🎟️ Nov. 6 - 9 | Your Johnson County Weekend Plans

TOGETHER WITH

A NIGHT (OR DAY) OUT 🍻

Rock Hard, Play Harder

🎸 Hairball with The Pork Tornadoes | Nov. 14, 7:30pm | 📍 Xtream Arena
Get ready to rock all night! 🤘 Celebrate 25 years of Hairball’s explosive 80s Rock & Roll tribute, packed with pyrotechnics, lights, and spot-on performances of legends like Van Halen, KISS, Queen, and more. Grab your tickets now!

And now for this weekend:

• Thursday, 11:00 - 4:00pm: Work from the Brewery (Big Grove Iowa City)

• Thursday, 5:00 - 8:00pm: Ladies Night (The Literary Hotel)

• Friday, 7:00pm: Two-Step Night (DanceMor Ballroom)

• Friday, 7:30pm: Mariachi Herencia De Mexico (The Englert Theatre)

• Friday, 8:00pm: Don’t Tell Comedy (TBD Iowa City Location)

• Sunday, 7:00pm: Zach Williams & Crowder (Xtream Arena)

• All Weekend, Times Vary: Eureka Day (Riverside Theatre)

• All Weekend, Times Vary: Lost Girl (The James Theater)

• All Weekend: Karaoke Night (Micky’s Pub & Grill NL)

• All Weekend: Trivia and Game Nights (Barrel House, BowlDogs, Harry’s Bar & Grill, NL Library, PinSeekers, Tailgators, Watermill Kitchen + Bar)

FAMILY FUN 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

Tots, Tuns & Good Times

♫ Music4Life Tots | Saturday, 9:30am | 📍Music4Life, North Liberty
Discover the joy of music with Music4TOTS, a fun Saturday class for ages 1–5! Little ones explore rhythm, instruments, and movement through singing, dancing, and play. Additional classes are offered Tuesdays and Thursdays with Music4Life! 🎶

More fun for the fam:

• Thursday, 2:30 - 4:30pm: Kids Art Club (Artisan Insight Studios)

• Thursday, 3:00 - 7:00: Youth Center Hangout (The Swaim Youth Center)

• Thursday, 3:30 - 5:30: Afterschool Studio (Iowa Children’s Museum)

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

• Friday, 5:30 - 7:30: Santa Visit (Jon’s Ice Cream Store & Restaurant)

• Friday & Saturday, Times Vary: Life-Size Candyland (North Liberty Library)

• Saturday, 9:00 - 12:00pm: Youth Fall League (BowlDogs)

• Saturday, 9:30am: Early Literacy Story Time (Springmier Comm. Library)

• Saturday, 10:00 - 1:00pm: Kids Club Cards for Vets (Crosspark Rd. Hy-Vee)

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

• Saturday, 10:30am: Movie Morning - Zootopia (Oxford Public Library)

• Saturday, 10:30 - 12:00pm: Limitless Youth Art Collective (UAY Center)

• Saturday, 6:00pm: Fun For All Night (Solon Comm. Center)

• Sunday, 9:00 - 12:00pm: Toddler Takeover (Iowa Children’s Museum)

• Sunday, 12:00 - 2:00pm: A K-Pop Dance Party! (Coralville Library)

• Sunday, 1:00pm: Family Friendly Craft Club (Izzy’s Treasures)

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

• Sunday, 2:00 & 4:00pm: The Karen’s Circus (Hy-Vee Center)

• Sunday, 3:00pm: Dreaming Iowa Fall Concert (The Englert)

• Sunday, 3:00 - 5:00pm: Chinese Class & Mobile Library (NL Comm. Ctr)

• Sunday, 4:30 - 7:30pm: Sunday Movies & Pizza (Tavern Blue)

• Sunday, 5:00pm: Family Game Night Pool Party (Robert A. Lee Rec. Ctr)

GIVING BACK 🤝

• Thursday, 6:00pm: Hope for Hormones (Smash Juice Bar & Eatery)

• Thursday, 7:00pm: Inside Out Trivia Night Fundraiser (U.U.S)

• Friday, 10:00 - 3:00pm: Swing Fore Stead 2025 (PinSeekers)

• Saturday, 11:00 - 7:00pm: Tats 4 Tots Fundraiser (Velvet Lotus Tattoo)

• Sunday, 12:00 - 3:00pm: Barks-Giving Adoption Event & Drive (Theisen’s)

• Sunday, 6:30 - 8:00pm: Book Gala for ICPL (Prairie Lights)

GETTIN’ CREATIVE 🎨

• Thursday, 6:00pm: Pour Your Own Epoxy (Cedar Ridge)

• Friday, 4:30 - 8:00pm: Art & Write Night (UI Museum of Natural History)

• Friday, 5:30pm: DIY Stained Glass Flower (Early May Garden Centers)

• Saturday, 10:00am: Beaded Ornament Class (Swisher Library)

• Saturday, 11:00 - 1:00pm: Make It - Bookmarks (Coralville Library)

• Saturday, 2:00pm: Pour Paint Event (BP Gallery & Studio)

• Sunday, 5:00 - 7:00pm: Second Sunday Sketch (Press Coffee)

• All Weekend: Pottery, Splatter and Seasonal Painting (Brush & Barrel)

• All Weekend: Jewelry Making Classes (Beadology)

ODDS & ENDS 🤸

• Thursday, 6:30pm: Samba Nights (Tavern Blue)

• Thursday, 7:00pm: Art Opening - Shapes in Space (Willow Creek Theatre)

• Thursday, 7:00pm: Metaphysical Playground (Full Moon Studio)

• Friday, 11:30am: Entrepreneurial Lunch (MERGE Iowa City)

• Friday, 7:00pm: Ballroom & Latin Dancing (Old Brick)

• Friday, 9:00 - 11:00pm: Salsa Night (Wildwood)

• Friday & Saturday, Times Vary: Library Book Sale (Coralville Library)

• Saturday, 3:00pm: Posy Pages (Posy Bakery & Cakes)

• Saturday, 3:00 & 5:30pm: Open Skate (Robert A. Lee Comm. Center)

• Sunday, 1:00 - 6:00pm: Pool Tournament (BowlDogs)

LIVE MUSIC 🎸 & ENTERTAINMENT 🎭

FRIDAY
🎤 Open Mic | Tavern Blue | 5:00 - 8:00pm
🎵 Tanya English Band | Cedar Ridge | 6:00pm
🎵 Painted Porch | Elray’s Live & Dive | 7:00pm
🎵 River Glen Duo | Kindred Coffee | 7:00pm
🎵 Lyle Beaver & The Brass Notes | Eagles Club | 7:00pm
🎵 Live Music | Gabe’s | 7:00pm
🩰 Trisha Brown Dance Co. | Hacher | 7:30pm
🎵 Nick Stika | The Highlander | 8:00pm
🎵 Ruari Brownell | Elray’s Live & Dive. | 8:00pm
🎵 Johnson Clay | Tucker’s Tavern | 8:00pm
🎵 Dan Tedesco | The Black Angel | 9:00pm
🎭 Zach Peterson | Alley Cat | 9:00pm
🎹 Dueling Pianos | Vue Rooftop | 10:00pm

SATURDAY
🎵 Cold Ft. Party Band | Tavern Blue | 5:00pm
🎵 Teen Mortgage | Gabe’s | 7:00pm
🎵 Redemption | Wildwood | 8:00pm
🎵 Slam-o-Ween | Trumpet Blossom | 8:30pm
🎵 Saul Lubaroff and Andy Parrott | The Black Angel | 9:00pm

SUNDAY
🎵 Jacob Lampman | The Stuffed Olive | 12:00pm
🎻 Masterworks III | CCPA | 2:00pm
🎵 Union Blues | Wildwood | 4:00pm
🎵 Live Music | Gabe’s | 6:00pm

AND GO HAWKS! 💛🖤

🤼 Thursday, 6:00pm: Men’s Wrestling vs. Bellarmine
🏀 Friday, 6:00pm: Men’s Basketball vs. Western Illinois
🏈 Saturday, 2:40pm: Men’s Football vs. Oregon
🏀 Sunday, 22:00pm: Women’s Basketball vs. Evansville

🏈 Need a tailgate or watch spot for Saturday? Checkout Big Grove IC, Big Grove Solon, BlackStone, BowlDogs, Elrays, Field Day and The Heights Rooftop.

NEXT WEEK 📅

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

• Nov. 10: Sewing Lessons | Izzys Treasures | 6:30pm

• Nov. 11: Paint Night - Fall Full Moon | Tin Roost | 6:30pm

• Nov. 11: Game Night Trivia | Copper Boar | 7:00pm

• Nov. 12: Farmer’s Table | Walker Homestead | 6:00pm

• Nov. 12: Cork N Canvas | Frida Kahlo Mexican Restaurant | 6:00pm

• Nov. 12: The Wood Brothers | The Englert | 7:30pm

• Nov. 13: R U SMARTR? Trivia | BowlDogs | 7:00pm

• Nov. 13: Taylor Swift Trivia | Harry’s | 7:00pm

• Nov. 13: Dan Soder | The Englert | 7:30pm

• Nov. 13: An Evening with Samin Nosrat | Hancher | 7:30pm

• Nov. 14: Chimera Fright Night | The James Theater | 7:00pm

• Nov. 14: Beaker Street Live | The Englert | 7:30pm

And for the kiddos:

• Nov. 11: Music4TOTS | Music4Life | 3:00pm

• Nov. 11: Book to Art Club | ICPL | 4:00pm

• Nov. 12: Heartlanders Player Signing | Scheels | 6:00pm

• Nov. 13: Iowa Volley vs. Northwestern | Xtream Arena | 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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