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There’s almost too much to do this weekend in our reader regions, but that just means you can have your pick to kick off the summer. JPEGMAFIA comes to Val Air Ballroom in Des Moines on Friday, and Shining Realm celebrates their album release at Gabe’s on Saturday. Rebel Queens hit Cedar Rapids and Dubuque this weekend, while The Loft Waterloo hosts hip-hop local DTAY 2x and the Quad Cities go country with Tyler Richton & The High Bank Boys.
The Weekender is sponsored by:
Iowa City
Violenteer, Worst Impressions & Fishbait
Gabe’s | Thurs., May 22, 8 p.m.
Anthony Worden & The Illiterati // Run Dog
Trumpet Blossom | Fri., May 23, 9 p.m.
Shining Realm: Talismandala album Release Show co-starring MAAAZE and Tree Cloud
Gabe’s | Sat., May 24, 8 p.m.
Let Them Eat Cake: Bawdy Bawdy Ha Ha
The James Theater | Sat., May 24, 8 p.m.
2025 Iowa Renaissance Festival
Middle Amana Community Park | Sun., May 25, 10 a.m.
Fireworks Show
Near Hancher | Sun., May 25, 10 p.m.
Des Moines
Wiz Khalifa
Val Air Ballroom | Thurs., May 22, 7 p.m.
Caster Volor / Screaming Vengeance / Scarlett Roxx
Lefty’s Live Music | Thurs., May 22, 9 p.m.
JPEGMAFIA
Val Air Ballroom | Fri., May 23, 6:30 p.m.
Napalm Death and Melvins
Wooly’s | Fri., May 23, 7 p.m.
The Nate Sparks Big Band
Noce | Sat., May 24, 7 p.m.
Choro Moingona
The Cave | Sun., May 25, 3 p.m.
YOUNG WIDOWS / Kowloon Walled City / Fotocrime / Druids
Lefty’s Live Music | Sun., May 25, 6 p.m.
Cedar Rapids
Level Up Live!
Brucemore | Fri., May 23, 7:30 p.m.
Rebel Queens with Toxic Blonde
The Olympic | Sat., May 24, 6 p.m.
SOUL SEDUCTION VOL II: A Masquerade Lingerie Ball
The Ideal Theater | Sat., May 24, 9 p.m.
Vinyl Market at Big Grove Cedar Rapids
Big Grove Brewery | Sun., May 25, 1 p.m.
Cedar Falls / Waterloo
Talent in the Metro w CVBB
Cedar Falls | Gallagher Bluedorn | Thurs., May 22, 7 p.m.
404, Bullets and Butterflies and Speak of the Devil
Cedar Falls | Octopus | Fri., May 23, 8 p.m.
The Rumours, Lipstick Homicide and The Poly Mall Cops
Cedar Falls | Octopus | Sat., May 24, 8 p.m.
DTAY 2X
Waterloo | The Loft | Sat., May 24, 9 p.m.
Quad Cities
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Davenport | Raccoon Motel | Fri., May 23, 7 p.m.
Tyler Richton & The High Bank Boys
Davenport | Capitol Theatre | Fri., May 23, 7 p.m.
RAGGED RECORDS PRESENTS: FACS w/ GOD’S HAND
Rock Island | Rozz-Tox | Sat., May 24, 7 p.m.
INTHEWHALE
Davenport | Raccoon Motel | Sat., May 24, 7 p.m.
Dubuque / Maquoketa
WIPES (Hex Records)
Dubuque | The Lift | Thurs., May 22, 9 p.m.
Kick Off to Summer-Tiger Kings, Rock Steady and Jam!
Dubuque | Backwaters Stage | Fri., May 23, 5:30 p.m.
David G. Smith
Maquoketa | Maquoketa Brewing | Fri., May 23, 7 p.m.
Rebel Queens
Dubuque | Mississippi Moon Bar at Diamond Joe Casino | Fri., May 23, 7 p.m.
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