THURSDAY
Think Outside the Bomb Tour | Public Space One | 6:30 p.m.
Get your nuclear disarmament on at Public Space One. The event will include a number of entertaining and informative segments, including music performed by Bad Heart Bull. Check out the full itinerary:
– Presentation on TOTB’s Disarmament Summer Campaign
– Information on nuclear weapons & energy industry & political climate
– Puppet Show
– Music Performance by Bad Heart Bull
– Interactive Mapping; Discussion with local activists, “Mapping Resistance”
Scott Lucas and the Married Men | The Blue Moose Tap House | 9:00 p.m. | $10
Scott Lucas, best known as one of the members of Chicago’s Rock’s rock duo Local H, comes to the Blue Moose Tap House this Thursday. Currently touring in support of their debut album George Lassos the Moon, Scott Lucas and the Married Men add a bit of brass and violin to the mix, offering a nice change of pace from Lucas’s Local H project.
Boom Box | Gabe’s | 9:00 p.m. | $13
Finally, it’s worth mentioning that Boombox will be paying a visit to Gabe’s tonight, along with David Bess of Public Property. If Scott Lucas doesn’t suit you, Boombox are sure to put on an incredibly ‘funky’ show.
FRIDAY
Mike Droho & the Compass Rose with Ash St. John and Decoy | Gabe’s | 9:30 p.m. | $7
Dropping by Gabe’s on Friday are three great bands for a price too cheap not to mention. Ash St. John will open up along with fellow Iowans Decoy before Mike Droho & the Compass Rose take the stage. Can you handle all of this acoustic rock?
SATURDAY
Funtime Talk Show, Paul Cary, Liberty Leg | The Blue Moose Tap House | 9:00 p.m. | $6
Jarret Mitchell’s night club talk show will visit The Blue Moose on Saturday. Mitchell is a San Francisco-based comedian–though a native of Keokuk, Iowa–and although we’re not entirely sure what to expect, it sounds like a fun way to break up some live music. Regardless, any reason to see Iowa City’s Liberty Leg is a good reason.
SUNDAY
Carnival Hearts and Arts Festival | Upper City Park | 1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
It’s time for the Carnival Hearts and Arts Festival! There’s plenty of events, big and small, planned throughout the day to help ward off that end-of-the-weekend melancholy. Check out what’s in store:
Come on out Memorial Day weekend — be ready for your face to get painted, AND your heart to be stolen.
Bring all your favorite things!!!
The show will be MC’d by the darling Tough Köokie of Les Dames du Burlesque & members of Cirque du Stupendo/Miracle Water Orchestra. Expect enchanting burlesque & tricky circus debauchery in-between short musical sets.
Douglas Kramer Nye
Sam Blickhan
Skye Carrasco
Monadnoc
Utopia Park (formerly Porno Galactica)
Shame StevensWe will also have arts & crafts vendors, BBQ, snacks & non-alcoholic beverages — potluck it up!
