THE WEEKENDER
Your weekly editor-curated arts compendium
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This weekend is all about the music! Sway your hips to some of Iowa’s own or enjoy a musical vacation with traveling artists. You can choose to pull up or bring a chair. Visit Noce, Platform, xBk and other venues to feel the nostalgia of the ’50s and ’60s, the darkness of emo, the rebellion of punk-rock and everthing in between. Top Pick: The Shrek Rave! As Wooly’s says, “It’s dumb, just come have fun.”
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Des Moines Botanical Garden
All About Air Plants
May 25 – 5:30pm
Dive into the exciting world of air plants and learn the skills required to successfully care for them from Horticulturist Laura Pence.
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Jasper Winery
2023 Summer Concert Series
May 25 – 6:00pm
Please join us on Thursday nights from 6pm-9pm for our Summer Concert Series.
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Valley Junction
Music In the Junction
May 25 – 6:00pm
We are back! Couldn’t do it with out our fans! Let’s dance in the street with the funkiest band around!
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Noce
Jazz on the House
May 25 – 7:00pm
Every Thursday night, Noce hosts an all night happy hour.
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Gas Lamp Des Moines
The Snacks at Gas Lamp
May 25 – 8:00pm
The Snacks are rockin Gas Lamp EVERY Thursday!
8:00-11:00
No Cover
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xBk Live
BYOBrass
May 25 – 8:00pm
“Established in 2017, BYOBrass is a high-energy brass band consisting of 9 professional musicians and educators from eastern and central Iowa.
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Lua Brewing
The Drive-Ins at Lua Brewing
May 26 – 6:00pm
The Drive-Ins bring you the incredible music of the 50s and 60s with a fun, interactive, and authentic live show.
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Noce
From Sunrise To Fireflies: A Journey Into Folk Americana w/ Lauren Vilmain
May 26 – 7:00pm
Lauren Vilmain is a Des Moines based jazz and blues vocalist with training in musical and opera theater.
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Lefty’s Live Music
Jungle Rot at Lefty’s
May 26 – 7:00pm
Jungle Rot
w/ Forever Tormented, Gravis Somnia, Viscerous & Mutually Assured Destruction at Lefty’s.
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xBk Live
Panic! at the Burlesque Show
May 26 – 8:00pm
xBk presents Panic! at the Burlesque Show: A Night of Early 2000s Emo.
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Platform
Kim Lee
May 26 – 9:00pm
Los Angeles native, Kim Lee has become one of the most sought after DJ/ Producer in the business.
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Wooly’s
Got the Life: A Tribute 2 Nu Metal
May 26 – 9:00pm
Richie daggers recently voted Des Moines best dj by city view magazine is bringing his tribute to Nu metal to the stage.
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The Garden
Garden Legacy Pageant
May 26 – 10:00pm
Join us as we honor Connie Taylor as she steps down and we crown a new Garden Legacy entertainer!
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Noce
Nap Sings Nat: A Night of Nat King Cole w/ Vocalist Napoleon Douglas & His Band
May 27 – 7:00pm
Napoleon M Douglas is an International Actor, Teaching Artist, and Entrepreneur.
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Gas Lamp Des Moines
Wailin Storms, Glass Ox at Gas Lamp
May 27 – 8:30pm
Originally formed in the unrelenting heat of Corpus Christi, Texas, WAILIN STORMS migrated east and ended up in Durham, North Carolina.
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Platform
Mr. Bill
May 27 – 8:30pm
Mr. Bill has been a leader in the audio production world for years.
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Wooly’s
Shrek Rave
May 27 – 9:00pm
It’s dumb just come have fun.
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Wooly’s
Sleeping With Sirens
May 28 – 7:30pm
It starts at ground zero.
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The first Greenbelt Music Festival kicked off summer with banjos, brews, music and Mummies
by Dan Ray, May 23
May 19 and 20 marked Clive’s inaugural Greenbelt Music Festival, a (mostly) bluegrass-focused fest held at the Horizon Events Center. Shockingly well done — especially for a new event — Greenbelt drew several thousand attendees during its two-day span. Five dollars from every ticket sold was donated to the Clive Community Foundation, which will use the funds to maintain and restore the Clive Greenbelt Trail for which the event was named. |
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