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Kick off Pride Month with DBQ Pride Festival on Saturday or La Cage Aux Folles at CSPS Hall on Sunday. Read Malcom MacDougall’s review before you sit down for the show. Iowa City, Des Moines, and the Quad Cities are bringing the music this weekend with scores of gigs to choose from, and you can rave all night at The Loft in Waterloo.
The Weekender is sponsored by:
Iowa City
Feed The Dog with Flash In A Pan
Wildwood | Thurs., June 5, 7 p.m.
Bike-in Beats
Bike Library | Fri., June 6, 5 p.m.
Naethan Apollo with Ion Alexakis
Gabe’s | Fri., June 6, 8 p.m.
Freegrass Trio
Northside District | Sat., June 7, 6 p.m.
Secret Mall Apartment
FilmScene | Sun., June 8, 7 p.m.
The Weekender is sponsored by:
Des Moines
Music in the Garden featuring RetroSpect
Des Moines Botanical Garden | Thurs., June 5, 6 p.m.
Jazz on the House with Blake Shaw & Co.
Noce | Thurs., June 5, 7 p.m.
Acid Bath
Val Air Ballroom | Fri., June 6, 7 p.m.
Heartland Bazaar 13
Rumors | Sat., June 7, 10 a.m.
Sunday Slam!
Lefty’s Live Music | Sun., June 8, 6:30 p.m.
Cedar Rapids
Sam Knutson
Ideal Theatre | Thurs., June 5, 5:30 p.m.
RnB Night
Ideal Theatre | Fri., June 6, 9 p.m.
Linc & The Drifters
Ideal Theatre | Sat., June 7, 8:30 p.m.
La Cage Aux Folles
CSPS Hall | Sun., June 8, 1:30 p.m.
Cedar Falls / Waterloo
Bryce Janey & David Lee Paul
Cedar Falls | Octopus | Fri., June 6, 8 p.m.
Run Dog, Salem’s Room and Joel Sires
Cedar Falls | Octopus | Sat., June 7, 8 p.m.
Everglow Rave
Waterloo | The Loft | Sat., June 7, 8 p.m.
Quad Cities
Rattlesnake Milk with The Hallelujah Ward
Davenport | Raccoon Motel | Thurs., June 5, 6 p.m.
Munk Rivers w/ Luscia Jane & Rotundos
Davenport | Raccoon Motel | Fri., June 6, 7 p.m.
OUTLETProgramme presents: Nicholas Elert with Granular Breath and Floating Cave
Rock Island | Rozz-Tox | Sat., June 7, 7 p.m.
Ashbringer w/ The Hunting Grounds Death Cult, Liv Carrow & Blist Her
Davenport | Raccoon Motel | Sun., June 8, 5:30 p.m.
Dubuque
Dubuque & All That Jazz – 30th Anniversary
Town Clock Plaza | Fri., June 6, 5 p.m.
Double Vision Opening Reception
Voices Studios | Fri., June 6, 5:30 p.m.
Left Lane Cruiser // Riff Worm
The Lift | Fri., June 6, 9 p.m.
DBQ Pride Festival 2025
Town Clock Plaza | Sat., June 7, 12 p.m.
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