💨 Mar. 20 - Mar. 23 | Your Johnson County Weekend Plans

TOGETHER WITH

FAMILY FUN 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

Music, Movies & Mini Golf

Okee Dokee Brothers | Fri., 6:00pm |📍 The Englert Theatre
🪕 Grab your tickets for a fun, family-friendly adventure with the GRAMMY® Award-winning Okee Dokee Brothers! Their lively folk music inspires kids and parents to explore, create, and connect with nature. Don’t miss this unforgettable musical journey!

More fun for the fam:

• Thursday, 3:30pm: Explorers - Reptiles (JoCo Conservation Edu Center)

• Thursday, 3:30pm: Babe - Pig In The City (FilmScene)

• Thursday, 4:30pm: Very Hungry Caterpillar (The Learning Grove Academy)

• Friday, 10:00 - 12:00pm: Tot Time (Solon Community Center)

• Friday, 1:00pm: Spring Bingo (ICPL)

• Friday, 5:00pm: Iowa Heartlanders Meet & Greet (Backpocket Brewing)

• Saturday, 10:00am: Family Craft Day (Springmier Comm. Library)

• Saturday, 10:00am: Music4Tots (Music4Life)

• Saturday, 10:30am: Story Time (IC, NL, and Coralville Libraries)

• Sunday, 2:00 - 4:00pm: Sunday Fun Day Craft (ICPL)

• All Weekend, Times Vary: Penguin Goes to Flight School (CCPA)

• All Weekend, Times Vary: Glow Mini Golf (NL Comm. Center)

A NIGHT (OR DAY) OUT 🍻

Goals, Games & Good Times

The Iowa Heartlanders Play at Home All Weekend! | 📍 Xtream Arena
🏒 Catch your Iowa Heartlanders this weekend with three games and fun theme nights—Luck of the Landers (Friday), Decades Night (Saturday), and a Sunday afternoon showdown to end spring break! Get your tickets and Go Landers! 🦌

More outing ideas:

• Thursday, 6:30pm: Bingo Night (Barrel House, PinSeekers)

• Thursday, 7:00pm: Open Mic Night (The James Theater)

• Friday, 7:00pm: Trivia Night (Tailgators)

• Friday, 8:00 - 10:00pm: Public Observing Night (Van Allen Observatory)

• Saturday, All Day: Stouts, Sours & Oysterfest (Club 76)

• Saturday, 5:30pm: Murder Mystery Dinner (Cedar Ridge)

• Saturday, 6:00pm: Hawkamania Crimson & Clover (Wildwood)

• Sunday, 12:00pm: National Theatre Live HAMLET (FilmScene)

• Sunday, 1:00 - 3:00pm: Brunch Bingo (Rayo’s Mexican Bar & Grill)

• Sunday, 2:00pm: Song of the Nightingale (CCPA)

• All Weekend: UI Baseball and UI Softball (Iowa City)

• All Weekend: 11:00 - 2:00pm: Boozy Brunch (The Box Iowa City)

ODDS & ENDS 🤸

• Thursday, 3:00pm: Mini Terrarium Workshop (Springmier Comm. Library)

• Thursday, 4:00pm: Swarm/Atlantic Bottling Party (Shuey’s Restaurant)

• Thursday, 6:30pm: Plan Your Landscape Like a Pro (NL Comm. Center)

• Friday, 5:00 - 8:00pm: W.I.P. Night (Press Coffee Iowa City)

• Saturday, 11:00 - 3:00pm: Lil’ Market (CIELO Iowa City)

• Saturday, 11:00am: Intro to Seed Starting (Oxford Public Library)

• Sunday, 9:00 - 12:00pm: Sugar Bottom Trail Day (Sugar Bottom Bike Trails)

• Sunday, 11:00 - 2:00pm: Johnson Co Market (JoCo Fairgrounds)

• Sunday, 12:00 - 2:00pm: March Legion Bingo (Solon American Legion)

• Sunday, 2:30 - 4:30pm: Write at the Stanley (UI Stanley Museum of Art)

KARAOKE NIGHT 🎤

• Thursday, 7:30pm: Karaoke Night (Tavern Blue)

• Friday, 6:30pm: Karaoke Night (Shuey’s Restaurant)

• Friday, 8:00pm: Karaoke Night (Black Squirrel Tap)

• Saturday, 8:00pm: Karaoke Night (Solon American Legion)

• Saturday, 9:00pm: Karaoke Night (J&A Tap)

• Saturday, 9:00pm: Karaoke Night (Shakespeare’s Pub & Grill)

GIVING BACK 🤝

• Thursday, 11:00 - 4:00pm: Lobby Blood Drive (UI DeGrown Blood Ctr)

• Thursday, All Day: Eat for the Arts (Tribute Eatery & Bar)

• Saturday, 6:00pm: Trans Day Visibility Clothing Swap (PS1)

• Sunday, 1:00pm: St. Joseph’s Day Dance (DanceMor Ballroom)

FISH FRIES 🍤

• Friday, 5:00 - 7:00pm: Fish Fry (Swisher American Legion)

• Friday, 5:00 - 7:00pm: Friday Night Fish Fry (Solon American Legion)

• Friday, 5:00 - 7:00pm: Fish Fry (Regina Catholic)

LIVE MUSIC 🎸 & ENTERTAINMENT 🎭

FRIDAY
🎵 Billy Heller | Cedar Ridge | 6:00 - 9:00pm
🎵 Zebra Maneuver | La Wine Bar | 7:00pm
🎵 Live Music | Gabe’s | 7:00pm
🎵 Calculated | Wildwood | 8:00pm
🎵 Apocalypso Tantric Noise Choir | The Black Angel | 9:00pm
🎵 The Mandela Effect | J&A Tap | 9:30pm

SATURDAY
🎵 DJ Tone Da Boss | Tavern Blue | 6:00pm
🎵 Crazy Delicious | Shuey’s Restaurant | 7:00pm
🎵 Live Music | Gabe’s | 7:00pm
🎵 Nicole Dean | Club 671 (Swisher) | 7:00pm
🎭 Lady Franklyn Improv | Willow Creek Theatre Co. | 7:30pm
🎵 Mike Johnston & Terry Koeppel | Herb N’ Lou’s Pizza | 8:00pm
🎵 The Steve Grismore Trio | The Black Angel | 9:00pm
🎵 The Squares | Elrays Live & Dive | 10:00pm

NEXT WEEK 📅

No #SundayScaries! Here are a few things to look forward to next week:

• Mar. 24: Music Bingo | Micky’s Irish Pub NL | 7:00pm

• Mar. 25: 2000’s Music Bingo | Roxxy Iowa City | 8:00pm

• Mar. 26: Grey’s Anatomy Trivia Night | Backpocket Brewing | 7:00pm

• Mar. 26: Ladies’ Night Out | Main Street West Branch | 5:00pm

• Mar. 27: Jerusalem Quartet | Hancher | 6:00 & 8:00pm

• Mar. 27: Cocktail Class - The Mule | Watermill Kitchen | 6:30pm

• Mar. 28: XFC52 - The Awakening | Xtream Arena | 7:30pm

• Mar. 28: The Acting Company | The Englert Theatre | 7:30pm

And for the kiddos:

• Mar. 24: Teen Art & Music Program | Ranshaw House | 4:00pm

• Mar. 24: Space Stations with ICM | Solon Public Library | 6:00pm

• Mar. 25: Book to Art Club | ICPL | 4:00pm

• Mar. 26: Movie Night | Coralville Public Library | 6:00pm

And Who Are We?
We’re Hayley and Andy, parents of two toddlers and lovers of Johnson County. We’re always planning our next outing and exploring what’s new locally. Living in the area for almost 20 years, The JoCo Know is a passion project for us and is truly an extension of what we love to do - plan, explore, enjoy, and repeat.

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