🎵 Sep. 4 - 7 | Your Johnson County Weekend Plans

TOGETHER WITH

A NIGHT (OR DAY) OUT 🍻

Lyrics, Laughs & Local Eats

Iowa City Songwriters Festival | Thu. - Sat. | 📍 Downtown Iowa City
🎵 Experience the debut Iowa City Songwriters Festival with three days of performances, panels, and conversations featuring world-class artists. Weekend passes are sold out, but single-event tickets remain!

Other ideas for outings:

• Thursday, 6:00 - 9:00pm: Dogs on Skis Live (Tin Roost)

• Thursday, 6:30pm: 1980’s Trivia Night (North Liberty Library)

• Friday, 7:00pm: Comedy Tavern (Tavern Blue)

• Saturday, 7:30 - 12:00pm: IC Farmers Market (Chauncey Swan Park)

• Saturday, 4:00 - 6:00pm: VermouthFest (The Green House)

• Saturday, 9:00pm: Salsa Night (Wildwood BBQ & Saloon)

• Sunday, 12:30pm: Soul Brunch with Al Sweet Trio (South District Market)

• Sunday, 2:00 - 4:00pm: Tomato Taste (Plum Grove Historical Home)

• All Weekend, Times Vary: 12 Angry Jurors (Coralville City Hall)

• All Weekend: Karaoke Nights (Micky’s NL and J&A Tap)

• All Weekend: Trivia and Game Nights (Copper Boar, PinSeekers, Barrel House, Tailgators)

FAMILY FUN 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

Grand Times, Great Memories

Grandparents Day | Sunday, 10:00 - 6:00pm | 📍Iowa Children’s Museum
👵👴 Celebrate National Grandparents Day at The Iowa Children’s Museum with FREE grandparent admission when paired with a child ticket. Enjoy a day of play, connection, and fun for the whole family. Don’t miss it!

More fun for the fam this weekend:

• Thursday, 3:45pm: #TBT Movie: Freaky Friday (Springmier Comm. Library)

• Thursday, 4:30pm: DIY Scrapbook (North Liberty Library)

• Saturday, 9:30am: Music4TOTS (Music4Life)

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

• Saturday, 5:00pm: Family Night - Fall Air Dry Clay Magnets (ICPL)

• Saturday, 6:00pm: Minecraft Free Movie Night (Dream City)

• Sunday, 10:00am: Liberty Fund Color Run (Liberty High School)

• Sunday, 1:00 - 4:00pm: Sanctuary Strolls (Iowa Farm Sanctuary)

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

• All Weekend: Honeycrisp Weekend (Wilson’s Orchard)

GET CREATIVE 🎨

• Friday, 6:00 - 8:00pm: Art & Write Night (Museum of Natural History)

• Saturday, 10:30 - 12:00pm: Collaboration, Community & Craft (ICPL)

• Saturday, 2:00pm: Acrylic Pour + Resin Table Making (Big Picture Gallery)

• All Weekend: Jewelry Making (Beadology) and Painting (Brush & Barrel)

GET WELL 🧘

• Saturday, 6:00 - 8:00pm: Mocktails & Movement (Palate Patch Garden)

• Sunday, 9:30am: Sunday Slay Yoga (Be Loved Bodywork and Yoga)

• Sunday, 11:00am: Sweat & Sip Sundays HIIT (Backpocket Brewing)

• Sunday, 6:00pm: Sound Meditation (Heartland Yoga)

GIVE BACK 🤝

• Thursday, 4:30 - 7:30pm: Bike Creates Community Launch (Bike Library)

• Thursday, 5:30 - 8:00pm: 100+ Women Q3 Giving Event (Kendra Scott)

• Thursday, 6:30pm: Goosetown Scholarship Fundraiser (Camp)

• Sunday, 10:00 - 5:00pm: Liberty HS Band Mattress Fundraiser (LHS)

• Sunday, 1:00 - 3:00pm: Tomorrow Needs You Walk (Terry Trueblood)

ODDS & ENDS 🤸

• Thursday, 2:00pm: High Tea & Fashion Show (Sycamore Mall)

• Thursday, 6:00 - 8:00pm: Hayward Oubre Reception (Stanley Museum)

• Thursday, 7:00pm: Amie Barrondale + Diane Vadino (Prairie Lights)

• Friday, 9:00 - 6:00pm: Craft & Vendor Show (Coral Ridge Mall)

• Friday, 5:00 - 8:00pm: Revive Salon Grand Opening (Revive Salon)

• Friday, 6:00 - 10:00pm: Gaymers Gathering (Diversions)

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

• Saturday, 3:00 - 6:00pm: Global Food Project Farmers Market (Grow JoCo)

• Saturday, 3:30pm: Stories of Community Fall 2025 (FilmScene)

• Saturday, 8:00pm: Daft Disco (Gabe’s)

• Sunday, 8:00am: Sugar Bottom Scramble (Sugar Bottom Bike Trails)

• Sunday, 1:00 - 2:00pm: Memory Lane Show & Tell (JoCo Historical Society)

• Sunday, 4:00pm: IWP Sunday Afternoon Reading Series (Prairie Lights)

LIVE MUSIC 🎸 & ENTERTAINMENT 🎭

FRIDAY
🎵 Retro Mix | Cedar Ridge | 6:00pm
🎵 Lou Sherry + Shining Realm | IC Ped Mall | 6:30pm
🎵 Denny & Bernie | Bobber’s | 7:00pm
🎵 Imposter Syndrome | Gabe’s | 8:00pm
🎵 Aubrey Live Acoustic | Elray’s Live & Dive | 8:00pm
🎵 Dare n’ Dawn Acoustic | The Highlander Hotel | 8:00pm
🎵 VJ Skittles | J&A Tap | 9:00pm
🎹 Dueling Pianos | Vue Rooftop | 10:00pm

SATURDAY
🎵 Mars Hojilla | Northside Iowa City | 6:00pm
🎵 Jessica Mar Father-Daughter Duo | Reds Alehouse | 6:00pm
🎵 Tanya English Band | Bread Garden Market | 6:30pm
🎵 Live Music | Gabe’s | 6:00pm
🎵 Whiskey Fund | Coralville American Legion | 7:00pm
🎵 Fox Hill Troubadours | Solon American Legion | 7:00pm
🎵 Jarrod Hogan | Shuey’s Restaurant | 7:00pm
🎵 Code Blues | The Highlander Hotel | 8:00pm
🎵 Southbound | Wildwood | 8:00pm
🎵 Leila’s Rose | Elray’s Live & Dive | 10:00pm

SUNDAY
🎵 Jordan Messerole | Club 76 | 12:00pm
🎵 Kevin Moore | Cedar Ridge | 1:00pm
🎵 Pat Reedy + The Longtime Goners | Club 76 | 3:00pm
🎵 Dodge Street Duo | Wilson’s Orchard | 3:00pm
🎵 Live Music | Gabe’s | 6:30pm
🎵 Geoff Tate | First Avenue Club | 6:30pm
🎵 Kendall Street Company | Wildwood | 7:00pm

AND GO HAWKS! 💛🖤

🏐 Thursday, 6:00pm: Women’s Volleyball vs. Butler
⚽ Thursday, 7:00pm: Women’s Soccer vs. Iowa State
🏑 Friday, 1:00pm: Women’s Field Hockey vs. Kent State
🏐 Friday, 6:00pm: Women’s Volleyball vs. Illinois State
🏐 Friday, 6:00pm: Women’s and Men’s Cross Country Hawkeye Invite
🏐 Saturday, 2:00pm: Women’s Volleyball vs. Loyola Chicago
🏑 Sunday, 1:00pm: Women’s Field Hockey vs. Queens

🏈 Need watch party spot on Saturday? Checkout Blackstone, Big Grove Iowa City, Big Grove Solon, Colony Acres, Tin Roost, or Tavern Blue.

NEXT WEEK 📅

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

• Sep. 8: Ben Folds & A Piano Tour | Hancher | 7:00pm

• Sep. 9: College Night | PinSeekers | 5:00 - 9:00pm

• Sep. 9: Bordeaux & Brush | The Secret Cellar | 5:30pm

• Sep. 10: Coralville Farmers Market | IRL | 4:30pm

• Sep. 10: Farmer’s Table | Walker Homestead | 6:00pm

• Sep. 10: Paint & Sip Fall Door Mat | Backpocket Brewing | 6:00pm

• Sep. 10: Leo Kottke | The Englert Theatre | 7:30pm

• Sep. 10: Cosmic Charlie | Wildwood | 8:00pm

• Sep. 11: Neighborhood Market | Colony Acres | 4:30pm

• Sep. 11: Party on the Patio - Rattlebox | Tin Roost | 6:00pm

• Sep. 11: Mat & Mingle Outdoor Pilates | Hyatt Regency | 6:00pm

And for the kiddos:

• Sep. 8: Iowa City Rocks | Press Coffee | 5:00 - 8:00pm

• Sep. 9: Book Bike | Coralville Food Pantry | 2:30 - 3:30pm

• Sep. 9: Books to Cooks Club | ICPL | 4:00pm

• Sep. 10: Wacky Wednesday Lego Challenge | Oxford Library | 1:30pm

• Sep. 10: Tiny Art Workshop | North Liberty Library | 6:00pm

• Sep. 10: Mikayla Oz Family-Friendly Comedy | North Liberty 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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