Free Week returns to Iowa City from February 16-22, 2026! An expansive and sprawling celebration of the arts here in our town, with performances, workshops, screenings, and more, free for all! Here are our day-by-day highlights.
Tom Arnold hosted a show at The Englert Theatre on February 6th. Though Tom Arnold is an undoubtedly adept comedian, I found myself at odds with his material.
KRUI’s Logan Melia talks with Sierra Hull ahead of her stop at The Englert Theatre on February 12th with The Milk Carton Kids.
There were many tours in 2025, but one stood out. On a weekend that housed five shows at Chicago’s Soldier Field, Oasis Live ’25 was the standout of the weekend, and of a lifetime.
Portland indie-pop duo Joseph made their way to The Englert Theatre as they tour their new record “Closer to Happy”
KRUI’s Logan Melia chats with Jaret Reddick, frontman of Bowling for Soup. Jaret talks about Warped Tour’s return, diving into setlist creation, and their biggest headlining gig ever at Wembley Arena.
It’s hard to really describe the feeling of nostalgia. The dictionary definition recounts it as “a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations.” Everyone has different triggers which throw them back into that universal sense of melancholia. You may hear a song and be swept into a brisk fall sunset in 2006. You laid in the grass watching the sunset with your childhood neighbors (but more importantly, best friends), as time stopped existing. Or maybe it was the summer after high school graduation. You were depressed and sneaked out … Continued
The Mood Ring, Party Lull, is breaking down the creative reflection music has on our feelings. (image via Domino Records)
The Mill held Do You Want To Play? A workshop on erotic vulnerability hosted by Alison Oliver and Natalie Benway-Correll. (Image via The Little Village Magazine)
Read about Damani Phillips hosting Witch Note: An After-Hours Jazz Jam Session at The Mill (image via Elizabeth Morrissey)
The Mood Ring is a much needed appreciation for the modern expansion of groove.
This Mood Ring shows off “philia” or platonic love and how we can appreciate it through music. (Image via vickirebecca)
Squirrel Flower played at Mission Creek Festival 2018! Read more about it here! (Image via Isabel Zuppa)
Current Joys was at Mission Creek Festival! Read more here (image via Bandcamp)!
Don’t miss the methodical Squirrel Flower performing at Gabe’s on April 7th. (Image via Last.fm)
This Mood Ring honors exclusively female-centric artists and bands that can’t help but make you feel bada** (Image via Nick’s Picks).
Promo for Mission Creek Festival, Cakes Da Killa performing at Gabe’s on April 5th. (Image via HighClouds)
