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It seems we’re in for an unseasonably warm weekend, so you should have no reason to stay home and every reason to get out for the events in today’s Weekender.
Tom Arnold’s 2026 stand-up comedy tour, “My Crazy X-Wife,” will stop at the Englert in Iowa City on Friday night. Read Lee Keeler’s interview for Little Village with Arnold here or in this month’s issue. In Des Moines, xBk will host the Naughty Nerds Cabaret as they kick off their 2026 season with a Nerdstravaganza this Friday. And fresh off a tour with Homeboy Sandman, former eastern Iowa fixture Coolzey hits up the Lift in Dubuque.
The Weekender is sponsored by:
Iowa City
Gabriel Rutledge w/ Karen Vasquez
Wildwood | Thurs, Feb. 5, 7 p.m.
Dan Padley – A Tribute to Bill Frisell
The Englert | Thurs, Feb. 5, 7:30 p.m.
Art from the Inside Out Reception
PS1 Close House | Fri, Feb. 6, 6 p.m.
Community Care Over Coward ICE – Stand with Minnesota Fundraiser
The James Theater | Fri, Feb. 6, 6 p.m.
Tom Arnold
The Englert | Fri, Feb. 6, 7:30 p.m.
Good Habits, TV Cop, Early Girl, & Savage Little Suckers
Gabe’s | Sat, Feb. 7, 8 p.m.
The Weekender is sponsored by:
Cedar Rapids
IDEAL IDOL VOL V
Ideal Theatre | Thurs, Feb. 5, 7 p.m.
KCCK and OPUS presents First Friday Jazz – February Chris Jensen
Opus Concert Cafe | Sat, Feb. 7, 7 p.m.
Metro Orchestra Festival
Opus Concert Cafe | Sat, Feb. 7, 5:40 p.m.
Cedar Falls/Waterloo
Karaoke at The Loft
Waterloo | The Loft | Thurs, Feb. 5, 7 p.m.
Jason Christensen
Cedar Falls| Octopus | Fri, Feb. 6, 8 p.m.
Riley Jane: From the Vault w/ RJ and Braden Sabin.
Cedar Falls | Octopus | Sat, Feb. 7, 8 p.m.
Des Moines
Mainframe Studios First Friday: EMBODIED
Mainframe | Fri, Feb. 6, 5 p.m.
Naughty Nerds Cabaret Nerdstravaganza
xBk | Fri, Feb. 6, 8 p.m.
Tommy Doggett & Seth Hedquist
xBk Annex | Sat, Feb. 7, 7 p.m.
Cupid’s Lounge w/ Ramona & The Sometimes
xBk | Sat, Feb. 7, 7:30 p.m.
La Fiera de Ojinaga
Val Air Ballroom | Sat, Feb. 7, 9 p.m.
Quad Cities
Texas Chain Store Managers w/ Father Sunn & Ready Rev
Davenport | Raccoon Motel | Thurs, Feb. 5, 6 p.m.
Now or Never
Rock Island | Rozz-Tox | Fri, Feb. 6, 8 p.m.
Viva La Divas Drag Show @ Circa 21 Speakeasy
Rock Island | Circa 21 | Fri, Feb. 6, 8 p.m.
Pretoria w/ Worst Impressions, Kensett & Company Dimes
Davenport | Raccoon Motel | Sat, Feb. 7, 6 p.m.
Dubuque
Coolzey
The Lift | Fri, Feb. 6, 9 p.m.
Poetry Among the Plants
Planted | Sat, Feb. 7, 10:30 a.m.
Ramona’s Ryot Drag Show
The Lift | Sat, Feb. 7, 8 p.m.
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