Hancher

A singer, composer and actor, Lyle Lovett has broadened the definition of American music in a career that spans 14 albums.

Performing everything from jazz-tinged psychedelia to dissonant cumbia, Dos Santos is at the forefront of a new era of Latinx alternative music. Ratboys is an American indie rock band from Chicago formed by Julia Steiner and Dave Sagan.

James “The Ragin’ Cajun” Carville is America’s best-known political consultant. Mary Matalin is one of the most celebrated and popular conservative voices in America. Matalin has held many roles, most recently assistant to President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.

Joy-Ann Reid is a political analyst at MSNBC and host of The ReidOut. She is a New York Times best-selling author, and also co-hosts a podcast: Reid This-Reid That with veteran TV journalist Jacque Reid.

Musical soulmates Danilo Pérez, John Patitucci, and Brian Blade have long performed together as essential members of the Wayne Shorter Quartet.These three virtuosos celebrate Shorter’s music and introduce new compositions with the Children of the Light trio.

For Mission Creek’s opening day, Hancher will transform into a single-site festival venue and present a multidisciplinary program featuring Michelle Zauner (author of Crying in H Mart and Japanese Breakfast songwriter), Black Belt Eagle Scout, and legendary artist Cat Power.

With special guest: Tom Hambridge. At age 86, Buddy Guy is a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, a major influence on rock titans like Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, and a living link to Chicago’s halcyon days of electric blues.

The University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra and the combined UI choirs—Kantorei, University Choir, Camerata, and Voxman Chorale—come together for the first time since the pandemic began to perform Johannes Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem).

Enjoy an easy going, semi-acoustic evening with Lake Street Dive. Come sing along as the band performs a revue of their 18-year catalog of songs. Join the band—including bassist and Iowa City native Bridget Kearney—in a relaxed, basement couch setting.

Nabil Ayers is a music industry executive, writer, and musician as well as CEO of Beggars Group USA, one of the preeminent global music labels. James Spooner is a revered tattoo artist who just released The High Desert, a new coming-of-age graphic memoir.