Arts events in Iowa City

Check out happening arts events all around Iowa City, IA

Savannah Dexter, Strizzo in Iowa City

 Sun, 12 Oct at 07:00 pm Wildwood Smokehouse & Saloon

2025 Africa Fest

 Sat, 04 Oct at 12:00 pm Ped Mall

2025 Fall Gallery Walk - Downtown Iowa City

Fri, 03 Oct at 05:00 pm Downtown Iowa City

Brabo Gator in Iowa City

 Sun, 12 Oct at 08:00 pm Wildwood Smokehouse & Saloon

Tyler Rich in Iowa City

 Sat, 25 Oct at 07:00 pm Wildwood

Stereolab in Iowa City

 Sun, 12 Oct at 07:00 pm Englert Theatre

Cool Shoes Improv Show

 Fri, 03 Oct at 07:30 pm Willow Creek Theatre Company USD 7 to 13

Uncorking Hope: A Fall Wine Release Celebration for Mental Health

 Sun, 12 Oct at 04:00 pm Walker Homestead Iowa City

Refocus Reanimations

 Sun, 12 Oct at 05:00 pm FilmScene (at The Chauncey)

Buyepongo

 Sat, 04 Oct at 07:30 pm 221 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA, United States, Iowa 52240

Robert Deitch & Band @ Big Grove, Iowa City, IA

 Fri, 03 Oct at 06:00 pm Big Grove Iowa City

Live Read: Let Your Darlings Live

 Sun, 12 Oct at 01:00 pm FilmScene (at The Chauncey)

Iowa City Official Halloween Bar Crawl

 Fri, 31 Oct at 05:00 pm Iowa City USD 15 to 36

White Reaper

 Sat, 04 Oct at 09:00 pm Gabe's Iowa City

From Darkness to Light

Sat, 25 Oct at 07:00 pm First Presbyterian Church, Iowa City

ICPLFF Arts & Crafts Bazaar

 Sat, 06 Dec at 10:00 am 123 S Linn St, 52240

Gallery Walk Art & Write Night

 Fri, 03 Oct at 06:00 pm 21 N Clinton St, Iowa City, IA, United States, Iowa 52242

Sheng Wang

 Fri, 10 Oct at 06:00 pm Englert Theatre

Adam Calhoun, Hard Target, Cymple Man, Dusty Leigh in Iowa City

 Thu, 30 Oct at 07:00 pm Wildwood

Haunting of the Blessed Acre

Fri, 24 Oct at 08:00 pm 114 Green Mountain Dr, Iowa City, IA

Mariachi Herencia De Mexico at The Englert Theatre

 Fri, 07 Nov The Englert Theatre

Press Presents: Sweary Carrie

 Thu, 02 Oct at 06:00 pm 1120 N. Dodge St, Iowa City, IA, United States, Iowa 52245

Vitamin String Quartet at The Englert Theatre

 Fri, 30 Jan at 07:30 pm The Englert Theatre

Entretejiendo Corazones: Música, Danza, Poesía y Memoria

 Sun, 05 Oct at 05:00 pm The Englert Theatre USD 18

Iowa City Ugly Sweater Bar Crawl

 Sat, 20 Dec at 04:00 pm Iowa City USD 0 to 31

Kurt Elling in Iowa City

 Fri, 03 Oct at 07:00 pm Hancher Auditorium

IWP Shambaugh House Friday Night Reading

Fri, 10 Oct at 05:00 pm Shambaugh House International Writing Program

40-year Class Reunion Weekend

 Fri, 03 Oct at 07:30 pm Iowa City High School

Rocky Horror Picture Show

 Fri, 24 Oct at 06:00 pm Englert Theatre

Molly Tuttle

 Sat, 15 Nov at 06:00 pm Englert Theatre

Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye

 Fri, 14 Nov at 07:30 pm 141 E. Park Rd, Iowa City, IA, United States, Iowa 52242

Imani Winds and Harlem Quartet

 Fri, 10 Oct at 07:30 pm 141 E. Park Rd, Iowa City, IA, United States, Iowa 52242

Lady Franklyn Improv Show

 Sat, 04 Oct at 07:30 pm Willow Creek Theatre Company USD 7 to 13

Sheng Wang at The Englert Theatre

 Sat, 11 Oct at 07:00 pm The Englert Theatre

Fred Armisen at The Englert Theatre

 Wed, 15 Oct at 07:00 pm The Englert Theatre

Walter Trout at The Englert Theatre

 Fri, 03 Oct The Englert Theatre

Walter Trout

 Sat, 04 Oct at 12:30 am Englert Theatre

Renew & Restore: Therapeutic Yoga for Stress & Burnout

 Sun, 05 Oct at 11:00 am 221 E College, Suite 213, Iowa City, IA, United States, Iowa 52240

Tarian & FHONE Trunk Show

 Fri, 10 Oct at 03:00 pm 218 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA, United States, Iowa 52240

Queer Coffee Social

 Sat, 18 Oct at 11:00 am The Englert Theatre

VOCES8 featuring the University of Iowa’s Kantorei, Draw on Sweet Night

 Sat, 28 Feb at 07:30 pm 93 E Burlington St, Iowa City, IA 52242-1500, United States

Drawing Salon with Robert Caputo

 Sun, 19 Oct at 02:00 pm 160 W. Burlington Street, SMA, Iowa City, IA, United States, Iowa 52242

Tom Arnold concert at The Englert Theatre in Iowa City at The Englert Theatre

 Fri, 06 Feb at 07:30 pm The Englert Theatre

Improv Conservatory: Long Form with Luke Brooks

 Mon, 06 Oct at 06:00 pm Willow Creek Theatre Company USD 269

Kathleen Edwards at The Englert Theatre

 Thu, 30 Oct at 07:30 pm The Englert Theatre

Global Consortium - Free

 Sun, 19 Oct at 03:00 pm Voxman Music Building

Epigraph Coffee Session: Radical Filmmaking

 Sun, 12 Oct at 10:30 am fix Coffee

The Moth at The Englert Theatre

 Thu, 26 Feb at 07:30 pm The Englert Theatre

Jeremy Denk, piano

 Fri, 24 Oct at 07:30 pm 141 E. Park Rd, Iowa City, IA, United States, Iowa 52242

Jonathan Richman at The Englert Theatre

 Fri, 17 Oct at 07:30 pm The Englert Theatre

Gabriel Kahane and Attacca Quartet

 Thu, 20 Nov at 07:30 pm 141 E. Park Rd, Iowa City, IA, United States, Iowa 52242

Write at the Stanley: A Generative Writing Workshop

 Sun, 26 Oct at 02:30 pm 160 W. Burlington Street, SMA, Iowa City, IA, United States, Iowa 52242

Mariachi Herencia De Mexico

 Thu, 06 Nov at 06:00 pm Englert Theatre

Mail Art Pop-Up

 Thu, 02 Oct at 11:00 am 125 W Washington St, Iowa City, IA, United States, Iowa 52242

Artist Conversation and Performance: Julien Creuzet and Aguibou Sanou

 Thu, 16 Oct at 06:00 pm 160 W. Burlington Street, SMA, Iowa City, IA, United States, Iowa 52242

Iam Tongi

 Tue, 07 Oct at 06:00 pm Englert Theatre

Parking Sheng Wang

 Sun, 12 Oct at 12:00 am Englert Theatre

Jane Lynch's Swingin Little Christmas at Hancher Auditorium

 Sat, 13 Dec at 07:30 pm Hancher Auditorium

Eureka Day - Riverside Theatre

 Fri, 24 Oct at 07:30 pm 119 E College Street, Iowa City, IA, United States, Iowa 52240

Winterland

 Fri, 12 Dec at 07:30 pm The Englert Theatre

Masterworks II - IOWA CITY

 Sun, 12 Oct at 02:00 pm Voxman Music Building

In Plain Site Trisha Brown Dance Company

 Wed, 05 Nov at 06:00 pm 107 River St, Iowa City, IA 52246, United States

Trisha Brown Dance Company

 Thu, 06 Nov at 06:00 pm Hancher Auditorium - Hadley Stage

Buyepongo

 Sun, 05 Oct at 12:30 am Englert Theatre

The Wood Brothers at The Englert Theatre

 Wed, 12 Nov at 07:30 pm The Englert Theatre

3rd Annual Membership Meeting & Brunch

 Sun, 09 Nov at 11:00 am Rose Hill (Iowa City, Iowa)

Editorial Consultation with Sara Jo Cohen: Application Deadline

 Mon, 13 Oct at 05:00 pm 111 Church St, Iowa City, IA, United States, Iowa 52245

In Plain Site Trisha Brown Dance Company

 Tue, 04 Nov at 06:00 pm 141 E. Park Rd, Iowa City, IA, United States, Iowa 52242

Tom Arnold

 Thu, 05 Feb at 06:00 pm Englert Theatre

Make Glass Beads–Intro to Lampworking–only 2 seats left!

 Sat, 04 Oct at 10:00 am 355 S. Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA

Heads In Motion - Talking Heads Tribute

 Fri, 31 Oct at 06:00 pm Englert Theatre

Big Head Todd and The Monsters

 Sat, 24 Jan at 06:00 pm Englert Theatre

Harlem Quartet at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop

 Tue, 07 Oct at 01:00 pm 507 N Clinton St, Iowa City, IA 52242-2008, United States

IWP Shambaugh House Friday Night Reading

Fri, 17 Oct at 05:00 pm Shambaugh House International Writing Program

Rodney Crowell at The Englert Theatre

 Wed, 19 Nov at 07:30 pm The Englert Theatre

Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap - Riverside Theatre

 Fri, 28 Nov at 07:30 pm 119 E College Street, Iowa City, IA, United States, Iowa 52240

Iowa Bibliophiles - Artists' Books: Critical Writing in the Field

 Wed, 08 Oct at 06:00 pm 125 W Washington St, Iowa City, IA, United States, Iowa 52242

Refocus 2025

 Thu, 09 Oct at 06:00 pm FilmScene (at The Chauncey)

2025 UI International Writing Program Panel: Images of America

 Fri, 17 Oct at 12:00 pm Iowa City Public Library

Harvest Princess Tea Party - 2025

 Sun, 26 Oct at 12:30 pm 2401 Scott Blvd SE USD 0 to 35

Tanner Usrey in Iowa City

 Sat, 25 Oct at 07:00 pm First Avenue Club

Global Consortium - Free

 Wed, 08 Oct at 01:00 pm Parkview Church

Iowa City Book Festival Event: Tatiana Schlote-Bonne in conv with Carey Dunne - The Mean Ones

 Sat, 11 Oct at 02:30 pm 15 S Dubuque St, Iowa City, IA, United States, Iowa 52240

Press Presents: Iowa City Rocks!

 Mon, 06 Oct at 05:00 am 1120 N. Dodge St, Iowa City, IA, United States, Iowa 52245

Jonathan Richman

 Sat, 18 Oct at 12:30 am Englert Theatre

2025 UI International Writing Program Panel: Trials and Tribulations of Literary Translation

 Fri, 10 Oct at 12:00 pm Iowa City Public Library

MORT

 Thu, 16 Oct at 07:30 pm The James Theater

Dan Soder at The Englert Theatre

 Thu, 13 Nov The Englert Theatre

Trisha Brown's "Floor of the Forest" set by Tony Orrico

 Fri, 07 Nov at 12:00 pm 107 River St, Iowa City, IA 52246, United States

Fred Armisen's Comedy For Musicians But Everyone Is Welcome

 Tue, 14 Oct at 06:00 pm Englert Theatre

White Reaper

 Sun, 05 Oct at 02:00 am Englert Theatre

Kathleen Edwards

 Wed, 29 Oct at 06:00 pm Englert Theatre

Chris Thile at The Englert Theatre

 Fri, 16 Jan at 07:30 pm The Englert Theatre

4th Annual Black Friday Weekend Card & Collectibles Show

 Sun, 30 Nov at 10:00 am Johnson County Fairgrounds

Chris Thile

 Thu, 15 Jan at 06:00 pm Englert Theatre

Sparks: A journey from Renaissance fire to contemporary brilliance

 Sun, 23 Nov at 03:00 pm Voxman Music Building

Iowa City Card & Collectibles Show

 Sun, 12 Oct at 10:00 am Johnson County Fairgrounds Free

Big Head Todd and the Monsters at The Englert Theatre

 Sun, 25 Jan at 07:30 pm The Englert Theatre

Dar Williams concert with Joy Clark at The Englert Theatre at The Englert Theatre

 Thu, 05 Mar The Englert Theatre

Jonathan Richman & Tommy Larkins

 Thu, 16 Oct at 06:00 pm Englert Theatre