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The events start coming and they don’t stop coming in today’s Weekender. In the mood to browse some art? Cedar Rapids and Waterloo have you covered, with gallery openings for Jayson Reid and Saw Naing Lin at CSPS Hall and a new exhibition by Ethan Edvenson at Waterloo Center for the Arts. Jazz more your thing? In Iowa City, Michael Sarian and the Sam Ross Quartet play PS1, and Dr. Z’s Experiment and Big Fun bring Jazz Fusion to Cedar Rapids and Cedar Falls. Plus, NNAMDÏ gets the show on at Raccoon Motel, Zachary Harper makes his first appearance at The Cave, and Iowa City’s Flash in a Pan plays The Lift in Dubuque. If you prefer to break the mold, unleash your inner ogre at a Shrek-themed rave in Iowa City.
The Weekender is sponsored by:
Iowa City
Surrogates / U.T.A.I. / Bootcamp / Psyop / Bored Housewives
Bike Library | Thurs., May 8, 7:30 p.m.
Crock-Pot Battle of the Bands
UAY Swaim Youth Center | Fri., May 9, 4:30 p.m.
Michael Sarian’s ESQUINA with Sam Ross Quartet
PS1 Close House | Fri., May 9, 7 p.m.
Forever Young: The Music of Bob Dylan
Englert | Sat., May 10, 1 p.m.
Shrek Rave
Gabe’s | Sat., May 10, 9 p.m.
Des Moines
Joyann Parker: The Music of Patsy Cline
Noce | Fri., May 9, 7 p.m.
Abbie Sawyer
Temple Theater | Fri., May 9, 7 p.m.
Zachary Harper
The Cave | Fri., May 9, 7 p.m.
Squid
Wooly’s | Sat., May 10, 8 p.m.
Cedar Rapids
Hairspray
Theatre Cedar Rapids | Thurs., May 8, 7:30 p.m.
Open Gallery Reception
CSPS Hall | Sat., May 10, 5:30 p.m.
Dylan Carlino
The Ideal Theatre | Sat., May 10, 6:30 p.m.
Dr. Z’s Experiment & Jumbies
The Olympic | Sat., May 10, 7 p.m.
Cedar Falls/Waterloo
Bluff Street & Kensett
Cedar Falls | The Octopus | Thurs., May 8, 7 p.m.
Ethan Edvenson: Soul of Distinction
Waterloo | Waterloo Center for the Arts | Fri., May 9, 5:30 p.m.
Big Fun – Jazz Fusion
Cedar Falls | The Octopus | Sat., May 10, 8 p.m.
Stoned Crow / Speak of the Devil / Guss Royall / Jonny H
Waterloo | The Loft | Sat., May 10, 8 p.m.
Quad Cities
Frizzi to Fulci 2025 – Zombie The Composer’s Cut Live
Davenport | Capitol Theatre | Thurs., May 8, 8 p.m.
NNAMDÏ with Marcus Drake & PROBLEMS
Davenport | Raccoon Motel | Fri., May 9, 7 p.m.
Amateur Selectors Series: Voyage with Ian MacMillan
Rock Island | Rozz-Tox | Sat., May 10, 8 p.m.
Ty Walker and The Humanoids with Izaak Optaz
Davenport | Raccoon Motel | Sun., May 11, 6 p.m.
Dubuque
Threadmaker / Patient Wolf / Waterboarded
Smokestack | Fri., May 9, 6 p.m.
Flash in a Pan
The Lift | Fri., May 9, 8 p.m.
Dave Moore
Jubeck New World Brewing | Sat., May 10, 6:30 p.m.
Carrie Nation and the Speakeasy
The Lift | Sat., May 10, 9 p.m.
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