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2022 Iowa Arts Festival

On February 1, 2022 /

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Art Fair Sponsor

Emerging Artist Sponsor

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Schedule

June 3, 2022

5:00 pm Culinary Delights and Beverage Garden @ Downtown Iowa City

5:00 pm Art Fair @ Downtown Iowa City

7:00 pm Avey Grouws Band @ Iowa Healthcare Main Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

9:00 pm Kittel & Co. @ Iowa Healthcare Main Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

June 4, 2022

10:00 am Emerging Artist Area @ Old Capitol Mall

10:00 am Art Fair @ Downtown Iowa City

11:00 am ABC’s: Arts, Books & Children @ Ped Mall Stage

11:00 am Culinary Delights @ Downtown Iowa City

11:00 am Champagne Academy of Irish Dance @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

11:30 am Wooden Nickel Lottery @ Iowa Healthcare Main Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

11:40 am 34th Army Band, Scrap Metal @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

12:00 pm Beverage Garden @ Downtown Iowa City

12:25 pm Magician Mikayla Oz @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

1:00 pm Pinicon Drift @ Iowa Healthcare Main Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

1:20 pm The Wilted @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

2:30 pm Dickie @ Iowa Healthcare Main Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

2:30 pm Liberty High Freestrings featuring Rappers from LH @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

3:00 pm Life’s Your Stage @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

3:30 pm Cedar County Cobras @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

5:00 pm Katy Guillen & The Drive @ Iowa Healthcare Main Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

5:30 pm Anthony Worden @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

7:00 pm Ivy Ford @ Iowa Healthcare Main Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

9:00 pm Asleep at the Wheel @ Iowa Healthcare Main Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

June 5, 2022

10:00 am Art Fair @ Downtown Iowa City

10:00 am Emerging Artist Area @ Old Capitol Mall

11:00 am Culinary Delights @ Downtown Iowa City

11:00 am The Machine Opera Group @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

11:30 am MAAAZE @ Iowa Healthcare Main Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

11:45 am Pandelirium Steel Drum Band @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

12:00 pm Beverage Garden @ Downtown Iowa City

12:30 pm Turkana @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

1:00 pm Wontu Trees @ Iowa Healthcare Main Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

1:45 pm Quad Cities Ballet Folklorico @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

2:45 pm Them Coulee Boys @ Iowa Healthcare Main Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

3:00 pm Silver Swing Band @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

Artists

Performers

2022 Music on the Move

On December 2, 2021 /

2022 Music on the Move

Presenting Sponsor

Schedule

June 7, 2022

6:30 pm Dave Zollo @ Villa Park

June 28, 2022

6:30 pm Kevin Burt @ Fairmeadows Park

July 12, 2022

6:30 pm Annie Savage @ Upper City Park

July 19, 2022

6:30 pm James Tutson @ Terry Trueblood Recreation Area

July 26, 2022

6:30 pm Annie Savage @ Riverfront Crossings Park

August 2, 2022

6:30 pm Kevin Burt @ Wetherby Park

August 9, 2022

6:30 pm James Tutson @ Happy Hollow Park

August 16, 2022

6:30 pm Kevin Burt @ Mercer Park

August 23, 2022

6:30 pm Dave Zollo @ Willow Creek Park

August 24, 2022

6:30 pm Annie Savage @ Emma J. Harvat Square

August 30, 2022

6:30 pm James Tutson @ Quail Ridge Park

September 6, 2022

5:30 pm Annie Savage @ Hickory Hill Park

September 13, 2022

5:30 pm Dave Zollo @ Cardigan Park

Performers

2021 Northside Concert Series

On February 25, 2021 /

2021 Northside Concert Series

Presenting Sponsor

Schedule

June 19, 2021

6:30 pm BYO Brass AND Kevin Boehnke @ Northside Market Place

July 10, 2021

6:30 pm Winterland @ Northside Market Place

August 21, 2021

6:30 pm Johnny Kilowatt Band @ Northside Market Place

September 11, 2021

6:30 pm Ritmocano @ Northside Market Place

Performers

2021 Friday Night Concert Series

On February 16, 2021 /

Presenting Sponsor

Main Stage Sponsor

Schedule

May 21, 2021

6:30 pm FLASHBACK Virtual Concert – Shade of Blue

May 28, 2021

6:30 pm FLASHBACK Virtual Concert – Euforquestra

June 4, 2021

6:30 pm Virtual Concert – City High, West High and Liberty High Jazz Bands

June 11, 2021

6:30 pm Virtual Concert – The Wontu Trees

June 18, 2021

6:30 pm Virtual Concert – Awful Purdies

June 25, 2021

6:30 pm Virtual Concert – Blake Shaw Trio + ADE

July 9, 2021

6:30 pm James Tutson & the Rollback @ Chauncey Swan Ramp

July 16, 2021

6:30 pm City Park AND Brick Street Ramblers @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

July 23, 2021

6:30 pm Cedar County Cobras AND The Savage Hearts @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

August 6, 2021

6:30 pm Dave Zollo & The Body Electric @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

August 20, 2021

6:30 pm Crystal City AND Brass Tower AND The Deleters @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

August 27, 2021

6:30 pm The Bryce Janey Band @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

September 3, 2021

6:30 pm The Beaker Brothers @ Chauncey Swan Ramp

September 10, 2021

6:30 pm Sweetie and the Toothaches featuring Chase Garrett @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

Performers

2021 Iowa Arts Festival

On February 16, 2021 /

Presenting Sponsor

Art Fair Sponsor

Emerging Artist Sponsor

Main Stage Sponsor

Schedule

August 13, 2021

6:00 pm Carnaval Celebration featuring Pandelerium Steel Drum Band @ Iowa Healthcare Main Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

7:00 pm Aaron Kamm and The One Drops @ Iowa Healthcare Main Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

9:00 pm The Jayhawks @ Iowa Healthcare Main Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

August 14, 2021

11:00 am Duke Otherwise @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

11:30 am Dodge Street Duo @ Iowa Healthcare Main Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

11:45 am Nielo Gaglione and Tara McGovern @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

1:00 pm Jordan Sellergren @ Iowa Healthcare Main Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

1:10 pm Silk Aerialist Mimi Ke @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

1:45 pm Champagne Academy of Irish Dance @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

2:15 pm Nolte Academy of Dance @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

2:30 pm The Recliners @ Iowa Healthcare Main Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

3:00 pm UI Spirit Squad @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

3:10 pm Poetry in Public Readings @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

3:15 pm Poetry in Public Readings @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

3:30 pm Ace Jones @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

4:30 pm Blake Shaw and Jim Buennig @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

5:00 pm Wyatt Waddell @ Iowa Healthcare Main Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

5:40 pm Poetry in Public Readings @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

6:00 pm Womanish Girl @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

7:00 pm Chastity Brown @ Iowa Healthcare Main Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

9:00 pm Horseshoes & Hand Grenades @ Iowa Healthcare Main Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

August 15, 2021

11:00 am Ingrid Streitz @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

11:30 am Poetry in Public Readings @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

11:30 am One Foot on the Ground @ Iowa Healthcare Main Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

11:45 am Songbird Bethann @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

12:30 pm Poetry in Public Readings @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

12:45 pm Abbie Callahan @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

1:00 pm Flash in a Pan @ Iowa Healthcare Main Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

1:30 pm Poetry in Public Readings @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

1:45 pm Quad Cities Ballet Folklorico @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

2:30 pm Miles over Mountains @ Iowa Healthcare Main Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

3:00 pm Silver Swing Band @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

August 16, 2021

Office Closed, 8/16/21 – 8/17/21

Artists

Performers

2021 Music on the Move

On February 16, 2021 /

2021 Music on the Move

Presenting Sponsor

Schedule

June 9, 2021

6:00 pm Kevin Burt

June 23, 2021

6:00 pm Dave Zollo

July 14, 2021

6:00 pm Kevin Burt

August 4, 2021

6:00 pm Kevin Burt

August 25, 2021

6:00 pm Dave Zollo

September 8, 2021

6:00 pm Dave Zollo

Performers

2021 Iowa City Jazz Festival

On February 16, 2021 /

Presenting Sponsor

Schedule

July 2, 2021

4:30 pm Schoolhouse Jazz @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

6:30 pm NOLA Jazz Band @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

8:10 pm Big Fun @ Dr. Suzanne Stock Ped Mall Stage – Iowa Arts Festival

July 3, 2021

11:30 am United Jazz Ensemble @ Strauss Community Stage – Iowa City Jazz Festival

12:15 pm North Corridor Jazz All Stars @ Strauss Community Stage – Iowa City Jazz Festival

1:00 pm Bad News @ Oaknoll Side Stage-Iowa City Jazz Festival

2:00 pm Giveton Gelin @ Strauss Community Stage – Iowa City Jazz Festival

3:00 pm Peterson/Thaker Quartet @ Oaknoll Side Stage-Iowa City Jazz Festival

4:00 pm Immanuel Wilkins @ Strauss Community Stage – Iowa City Jazz Festival

5:00 pm Jim Buennig @ Oaknoll Side Stage-Iowa City Jazz Festival

6:00 pm Bonegasm @ Strauss Community Stage – Iowa City Jazz Festival

7:00 pm Wave Cage @ Oaknoll Side Stage-Iowa City Jazz Festival

8:00 pm Cory Wong @ Strauss Community Stage – Iowa City Jazz Festival

9:30 pm City of Iowa City Fireworks @ Old Capitol Museum

Performers

2021 Soul & Blues Festival

On February 16, 2021 /

2021 Soul & Blues Festival

Presenting Sponsor

Schedule

July 30, 2021

6:00 pm DJ Freeze Dance Party @ Main Stage – Soul & Blues Festival

10:00 pm DJ Freeze Afterparty at Eden Lounge Nightclub @ Eden Lounge Nightclub

July 31, 2021

10:00 am Black Business Owner’s Forum @ The Graduate Hotel

11:00 am Black Author’s Panel (Virtual Event)

12:30 pm Kevin Burt @ Main Stage – Soul & Blues Festival

1:30 pm Ship of Fools, Eastern Iowa Arts Academy @ Main Stage – Soul & Blues Festival

2:30 pm String Prophets @ Main Stage – Soul & Blues Festival

5:00 pm Ivy Ford Band @ Main Stage – Soul & Blues Festival

7:00 pm JC Brooks Band @ Main Stage – Soul & Blues Festival

9:00 pm Nora Jean @ Main Stage – Soul & Blues Festival

10:00 pm DJ Freeze Afterparty at Eden Lounge Nightclub @ Eden Lounge Nightclub

Main Stage Sponsor

Video recording of the 2021 Black Business Owner’s Forum

Performers

2021 Free Movie Series

On February 11, 2021 /

Presenting Sponsors

Schedule

May 29, 2021

9:00 pm The Croods: A New Age @ Iowa City Municipal Airport

June 12, 2021

9:00 pm Young Frankenstein @ Chauncey Swan Park

June 19, 2021

9:15 pm George of the Jungle @ Iowa City Municipal Airport

June 26, 2021

9:00 pm CANCELLED: From Here to Eternity @ Chauncey Swan Park

July 10, 2021

9:00 pm Who Framed Roger Rabbit @ Chauncey Swan Park

July 17, 2021

9:00 pm Zootopia @ Mercer Park

July 24, 2021

9:00 pm The Wiz @ Chauncey Swan Park

August 7, 2021

8:45 pm Moana @ Iowa City Municipal Airport

August 14, 2021

8:30 pm The Monuments Men @ Chauncey Swan Park

August 21, 2021

8:30 pm Aquaman @ Riverfront Crossings Park

August 28, 2021

7:45 pm Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon @ Chauncey Swan Park

October 2, 2021

7:15 pm Halloween Movie: Hotel Transylvania @ Iowa City Municipal Airport

Movies

2021 Holiday Thieves Market

On February 11, 2021 /

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Schedule

The 2021 Holiday Thieves Market will take place on the weekend of December 4-5 at the Hyatt Regency Coralville (formerly the Coralville Marriott).

We will have 63 artists this year, to allow for social distancing between booths. Please note that masks are highly encouraged at this indoor event for the safety of attendees and artists.

Hours:
Saturday December 4, 10:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday December 5, 10:00am – 4:00pm

Location:
300 E. 9th St. Coralville, IA 52241

Program:
The program is available HERE.

Artists

Program

A map of the Expo Hall with booth numbers and list of artists is available HERE.

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