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It’s a hot one this weekend, literally and metaphorically. AACTFest 2025 is just warming up in Des Moines, and Gabe’s in Iowa City is bringing the heat. The Cedar Basin Music Festival kicks off tomorrow in Cedar Falls, while Dubuque shreds on guitars and boards at OllieWoodStock 2025, a music and sports fest at Olliewood Skatepark and Skateshop. Get fired up for Kobe Williams & Anthony Worden at CSPS Hall in Cedar Rapids, or catch Tomar & the FCs as they turn up the heat at Raccoon Motel in Davenport.
The Weekender is sponsored by:
Iowa City
Free Summer Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet
Lower City Park | Thurs., June 26, 7:30 p.m.
Amarak, Post AD, Nequient, Thunder Goat
Gabe’s | Fri., June 27, 8 p.m.
Friday Night Concert Series: Diplomats of Solid Sound
Ped Mall | Fri., June 27, 6:30 p.m.
Benefit concert for United Action for Youth
The Green House | Sat., June 28, 7 p.m.
TRHÄ with Saidan, thisworldisnotkind & Necrotic Theurgist
Gabe’s | Sat., June 28, 8 p.m.
Des Moines
AACTFest 2025
Hoyt Sherman Place | Thurs., June 26 – Sun., June 29
Summer Concert Series: Damon Dotson Band
Jasper Winery | Thurs., June 26, 6 p.m.
GOD CULT EP Release
Lefty’s Live Music | Fri., June 27, 5 p.m.
Tripping Daisy
Wooly’s | Sun., June 29, 6 p.m.
System Exclusive // The Mesmerists
Lefty’s Live Music | Sun., June 29, 9 p.m.
Cedar Rapids
Kobe Williams & Anthony Worden
CSPS | Fri., June 27, 8 p.m.
10 WATT ROBOT | MAAAZE | Holiday Innards
The Ideal Theatre | Fri., June 27, 8 p.m.
Art Mart
CSPS | Sat., June 28, 10 a.m.
Considering Matthew Shepard
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church | Sun., June 29, 7 p.m.
Cedar Falls / Waterloo
Bike Night w/ Beaker Brothers
Waterloo | Screaming Eagle American Bar & Grill | Thurs., June 26, 6:30 p.m.
Cedar Basin Music Festival
Cedar Falls | Sturgis Park | Fri., June 27 – Sun. June 29
Junebox Junkies
Cedar Falls | Octopus | Fri., June 27, 8 p.m.
Salt Fox & Dearborn
Cedar Falls | Octopus | Sat., June 28, 8 p.m.
Quad Cities
Another Michael with Kleenex Girl Wonder & Mocktag
Davenport | Raccoon Motel | Fri., June 27, 7 p.m.
Amateur Selectors Series: Limbo Rock with BBJr
Rock Island | Rozz-Tox | Sat., June 28, 8 p.m.
Tomar & The FCs with The Imperial Sound & The Rachel Drew Band
Davenport | Raccoon Motel | Sat., June 28, 7 p.m.
The Wildmans with The Jenkins Twins
Davenport | Raccoon Motel | Sun., June 29, 6 p.m.
Dubuque / Maquoketa
Maquoketa Summer Concert Series: Slapdash Bluegrass
Maquoketa | The Green in Downtown Maquoketa | Thurs., June 26, 6 p.m.
St. Paul & The Broken Bones
Maquoketa | Codfish Hollow | Thurs., June 26, 6 p.m.
OllieWoodStock
Dubuque | Olliewood Skatepark | Sat., June 28, 1 p.m.
Keller Williams presents DeadPettyKellerGrass
Maquoketa | Codfish Hollow | Sat., June 28, 6 p.m.
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