Get your Christmas list checked off by purchasing tickets for all your music-loving friends. Chicago is coming to Stephens Auditorium in Ames on May 25. The legendary rock and roll band with horns, Chicago is one of the highest-charting American bands in Billboard Magazine’s Top 125 history. Tickets from $80-$129.
Read More →Journey, with special guest Toto, announced a stop at Wells Fargo Arena as part of their Freedom Tour on March 28. Tickets TBA. Pentatonix, an award-winning acapella group, makes their way to Wells Fargo Arena on Dec. 8. Tickets are selling quickly, from $39 and up. Alaska Thunderf**k 5000’s first North
Read More →Lindsey Buckingham performs a mix of new and classic Fleetwood Mac tunes at Hoyt Sherman Place on Oct. 29. Tickets available from $45-$89. Jason Aldean brings his “Rock & Roll Cowboy” tour to Wells Fargo Arena on Oct. 27. Opening acts include John Morgan and Chase Rice (replacing Gabby Barrett,
Read More →The Union Park area is the place to be on Sept. 11 from noon to 5 p.m., during PorchFest DSM. The grass-roots movement is a rolling music festival connecting musicians with porches in the Union Park area. A map outlines where musicians perform a 60-minute set. A few musicians include
Read More →Ovrfwrd, a Minneapolis-based instrumental quartet, fuses rock, jazz and classical music. The band touts an “adventurous listening experience” and has four albums to its credit. Catch them at xBK on Aug. 26. $10. Cheap Trick wants you to want to see them perform live on Sept. 9 at Hoyt Sherman
Read More →The Melvins are playing Wooly’s on July 7. The band formed in 1983, has been credited with merging the worlds of punk rock and heavy metal music, forming a new subgenre all its own. Openers include Helms Alee and Harsh Meadow. Tickets $25 in advance. The Iowa Arboretum & Gardens
Read More →Who says all the excitement happens on the weekend? Thursdays in the summertime includes numerous outdoor music options. The Iowa National Guard at Camp Dodge in Johnston is hosting a free summer concert series on Thursdays in June. Bring your lawn chairs and coolers; food and drink also available. June
Read More →The month of May includes Mother’s Day (hint, hint) so why not buy tickets to an upcoming concert? Mother’s Day gift idea No. 1: Buy tickets to Shaun Cassidy, who performs at Hoyt Sherman on June 17. Not sure who Cassidy is? Just ask your mom about the “Da Do
Read More →Spring is here, and that means the summer music festival season is close behind. After a two-year pandemic hiatus, the 80/35 Music Festival is back on July 8-9. The nonprofit 80/35 is presented by the Greater Des Moines Music Coalition. It features more than 50 bands on one paid stage
Read More →Eli Alger, a native of Des Moines, spent weekends performing country tunes with The Little Liquor Band while attending the University of Iowa. He recently embarked on a solo career in Nashville. Catch Alger when he returns to central Iowa at Outlaws in Ames on April 1 and Shotgun Betty’s
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