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Elray's Live & Dive · 7:00 PM
Home Football Weekend vs Purdue!
Elray's Live & Dive · Through Nov 15
DJ PND in the Dance Dive & DJ Paimon in the Disco Dive
Elray's Live & Dive · Through Nov 14
Ryan Michaels Band
Elray's Live & Dive · Through Nov 14
Alden Flathers
Elray's Live & Dive · 7:00 PM
PorchLight: Writing Grief
Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature events · 10:00 AM
The Kid and A Dog's Life
FilmScene (The Chauncey and The Ped Mall) · 11:00 AM
La Bola Negra
FilmScene (The Chauncey and The Ped Mall) · 11:30 AM
2026-2027 Concerto Competition Final Round
Voxman Music Building · 12:00 PM
Fatherland (2026)
The Ped Mall · 12:30 PM
Mouse (2026)
FilmScene (The Chauncey and The Ped Mall) · 12:45 PM
Godzilla Minus Zero
The Ped Mall · 1:00 PM
Wild Horse Nine
FilmScene (The Chauncey and The Ped Mall) · 1:30 PM
You Can See Everything
The Ped Mall · 2:45 PM
Faculty and Guest Artist Recital: Wolfgang David, violin and David Gompper, piano
Voxman Music Building · 3:00 PM
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fall Recital
Voxman Music Building · 3:30 PM
Senior Recital: Sarah Zhang, piano
Voxman Music Building · 5:30 PM
AJ Wilkerson
First Avenue Club · 7:00 PM
Iowa Music Therapy Student Organization Cabaret
Voxman Music Building · 7:30 PM
UI Trumpet Studio Recital
Voxman Music Building · 7:30 PM
Om Shanti Om
FilmScene (The Chauncey and The Ped Mall) · 6:30 PM
Live from Prairie Lights | Jamie D. Brooks - The Fleeing Season
Prairie Lights Books · 7:00 PM
Concert Band and University Band Concert
Voxman Music Building · 7:30 PM
Zouk 101 & 201
Public Space One (PS1) · 7:30 PM
Friendly Game Night
Iowa City Parks & Recreation (Active.com listings) · 7:30 PM
ICVZ open studio
Public Space One (PS1) · 4:00 PM
Little Village Art Nite
Public Space One (PS1) · 5:30 PM
Musical Learning Exchange on Restorative Justice with the We CAN Choir
Voxman Music Building · 6:00 PM
Live from Prairie Lights | Katherine Gibbel & Alyssa Moore - 'Little Sound' & 'Come Again'
Prairie Lights Books · 7:00 PM
The Breaking Point (1950)
FilmScene (The Chauncey and The Ped Mall) · 7:00 PM
Campus Symphony Orchestra Concert
Voxman Music Building · 7:30 PM
KPop Demon Hunters
FilmScene (The Chauncey and The Ped Mall) · 10:00 AM
School's Out at the Stanley | Winter Tin Box Diorama
Stanley Museum of Art · 2:00 PM
Fall Undergraduate Research Festival
University Capitol Centre · 3:30 PM
West Coast Swing Foundations
Public Space One (PS1) · 6:15 PM
Live from Prairie Lights | Julie Orringer - 'Luna, Phoenix, Queen'
Prairie Lights Books · 7:00 PM
Remaining Native
FilmScene (The Chauncey and The Ped Mall) · 7:00 PM
The JACK Quartet
Voxman Music Building · 7:30 PM
SCOPE Productions Presents: Esther Rose
Gabe's · 7:30 PM
Dance Thesis I Concert: Olivia Farmerie
Space Place Theater · 7:30 PM
Symphony Band - 60th Anniversary Celebration of the 1966 Europe/USSR Tour Band
Voxman Music Building · 7:30 PM
ANDY GRAMMER Greater Than Pt. II: A One Man Show
The Englert Theatre · 7:30 PM
Gold and Hawk Combo Concert
Voxman Music Building · 7:30 PM
Glurge (MPLS) / Annelyse Gelman / Petite Garcon
Public Space One (PS1) · 8:00 PM
Karaoke Dance Party
Elray's Live & Dive · Through Nov 19
Found Footage Fest: Porcelain VHS Treasures
FilmScene (The Chauncey and The Ped Mall) · 10:00 PM
Punk in 50 Pieces
English-Philosophy Building · 4:00 PM
MAC Filmmaker Feedback Group
Public Space One (PS1) · 7:00 PM
Ethan Simmons-Patterson
Hancher Auditorium · 7:30 PM
Iowa Trombone Choir
Voxman Music Building · 7:30 PM
House Party Thursdays - $1 Drinks
Elray's Live & Dive · Through Nov 20
The Squares
Elray's Live & Dive · Through Nov 20
Recital: Piano Prophecies, Henrique Rabelo
Voxman Music Building · 5:30 PM
I Play Rocky
FilmScene (The Chauncey and The Ped Mall) · 7:00 PM
Mississippi Steel
Elray's Live & Dive · 7:00 PM
Queen at Sea
FilmScene (The Chauncey and The Ped Mall) · 7:00 PM
Chris Avey Band
Riverside Casino Event Center and Show Lounge · 7:30 PM
Drew Hansen Senior Percussion Recital
Voxman Music Building · 7:30 PM
The Beaker Brothers
The Englert Theatre · 7:30 PM
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band
Riverside Casino Event Center and Show Lounge · 8:00 PM
Riplock
Elray's Live & Dive · Through Nov 21
LIAL Book Sale
Public Space One (PS1) · 10:00 AM
Stories of Community 2026 Roundup
FilmScene (The Chauncey and The Ped Mall) · 12:30 PM
Iowa vs. Illinois Football Watch Party
Big Grove Brewery Iowa City Taproom · 7:00 PM
The Crooked Cactus Band
Riverside Casino Event Center and Show Lounge · 7:00 PM
John Caparulo
First Avenue Club · 7:00 PM
A Fish Called Wanda
FilmScene (The Chauncey and The Ped Mall) · 10:00 PM
Indie Website Club
Public Space One (PS1) · 10:00 AM
PorchLight: The Prose Exchange
Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature events · 3:30 PM
The Sea Wolf (1941)
FilmScene (The Chauncey and The Ped Mall) · 4:00 PM
Low Lies the Land
FilmScene (The Chauncey and The Ped Mall) · 7:00 PM
Union County
FilmScene (The Chauncey and The Ped Mall) · 7:00 PM
Club Kid
FilmScene (The Chauncey and The Ped Mall) · 7:00 PM
After Shock
Riverside Casino Event Center and Show Lounge · 7:30 PM
The Last Thanksgiving
FilmScene (The Chauncey and The Ped Mall) · 10:00 PM
Mello D
Riverside Casino Event Center and Show Lounge · 7:30 PM
Paper Tiger
FilmScene (The Chauncey and The Ped Mall) · 7:00 PM
Bitter Christmas
FilmScene (The Chauncey and The Ped Mall) · 7:00 PM
Girls Night Out... The Australia Takeover
First Avenue Club · 7:00 PM
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley
Riverside Theatre Iowa City · Through Dec 13
Nawty
Riverside Casino Event Center and Show Lounge · 7:30 PM
Ace in the Hole
FilmScene (The Chauncey and The Ped Mall) · 4:00 PM
Santa at Big Grove
Big Grove Brewery Iowa City Taproom · 7:00 PM
Hello Weekend
Riverside Casino Event Center and Show Lounge · 7:30 PM
Almost Everything But - Piper M. F. Bright BFA Exhibition - School of Art, Art History, and Design
Visual Arts Building · 8:00 AM
Playwrights Workshop Reading: Hyperborea
Theatre Building · 5:30 PM
Holiday Karaoke
Iowa City Parks & Recreation (Active.com listings) · 7:30 PM
Curator Guided Tour in the Main Library Gallery
University of Iowa exhibitions and gallery events · 4:00 PM
Seasonal Sweets
Iowa City Parks & Recreation (Active.com listings) · 6:45 PM
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
FilmScene (The Chauncey and The Ped Mall) · 7:00 PM
UI Monthly Jazz Jam
Tavern Blue · 7:00 PM
Hawkeye Horn Showcase
Voxman Music Building · 7:30 PM
Stephanie Krzywonos in conversation with Melissa Febos
Prairie Lights Books · 7:00 PM
Dunn Quartet Recital
Voxman Music Building · 7:30 PM
Recital: Omar H. Elmusa, Trombone
Voxman Music Building · 7:30 PM
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
FilmScene (The Chauncey and The Ped Mall) · 10:00 PM
Recital: Andrew Deaver, Trombone
Voxman Music Building · 5:30 PM
Stella Cole Quartet
Hancher Auditorium · 7:00 PM
Recital: Luis E Infante Hernandez
Voxman Music Building · 7:30 PM
The Nutcracker (Preview)
The Englert Theatre · 7:30 PM
Art & Write Night
Pentacrest Museums: Old Capitol Museum and UI Museum of Natural History · 6:00 PM
Elsinore
FilmScene (The Chauncey and The Ped Mall) · 7:00 PM
Bijou Open Screen Fall 2026
FilmScene (The Chauncey and The Ped Mall) · 7:00 PM
Behemoth!
FilmScene (The Chauncey and The Ped Mall) · 7:00 PM
Lucy Schiller Reading Aging Out
Prairie Lights Books · 7:00 PM
Jazz Repertory Ensemble
Voxman Music Building · 7:30 PM
Recital: Caio Da Silva
Voxman Music Building · 7:30 PM
Senior Recital: Celia Phillips, cello
Voxman Music Building · 7:30 PM
The Room
FilmScene (The Chauncey and The Ped Mall) · 10:00 PM
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (2026)
FilmScene (The Chauncey and The Ped Mall) · 12:00 PM
PorchLight: Flash Forward
Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature events · 1:00 PM
Stanley Creates | Children’s Holiday Apron
Stanley Museum of Art · 2:00 PM
Bachelor of Music: Ella Gerber, Double Bass
Voxman Music Building · 5:30 PM
DADA Prom
Public Space One (PS1) · 7:00 PM
Richard the Whale Brunch
Big Grove Brewery Iowa City Taproom · 7:00 PM
Senior Recital: Tony Wang, clarinet
Voxman Music Building · 7:30 PM
Johnson County Landmark
Voxman Music Building · 7:30 PM
Ocean's Eleven
FilmScene (The Chauncey and The Ped Mall) · 10:00 PM
Senior Recital: Addison Lueken, bass
Voxman Music Building · 11:30 AM
Key Change: A Prelude to a Fugue. Concert #3
Voxman Music Building · 3:00 PM
Double Bass Studio Recital
Voxman Music Building · 3:00 PM
The Eye Opener 2026
FilmScene (The Chauncey and The Ped Mall) · 4:00 PM
Center for New Music Concert II
Voxman Music Building · 7:30 PM
Faculty and Guest Artist Recital: Nicole Esposito and Angela Jones-Reus
Voxman Music Building · 5:30 PM
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
FilmScene (The Chauncey and The Ped Mall) · 7:00 PM
Andy C. Douglas Reading Strength for What Lies Ahead
Prairie Lights Books · 7:00 PM
Mike Cooley
Wildwood Saloon · 8:00 PM
3-Minute Portraits
Stanley Museum of Art · 10:30 AM
Recital, Haziel Santos, Cello
Voxman Music Building · 7:30 PM
UI Jazz: Black Combo
Voxman Music Building · 7:30 PM
UI Choirs and UI Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
Hancher Auditorium · 7:30 PM
Exhibition Open House | Contemporary Southeast Asian Art
Stanley Museum of Art · 5:30 PM
A Cabaret of Gratitude
Iowa City Community Theatre · 7:00 PM
Dance Grad/Undergrad Concert
Space Place Theater · 7:30 PM
Chamber Music Residency Program Recital I
Voxman Music Building · 7:30 PM
Camila Fernández
Hancher Auditorium · 7:30 PM
Read on the Rug
Pentacrest Museums: Old Capitol Museum and UI Museum of Natural History · 10:30 AM
Eras - Organ Studio Recital
Voxman Music Building · 12:00 PM
Side Stories Live
The Englert Theatre · 7:30 PM
Iowa Saxophonists' Workshop Fall Concert
Voxman Music Building · 7:30 PM
Clarinet Studio Recital Adams
Voxman Music Building · 7:30 PM
Hanson
Riverside Casino Event Center and Show Lounge · 8:00 PM
Griffiths, Hachtman, and Meng Voice Studio Recital
Voxman Music Building · 11:30 AM
IC Press Co-op Open Studio
IC Press Co-op · 12:00 PM
Intersection A Cappella
Voxman Music Building · 1:30 PM
Holiday Percussion Pops Concert
Voxman Music Building · 3:00 PM
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Hancher Auditorium · 7:30 PM
Senior Recital: Jace Barry. Trumpet
Voxman Music Building · 7:30 PM
Jump Breakpoint w/Hedgeball
Elray's Live & Dive · 8:00 PM
Senior Recital: Chaylie Davis, Piano
Voxman Music Building · 1:30 PM
Senior Recital: Nathan Ortiz, Percussion
Voxman Music Building · 1:30 PM
Holiday Brass
Voxman Music Building · 3:00 PM
Senior Recital: Anna Marine, piano
Voxman Music Building · 5:30 PM
The Real Housewives of the North Pole Drag Brunch
Big Grove Brewery Iowa City Taproom · 7:00 PM
Composers Workshop II
Voxman Music Building · 7:30 PM
The Eat-Along Movie Experience: Home Alone
Big Grove Brewery Iowa City Taproom · 7:00 PM
Iowa City West High School featuring University of Iowa Faculty
Voxman Music Building · 7:30 PM
Study at the Stanley
Stanley Museum of Art · 10:00 AM
Trios with Ana, Caleb, & Mariya
Voxman Music Building · 5:30 PM
Pet Photos with Santa
Big Grove Brewery Iowa City Taproom · 7:00 PM
Funkatude
Elray's Live & Dive · Through Dec 19
Los Lobos
The Englert Theatre · 7:30 PM
Holiday Card Show
Riverside Casino Event Center and Show Lounge · 10:00 AM
Private Parties & Group Events
Elray's Live & Dive · 10:00 AM
NYE: An Evening of Comedy with Nathan Timmel
First Avenue Club · 7:00 PM
The Hype NYE Celebration
Riverside Casino Event Center and Show Lounge · 9:00 PM
G. Love & Special Sauce
The Englert Theatre · 7:30 PM
Take Back The Night
The Englert Theatre · 7:30 PM
Dale Jones
First Avenue Club · 7:00 PM
Alela Diane
The James Theater · 7:30 PM
Billy Hart Quartet
Hancher Auditorium · 7:00 PM
Colin Hay + Band
The Englert Theatre · 7:30 PM
Theory of a Deadman
Riverside Casino Event Center and Show Lounge · 8:00 PM
MA Recital: Jonathan Bass, piano
Voxman Music Building · 7:30 PM
Athena
Riverside Theatre Iowa City · Through Feb 7
Italian Shadows (Yager and Charles)
Voxman Music Building · 7:30 PM
The Mavericks & Friends
The Englert Theatre · 7:30 PM
A Beautiful Noise
Hancher Auditorium · 7:30 PM
Songs for Lulu
Voxman Music Building · 7:30 PM
The Living, the Dead, and Those Who Haunt Them
Theatre Building · 8:00 PM
Sadurn
Gabe's · 9:00 PM
Kansas City Symphony
Hancher Auditorium · 7:30 PM
Joe Stamm Band
First Avenue Club · 7:00 PM
to the yellow house
Theatre Building · 8:00 PM
Hamilton de Holanda Trio
Hancher Auditorium · 7:00 PM
Exhibit Opening Celebration for 'Public Notice'
University of Iowa Main Library · 4:00 PM
Lydia Loveless
Wildwood Saloon · 8:00 PM
Night at the Museum: February 2027
Stanley Museum of Art · 5:00 PM
Jesse Factor "The Marthaodyssey"
Hancher Auditorium · 7:30 PM
Get a Clue
Theatre Building · 8:00 PM
George Lopez
Riverside Casino Event Center and Show Lounge · 8:00 PM
Application Deadline: Obermann International Fellowships (Fall 2027)
111 Church Street · 10:00 AM
Sebastian Bach and Vixen
Riverside Casino Event Center and Show Lounge · 8:00 PM
VIEWS Presents: Garth Greenwell & Julia Conrad
English-Philosophy Building · 7:00 PM
SIX
Hancher Auditorium · 7:30 PM
Ten-Minute Play Festival
Theatre Building · 8:00 PM
Joytrip
Elray's Live & Dive · 8:00 PM
JACK Quartet Concert No. 1
Hancher Auditorium · 7:30 PM
Elixir Quartet
Hancher Auditorium · 5:00 PM
Waiting for Godot
Riverside Theatre Iowa City · Through Mar 14
En Passant
Theatre Building · 8:00 PM
Student Master Class with Kronos Quartet
Hancher Auditorium · 12:00 PM
Room 1078
Hancher Auditorium · 2:30 PM
Parataxis Quartet
Hancher Auditorium · 5:00 PM
UI Dance Company Concert
Space Place Theater · 7:30 PM
Kronos Quartet Family Concert
Hancher Auditorium · 1:00 PM
Iowa Percussion, Jean-François Charles + Will Yager, Dimma Sax Quartet
Hancher Auditorium · 3:30 PM
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Iowa City Community Theatre · Through Mar 14
Urinetown The Musical
Theatre Building · 8:00 PM
Lita Ford with special guest Head East
Riverside Casino Event Center and Show Lounge · 8:00 PM
Sundays at the Old Capitol: Ksenia Nosikova and Studio
Pentacrest Museums: Old Capitol Museum and UI Museum of Natural History · 1:30 PM
Chris Fleming
The Englert Theatre · 7:30 PM
Mariachi Herencia de México
Hancher Auditorium · 7:30 PM
Killer Roommates
Theatre Building · 8:00 PM
Verona Quartet
Voxman Music Building · 7:30 PM
VIEWS Presents: Gabrielle Calvocoressi Reading & Q&A
English-Philosophy Building · 7:00 PM
Shucked
Hancher Auditorium · 7:30 PM
Dance Faculty Concert
Space Place Theater · 7:30 PM
Write at the Stanley: A Generative Writing Workshop
Stanley Museum of Art · 2:30 PM
Stop/Time Festival
Hancher Auditorium · 10:00 AM
Sundays at the Old Capitol: Ting Ting Yang and Studio
Pentacrest Museums: Old Capitol Museum and UI Museum of Natural History · 1:30 PM
On now: exhibits and runs
Coming up at Voxman Music Building
2026-2027 Concerto Competition Final Round
Faculty and Guest Artist Recital: Wolfgang David, violin and David Gompper, piano
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fall Recital
Senior Recital: Sarah Zhang, piano
Iowa Music Therapy Student Organization Cabaret
UI Trumpet Studio Recital
Concert Band and University Band Concert
Musical Learning Exchange on Restorative Justice with the We CAN Choir
Campus Symphony Orchestra Concert
The JACK Quartet
Symphony Band - 60th Anniversary Celebration of the 1966 Europe/USSR Tour Band
Gold and Hawk Combo Concert
Close by, in Coralville
Toddler Takeover
Iowa Children's Museum
Line Dancing🤠
Tavern Blue
Iowa Volleyball vs. Illinois
Xtream Arena
Discovery Day: BEAT-za Party!
Iowa Children's Museum
Liam Toohey
Tavern Blue
The Recliners
Tavern Blue
Trojan Jam & Slam🎤🎸
Tavern Blue
ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT Thanksgiving Day Buffet
Tavern Blue
Circus Hollywood
Xtream Arena
STEM Family Free Night
Iowa Children's Museum
Belly Dancing💃
Tavern Blue
Sensory Friendly Night
Iowa Children's MuseumPlaces in Iowa City
- University of Iowa School of Music (Voxman Music Building)Concert hall · 58 coming up
- FilmScene (The Chauncey and The Ped Mall)Movie theater · 54 coming up
- Elray's Live & DiveMusic venue / bar · 44 coming up
- Hancher AuditoriumPerforming arts center · 30 coming up
- The Englert TheatreTheater · 22 coming up
- Riverside Casino Event Center and Show LoungeCasino event center · 16 coming up
- Public Space One (PS1)Arts center · 15 coming up
- Stanley Museum of ArtArt museum · 10 coming up
- University of Iowa Theatre Arts (Theatre Building)Theater · 10 coming up
- Big Grove Brewery Iowa City TaproomBrewery · 9 coming up
- First Avenue ClubMusic venue · 7 coming up
- UI Nonfiction Writing Program readingsReading series · 6 coming up
- University of Iowa Dance (Space/Place Theater)Dance theater · 6 coming up
- Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature eventsLiterary organization · 4 coming up
- Pentacrest Museums: Old Capitol Museum and UI Museum of Natural HistoryMuseum · 4 coming up
- Riverside Theatre Iowa CityTheater · 4 coming up
- Iowa City Community TheatreTheater company · 3 coming up
- Iowa City Parks & Recreation (Active.com listings)City parks and recreation · 3 coming up
- UI School of Art, Art History, and DesignArt school galleries · 3 coming up
- Iowa Writers' Workshop public readingsReading series · 2 coming up
- University of Iowa exhibitions and gallery eventsCampus exhibitions calendar · 2 coming up
- International Writing ProgramLiterary organization · 1 coming up
- SCOPE ProductionsConcert promoter · 1 coming up
- Iowa City PrideFestival organizer
- Summer of the ArtsFestival organizer
- Trumpet Blossom CafeRestaurant and music venue
- University of Iowa Museum of Natural HistoryNatural history museum
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