Summer of the Arts produces five summer festivals in and around downtown Iowa City each year. The season kicks off with the Friday Night Concert Series (FNCS) on May 17. Last year, the FNCS had to move from its traditional location on the Ped Mall, which was under construction. The Ped Mall is back this year, but Summer of the Arts had a request from the Northside Neighborhood to stage some events in that area, so the opening Friday Night Concert with the City and West High jazz bands will be in a new location, at the corner of North Linn and Market Streets. May 24, it’s back home on the Ped Mall with Annie Savage.
The first weekend festival of the season is the Iowa Arts Festival, May 31 – June 2, with 115 artist booths, and mainstage entertainment including the Solara Quartet and Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore with The Guilty Ones.
Free admission all summer long! Full schedule and more details at www.summerofthearts.org.
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