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Hancher is for Hawkeyes

A ticket sale for UI Students

Presented by
Hancher
Tickets
$5 for UI students to select performances
50% discount for UI students on tickets to select performances, select Broadway performances, and festival passes
Thursday, August 28, 2025, 6:30 pm to Tuesday, September 2, 2025, 11:59 pm

UI students: Welcome to campus and Hancher! The performing arts are central to the University of Iowa experience, and our Hancher is for Hawkeyes sale offers our students deeply discounted tickets to amazing performances! 

Our annual Hancher is for Hawkeyes sale offers UI students deep discounts on many upcoming Hancher performances! Discounted tickets will be available from 6:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. from the Hancher Box Office on Thursday, August 28. The sale continues online until Tuesday, September 2, at 11:59 p.m. You can also call or stop into the box office between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Friday, August 29 and Tuesday, September 2. The box office will be closed over the weekend and on Labor Day. 

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Hancher is for Hawkeyes ticket sale dates:
Thursday, August 28 / 6:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. (in person/online)
Friday, August 29 / 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (in person/by phone/online)
Saturday, August 30 through Monday, September 1 (online only)
Tuesday, September 2 (in person/by phone/online); online sales end at 11:59

Beginning on Thursday, August 28, at 5:00 p.m., you can purchase $5 tickets to many Hancher events and get 50% off select Broadway single tickets by visiting or calling the Hancher Box Office during the hours listed above. The box office will remain open until 10:00 p.m. on August 28 so that you can take advantage of the sale while attending the free, outdoor Fall Welcome Concert that evening. The box office will remain open during its regular hours on Friday, August 29 and Tuesday, September 2, but will be closed over the weekend and on Labor Day.

The Hancher is for Hawkeyes discounts will be available online until Tuesday, September 2, at 11:59 p.m. Use code 4HAWKEYES to get the discount. Student IDs may be required at time of ticket purchase or admission.

Tickets are available:
In person at Hancher Auditorium 
By phone: 319-335-1160 
Online: hancher.uiowa.edu or hbotix.hancher.uiowa.edu/Online/

 

Please note: This discount cannot be applied to previously purchased tickets. 


Ben Folds sitting at at a piano backwards. Wearing a dark suit with a pink button up underneath and glasses

Ben Folds & A Piano Tour
With special guest Lindsay Kraft

Monday, September 8 / 7:00 p.m.
$13*

*Limited Availablility / Zone 3 only 

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Dulce Sloan in a black and white image with white flowers around her face. The back of the poster is purple

Club Hancher: Dulcé Sloan
Friday, September 12 / 7:30 p.m.
$5

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Kurt Elling and Christian Sands

Club Hancher: Kurt Elling with Christian Sands
Friday, October 3 / 7:00 & 9:00 p.m.
$5

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Imani Winds on left side of the image and Harlem Quartet on the right side of the image

Imani Winds and Harlem Quartet
with A.B. Spellman, Orator
Passion for Bach and Coltrane

Friday, October 10 / 7:30 p.m.
$5

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Kelsey Cook

Club Hancher: Kelsey Cook
Thursday, October 23 / 7:00 & 9:00 p.m.
$5

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Jeremy Denk: Colored photo of Jeremy Denk sitting at a piano

Jeremy Denk, piano
J.S. Bach: Partitas for Keyboard

Friday, October 24 / 7:30 p.m.
$5

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Disney's Moana Live to Film Concert

Disney's Moana
Live-to-Film Concert

Sunday, October 26 / 6:00 p.m.
$8–$13

*Limited Availablility / Zone 1 and 3 only 

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Yo-Yo Ma

An Evening with Yo-Yo Ma
Reflections in Words and Music

Thursday, October 30 / 7:30 p.m.
$5*

*Limited Availablility / Zone 2 and 3 only 

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Camille Thurman

Club Hancher: Camille Thurman with the Darrell Green Quartet
Saturday, November 1 / 7:00 & 9:00 p.m.
$5

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Trisha Brown Dance Company dancers in movement. Photo is in black and white

Trisha Brown Dance Company
Dancing with Bob: Rauschenberg, Brown & Cunningham Onstage

Friday, November 7 / 7:30 p.m.
$5

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Samin Nosrat headshot on left. She is wearing a dark green tshirt and smiling at the camera.

GOOD THINGS: An Evening with Samin Nosrat
Celebrating her new book, Good Things

Thursday, November 13 / 7:30 p.m.
$5*

*Limited Availablility / Zone 2 and 3 only 

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Minnesota Orchestra performing on stage

Minnesota Orchestra
with Thomas Søndergård, Music Director, and Benjamin Beilman, Violin

Saturday, November 15 / 7:30 p.m.
$5*

*Limited Availablility / Zone 2 and 3 only 

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Gabriel Kahane and Attacca Quartet: Gabriel Kahane is on top in colorful clothing. Attacca Quartet is in the image on the bottom

Gabriel Kahane and Attacca Quartet
Final Privacy Song

Thursday, November 20 / 7:30 p.m.
$5

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Nate Smith

Club Hancher: Nate Smith
Friday, December 12 / 7:00 & 9:00 p.m.
$5

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Jane Lynch's A Swingin' Little Christmas: Jane Lynch, Kate Flannery and Tim Davis standing around a white Christmas tree

Jane Lynch's A Swingin Little Christmas
featuring Kate Flannery & Tim Davis with The Tony Guerrero Quintet

Saturday, December 13 / 7:30 p.m.
$10*

*Limited Availablility / Zone 2 only 

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Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra members playing brass instruments

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Duke in Africa

Thursday, January 29 / 7:30 p.m.
$5*

*Zone 2 and 3 only

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Gabriel Kahane standing in front of a colorful wall wearing a sweater and a blue knit hat

Gabriel Kahane
Magnificent Bird & Book of Travelers 
An evening of stories, music, and food

Saturday, February 22 / 4:00 p.m.
$5 (ticket includes dinner)

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Isidore String Quartet standing looking at the camera while holding their insturments

Isidore String Quartet
Thursday, February 26 / 7:30 p.m.
$5

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VOCES8 singers standing in a v formation

VOCES8
featuring the University of Iowa’s Kantorei 
Draw on Sweet Night 

Saturday, February 28 / 7:30 p.m.
$5

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Jason Isbell playing a sold out venue

An Evening with Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Wednesday, March 4 / 7:30 p.m.
$13*


*Limited availability / Zone 2 and 3 only

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Joffrey Ballet dancers on stage in practice

The Joffrey Ballet
American Icons

Saturday, March 7 / 7:30 p.m.
$5*

*Zone 2 and 3 only

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Joshua Bell playing while standing in the middle of an ensemble sitting down and playing string instruments

Joshua Bell and The Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Joshua Bell, Music Director & Violin

Wednesday, March 11 / 7:30 p.m.
$5

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Camila Fernández

Club Hancher: Camila Fernández
Saturday, April 12 / 7:30 p.m.
$5

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Orchestra Baobab

Club Hancher: Orchestra Baobab
Thursday, April 10 / 7:30 p.m.
$5

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Manual Cinema’s The 4th Witch

Manual Cinema’s The 4th Witch
Friday, April 17 / 7:30 p.m.
$10

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Brad Mehldau playing piano

Club Hancher: Brad Mehldau Trio
Sunday, May 10 / 6:00 & 8:00 p.m.
$5

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Infinite Dream festival

Discounted festival passes and individual tickets for just $5!
Infinite Dreamer Pass Infinite Dream festival

Infinite Dreamer Pass
Includes entrance to 8 ticketed events
Tuesday, September 24 – Saturday, September 28
$25

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Day Dreamer Pass Infinite Dream festival

Day Dreamer Pass
Includes entrance to 4 ticketed events
Tuesday, September 24 – Saturday, September 28
$15

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Sharon Van Etten and Helado Negro

Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory
with special guest Helado Negro

Wednesday, September 17 / 7:30 p.m.
$5

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Suzanne Bocanegra and Lili Taylor

Farmhouse/Whorehouse
an Artist Lecture By Suzanne Bocanegra  
starring Lili Taylor

Thursday, September 16 / 6:30 p.m.
$5

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José James

José James
with special guest Jim Swim

Thursday, September 18 / 8:30 p.m.
$5

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32 Sounds film playing in background. Sam Green and JD Samson sitting in front of screen

32 Sounds
a film by Sam Green 
with music by JD Samson & sound design by Mark Mangini 

Friday, September 19 / 6:30 p.m.
$5

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Roger Guenveur Smith

Roger Guenveur Smith
In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat: Personal Tribute to a Revolutionary Artist

Friday, September 19 / 7:30 p.m.
$5

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Alan Sparhawk and JD Samson

Alan Sparhawk and His Band followed by a DJ set with JD Samson
Friday, September 19 / 9:00 p.m.
$5

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Roger Guenveur Smith

Roger Guenvuer Smith
Frederick Douglass NOW

Saturday, September 20 / 6:00 p.m.
$5

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Josh Johnson standing against the Infinite Dream flag treatment. Johnson is holding a bouquet of flowers

Josh Johnson
The Flowers Tour

Saturday, September 20 / 8:00 p.m.
$5

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Discounted tickets for Broadway performances! 

Kinky Boots

Kinky Boots
Friday–Sunday, January 23–25 
$23*


*Limited availability / Zone 2 and second balcony only

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Clue cast standing center of image

Clue
Friday–Sunday, February 6–8 
$23*


*Limited availability / Zone 2 and second balcony only

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Singers standing on stage performing RENT in Concert

RENT in Concert
Sunday, March 1 / 7:00 p.m.
$10*

*Zone 2 and 3 only

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The Music Man

The Music Man
Friday–Sunday, March 27–29
$23*

*Limited availability / Zone 2 and second balcony only

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Beetlejuice

Beetlejuice
Friday–Sunday, May 1–3
$23*

*Limited availability / Zone 2, 3, and second balcony only

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Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact Paris Young in advance at (319) 467-4849 or at paris-sissel@uiowa.edu.