artists that will be there!

Art Fair
2022-06-04 10:00 - 19:00 | Downtown Iowa City, Linn St., Dubuque St., Clinton St., Iowa Ave., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States

Champagne Academy of Irish Dance
2022-06-04 11:00 - 11:25 | Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival, 210 S Dubuque Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: Champagne Academy of Irish Dance: Our Mission is to provide holistic and professional training in the Irish Arts for all ages and stages. The Champagne Academy of Irish Dance students gain experience in dance, singing, music, and teamwork in a strengths-based family environment. Our studio takes pride in using high quality and age-appropriate music, costumes, and choreography. Irish Music and Dance provides a unique opportunity to learn about culture and to appreciate traditional folk art while having fun with friends. Come check out our team at one of our upcoming events!

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Web: https://champagneirishdance.com/
Other links: https://www.facebook.com/ChampagneIrishDance/
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ABC's: Arts, Books & Children
2022-06-04 11:00 - 15:00 | Ped Mall Stage, 210 Dubuque St, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
Produced by the Iowa City Public Library
Paint the Town, the ICPL Bookmobile, and lots of arts activities for children!

Culinary Delights
2022-06-04 11:00 - 22:30, 2022-06-05 11:00 - 16:00 | Downtown Iowa City, Linn St., Dubuque St., Clinton St., Iowa Ave., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
Food vendors will be serving up tasty items on Iowa Avenue!

Wooden Nickel Lottery
2022-06-04 11:30 - 12:30 | Iowa Healthcare Main Stage – Iowa Arts Festival, 16 N Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: Wooden Nickel Lottery has been honing its exciting original blend of blues & rock since 2014. Having released three studio albums and shared the stage in support of touring national acts, this group has grown into something exceptional. WNL is fronted by Rick Gallo’s energetic and soulful vocals and Rich Toomsen’s masterful guitar work and backed by the polished drumming of Delayne Stallman and the solid, expressive drive of Jess Toomsen’s bass. WNL plays a mix of powerful original blues/rock as well as classic and contemporary blues/rock covers. Attend a live show and be treated to the energy and soul of driving blues/rock and the craftsmanship and polish typically reserved for veteran touring bands.

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Web: https://www.woodennickellottery.com/
Other links: https://www.facebook.com/WoodenNickelLottery

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34th Army Band, Scrap Metal
2022-06-04 11:40 - 12:10 | Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival, 210 S Dubuque Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
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Beverage Garden
2022-06-04 12:00 - 22:30, 2022-06-05 12:00 - 16:00 | Downtown Iowa City, Linn St., Dubuque St., Clinton St., Iowa Ave., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
The Beverage Garden offers an even better view of the Main Stage this year on Clinton Street!

Magician Mikayla Oz
2022-06-04 12:25 - 13:05 | Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival, 210 S Dubuque Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: Mikayla Oz has been astonishing audiences nationwide and is becoming one of the most in demand family entertainers in the country. Recognize Mikayla Oz? It’s probably from her multiple media appearances on TV’s Penn and Teller: Try This at Home, the Travel Channel, daytime television and with some of the top Youtubers and Influencers. During Mikayla’s 40min Magic Show, you can expect to see things appear, vanish, float and maybe even an appearance from her bird Bubbles during the show! Mikayla Oz’s show is great for all ages, so arrive early because spots will fill up quickly.

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Pinicon Drift
2022-06-04 13:00 - 14:00 | Iowa Healthcare Main Stage – Iowa Arts Festival, 16 N Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: Pinicon Drift plays its own blend of American roots music—rock, folk, pop, country, and soul. Featuring the vocals of Julie Troendle and David Pedersen and Jeff Schmidt’s acoustic guitar (plus the addition of a kick-ass rhythm section and lead guitar for the Iowa Arts Festival performance), the band’s approach is as straightforward as its members’ eastern Iowa roots.
A shared appreciation of classic and contemporary songwriters is reflected in the band’s choices of cover tunes, and the group’s original material is distinctive for its catchy melodies, tight harmonies, and sing-along lyrics. The Pinicon Drift credo is simple yet clear: Serve the song.

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The Wilted
2022-06-04 13:20 - 13:45 | Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival, 210 S Dubuque Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
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Liberty High Freestrings featuring Rappers from LH
2022-06-04 14:30 - 14:55 | Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival, 210 S Dubuque Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States

Dickie
2022-06-04 14:30 - 15:30 | Iowa Healthcare Main Stage – Iowa Arts Festival, 16 N Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
Sponsored by Graduate Hotel

About: On Dickie’s self-titled release, singer-songwriter Dick Prall took a succession of personal losses and nestled them inside a beautifully-layered soundtrack. The intimate and moody testimonial was cited as “Best Indie Rock Release of 2015” by Music Existence, also making its way onto several “top ten” lists that same year. By the time 2019 rolled around, it found Prall in a nostalgic headspace, leading to a reunion with friends and co-producers Pat Sansone (Wilco) and Joshua Shapera. The result is a stripped-back mix of reflective and pulsating tunes stamped into the 10-track sing-along Minus Thieves.
The simplified effort was tracked at The Magic Barn, a rural studio outside the small town of Solon, Iowa. Its notoriety comes from housing the original recording equipment of New York’s now-defunct The Magic Shop. Iconic artists like David Bowie, Lou Reed, and Blondie have all made records at the renowned space, but it’s within the Iowa incarnation that Sansone and Shapera reached even further into the archives of recording history. Applying a formula of straightforward guitars fused seamlessly with tight, no-frills rhythms, the minimal production of Minus Thieves impeccably highlights the core of Prall’s hook-laden songwriting.

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Web: https://dickiemusic.com/
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Life's Your Stage
2022-06-04 15:00 - 15:15 | Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival, 210 S Dubuque Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: Life’s Your Stage Dance Company’s mission is to enrich the lives of its students and their families by providing the highest quality of dance instruction. We strive to demonstrate how lessons learned in dance class at any age can be applied to many life situations both in and out of the studio. At Life’s Your Stage we aim to help our dancers lead fulfilling and inspirational lives by providing them with many of the tools they will need to follow and achieve their dreams; including a healthy self-image, a strong work ethic and a positive attitude.

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Web: https://www.lifesyourstage.com/
Other links: https://www.facebook.com/LifesYourStage/

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Cedar County Cobras
2022-06-04 15:30 - 17:00 | Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival, 210 S Dubuque Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: Cedar County Cobras play American Roots & Blues music from the last century. The music takes on an “old time” blues feel that would most likely be found in a juke-joint down a gravel road in rural Iowa. Arriving with an upright bass, foot-drum, mandolin, and a collection of guitars this duo plays music that is best described as “boot-stompin” delta blues and roots blues.

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Web: https://cedarcountycobras.com/
Other links: https://cedarcountycobras.com/press-kit

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Katy Guillen & The Drive
2022-06-04 17:00 - 18:30 | Iowa Healthcare Main Stage – Iowa Arts Festival, 16 N Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: Katy Guillen & The Drive is founded on the energetic creative spark and longtime chemistry between Katy Guillen and Stephanie Williams. With Guillen on guitar and vocals and Williams on drums, the two sculpt a sound that recalls a blend of artists like Led Zeppelin, Patty Griffin, and Heartless Bastards.
Guillen calls their genre-bending style “indie roots rock.” Their newest release, the first installment of a two-part musical voyage, “Battles” was culled from a sizable batch of songs and demos crafted by the pair throughout the pandemic. In April 2021, they traveled to Invisible Creature Studio in Los Angeles to track the four-song EP with producer/engineer Kevin Ratterman (My Morning Jacket, Heartless Bastards, Ray LaMontagne). 2022 takes the band on a touring schedule with dates across the country in the spring and summer, as well as a full-length release on the horizon.

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Web: https://katyguillenmusic.com/
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Anthony Worden
2022-06-04 17:30 - 19:00 | Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival, 210 S Dubuque Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: For Anthony Worden, the process of moving past an onslaught of sudden grief crystalized in an Iowa City basement, and—over the course of half a year of writing and rehearsing with his band, the Illiterati—took on the form of his fifth studio album, Plain Angels. Sourced from a period that Worden describes as something of a “social reset,” characterized by the end of a long-term relationship (a development that upended his recent move to Kansas and spurred him to re-relocate to his native city), paired with a series of health scares in his immediate family and the death of an extended family member, the songwriter found himself contending with “big feelings” like “the realization that your loved ones aren’t going to be around forever.” Amidst a blisteringly cold Iowa winter—during which Worden’s day job as an electrician apprentice had him “thrown into installing solar panels in subzero weather on the farms, hog barns, and small towns of the middle part of the state”—he also found himself asking even bigger questions: “With everything that happened, I found myself almost resetting my worth, asking myself—what am I doing here?”
With emotional baggage in toe, Worden holed up in the unfinished cellar studio of band bassist Lucas Adolphson, spending “a lot of time with a glass of whisky” to divine art from feeling. The end result is a collection of ten tracks that’s as meditative as it is triumphant, presented as a loose narrative of personal resilience. Whether it’s charting the hope that comes with starting over somewhere new (“On My Way 2U”), becoming more aware of your fading youth in a college town (“Down But Not Yet Out”), the myriad feelings you feel on a funeral day (“Death of the Wife”) or encountering an ex after some-but-not-all wounds have healed (“Strangers”), the anecdotes that form Angels together create a picture of bittersweet acceptance, uplifted by Worden’s candid lyricism, the Illiterati’s refreshing approach to contemporary rock—which feels as indebted to 70s new wave as it does in early 2000s power pop thanks to the performances by Adolphson, keyboardist/producer Avery Moss, and drummer Aaron Knight—as well as mastering by Huntley Miller, who previously collaborated with indie heavyweights Bon Iver, Low, and Wednesday.

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Web: https://anthonyworden.bandcamp.com/releases
Other links: https://www.facebook.com/anthonywordenmusic/
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Ivy Ford
2022-06-04 19:00 - 20:30 | Iowa Healthcare Main Stage – Iowa Arts Festival, 16 N Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
Sponsored by 7G Distributing

About: Ivy Ford is a Chicagoland-based multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter. She has a diverse collection of musical influences but strong roots in blues and soul. In 2015 Ivy Ford’s career kicked off after opening for Buddy Guy in Chicago resulting in making a permanent impression that supported her place in the industry. In less than a decade, she has had several international performances including two tours in France and Belgium and performs bi-coastal in the United States regularly and in the Midwest region. Currently, Ivy Ford has three full original albums all of which have been self-produced and are accompanied by other released singles.
Some honorary mentions of Ivy Ford’s accolades includes numerous nominations for both her recordings and songwriting as well as performances. Several publications and top magazines including Frances, “Soul Bag,” and “Blues Matters,” in the UK have printed extensive interviews and support in her upcoming works. Ivy Ford is known for her musicianship and skill as well as her energy and experience she shares with her audience when she performs lives bringing an authenticity that is timeless.

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Web: https://ivyfordmusic.com/
Other links: https://www.facebook.com/IvyFordMusic/

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Asleep at the Wheel
2022-06-04 21:00 - 22:30 | Iowa Healthcare Main Stage – Iowa Arts Festival, 16 N Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: Fifty years ago, Asleep at the Wheel’s Ray Benson wrote in his journal that he wanted to form a band to bring the roots of American pop music into the present. It seemed like an ambitious goal for a 19-year-old, yet Benson has done exactly that – traversing the globe as an ambassador of Western swing music and introducing its irresistible sound to generation after generation. Although the lineup has changed countless times since its inception, Benson’s mission has never wavered.
That merging of past and present is effortlessly woven throughout two of the band’s new releases. First, their Better Times EP compiles three new tracks: “All I’m Asking,” a rousing plea for a second chance; the hopeful title track, about getting back to life as it once was (namely, before the pandemic); and “Columbus Stockade Blues,” a traditional tune arranged in the spirit of Willie Nelson and Shirley Collie’s 1960s version. Then, in the fall, a career retrospective recorded with the new band — and a few special guests — will carry Asleep at the Wheel back onto the road, where they’ve remained a staple for five decades.
Asleep at the Wheel represent an important cornerstone of American roots music, even though some of its members and audiences represent a new generation. That far-reaching appeal remains a testament to Benson’s initial vision.

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Web: https://www.asleepatthewheel.com/
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The Machine Opera Group
2022-06-05 11:00 - 11:25 | Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival, 210 S Dubuque Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: The Machine Opera Group presents “So You Think You Don’t Like Opera”? – a program of words and music.
What do you think of when you think of opera? Do you think of Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd, belting out Wagner? Does that scene in The Shawshank Redemption come to mind, where Andy Dufresne locks himself in the warden’s office to play a Mozart duet for the entire prison? Did you know that an opera, based on Jane Smiley’s A Thousand Acres, is premiering at Des Moines Metro Opera this summer?
Or that Stephen King’s The Shining became an opera in 2016, premiering on the stage of Minnesota Opera? Well, you can attend two brand-new operas a lot closer to home, when the Coralville Center for the Arts hosts the Crescendo Children’s Choir in Orphan Train: For the Love of Pete (June 18 at 7:30) and The Machine Stops: An Opera by John Lake and Cecile Goding (July 30, 7:30 and July 31, 2:00), both operas based on well-known stories. Somewhere in between, spend an evening under the stars at Brucemore with Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance (June 16-18).
Stick close to the Ped Mall stage to hear poet David Duer talk about his first exposure to opera, which of course was not his first. Then, singers from The Machine Stops will tell us why opera appeals – before they perform a couple of their favorite arias. We’ll finish with a word or two from UI Emeritus Edward Kottick, who has conducted scores of productions from Handel’s Messiah to South Pacific.

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MAAAZE
2022-06-05 11:30 - 12:30 | Iowa Healthcare Main Stage – Iowa Arts Festival, 16 N Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: Maaaze is a rock band from Eastern Iowa. Their knack for pop sensibilities, progressive arrangements, and use of effects both in the studio and onstage, has helped them craft a highly regarded sound amongst Eastern Iowa rock circles. Their live show packs a serious punch, a musical and visual journey invites the listener to get lost in a maze of sound and visuals while songs touch on themes of consumerism, mass media, religion, climate change, addiction, identity, loss, and growth. With their debut release Maaaze Vol I, the band crafted a 3 song EP and accompanying short film utilizing found footage from public domain sources. The band is comprised of Dan Miller, Lars Lee, and Patrick Montag.

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Pandelirium Steel Drum Band
2022-06-05 11:45 - 12:25 | Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival, 210 S Dubuque Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
About: The Pandelirium Steel Drum Band performs on instruments cut and hammered from 55-gallon oil barrels and their performances include a blend of musical styles ranging from traditional Calypsos and Soccas of Trinidad to Reggae, arrangements of popular songs, and jazz standards. They have performed at numerous venues in Iowa, including the Iowa City Jazz Festival, Iowa Corn Daze, the Marion Swamp Fox Festival, and RAGBRAI.

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