Live music in Des Moines, Ames and Central Iowa. Concerts, festivals, DJ sets. Tonight, this weekend, and beyond.

5:00pm

Stranger Than Paradise

$10

Tannin Wine Bar & Craft beer

6:00pm

Inkblot 13th Anniversary Party

Marshalltown

6:30pm

Phil Shipley

Locals Bar & Stage

7:00pm

Discontent · Ethic · Streets of Hate · Disfigurement

Beatdown hardcore · Metalcore

7:00pm

Marquis Hill - National Act!

Jazz

$25-$78

Altoona

7:00pm

Supreme Girls of Motown

Soul

The Ingersoll

7:30pm

Weary Ramblers

Bluegrass

Doors 5:30pm

Kenny's Garage

Waukee

8:00pm

HardWay returns to Kenny's Garage

Rock

Lakeside Hotel Casino

Osceola

8:00pm

Mudpuppies

Val Air Ballroom

West Des Moines

8:00pm

The Prince Experience

Soul

Doors 6:30pm

Lutheran Church of Hope+Elim

9:30pm

Last Call w/ Max Wellman

Pop punk · Melodic punk

↻ Weekly · Sat

The Groggy Dog

Indianola

Time TBA

Live Music

↻ Weekly · Sat

Tomorrow · Sun, Nov 15 · 6 shows

Lutheran Church of Hope+Elim

8:30am

Give Joy Collection

Lutheran Church of Hope+Elim

9:00am

WORSHIP: Celebration Service

↻ Weekly · Sun

11:00am

WORSHIP: Celebration Service

↻ Weekly · Sun

Stephens Auditorium

3:00pm

POP-UP Goldfinch Room featuring Scott Dalziel

Strychnine Live Music

5:30pm

Ryan Jesse - The STILL Infamous Tour

Alternative rock · Country

$25-$75

Sheslow Auditorium

Central Hall / Douwstra Auditorium

7:30pm

Senior Recital: Nathan Combs, flute/piccolo, Liz Augsburger, piano

Classical

Mon, Nov 16 · 2 shows

Hoyt Sherman Place

Sherman Hill

7:00pm

A Motown Christmas

R&B

Doors 6:00pm

Pella

1:30am

Scholte Strings Fall Orchestra Concert

Classical

Tue, Nov 17 · 5 shows

Finish Line Show Lounge · Altoona

11:00am

Kowboy Kix

Country

No cover

7:00pm

The Des Moines Big Band, in residence

Jazz

$15-$30

↻ Weekly · Tue

Stephens Auditorium

7:00pm

Vienna Boys' Choir

Classical

Hoyt Sherman Place

Sherman Hill

7:30pm

Andy Grammer - Greater Than Pt. II: A One Man Show

Pop rock · Singer-songwriter

Doors 6:30pm

Val Air Ballroom

West Des Moines

7:30pm

The Wood Brothers w/ Amelia Day

Jam band · Folk

Doors 6:00pm

Wed, Nov 18 · 5 shows

Patty and Fred Turner Jazz Center

7:00pm

Jazz On The House w/ Napoleon Douglas

Ticketed

7:30pm

Senior Recital: Rylan Henke, trombone & piano, Christa Pearson, piano

Classical · Jazz

Val Air Ballroom

West Des Moines

7:30pm

The Living Tombstone

Dubstep · EDM

Wooly's

East Village

7:30pm

Tropidelic

with ,

Funk-rock · Psychedelic

Doors 6:30pm

8:00pm

Lizzy Poppyseed · Bleujack

Thu, Nov 19 · 9 shows

Stephens Auditorium

4:00pm

2026 OPUS Honor Choir

Classical

Alluvial Brewing Company

7:00pm

Kelley Hunt & Kelley Smith w/ Wally Neal

Casey's Center

7:00pm

Third Day w/ Chris Tomlin

Contemporary Christian · Christian rock

Kenny's Garage

Waukee

7:00pm

Open Jam

↻ Weekly · Thu

London Underground

7:00pm

Third Thursday with Matt Woods!

Country

7:00pm

Open Mic Night

7:00pm

The Mangione Collective

Jazz

xBk Live

Confluence Brewing Company

7:00pm

A Killer's Confession w/ Dizasterpiece

Time TBA

Tom Pevear

Acoustic blues

Fri, Nov 20 · 16 shows

Photo Finish Lounge · Altoona

4:00pm

Bradford Johnson

Folk

Strychnine Live Music

5:00pm

Backhand Blue

$10

Scottish Rite Consistory

6:30pm

Candlelight: The Best of Hans Zimmer

Classical

from $45

Casey's Center

Central Hall / Douwstra Auditorium

7:00pm

Zac Brown Band: Love & Fear Tour

with

Contemporary country · Blues

Pella

7:00pm

Rise with Rob and Friends

Christian rock · Country

$0-56

Locals Bar & Stage

7:00pm

Druids

Progressive metal · Sludge

7:00pm

The Impossible Dream: A Night of Broadway w/ Napoleon Douglas

$15-$62

Hoyt Sherman Place

Sherman Hill

7:30pm

Stayin' Alive: One Night of the Bee Gees

Disco

Doors 6:30pm

The Ingersoll

7:30pm

Run Run Rudolph - Shaun Johnson Christmas

Jazz

Doors 5:30pm

Sheslow Auditorium

7:30pm

Drake Opera Theatre Scenes Concert

Classical

Kenny's Garage

Waukee

8:00pm

Pickleback live at Kenny's Garage

Finish Line Show Lounge · Altoona

8:00pm

Lola Blu

Rock · Folk

Scottish Rite Consistory

8:45pm

Candlelight: Tribute to Queen and The Beatles

Classical

from $34

London Underground

9:00pm

DJ Greaze Presents: UK Garage Night

9:00pm

Rockets of Desire Album Release Party

with The Uncollectables, Food Drive

Rock