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A multidisciplinary arts presenter at the University of Iowa whose Auditorium seats 1,800, Hancher’s own site says it books touring music alongside a Broadway series and dance dates, with a Club Hancher series of music and comedy staged in the adjoining Strauss Hall.
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A downtown Iowa City theatre that opened in 1912 and hosted vaudeville acts from across the world alongside early films, the Englert was closed and sold in 1999 and returned in 2004 as a nonprofit after a community restoration campaign. Its own site describes ongoing programming and festivals including Mission Creek Festival and the Iowa City Songwriters Festival.
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A historic two-story music venue with a large beer garden in downtown Iowa City, Gabe’s own site describes a main stage upstairs above a street-level bar, and its shows are all-ages unless marked 18-plus, 19-plus or 21-plus.
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A two-story venue in Iowa City with three separate rooms, the front Live & Dive room, the Dance Dive in back and the upstairs Disco Dive, Elray’s own site says it features live music and entertainment from all genres alongside resident DJ and karaoke nights.
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A community-focused performance space that opened in June 2022 with 121 permanent raised seats and retractable seating for a standing capacity just under 250, The James Theater’s own site says the local family run room fills its schedule with as much local talent and community initiatives as possible across music, dance and theater. The Englert books Iowa City Songwriters Festival dates there.
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A vegan cafe in Iowa City built around a stage, Trumpet Blossom keeps a running calendar of shows and events on its own site, with multi-band bills several nights a month and most shows all ages.
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A barbecue restaurant and live music room in Iowa City, Wildwood’s own site says it books entertainment every Friday and Saturday plus occasional bigger shows, on a 30-by-10-foot stage under 30-foot ceilings with a full house PA.