Hancher Auditorium at the University of Iowa has announced new program details for this April’s Stop/Time Festival. Additions include a lineup of guest authors, new performers and free community events. The inaugural festival is set for Friday and Saturday, April 3 and 4.
The annual event returns this month to Iowa City to celebrate children’s literature and writing.
Winter in Iowa comes alive in the Amana Colonies on Saturday, Jan. 24, as the community hosts the 22nd annual Amana Colonies Winterfest, a beloved celebration filled with outdoor games, live music, family-friendly activities, local flavors and seasonal cheer throughout the villages of Amana.
The first edition of Stop/Time Festival launches Friday, April 3 through Saturday, April 4 in Iowa City. Produced by Hancher Auditorium, Stop/Time Festival is a two-day, multi-venue, multi-artist spring festival devoted to innovation and independence in contemporary music and the arts.
The 2026 festival is slated for Thursday, July 30, to Sunday, Aug. 2, in St. Charles, Iowa, with headliner performances from KATSEYE, Lorde, Mumford & Sons and Kali Uchis.
The free festival is slated for July 3-5, 2026, in downtown Iowa City. Award-winning headliner ARTEMIS, featuring Renee Rosnes, Ingrid Jensen, Nicole Glover, Noriko Ueda and Allison Miller, will perform on the Strauss Community Main Stage at 8 p.m. on Saturday, July 4, 2026.
This annual gathering, scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 25, brings together families and friends from across the Cedar Rapids and surrounding community to enjoy cultural performances, music, dance, festive cheer and aromatic Indian cuisine.
The 17th annual Iowa City Book Festival, taking place from Oct. 5-12, 2025, will showcase a dynamic mix of original events and collaborative programs with partner organizations, all celebrating the power of the written word and the exchange of ideas. Fans of fiction, poetry, social engagement and politics, or the craft of writing will find several events of interest among the usual mix of authors and topics.
The indie rocker will play new material with The Attachment Theory and participate in a free, public interview with Nightbitch author Rachel Yoder.
“Train Dreams,” a stunning cinematic adaptation of the national bestselling novella of the same name by Iowa Writers’ Workshop alum Denis Johnson, is set to open FilmScene’s 4th annual Refocus Film Festival this fall.
The Vogues have gone from forming in Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania, in 1960 to touring annually with The Turtles on the Happy Together Tour, which returns Saturday, Aug. 23 to the Riverside Casino & Golf Resort for its 16th year there.
The multidisciplinary arts festival includes performances by indie songwriter Sharon Van Etten, actress Lili Taylor, UI faculty and students, and more.
The annual Shellsburg Big Days festival had to delay the start of the parade due to weather, but the events still drew a crowd on Saturday. Events included a duck race, tug-of-war competition and motorcycle show.
Hancher Auditorium’s 53rd season features over 70 performances ranging from the grand to the personal, from the familiar to the new. The schedule includes a Broadway series, traditional performing arts events, cutting-edge multidisciplinary arts, contemporary touring music and comedy, and special events like the Infinite Dream festival.
There are a number of reasons to catch the Feralings, who will perform Saturday as part of the Northside Summer Nights series. One of them is the group's lush harmonies.
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