2025 Iowa City Jazz Festival Schedule

The 2025 Iowa City Jazz Festival

July 4-6

More info and artist bios at Summer of the Arts.

• July 4, 2025

  5:00 pm Sam Ross Quartet @ Oaknoll Side Stage-Iowa City Jazz Festival
  5:00 pm Artist Booths and Fun Stops @ Clinton St.
  5:00 pm Culinary Delights and Beverage Garden @ Iowa Avenue
  6:00 pm Alyssa Allgood Quartet @ Strauss Community Stage – Iowa City Jazz Festival
  7:00 pm Carson Parker Trio @ Oaknoll Side Stage-Iowa City Jazz Festival
  8:00 pm Ryan Middagh Jazz Orchestra featuring Joel Frahm @ Strauss Community Stage – Iowa City Jazz Festival
  9:30 pm Jam Session with the Blake Shaw Quartet @ Wilder

  July 5, 2025

  11:30 am United Jazz Ensemble @ Strauss Community Stage – Iowa City Jazz Festival
  11:30 am Artist Booths and Fun Stops Open @ Clinton St.
  11:30 am Culinary Delights and Beverage Garden @ Iowa Avenue
  12:15 pm North Corridor Jazz All Stars @ Strauss Community Stage – Iowa City Jazz Festival
  1:00 pm The Levi Temple Sextet @ Oaknoll Side Stage-Iowa City Jazz Festival
  2:00 pm Mike Conrad Trio @ Strauss Community Stage – Iowa City Jazz Festival
  3:00 pm Aviana Gedler Trio @ Oaknoll Side Stage-Iowa City Jazz Festival
  4:00 pm Jocelyn Gould Quartet @ Strauss Community Stage – Iowa City Jazz Festival
  5:00 pm The Alayna Ringsby Trio @ Oaknoll Side Stage-Iowa City Jazz Festival
  6:00 pm Mark Lettieri Group @ Strauss Community Stage – Iowa City Jazz Festival
  7:00 pm Ed East Jazz @ Oaknoll Side Stage-Iowa City Jazz Festival
  8:00 pm Stefon Harris and Blackout @ Strauss Community Stage – Iowa City Jazz Festival
  9:30 pm Iowa City Fireworks @ Old Capitol Museum
  10:00 pm Jam Session with the Blake Shaw Quartet @ Wilder

  July 6, 2025

  10:00 am 2025 Jazz Brunch Fundraiser – SOLD OUT @ The University of Iowa School of Music – Voxman Building
  12:00 pm Steve Grismore Trio @ Oaknoll Side Stage-Iowa City Jazz Festival
  12:00 pm Artist Booths and Fun Stops Open @ Clinton St.
  12:00 pm Culinary Delights and Beverage Garden @ Iowa Avenue
  1:00 pm Kiersten Conway Sextet @ Strauss Community Stage – Iowa City Jazz Festival
  2:00 pm Matt and Emma Quartet @ Oaknoll Side Stage-Iowa City Jazz Festival
  3:00 pm BYOBrass @ Strauss Community Stage – Iowa City Jazz Festival

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