🎸 May 14 - 17 | Your Johnson County Weekend Plans

TOGETHER WITH

A NIGHT (OR DAY) OUT 🍻

Weekend Soundtrack Starts Here

♫ Jackie Venson | Saturday, 8:00pm | 📍 Wildwood BBQ & Saloon
Named one of Rolling Stone’s “rising stars” and a featured performer in its Future of Music showcase, Jackie Venson brings her electrifying blues-rock sound to town with soulful local favorite James Tutson opening the night. 🎸 🎟️

More outing ideas for this weekend:

• Thursday, 4:00 - 7:00pm: Sip & Shop (Downtown Swisher)

• Thursday, 5:00 - 8:00pm: Girl Dinner (Twelve01 Kitchen & Tap)

• Thursday, 5:30 - 8:00pm: Tasting Room (Wilson’s Orchard)

• Friday, 5:30 - 8:30pm: Spring Dinner (Wilson’s Orchard)

• Friday, 8:00pm: Gimme Gimme Disco (Gabe’s)

• Friday, 8:00pm: Girls Night Out - Australia Takeover (First Avenue Club)

• Saturday, 10:00 - 3:00pm: Food Truck Frenzy (JoCo Fairgrounds)

• Saturday, 6:00pm: Northside Sat. Nights - Flash in a Pan (Northside IC)

• Saturday, 8:00pm: Don’t Tell Comedy (TBA North Liberty Venue)

• Saturday, 9:00pm: Drive-In Movie - Superman (IC Municipal Airport)

• Sunday, 7:30pm: Steve Bryne (First Avenue Club)

• All Weekend: Once Upon a Mattress (The James Theater)

• All Weekend: Trivia Nights (PinSocial, Barrel House)

FAMILY FUN 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 

Big Weekend of Play!

🛝 Big Day of Play | Sat., 10:00 - 2:00pm |📍Coralville Parks & Rec Playgrounds
Celebrate the power of play by visiting all Coralville Parks and Recreation playgrounds. Pick up a map card, collect a prize at each stop, meet friendly staff, and complete all parks to enter a prize drawing for fun prizes 🎉🏆

More family fun this weekend:

• Thursday, 3:30pm: Reading with Maizy (North Liberty Library)

• Saturday, 9:30am: Music4Life Tots (Music4Life)

• Saturday, 9:30am: Family Movie (Springmier Comm. Library)

• Saturday, 10:00 - 1:00pm: Garden Basket Kids Workshop (Lowe’s)

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

• Saturday, 1:00 - 3:00pm: Book Bike & Storytime (S.T. Morrison Park)

• Sat. & Sun., 11:00am: The Picture Shows - The Cat Returns (FilmScene)

• Sunday, 10:00am: Toddler Takeover (Iowa Children’s Museum)

• Sunday, 1:00 - 3:00pm: Pedal Power (Terry Trueblood Rec Area)

• Sunday, 2:00pm: Reading Queer Stories (Sidekick Coffee & Books)

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

• Sunday, All Day: Sundae Sundays (Big Grove Solon, Big Grove IC)

GET ACTIVE & WELL 💪

• Thursday, 6:30pm: Line Dancing Night (DanceMor Ballroom)

• Thursday, 6:30pm: Wildwood Line Dance & Lesson (Wildwood)

• Thursday, 6:30pm: Cardio Dance Jam (Anahata Wellness Co-op)

• Saturday, 7:30am: Java Jog (Fitness Sports)

• Saturday, 9:00am: Weekend Flow w/ Betsy & Friends (Heartland Yoga)

• Sunday, 4:00pm: Sound Meditation (Heartland Yoga)

GET CREATIVE 🎨

• Thursday, 6:00pm: Plant & Pour (Crosspark Road Hy-Vee)

• Friday, 6:30pm: Paint Your Person Picasso Style (Brush & Barrel)

• Sunday, 2:00 - 3:30pm: Drawing Salon (UI Stanley Museum of Art)

• Sunday, 3:00pm: Needle Felting 3D Critters (Izzys Treasures)

• All Weekend: Walk-In Splatter and Pottery Painting (Brush & Barrel)

ODDS & ENDS 🤸🏼‍♀️

• Thursday, 4:00 - 6:00pm: Container Gardening (NL Comm. Pantry)

• Thursday, 6:30pm: Pregnant & Prepping Meet Up (Stride PT & Wellness)

• Thursday, 7:00pm: Author Reading - Barry Markovsky (Prairie Lights)

• Friday, 6:30pm: Learn & Play Root (Diversions Tabletop Game Lounge)

• Friday, 8:00pm: Karaoke Night (Iowa City American Legion Post #17)

• Friday, 9:00pm Karaoke Night (Solon American Legion)

• Friday, 9:00pm: Public Observing Night (Van Allen Observatory)

• Saturday, 9:00am: Big Spring Bird Walk (Squire Point Trailhead)

• Saturday, 9:00am: Spiritual Discovery (Anahata Wellness Co-op)

• Saturday, 10:00 - 3:00pm: IC Card & Collectibles Expo (JoCo Fairgrounds)

• Saturday, 11:00 - 7:00pm: Ink 4 Independence (Velvet Lotus Tattoo)

• Saturday, 2:00pm: Good Company at the Lake (Lake MacBride)

• Saturday, 3:00pm: New Moon Intentions (Harvest Preserve)

• Saturday, 4:45pm: Springo Plant Bingo (IC American Legion Post #17)

• Sunday, 7:00 - 4:00pm: Iowa Region SCCA AutoX (IC Municipal Airport)

• Sunday, 9:15am: Preserving the Prairie (Gloria Dei Lutheran Church)

• Sunday, 10:00 - 2:00pm: Plant Sale (Global Food Project)

• Sunday, 1:00pm: Foraging Spring Edibles (Hickory Hill Park)

• Sunday, 1:00 - 2:30pm: Ava Heiden Meet & Greet (The Vine)

• Sunday, 2:00pm: Charity Nebbe Fundraiser (ICPL)

• Sunday, 9:00pm: SBDR vs. The World (Studio 13)

LIVE MUSIC 🎸 & ENTERTAINMENT 🎭

THURSDAY
🎵 Beaux Jenkins | Club 76 | 6:00pm

FRIDAY
🎵 Painted Porch | Tavern Blue | 6:00pm
🎵 Dogs on Skis | Cedar Ridge Distillery | 6:00pm
🎵 Gallivant | Big Grove IC | 6:30pm
🎵 UI Black Pop Music Group | IC Ped Mall | 6:30pm
🎵 Caleb Fortune | Elrays Live & Dive | 7:30pm
🎵 Frankie Joe Weikert | The Highlander | 8:00pm
🎵 Blake Jack and XOLEX | Wildwood | 8:00pm
🎵 Bigfoot Park | J&A Tap | 9:00pm
🎵 Brian Johannesen | The Black Angel | 9:00pm
🎵 Krista Lynn Meadow Band | Elrays Live & Dive | 10:00pm

SATURDAY
🎵 New Beginnings | Voxman Music Building | 4:00pm
🎵 Alice & The Misgivings | AlleyCat | 6:00pm
🎵 Flash in a Pan | Northside IC | 6:00pm
🎵 Adam Keith | Bobber’s | 7:00pm
🎵 Fair Warning | Shuey’s | 7:00pm
🎵 Live Music | Gabe’s | 7:00pm
🎵 Cole Thomas | The Highlander | 8:00pm
🎵 Gratama, Leff and the IC Ringers | The Black Angel | 9:00pm

SUNDAY
🎵 Dan Mederios | Foundry Food + Tap | 12:30pm
🎵 Andrew Hoyt | Cedar Ridge Distillery | 1:00pm
🎵 Masterworks VI | Voxman Music Building | 2:00pm
🎵 Jumbies | Club 76 | 3:00pm
🎵 Forrest McCurren | Big Grove IC | 3:00pm

NEXT WEEK 📅

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

• May 18: Gravel Curious | World of Bikes | 6:30pm

• May 19: Trivia Night | Foundry Food + Tap | 7:00pm

• May 20: Spring Planting Party | The Secret Cellar | 6:00pm

• May 21: Work from the Brewery | Big Grove IC | 11:00 - 4:00pm

• May 21: Alex Williams | Club 76 | 6:00pm

• May 21: Martini Cocktail Class | Cedar Ridge | 6:00pm

• May 21: Trivia Night | PinSocial | 6:30pm

• May 22: The Pork Tornadoes | Centennial Park NL | 6:00pm

• May 22: Paint+Sip Campfire Nights | Brush & Barrel | 6:30pm

And for the fam:

• May 18: DoodleBugs | NL Library | 10:30am

• May 18: Lego Club | ICPL | 4:00pm

• May 19: Super Tuesday - Lego Creations | NL Library | 4:30pm

• May 20: Wacky Wednesday - Movie Day | Oxford Library | 1:30pm

• May 21: Toy Time | Coralville Library | 10:30 - 12:00pm

• May 21: Touch-A-Truck | Swisher | 5:30 - 7:00pm

• May 22: Zootopia | Dream City | 5:30pm

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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