Rock-music Events in Des Moines

Check out happening rock-music events all around Des Moines, IA

Styx with Cheap Trick

 Fri, 22 May at 12:30 am Lauridsen Amphitheater at Water Works Park

ZZ Top & Dwight Yoakam

 Wed, 06 May at 06:00 pm Lauridsen Amphitheater at Water Works Park

ZZ Top with Dwight Yoakam at Water Works Park

 Thu, 07 May at 07:00 pm Water Works Park

Styx at Water Works Park

 Thu, 21 May at 07:30 pm Water Works Park

Atreyu in Des Moines

 Fri, 17 Apr at 07:00 pm Wooly's

Animals As Leaders at Woolys

 Mon, 04 May at 08:00 pm Woolys

Iowa Wild Fan Appreciation Night featuring Jordan Beem!

 Sat, 18 Apr at 04:30 pm Casey's Center

The Wallflowers at Hoyt Sherman Place

 Sun, 14 Jun Hoyt Sherman Place

Animals As Leaders, Druids, Drum Druids in Des Moines

 Mon, 04 May at 08:00 pm Wooly's

Alpha Wolf in Des Moines

 Fri, 29 May at 07:00 pm Wooly's

Hawthorne Heights, Creeper, letlive., Creeper in Des Moines

 Tue, 10 Mar at 07:00 pm Wooly's

Candlelight - Coldplay and Imagine Dragons at World Food Prize Hall of Laureates

 Sun, 22 Mar World Food Prize Hall of Laureates

Hawthorne Heights

 Wed, 11 Mar at 12:00 am Wooly's

Bloodywood at Woolys

 Fri, 10 Apr at 07:00 pm Woolys

The Rock Orchestra by Candlelight

 Thu, 23 Apr Des Moines Civic Center

Tigers Jaw in Des Moines

 Thu, 18 Jun at 07:00 pm Wooly's

Candlelight: Tribute to The Beatles | Des Moines

 Sat, 16 May at 06:30 pm Des Moines Scottish Rite

Other Brothers + Cedar County Cobras

 Sat, 07 Mar at 07:00 pm Temple for Performing Arts

Tommy Castro and The Painkillers at xBk Live

 Wed, 11 Mar at 07:00 pm xBk Live

Candlelight: Coldplay & Imagine Dragons

 Fri, 13 Mar World Food Prize Hall of Laureates

NEW DATE: Alice Unchained: The Ultimate Alice In Chains Tribute Band with Nevermind at Wooly's

 Fri, 20 Mar at 06:00 pm Wooly's

Alpha Wolf with Gideon, Mugshot and Resolve

 Sat, 30 May at 12:00 am Wooly's

Good To Be King: A Celebration of Tom Petty

 Sat, 18 Apr at 08:00 pm Wooly's

Christopher Cross

 Fri, 19 Jun at 12:30 am Hoyt Sherman Place

Atreyu at Woolys

 Fri, 17 Apr at 07:00 pm Woolys

Southbound and Mission in the Rain

 Fri, 13 Mar at 07:00 pm 1159 24th Street Des Moines IA 50311

North of Grand and Brother Trucker

 Fri, 03 Apr at 08:00 pm 1159 24th Street Des Moines IA 50311

Soulcage w/ Rapture and Hot Kunch

 Sat, 14 Mar at 07:30 pm 1159 24th Street Des Moines IA 50311

Igor and the Red Elvises with Surf Zombies

 Tue, 21 Apr at 07:00 pm 1159 24th Street Des Moines IA 50311

Biohazard in Des Moines

 Tue, 19 May at 07:00 pm Val Air Ballroom

Bloodywood with The Pretty Wild, Ladrones, and ANKOR

 Sat, 11 Apr at 12:00 am Wooly's

DED w/ VRSTY and SAFE SPACE

 Tue, 21 Jul at 07:00 pm 1159 24th Street Des Moines IA 50311

A Tribute to Billy Joel with Billy Nation

 Sun, 19 Apr at 03:00 pm Des Moines Temple Theater

Kyle Smith w/ Rootz Within

 Wed, 27 May at 08:00 pm 1159 24th Street Des Moines IA 50311

Bloodywood: System Of A Brown Tour 2026

 Fri, 10 Apr at 07:00 pm Wooly's

Classic Stones Live

 Thu, 16 Apr at 07:30 pm The Ingersoll

Atreyu w/ Fire From the Gods

 Fri, 17 Apr at 07:00 pm Wooly's

Koffin Kats w/ Carrie Nation & the Speakeasy and The Rumours

 Thu, 09 Apr at 08:00 pm 1159 24th Street Des Moines IA 50311

Fresh Fighters - Tribute to Foo Fighters

 Sun, 08 Mar Wooly's

5 Time Grammy Nominee Karrin Allyson - National Act!

 Thu, 14 May at 07:00 pm 1326 Walnut St, Des Moines, IA, United States, Iowa 50309

The Robert Cray Band

 Thu, 25 Jun at 08:00 pm Hoyt Sherman Place

St. Paul & The Broken Bones Live in 2026

 Tue, 30 Jun at 07:30 pm Hoyt Sherman Place

Not Quite Brothers with The Nineteen Eighties at Wooly's

 Sat, 02 May at 07:00 pm Wooly's

Classic Stones Live at The Ingersoll

 Wed, 15 Apr The Ingersoll

DeVotchKa

 Fri, 10 Apr at 08:00 pm xBk Live

Fivefold

 Sat, 11 Apr at 07:00 pm Locals Bar & Stage

DAVVN / Jack the Underdog / On Hiatus / Arcade Riot

 Sun, 29 Mar at 06:00 pm 1159 24th Street Des Moines IA 50311

Caster Volor / Psycho X / Parabola

 Thu, 21 May at 07:00 pm 1159 24th Street Des Moines IA 50311

Andy Juhl & the Bluestem Players w/ Radio Renegade and The Sleepover @ Locals in Des Moines

 Fri, 13 Mar at 07:00 pm Locals Bar & Stage

Hang Your Hate w/ Happy Thoughts and Sundance

 Thu, 07 May at 07:00 pm 1159 24th Street Des Moines IA 50311

Live @ The Darkslide: The Dirty Pretty-Resurrection Mary-The Divebombs

 Sat, 07 Mar at 07:30 pm The Dark Slide

Tommy Castro And The Painkillers

 Tue, 10 Mar xBk Live

BOG Rewind - Reverend Raven & the Chain Smokin' Altar Boys

 Sun, 19 Apr at 06:00 pm xBk Live

Haunt / Intranced / Heir of Sorrow at xBK Live!

 Mon, 16 Mar at 07:00 pm 1159 24th Street Des Moines IA 50311

Matchbox Twenty

 Sun, 22 Mar at 01:00 am xBk Live

ROR Reschedule

 Fri, 05 Jun at 05:30 pm 710 Corning Ave, Des Moines, IA, United States, Iowa 50313

Jacob Lampman's Ego Death w/ Jesson, Fleming & Cullen

 Thu, 30 Apr at 07:00 pm 1159 24th Street Des Moines IA 50311

Jaguar Sun & Kurt Travis

 Tue, 26 May at 07:00 pm 1159 24th Street Des Moines IA 50311

Igor & Red Elvises w/ Surf Zombies

 Tue, 21 Apr at 07:00 pm xBk Live

LIVE at Truman's Pizza Tavern

 Fri, 26 Jun at 06:00 pm Truman's Pizza Tavern

LIVE at Truman's Pizza Tavern

 Fri, 14 Aug at 06:00 pm Truman's Pizza Tavern

Blanket Of M (TX), DeaD Don't Die FREE ALL AGES!!!

 Wed, 10 Jun at 05:00 pm Plain Talk Books & Coffee

Classic Stones Live

 Thu, 16 Apr at 12:30 am The Ingersoll

Rod Stewart & Richard Marx

 Thu, 13 Aug at 06:00 pm Iowa State Fair