Fall Arts & Entertainment- Music

8/21/2013

Think life is over just because summer is ending and the fair is gone? Think again, my friends. Summer’s wane just means it is time to roll out the autumn fun: The kids are back in school, back sweat is a thing of the past and soon there will be that intoxicating nip in the evening air. Also, plenty of music is on tap to see you through, as the brisk autumn evenings transition into winter’s snowy chill. The Des Moines metro area and its neighbors down the interstates offer dozens of venues for live, cheap (or free) entertainment. So grab a warm cider and make some new friends. Let these creative talents supply the soundtrack that takes you into a new year.

Thursday, Aug. 22

                  5:30 p.m. – Melodie Proffitt – Valley Junction – FREE – All ages

                  5:30 p.m. – Too Many String Band – Grinnell Central Park Gazebo – FREE – All ages

                  7 p.m. – The Jason Klobnak Quintet – Vaudeville Mews – $12 – All ages

                  8 p.m. – Jeremie Malotke and Wiz – Blue Moon Dueling Piano Bar – FREE – 21+

                  9 p.m. – Rumble Seat Riot with Handlebar – The Hull Avenue Tavern – FREE – 21+

                  9 p.m. – Best of Fools CD-release party with Mighty Shady – House of Bricks – $5 – 21+

                  9 p.m. – Open Mic – Java Joes – FREE – All ages

                  10 p.m. – Desert Noises with Foxholes and Lucca Soria – Vaudeville Mews – $7 – 21+               

Friday, Aug. 23

                  3 p.m. – Gaelic Storm with Kelly’s Clan, Midnight Reruns, North of Grand, The Real Action, No Good Deed and DJ Cosmo – Court Avenue Bridge – $20 Advance/$25 DOS – All ages

                  5 p.m. – Jacey with Lily DeTaeye and Patresa Hartman – House of Bricks – $5 – All ages

                  5:30 p.m. – Jasper Winery’s unWINEd series featuring Brother Trucker – Gray’s Lake – FREE – All ages

                  6:30 p.m. – Soul Searchers – Snus Hill Winery, Madrid – FREE – 21+

                  7 p.m. – Adam Zwig with Shellee Coley – Vaudeville Mews – $10 – All ages

                  7:30 p.m. – Charlson Trio with Max Wellman – Chuck’s Restaurant – FREE – All ages

                  8 p.m. – Jeremie Malotke, Tony Bohnenkamp and Wi – Blue Moon Dueling Piano Bar – FREE – 21+

                  9 p.m. – Jamstain with Pets With Human Names and Mason Jar – The Hull Avenue Tavern – FREE – 21+

                  9 p.m. – The Barrelhouse Rockets – Gas Lamp – $5 – 21+

                  9 p.m. – Clockwork Calling with Foxholes and Twenty 2 Salute – House of Bricks – $5 – 21+

                  9 p.m. – Kady Z – Java Joes – FREE – All ages

                  9 p.m. – Egypt with Superchief, Nest of Snakes and Violent Fade – The Point – 21+

                  9 p.m. – In Rooms CD-release party – Vaudeville Mews PBR Stage – FREE – All ages

                  10 p.m. – Said the Whale with Royal Teeth – Vaudeville Mews – $12 – 21+                

Saturday, Aug. 24

                  1 p.m. – “Shoot the Chutes” featuring Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Maps and Atlases, The Melismatics, Torches, Sleepy Kitty, Prissy Clerks, Har-Di-Har and M34N STR33T – Vaudeville Mews – $20 – All ages

                  2-11 p.m. – Ingersoll Live featuring Faculty Lounge, Brother Trucker and Justin Roberts – 2800-2900 blocks of Ingersoll Avenue – FREE – All ages

                  2:30 p.m. – El Dorados – Dale Valley Vineyard, Stuart – FREE – 21+

                  5 p.m. – Dead Horse Trauma with Blue Felix, Screaming for Silence, Parasite, The Curse of Hail and Murder Earth – Wooly’s – $8 Advance/$10 DOS – All ages

                  6 p.m. – Bob Malek – Hessen Haus – FREE – 21+

                  7:30 p.m. – Chuck’s Trio with Amber Duimstra – Chuck’s Restaurant – FREE – All ages

                  8 p.m. – Jeremie Malotke, Tony Bohnenkamp and Wiz – Blue Moon Dueling Piano Bar – FREE – 21+

                  9 p.m. – Geardown – The Hull Avenue Tavern – FREE – 21+

                  9 p.m. – Deadnote with Rebel Creek – House of Bricks – $5 – 21+

                  9 p.m. – Lil Durk – Val Air Balloom – $25 Advance/$35 DOS – All ages

                  9 p.m. – The $nack$ – Underground – FREE – 21+

                  9 p.m. – Alchemist – Sudsuckers – FREE – 21+

Sunday, Aug. 25

                  1 p.m. – Great White with Bridges Burnt, Cirrus Minor, Hollowpoint, Bombardier, Black Star Alliance, Hangover and Calling Out Karma – Krazee Kafe – $16 – 18+

                  2 p.m. – Johnson Station Jazz Band – Java Joes – FREE – All ages

                  3 p.m. – Tony Valdez and The Large Band – Summerset Winery, Indianola – $3 per person $10 per car load – 21+

                  5 p.m. – Revocation with Hours of Decay and Astral Space – Vaudeville Mews – $12 – All ages

                  7 p.m. – Buckcherry with Fatal Addiciton and Shatter – Wooly’s – $25 – All ages

                  7 p.m. – Nitehawks – House of Bricks – $15 – 21+

                  9 p.m. – The Lowdown – El Bait Shop – FREE – 21+                

Monday, Aug. 26

                  5:45 p.m. – Austrinaut with Derek and Jeff, Jazzy Jeww and Memory Surfer – Vaudeville Mews – $5 – All ages

                  8 p.m. – Matisyahu – Wooly’s – $25 – All ages                

Tuesday, Aug. 27

                  5:30 p.m. – Edisun – House of Bricks – $8 – All ages

                  6 p.m. – Roo and The Howl with Field Division and Stephanie Dorman – Vaudeville Mews – $8 – All ages

                  8 p.m. – Java Joes Songwriters Circle – Java Joes – $3 – All ages

                  9 p.m. – Thankful Dirt – El Bait shop – FREE – 21+

                  9 p.m. – Rumble Seat Riot with Jane Rose and The Dead End Boys – Underground – FREE – 21+                

Wednesday, Aug. 28

                  5:30 p.m. – Pianopalooza – Blank Park Zoo – Zoo admission – 21+

                  7 p.m. – Little Joe McLerran and Bob Saar – Java Joes – $10 – All ages

                  7 p.m. – DJ Bingo – Blue Moon Dueling Piano Bar – FREE – 21+

                  8 p.m. – Hanson – Nitefall on the River – Simon Estes Amphitheater – $26-$31 – All ages

                  9 p.m. – Satellite with Jillette Johnson and MaryBeth Doran – Vaudeville Mews – $12 – 21+

                  9 p.m. – Blake Lubinus – Blue Moon Dueling Piano Bar – FREE – 21+

                  9 p.m. – Dave Zollo – El Bait Shop – FREE – 21+

                  9 p.m. – Marah in the Mainsail with Ravenhill – Gas Lamp – $5 – 21+

                  9 p.m. – The Get Down with Cody Kowalik – House of Bricks – $5 – 21+

                  9 p.m. – DJs – Underground – FREE – 21+                

Thursday, Aug. 29

                  5:30 p.m. – Sons of Gladys Kravitz – Valley Junction Farmers Market – FREE – All ages

                  7:30 p.m. – Los Horoscopos – Val Air Balloom – FREE – All ages

                  8 p.m. – Dave Hawke, Don Peters and Justin Flagg – Blue Moon Dueling Piano Bar – FREE – 21+

                  8 p.m. – “Songwriter Night” – House of Bricks – FREE – 21+

                  8 p.m. – Chance the Rapper – Iowa State University Great Hall of the Memorial Union – $15/$10 with ISU student I.D. – All ages

                  9 p.m. – The $nack$ – Underground – FREE – 21+

                  9 p.m. – Open Mic – Java Joes – FREE – All ages

                  9 p.m. – The Lower 48 with Love Songs For Lonely Monsters and Foxholes – Vaudeville Mews – $7 – All ages                

Friday, Aug. 30

                  5 p.m. – Patrick Tape Fleming’s birthday party featuring Wolves in the Attic, PURE GUT, Quick Piss and Fitzhume – Vaudeville Mews – FREE – All ages

                  5 p.m. – Jocelyn with The Roll Call, The Strive, Bad Friends and Kyle Fadler – House of Bricks – $10 – All ages

                  6 p.m. – Royal Bliss with Fatal Addiction – The Sports Story, Boone – $10 – 21+

                  6:30 p.m. – Slipstream – Snus Hill Winery, Madrid – FREE – 21+

                  7 p.m. – Back Stage Boogie – Penoach Winery, Adel – FREE – 21+

                  7:30 p.m. – Charlson Trio with Tina Haase Findlay – Chuck’s Restaurant – FREE – All ages

                  8 p.m. – Parlours with Dustin Smith and The Sunday Silos and Dylan Sires and Neighbors – Wooly’s – $7 – All ages

                  8 p.m. – Dave Hawke, Don Peters and Justin Flagg – Blue Moon Dueling Piano Bar – FREE – 21+

                  9 p.m. – Blacked Out World – The Hull Avenue Tavern – FREE – 21+

                  9 p.m. – El Dorados – Gas Lamp – $5 – 21+

                  9 p.m. – Rose Windows with Land of Blood and Sunshine and Ramona Muse – Vaudeville Mews – $7 – 21+                

Saturday, Aug. 31

                  2:30 p.m. – Joe Kinser Band – Dale Valley Vineyard, Stuart – FREE – 21+

                  6 p.m. – Bill Koncar – Hessen Haus – FREE – 21+

                  7-9 p.m. – There is No Mountain – Ritual Café – FREE – All ages

                  7:30 p.m. – Chuck’s Trio with Gina Severino-Gedler – Chuck’s Restaurant – FREE – All ages

                  8 p.m. – Dave Hawke, Don Peters and Justin Flagg – Blue Moon Dueling Piano Bar – FREE – 21+

                  8 p.m. – Geographer with GRMLN – Gas Lamp – $7 – 21+

                  8 p.m. – The New Bodies with The River Monks, Dustin Smith and The Sunday Silos, Crystal City and Danny Wolf – Vaudeville Mews – $7 – 21+

                  9 p.m. – SPL – House of Bricks – $5 – 21+

                  9 p.m. – DJs – Underground – FREE – 21+

                  9 p.m. – MemCave – Vaudeville Mews PBR Stage – FREE – 21+

                  9 p.m. – Mars on Fire with 10 Peny – The Hull Avenue Tavern – FREE – 21+                

Sunday, Sept. 1

                  6 p.m. – “Rage and Rot 2” featuring Mumford’s, Druids, Tyborn Jig, Darrell Hamburger and The Ketchup Boys, Pussywillow, Dickweed and Stone Mills – Vaudeville Mews PBR Stage – FREE – All ages

                  8 p.m. – “Labor Day Rock Out” featuring Agony of Defeat, Apathy Syndrome, Austin Taft Soundtrack, Mars on Fire and Zombie Marmalade – Krazee Kafe – $10 – 18+

                  8:30 p.m. – Calibre 50 with Banda Carnaval – Val Air Balloom – All ages

Tuesday, Sept. 3

                  8 p.m. – Baby Birds Don’t Drink Milk with Distant Trains, Loop Skywalker and Juxwl – Vaudeville Mews – $5 – 21+

Wednesday, Sept. 4

                  6:30 p.m. – O’ Brother with Native and Daylight – Vaudeville Mews – $12 – All ages

                  7 p.m. – DJ Bingo – Blue Moon Dueling Piano Bar – FREE – 21+

                  8 p.m. – One More Time: A Tribute to Daft Punk – Wooly’s – $15 Advance/$17 DOS – All ages

                  9 p.m. – Don Peters – Blue Moon Dueling Piano Bar – FREE – 21+

                  9 p.m. – DJs – Underground – FREE – 21+               

Thursday, Sept. 5

                  4:30 p.m. – Capture the Crown with Secrets, Ice Nine Kills, My Ticket Home and City in the Sea – Vaudeville Mews – $14 – All ages

                  8 p.m. – Don Peters and Michael John – Blue Moon Dueling Piano Bar – FREE – 21+

                  9 p.m. – Marchforth Marching Band – DG’s Tap House, Ames – $15 – 21+

                  10 p.m. – Dumptruck Butterlips – Vaudeville Mews – $7 – 21+                

Friday, Sept. 6

                  5 p.m. – Psychostick with Shatter, The Desolate and Before 13 Ends – House of Bricks – $10 – All ages

                  5:30 p.m. – Jasper Winery’s unWINEd featuring The Brian Holtz Band – Gray’s Lake – FREE – All ages

                  6:30 p.m. – Box Brothers – Snus Hill Winery, Madrid – FREE – 21+

                  7 p.m. – Matt Alber with Tom Gross – Vaudeville Mews – $15 – All ages

                  8 p.m. – Don Peters, Michael John and Tony Bohnenkamp – Blue Moon Dueling Piano Bar – FREE – 21+

                  9 p.m. – Bonne Finken with Ladysoal – Gas Lamp – $5 – 21+

                  9 p.m. – Trampled Under Foot CD-release show – Wooly’s – $15 – 16+                

Saturday, Sept. 7

                  4 p.m. – Dividing the Masses with Conflicts, Amass the Grave, Divided, Wretches, Submerged, They Will Repent and Casket – Vaudeville Mews – $10 – All ages

                  6 p.m. – Bob Malek – Hessen Haus – FREE – 21+

                  8 p.m. – One More Round: Johnny Cash Tribute – Wooly’s – $15 – All ages

                  8 p.m. – Don Peters, Michael John and Tony Bohnenkamp – Blue Moon Dueling Piano Bar – FREE – 21+

                  8 p.m. – 2 Hearts and a Club – Val Air Balloom – $35 – All ages

                  9 p.m. – Samantha Fish – Gas Lamp – $10 – 21+

                  10 p.m. – Micawber with Ganesha, BTFU and Daytripper – Vaudeville Mews – $6 – 21+

Sunday, Sept. 8

                  2 p.m. – The Riverias – Snus Hill Winery, Madrid – FREE – 21+

                  7 p.m. – “Live on Locust” featuring Trampled By Turtles with William Elliott Whitmore – Wooly’s – $25 – All ages

                  7 p.m. – Tom Gary and The Bad Boys of Blues Open Jam – The Hull Avenue Tavern – FREE – 21+

                  8 p.m. – Diarrhea Planet with The So So Glos, Fancytramp and Karen Meat and The Players – Vaudeville Mews – $10 – 21+

                  8 p.m. – Jonny Lang – Val Air Balloom – $30-$75 – All ages

Monday, Sept. 9

                  5 p.m. – Eureka California with Wild Rompit, Satellite State and The Mourning Electric – Vaudeville Mews – $5 – All ages               

Tuesday, Sept. 10

                  7:30 p.m. – Young Dubliners – Wooly’s – $10 advance/$15 DOS – All ages                

Wednesday, Sept. 11

                  7 p.m. – DJ Bingo – Blue Moon Dueling Piano Bar – FREE – 21+

                  7:30 p.m. – Blood on the Dancefloor with Heavygrinder, Farewell My Love, The Relapse Symphony, Haley Rose and Corpse – Wooly’s – $15 advance/$18 DOS – All ages

                  9 p.m. – Michael John – Blue Moon Dueling Piano Bar – FREE – 21+

                  9 p.m. – DJs – Underground – FREE – 21+

Thursday, Sept. 12

                  5 p.m. – No Good Deed – House of Bricks – $10 – 21+

                  6 p.m. – The Technicolors with Clockwork Calling and 4010 – Vaudeville Mews – $12 – All ages

                  7 p.m. – Gramatik with Herobust and Exmag – Wooly’s – $16 Advance/$18 DOS – All ages

                  8 p.m. – Chris Hatfield, Dave Hawke and Michael John – Blue Moon Dueling Piano Bar – FREE – 21+

                  10 p.m. – Steddy P. with DJ Mahf featuring Gadema with Daggers, prettygirlhatemachine, ShiShi Sakari and Big Mista with Surreal MC – Vaudeville Mews – $5 – 21+               

Friday, Sept. 13

                  6:30 p.m. – Burnin’ Sensations – Snus Hill Winery, Madrid – FREE – 21+

                  7 p.m. – Jolie Holland – Vaudeville Mews – $10 – All ages

                  8 p.m. – Chris Hatfield, Dave Hawke and Michael John – Blue Moon Dueling Piano Bar – FREE – 21+

                  9 p.m. – Bonne Finken with Ladysoal – Gas Lamp – $5 – 21+

                  10 p.m. – Annalibera with Love Songs for Lonely Monsters and Mr. Nasti – Vaudeville Mews – $5 – 21+                

Saturday, Sept. 14

                  5:30 p.m. – “Global Arts Therapy Benefit” featuring Diamonds For Eyes, Captains of the Flowered Porch and the James Manson Band – Vaudeville Mews – $8 – All ages

                  6 p.m. – Jim Kucera – Hessen Haus – FREE – 21+

                  7:30 p.m. – Des Moines Symphony: “From Russia With Ilya” – Des Moines Civic Center – $15-$55 – All ages

                  8 p.m. – 40oz. to Freedom with Come Unity – Wooly’s – $10 – All ages

                  8 p.m. – Chris Hatfield, Dave Hawke and Michael John – Blue Moon Dueling Piano Bar – FREE – 21+

                  10 p.m. – Breakneck the Mage with Mr. Pizzy, SMC, Ryan Nixon, Gadema with Daggers and Kris Adams – Vaudeville Mews – $5 – 21+                

Sunday, Sept. 15

                  2 p.m. – Abby Normal – Snus Hill Winery, Madrid – FREE – 21+

                  2:30 p.m. – Des Moines Symphony: “From Russia With Ilya” – Des Moines Civic Center – $15-$55 – All ages

                  5:30 p.m. – Coolzey with Muscle – Vaudeville Mews – $8 – All ages

                  7 p.m. – Tom Gary and The Bad Boys of Blues Open Jam – The Hull Avenue Tavern – FREE – 21+

Tuesday, Sept. 17

                  8 p.m. – Jackson Scott with Gloom Balloon and Ramona Muse – Vaudeville Mews – $8 – 21+

Wednesday, Sept. 18

                  7 p.m. – DJ Bingo – Blue Moon Dueling Piano Bar – FREE – 21+

                  7:30 p.m. – Chris Mann – Temple Theater – $37.50-$52.50 – All ages

                  9 p.m. – Chris Hatfield – Blue Moon Dueling Piano Bar – FREE – 21+

                  9 p.m. – DJs – Underground – FREE – 21+                

Thursday, Sept. 19

                  8 p.m. – Chris Hatfield and Dave Hawke – Blue Moon Dueling Piano Bar – FREE – 21+

                  9 p.m. – Zoso – Wooly’s – $15 – All ages                

Friday, Sept. 20

                  5:30 p.m. – Jasper Winery’s unWINEd featuring The Sonny Humbucker Band – Gray’s Lake – FREE – All ages

                  6:30 p.m. – The Brian Holtz Band – Snus Hill Winery, Madrid – FREE – 21+

                  8 p.m. – Chris Hatfield, Dave Hawke and Tony Bohnenkamp – Blue Moon Dueling Piano Bar – FREE – 21+               

Saturday, Sept. 21

                  8 p.m. – Chris Hatfield, Dave Hawke and Tony Bohnenkamp – Blue Moon Dueling Piano Bar – FREE – 21+

                  8 p.m. – Authority Zero with Wolves in the Attic – Gas Lamp – $5 – 21+

                  9 p.m. – Havick with Reload – The Hull Avenue Tavern – FREE – 21+

                  9 p.m. – Dan Tedesco – Gas Lamp – $7 – 21+

                  9 p.m. – Ashes Armada with Driver, Half Past Dawn and Octane – House of Bricks – $5 – 21+                

Sunday, Sept. 22

                  2 p.m. – Johnny and The Rectifiers – Snus Hill Winery, Madrid – FREE – 21+

                  6:30 p.m. – The Grahams – Vaudeville Mews – $10 – All ages

                  7 p.m. – Tom Gary and The Bad Boys of Blues Open Jam – The Hull Avenue Tavern – FREE – 21+                

Monday, Sept. 23

                  8 p.m. – J.D. Wilkes and the Dirt Daubers – Vaudeville Mews – $10 – All ages                

Tuesday, Sept. 24

                  5:30 p.m. – Lake of Fat Kids with The Wire Frames, What About Bruce? and Super Powers – Vaudeville Mews – $5 – All ages

                  7:30 p.m. – Tommy Emmanuel – Hoyt Sherman Place – $39.75 – All ages                

Wednesday, Sept. 25

                  7 p.m. – DJ Bingo – Blue Moon Dueling Piano Bar – FREE – 21+

                  8 p.m. – Week of Wonders – Vaudeville Mews – $5 – 21+

                  8 p.m. – Iron and Wine with Widowspeak – Hoyt Sherman Place – $28-$38 – All ages

                  9 p.m. – Tony Bohnenkamp – Blue Moon Dueling Piano Bar – FREE – 21+                

Thursday, Sept. 26

                  7 p.m. – Switchfoot – Hoyt Sherman Place – $27.50-$37.50 – All ages

                  8 p.m. – Doe Eye with Foxholes – Vaudeville Mews – $5 – 21+

                  8 p.m. – Andy Paczak, Brad Heron and Susan Erwin – Blue Moon Dueling Piano Bar – FREE – 21+

                  8 p.m. – The Meat Puppets – DG’s Tap House, Ames – $15 – 21+

                  9 p.m. – North Mississippi All-Stars with Lightnin’ Malcolm – Wooly’s – $15 Advance/$17 DOS – 21+              

Friday, Sept. 27

                  6 p.m. – After Hours Band – Snus Hill Winery, Madrid – FREE – 21+

                  8 p.m. – Andy Paczak, Brad Heron and Susan Erwin – Blue Moon Dueling Piano Bar – FREE – 21+

                  8 p.m. – Greg Brown and Bo Ramsey – DG’s Tap House, Ames – $27 – 21+

                  9 p.m. – John Wayne and The Pain – Vaudeville Mews – $10 – 21+

                  9 p.m. – Steve Robinson – The Hull Avenue Tavern – FREE – 21+

                  9 p.m. – DJs – Underground – FREE – 21+

Saturday, Sept. 28

                  5 p.m. – Peace, Love and Stuff with Lipstick Homicide and Sinister Sons – House of Bricks – $5 – All ages

                  6 p.m. – Oktoberfest – Hessen Haus – FREE – 21+

                  6 p.m. – The Zombies – Ames City Auditorium, Ames – $30 – All ages

                  7:30 p.m. – Johnny Winter with The Steepwater Band – Wooly’s – $30 Advance/$35 DOS – 16+

                  8 p.m. – Outlaw Nation with D.O.B., Faded, Rise and Shine and Propaganja – Vaudeville Mews – $12 – 21+

                  8 p.m. – Andy Paczak, Brad Heron and Susan Erwin – Blue Moon Dueling Piano Bar – FREE – 21+

                  9 p.m. – Beastface – The Hull Avenue Tavern – FREE – 21+

                  9 p.m. – Steepwater Band – Gas Lamp – $10 – 21+

                  9 p.m. – DJs – Underground – FREE – 21+

                  9 p.m. – Murder By Death – DG’s Tap House, Ames – $12 – 21+               

Sunday, Sept. 29

                  2 p.m. – Infuzion – Snus Hill Winery, Madrid – FREE – 21+

                  6 p.m. – Oktoberfest – Hessen Haus – FREE – 21+

                  7 p.m. – Tom Gary and The Bad Boys of Blues Open Jam – The Hull Avenue Tavern – FREE – 21+

                  8 p.m. – Supersuckers with Hellbound Glory and Squidboy – Vaudeville Mews – $15 – 21+                

Monday, Sept. 30

                  5:30 p.m. – The Vibrators – Vaudeville Mews – $8 – All ages                

Tuesday, Oct. 1

                  6:30 p.m. – Love Over Gold featuring Pieta Brown and Lucy Thorne – Vaudeville Mews – $12 – All ages

                  7 p.m. – Ben Rector with Tyrone Wells – Wooly’s – $18 – All ages

Wednesday, Oct. 2

                  7:30 p.m. – Hatebreed with Shadows Fall, The Acacia Strain and Battlecross – Wooly’s – $22 Advance/$25 DOS – All ages                

Thursday, Oct. 3

                  7 p.m. – Aaron Carter – Wooly’s – $15-$65 – All ages

                  7:30 p.m. – The Turner Jazz Center Orchestra – Turner Jazz Center, Drake University – $15 Advance/$20 DOS – All ages

                  8 p.m. – Red Wanting Blue – Vaudeville Mews – $12 – 21+

                  8 p.m. – Drew DeFour and PJ Gartrell – Blue Moon Dueling Piano Bar – FREE – 21+                

Friday, Oct. 4

                  7 p.m. – Modern Life is War with Coliseum, Touche Amore and Omens – Wooly’s – $13 Advance/$15 DOS – All ages

                  7:30 p.m. – Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons – Des Moines Civic Center – $70-$140 – All ages

                  8 p.m. – Drew DeFour and PJ Gartrell – Blue Moon Dueling Piano Bar – FREE – 21+

                  9 p.m. – Too Slim and The Taildraggers – Gas Lamp – $10 – 21+

                  10 p.m. – Third Seven with Angers Powers – Vaudeville Mews – $5 – 21+                

Saturday, Oct. 5

                  7:30 p.m. – Susan Werner – Temple Theater

                  8 p.m. – The Giving Tree Band – Wooly’s – $10 Advance/$12 DOS – All ages

                  8 p.m. – Drew DeFour and PJ Gartrell – Blue Moon Dueling Piano Bar – FREE – 21+

                  10 p.m. – Eros and The Eschaton with Gloom Balloon – Vaudeville Mews – $5 – 21+

                  11 a.m. – “Breastfest 2013” featuring Elemenopy, 4ENT, The Getaway Scene, Hath No Fury, 1380, Driver Reed, The Austin Taft Soundtrack, Devils Deck, Shatter, Percentage, Rypt The Ripper, Skatter Brain Rain and TPZ – Krazee Kafe – $10 – All ages

Sunday, Oct. 6

                  7 p.m. – Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls with The Smith Street Band and Koo Koo Kanga Roo – Wooly’s – $15 Advance/$17 DOS – All ages

                  7 p.m. – Tom Gary and The Bad Boys of Blues Open Jam – The Hull Avenue Tavern – FREE – 21+               

Monday, Oct. 7

                  7 p.m. – Otep with Stolen Babies, New Years Day, Apathy Syndrome, This Sudden Darkness and Switchblade Saturdays – Wooly’s – $15 Advance/$17 DOS – All ages                

Wednesday, Oct. 9

                  7:30 p.m. – The Moody Blues – Des Moines Civic Center – $67.50-$77.50 – All ages

                  8 p.m. – Drew DeFour and Kin Curran – Blue Moon Dueling Piano Bar – FREE – 21+                

Thursday, Oct. 10

                  7:30 a.m. – Senses Fail with For The Fallen Dreams, Expire and Being as an Ocean – Wooly’s – $14 Advance/$17 DOS – All ages

                  8 p.m. – Drew DeFour and Paul Seiz – Blue Moon Dueling Piano Bar – FREE – 21+

                  9 p.m. – Blue Sky Black Death with Sister Crayon and Annalibera – Vaudeville Mews – $10 – 21+

Friday, Oct. 11

                  8 p.m. – Drew DeFour and Paul Seiz – Blue Moon Dueling Piano Bar – FREE – 21+

                  9 p.m. – Reverend Raven and The Chain Smokin’ Alter Boys – Gas Lamp – $10 – 21+                

Saturday, Oct. 12

                  5 p.m. – Ghost Town with Her Bright Skies, Modern Day Escape and Oh No Fiasco – Vaudeville Mews – $14 – All ages

                  6 p.m. – Barry Boyce Band – Hessen Haus – FREE – 21+

                  7:30 p.m. – Tech N9ne with Krizz Kaliko, Mayday, Stevie Stone, Prozak and Ces Cru – Val Air Balloom – $27 Advance/$32 DOS/$67 Reserved – All ages

                  8 p.m. – Drew DeFour and Paul Seiz – Blue Moon Dueling Piano Bar – FREE – 21+

                  9 p.m. – Todd Snyder with The Coal Men – Wooly’s – $20 – 21+

                  9 p.m. – Lyin Heart – The Hull Avenue Tavern – FREE – 21+               

Sunday, Oct. 13

                  7 p.m. – Tom Gary and The Bad Boys of Blues Open Jam – The Hull Avenue Tavern – FREE – 21+                

Monday, Oct. 14

                  7:30 p.m. – Motion City Soundtrack with Bayside, What’s Eating Gilbert and State Champs – Wooly’s – $18.50 Advance/$22 DOS – All ages

Saturday, Oct. 19

                  6 p.m. – Bob Malek – Hessen Haus – FREE – 21+

                  7:30 p.m. – Des Moines Symphony: “Scottish Fantasy and Rosenkavalier” – Des Moines Civic Center – $15-$55 – All ages

                  9 p.m. – Greensky Bluegrass with California Honeydrops – Wooly’s – $15 – 16+

                  10 p.m. – Grooms with Wolves in the Attic – Vaudeville Mews – $5 – 21+                

Sunday, Oct. 20

                  2:30 p.m. – Des Moines Symphony: “Scottish Fantasy and Rosenkavalier” – Des Moines Civic Center – $15-$55 – All ages

                  7 p.m. – Tom Gary and The Bad Boys of Blues Open Jam – The Hull Avenue Tavern – FREE – 21+                

Tuesday, Oct. 22

                  8 p.m. – Taking Back Sunday with Polar Bear Club and Transit – Wooly’s – $27 – All ages               

Thursday, Oct. 24

                  5 p.m. – Attila with Upon a Burning Body, The Plot in You and Fit For a King – Wooly’s – $14 Advance/$16 DOS – All ages

                  8 p.m. – The Milk Carton Kids – Vaudeville Mews – $16 – 21+                

Friday, Oct. 25

                  5:30 p.m. – Rivers of Nihil – Vaudeville Mews – $10 – All ages

                  9 p.m. – Davina and The Vagabonds – Gas Lamp – $12 – 21+              

Saturday, Oct. 26

                  4 p.m. – Vanna with Alpha and Omega, Betrayal and The Greenery – Vaudeville Mews – $12 – All ages

                  6 p.m. – Bill Koncar – Hessen Haus – FREE – 21+

                  9 p.m. – Absolute Power – The Hull Avenue Tavern – FREE – 21+                

Sunday, Oct. 27

                  8 p.m. – Broncho with Denney and the Jets – Vaudeville Mews – $10 – 21+

                  8 p.m. – Savoy – Wooly’s – $13 Advance/$15 DOS – All ages                

Wednesday, Oct. 30

                  7:30 p.m. – Macklemore with Ryan Lewis, Talib Kweli and Big K.R.I.T. – Wells Fargo Arena – $34.50-$45 – All ages                

Friday, Nov. 1

                  8 p.m. – Stevie Vai – Hoyt Sherman Place – $30-$45 – All ages

                  9 p.m. – Hangover Hulloween Show – The Hull Avenue Tavern – FREE – 21+                

Saturday, Nov. 2

                  5 p.m. – 4010 with Aren’t We All, Dueling at Dawn, Nest of Snakes, Murder Earth, CITI7EN and 12 Day Silent – House of Bricks – $5 – 21+

                  6 p.m. – Jim Kucera – Hessen Haus – FREE – 21+               

Sunday, Nov. 3

                  7 p.m. – Tom Gary and The Bad Boys of Blues Open Jam – The Hull Avenue Tavern – FREE – 21+

                  7 p.m. – Rusko – Val Air Balloom – $25 Advance/$30 DOS/$75 Reserved – All ages                

Friday, Nov. 8

                  7:30 p.m. – Pink – Wells Fargo Arena – All ages

                  9 p.m. – Moreland and Arbuckle – Gas Lamp – $10 – 21+

                  9 p.m. – DJs – Underground – FREE – 21+                

Saturday, Nov. 9

                  6 p.m. – Bolzen Beer Band – Hessen Haus – FREE – 21+

                  9 p.m. – DJs – Underground – FREE – 21+

                  7 p.m. – Keith Urban with Little Big Town and Dustin Lynch – Wells Fargo Arena – $37-$61.50 – All ages                

Wednesday, Nov. 13

                  9 p.m. – Leftover Salmon – Wooly’s – $20 Advance/$25 DOS – 21+                

Thursday, Nov. 14

                  7:30 p.m. – The Turner Jazz Center Orchestra – The Turner Jazz Center Orchestra – $15 Advance/$20 DOS – All ages                

Friday, Nov. 15

                  5:30 p.m. – Little BIG Fest – Wooly’s – $15 Advance/$20 DOS – All ages

                  9 p.m. – Anthony Gomes – Gas Lamp – $12 – 21+                

Saturday, Nov. 16

                  6 p.m. – Barry Boyce Band – Hessen Haus – FREE – 21+

                  7 p.m. – Des Moines Symphony: “The Planets” – Des Moines Civic Center – $15-$55 – All ages

                  7 p.m. – Harmony Central Chorus – Hoyt Sherman Place – $20/$12 Students – All ages

                  7:30 p.m. – Des Moines Symphony: “The Planets” – Des Moines Civic Center – $15-$55 – All ages

                  9 p.m. – Duke Tumatoe and the Power Trio – Wooly’s – $15 Advance/$18 DOS – 21+                

Sunday, Nov. 17

                  2:30 p.m. – Des Moines Symphony: “The Planets” – Des Moines Civic Center – $15-$55 – All ages                

Wednesday, Nov. 20

                  7 p.m. – August Burns Red with Blessthefall, Defeater and Beartooth – Wooly’s – $20 Advance/$23 DOS – All ages                

Friday, Nov. 22

                  7:30 p.m. – Lorie Line – Hoyt Sherman Place – $49 – All ages                

Saturday, Nov. 23

                  6 p.m. – Bob Malek – Hessen Haus – FREE – 21+                

Sunday, Nov. 24

                  3 p.m. – Jim Brickman – Hoyt Sherman Place – $28-$63 – All ages               

Saturday, Nov. 30

                  8 p.m. – Jake Miller – Val Air Balloom – $20 Advance/$25 DOS – All ages               

Saturday, Dec. 7

                  6 p.m. – Bob Malek – Hessen Haus – FREE – 21+                

Saturday, Dec. 14

                  6 p.m. – Barry Boyce Band – Hessen Haus – FREE – 21+               

Thursday, Dec. 19

                  7:30 p.m. – The Turner Jazz Center Orchestra – The Turner Jazz Center Orchestra – $20 Advance/$25 DOS – All ages               

Friday, Dec. 20

                  7:30 p.m. – Tonic Sol-Fa – Hoyt Sherman Place – $28-$33 Adults/$23-$28 Children 12 and under – All ages                

Saturday, Dec. 21

                  6 p.m. – Barefoot Becky – Hessen Haus – FREE – 21+

                  6 p.m. – Bill Koncar – Hessen Haus – FREE – 21+

                  7:30 p.m. – Tonic Sol-Fa – Hoyt Sherman Place – $28-$33 Adults/$23-$28 Children 12 and under – All ages                

Tuesday, Dec. 31

                  8 p.m. – Des Moines Symphony: New Years Pops featuring The Hit Men – Des Moines Civic Center – $15-$75 – All ages CV

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