Concert around Johnston
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Right now, most of the action is around xBk Live, Val Air Ballroom and The Ingersoll.
Events — concert around Johnston
Thu22
Thursday 22 October
Fri23
Friday 23 October
Thu 22 · 5 PMFree
🎫Concert
Beer Choir at Big Grove Brewery
Big Grove Brewery
Thu 22 · 6 PMFree
❓Quiz🎫Concert
Trivia Night at Exile Brewing Company
Exile Brewing Company
Thu 22 · 7 PM
🎸Rock🪕Folk / Acoustic
BoDeans: 40th Anniversary Tour
Temple Theater
Thu 22 · 7:30 PM$43–981
🎫Concert
Thomas Rhett
Wells Fargo Arena - IA
Thu 22 · 7:30 PM
🎫Concert
Thomas Rhett: The Soundtrack to Life Tour
Casey's Center
Sat24
Saturday 24 October
Fri 23 · 5:30 PM$138
🎶Singer-songwriter🎙️Small gig
1964 The Tribute
The Ingersoll
Fri 23 · 6 PM
🪕Folk / Acoustic🎫Concert
Live Music: Joshua Sinclair @ The Merc
Middlebrook Mercantile
Fri 23 · 7 PMFree
🎻Classical🎫Concert
Central College A Cappella Choir Free Fall Concert
St. John's Lutheran Church
Fri 23 · 7:30 PM
🎸Rock✨Pop
1964 The Tribute
The Ingersoll
Fri 23 · 10 PM$36–49
🎸Rock🎫Concert
Emo Nite
Wooly's
Sat 24
🎸Rock🎫Concert
Oh He Dead
Temple Theater
Sun25
Sunday 25 October
Sat 24 · 5:30 PM$138
🎸Rock🎙️Small gig
1964 The Tribute
The Ingersoll
Sat 24 · 7 PM$51–66
🎤Hip-Hop🎫Concert
Twiztid
Wooly's
Sat 24 · 7:30 PM
🎸Rock🎫Concert
Kansas
Vibrant Music Hall
Sat 24 · 8 PM$59–171
🎸Rock🎫Concert
Ryan Bingham
Val Air Ballroom
Sat 24 · 8 PM
🎸Rock🪕Folk / Acoustic
Ryan Bingham w/ The Texas Gentlemen
Val Air Ballroom
Sun 25 · 2 PM
🎫Concert
Live Music: Bob Pace and the Dangerous Band
Middlebrook Mercantile
Sun 25 · 2 PM
🎻Classical🎫Concert
Fanfares and New Beginnings
Sheslow Auditorium
Sun 25 · 2 PM
🎻Classical🎫Concert
Fanfare & New Beginnings
Sheslow Auditorium @ Drake University
Sun 25 · 3 PM
🌳Outdoors🎫Concert
Sunday Funday: Free Live Music at Wilson's Orchard & Farm
Wilson's Orchard & Farm (Des Moines)
Mon26
Monday 26 October
Later
Mon 26 · 6 PM$55.38
🕺Disco🏠House
Thundercat: Distracted Af Tour
Val Air Ballroom
Mon 26 · 7:30 PM
💜Soul / Funk🎤R&B
Thundercat w/ TiaCorine
Val Air Ballroom
Tue 27
🎸Rock🤘Metal
Clutch (Slomosa, Blood Vulture)
Val Air Ballroom
Tue 27 · 7:30 PM$50.50–100
✨Pop🎶Singer-songwriter
Ben Folds
Hoyt Sherman Place
Wed 28 · 7 PM$32
🎫Concert
The Claudettes
xBk Live
Wed 28 · 7:30 PM$56–981
🎸Rock🎫Concert
All Them Witches
Wooly's
Wed 28 · 7:30 PM
🎸Rock🎫Concert
All Them Witches w/ Emma Ruth Rundle
Wooly's
Thu 29 · 6 PMFree
🪕Folk / Acoustic🎫Concert
Kenni Falls LIVE at Confluence Brewing
Confluence Brewing Company
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Thu 29 · 7 PM$207–2,542
✨Pop🎫Concert
Ella Langley
Wells Fargo Arena - IA
Thu 29 · 7 PM$49–147
🎸Rock🎫Concert
Spite
Wooly's
Thu 29 · 7 PM
✨Pop🎫Concert
Ella Langley — The Dandelion Tour
Casey's Center
Fri 30 · 5:30 PM$138
✨Pop🎙️Small gig
Boy Band Review
The Ingersoll
Fri 30 · 6 PM
🪕Folk / Acoustic🎙️Small gig
Live Music: Mule @ The Merc
Middlebrook Mercantile
Fri 30$38.52–59.92
🎻Classical🎶Singer-songwriter
Candlelight: Coldplay & Imagine Dragons
Scottish Rite Consistory
Fri 30 · 8 PMFree
🎸Rock✨Pop
Back To Vinyl
Prairie Meadows
Fri 30 · 8:45 PM$45.48–60.46
🎻Classical🎫Concert
Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics
Scottish Rite Consistory
Sat 31
🎸Rock🎫Concert
The Story So Far (The Starting Line, Ultra Q)
Val Air Ballroom
Sat 31 · 11 AM$138
✨Pop🎙️Small gig
Boy Band Review
The Ingersoll
Sat 31 · 6 PM
💜Soul / Funk🎙️Small gig
Live Music: The Soul Searchers @ The Merc
Middlebrook Mercantile
Sat 31 · 7:30 PM$51–188
🎻Classical🎫Concert
Des Moines Symphony
Des Moines Civic Center
Sat 31 · 7:30 PM$22–89.60
🎻Classical🎫Concert
Des Moines Symphony: Beautiful Monsters – John Williams & Symphonie Fantastique
Civic Center
Sat 31 · 7:30 PM
🎸Rock✨Pop
The Story So Far w/ The Starting Line
Val Air Ballroom
Sat 31 · 8 PM$48–59
🎫Concert
Winyah
Wooly's
Sat 31 · 8 PMFree
🎸Rock🎫Concert
After Shock
Prairie Meadows
Sun 1 · 10 AM$10
🎻Classical🎒Students
Drake University Flute Day
Harmon Fine Arts Center
Sun 1 · 2 PM
🎙️Small gig
Live Music: Jeni Grouws @ The Merc
Middlebrook Mercantile
Sun 1 · 2:30 PM$22
🎻Classical🎫Concert
Des Moines Symphony: Beautiful Monsters – John Williams & Symphonie Fantastique
Des Moines Civic Center
Sun 1 · 2:30 PM$22–89.60
🎻Classical🎫Concert
Des Moines Symphony: Beautiful Monsters – John Williams & Symphonie Fantastique
Civic Center
Sun 1 · 7 PM$49–125
🎸Rock🎫Concert
Daughtry
Hoyt Sherman Place
Wed 4 · 12 PM$0
🎻Classical🎫Concert
Fall Midweek Music Concert Series
St. John's Lutheran Church
Wed 4 · 7 PM$46–1,041
🎫Concert🎾Racket sports
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong
Wooly's
Wed 4 · 7 PM
🎫Concert
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong w/ Dizgo
Wooly's
Thu 5 · 7:30 PM
🎫Concert
John Ford Coley
The Ingersoll
Fri 6 · 7 PM
🎫Concert
The Queers
xBk Live
Fri 6 · 7:30 PM$25
🎷Jazz🎫Concert
Caity Gyorgy: Rising Star Of Vocal Jazz
Sheslow Auditorium @ Drake University
Fri 6 · 8 PM$28.59
⚡Electro🎫Concert
Bear Grillz
Wooly's
Sat 7 · 5:30 PM$138
🎶Singer-songwriter🎙️Small gig
90's Women of Country
The Ingersoll
Sat 7 · 7 PM$40–44
🎫Concert
Colby Acuff
Wooly's
Sat 7 · 7:30 PM
🎫Concert
Women of Country
The Ingersoll
Sun 8 · 4:30 PM$138
🎶Singer-songwriter🎙️Small gig
90's Women of Country
The Ingersoll
Sun 8 · 7 PM$44–981
🪕Folk / Acoustic🎫Concert
Amythyst Kiah
xBk Live
Tue 10 · 11 AMFree
🎫Concert
Gaylin Sudik & Friends
Prairie Meadows
Tue 10 · 7 PM$63–981
🎸Rock🎫Concert
Kurt Vile and The Violaters
Wooly's
Tue 10 · 7 PM$40.50–80.50
🎸Rock🎫Concert
Everclear — Lucky 7 Tour
Hoyt Sherman Place
Wed 11 · 1 PMFree
🎸Rock🎫Concert
Anthony Koester Band
Prairie Meadows
Thu 12 · 7:30 PM
🎫Concert
Queen of the Night! Remembering Whitney
The Ingersoll
Thu 12 · 8 PM
🎫Concert
Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox - The Future Is Vintage World Tour
Hoyt Sherman Place
Fri 13 · 7:30 PM
🎫Concert
Larry Fleet
Hoyt Sherman Place
Fri 13 · 8 PM$38
⚡Electro🎫Concert
Boogie T
Wooly's
Sat 14 · 7:30 PM$86–107.50
🪕Folk / Acoustic🎶Singer-songwriter
Progressive Voices Concerts 2026-2027 Season Tickets
First Unitarian Church of Des Moines
Sat 14 · 7:30 PM$24
🪕Folk / Acoustic🎫Concert
Peter Mayer - presented by Progressive Voices Concerts
First Unitarian Church of Des Moines
Sat 14 · 7:30 PM
🎫Concert
Weary Ramblers
The Ingersoll
Sat 14 · 8 PMES
✨Pop🎫Concert
Alicia Villarreal - Bendita Locura Tour 2026
Vibrant Music Hall
Mon 16 · 7 PM$54–74
💜Soul / Funk🎫Concert
A Motown Christmas
Hoyt Sherman Place
Tue 17 Nov · 7:30 PM$60–145
🎫Concert
The Wood Brothers
Val Air Ballroom
Tue 17 Nov · 7:30 PM$49.50–99.50
✨Pop🎶Singer-songwriter
Andy Grammer – Greater Than Pt. II: A One Man Show
Hoyt Sherman Place
Wed 18 Nov · 7:30 PM$44–56
🎸Rock🎫Concert
Tropidelic
Wooly's
Wed 18 Nov · 7:30 PM
🎫Concert
The Living Tombstone
Val Air Ballroom
Thu 19 Nov · 7 PM$43
🎸Rock🎫Concert
A Killers Confession
xBk Live
Thu 19 Nov · 7 PM
🎫Concert
A Killer's Confession w/ Dizasterpiece
xBk Live
Thu 19 Nov · 7 PM
🎫Concert
Third Day w/ Chris Tomlin
Casey's Center
Fri 20 Nov · 6:30 PM$39.59–53.50
✨Pop🎫Concert
Candlelight: From Classical to Pop
Scottish Rite Consistory
Fri 20 Nov · 6:30 PM$37.45–50.29
🎻Classical🎫Concert
Candlelight The Best of Hans Zimmer
Scottish Rite Consistory
Fri 20 Nov · 7 PM$71–1,484
🪕Folk / Acoustic🎫Concert
Zac Brown Band
Wells Fargo Arena - IA
Fri 20 Nov · 7 PM
🎫Concert
Zac Brown Band w/ Grace Potter
Casey's Center
Fri 20 Nov · 7:30 PM$39.19
🪕Folk / Acoustic🌐World music
The Byrne Brothers
Des Moines Community Playhouse
Fri 20 Nov · 7:30 PM
🎫Concert
Run Run Rudolph - Shaun Johnson Christmas
The Ingersoll
Fri 20 Nov$35.31–59.39
🎻Classical🎫Concert
Candlelight: Tribute to Queen and The Beatles
Scottish Rite Consistory
Sat 21 Nov · 6:30 PM$31.57–53.50
🎻Classical🎫Concert
Candlelight: Mozart vs Beethoven
Scottish Rite Consistory
Sat 21 Nov · 7:30 PM$22–89.60
🎻Classical🩰Classical
Des Moines Symphony: Renewal – Four Seasons & Bolero
Civic Center
Sat 21 Nov · 7:30 PM
🎫Concert
Kenny G
Hoyt Sherman Place
Sat 21 Nov · 8:45 PM$41.20–60.99
🎻Classical🎫Concert
Candlelight: 90s Unplugged
Scottish Rite Consistory
Sun 22 Nov · 2:30 PM$22–89.60
🎻Classical🩰Classical
Des Moines Symphony: Renewal – Four Seasons & Bolero
Des Moines Civic Center
Sun 22 Nov · 8 PM
🎫Concert
Shaun Cassidy - UNWRAPPED: Songs & Stories For The Holidays
Hoyt Sherman Place
Mon 23 Nov
🎤Hip-Hop🎙️Rap
Yung Gravy — The Joyrider Tour (Pertinence)
Val Air Ballroom
Mon 23 Nov · 7:30 PM
🎫Concert
Yung Gravy: The Joyrider Tour
Val Air Ballroom
Wed 25 Nov · 7 PM
🎫Concert
Sabaton: Legends on Tour
Vibrant Music Hall
Wed 25 Nov · 8 PM$81.90
🎫Concert
Nucci USA Tour / Des Moines
Des Moines Marriott Downtown
Thu 26 Nov · 6 PM$28
🎫Concert
Disney On Ice: Find Your Hero
Casey's Center
Fri 27 Nov · 8 PMFree
🎸Rock🎫Concert
Grind
Prairie Meadows
Sat 28 Nov · 7:30 PM
🎫Concert
The Michael Buble Experience: "A Very Buble Christmas"
The Ingersoll
Thu 3 Dec · 7:30 PM$57–274
🎤Hip-Hop🎙️Rap
Pouya
Val Air Ballroom
Thu 3 Dec · 7:30 PM
🎫Concert
Madison Ray - "The Finesse Holiday Special"
The Ingersoll
Thu 3 Dec · 7:30 PM
🎫Concert
Pouya
Val Air Ballroom
Fri 4 Dec$32.10–59.92
🎶Singer-songwriter🎫Concert
Candlelight: Tribute to Michael Jackson
Scottish Rite Consistory
Sat 5 Dec
🎸Rock🎫Concert
Petrock: A Tribute to the Smooth Rock of the 70's
Val Air Ballroom
Sat 5 Dec · 7 PM$18.50
🌐World music🪕Folk / Acoustic
An Irish Christmas with Rend Collective
Hoyt Sherman Place
Sat 5 Dec · 7:30 PM
🎫Concert
Pet Rock
Val Air Ballroom
Sun 6 Dec · 6:30 PM
🎫Concert
Satin Sashes - Patricia Holly
The Ingersoll
Sun 6 Dec · 7:30 PM$73–214
✨Pop🎫Concert
Aly & Aj
Val Air Ballroom
Thu 10 Dec
🎤Stand-up🎫Concert
Danny Gokey with Comedian Mickey Bell
Val Air Ballroom
Thu 10 Dec · 8 PM
🎫Concert
Danny Gokey w/ Mickey Bell
Val Air Ballroom
Fri 11 Dec$39.59–59.92
🎻Classical🎶Singer-songwriter
Candlelight: Christmas Carols on Strings
Scottish Rite Consistory
Fri 11 Dec · 7:30 PM
🎫Concert
An Irving Berlin White Christmas Revue
The Ingersoll
Sat 12 Dec · 8 PM$19
🎭Theatre🎫Concert
The Rocking Dead
xBk Live
Sat 12 Dec · 8 PM
🎫Concert
Not Quite Brothers w/ Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Val Air Ballroom
Sun 13 Dec · 1 PM
🎫Concert
An Irvin Berlin White Christmas Revue
The Ingersoll
Sun 13 Dec · 3 PMFree
🎻Classical🎫Concert
MEMORIES, MUSIC, & MISTLETOE
Staplin Performing Arts Center
Tue 15 Dec · 11 AMFree
🎫Concert
Clarksville Station
Prairie Meadows
Fri 18 Dec · 6:30 PM$43.34–62.60
🎻Classical🎶Singer-songwriter
Candlelight: Christmas Classics
Scottish Rite Consistory
Fri 18 Dec · 7:30 PM$68–443
🕺Musical🎫Concert
Waitress
Des Moines Civic Center
Fri 18 Dec · 7:30 PM$46–981
🎶Singer-songwriter🎫Concert
Sara Evans
Hoyt Sherman Place
Sat 19 Dec · 10 AMFree
🪡Crafts🎫Concert
THE DES MOINES REDEMPTION MUSIC AND CRAFT FESTIVAL
2875 University Ave
Mon 21 Dec · 5:30 PM$138
🎸Rock🎶Singer-songwriter
Anthony Shore Presents: Christmas with Elvis
The Ingersoll
Mon 21 Dec · 7:30 PM$98–510
🎻Classical🎫Concert
Mannheim Steamroller Christmas
Des Moines Civic Center
Tue 22 Dec · 11 AMFree
🎷Jazz🎫Concert
Dale Menning & the Stardusters
Prairie Meadows
Tue 22 Dec · 5:30 PM$138
🎸Rock🎶Singer-songwriter
Anthony Shore Presents: Christmas with Elvis
The Ingersoll
Sat 23 Jan
🎶Singer-songwriter🎫Concert
Close to You: The Music of the Carpenters
Temple Theater
Fri 29 Jan · 5:30 PM$138
🎙️Small gig
End of the Innocence: Eagle Wings & More
The Ingersoll
Sat 13 Feb · 8:45 PM$40.13–60.99
🎻Classical🎫Concert
Candlelight: Romantic Classics
Scottish Rite Consistory
Fri 19 Mar
🌙Indie🪕Folk / Acoustic
Sammy Rae & The Friends
Val Air Ballroom
Sun 21 Mar
🎫Concert
On The Lash
Temple Theater
Fri 9 Apr
🎸Rock🎫Concert
Wheeler Walker Jr.
Val Air Ballroom
Sat 17 Apr
🌐World music🪕Folk / Acoustic
Alex Cuba
Temple Theater
Sun 16 May
🎸Rock🎫Concert
The Boneshakers
Temple Theater
See also around Johnston
Wed 21 · 6 PMFree
🎪Street party
5th Annual Kick or Treat Halloween Party
Shadow Fist Kung Fu and Tai Chi, LLC, Windsor Heights
Sun 25
🎉Club💿DJ set
Des Moines Valley Solo Event #9 @ Merle Hay Mall
Merle Hay Mall
Wed 28 · 7 PMFree
🎪Street party
3 Floyds Zombie Crawl
Lucky Horse Beer & Burgers, Des Moines
Fri 30
💿DJ set☀️Open air
El Desmadre
Val Air Ballroom, West Des Moines
Fri 30 · 6:30 PM
🎪Street party🌳Outdoors
Halloween on the Hill
Hoyt Sherman Place, Des Moines
Fri 30 · 6:30 PM
🎪Street party🌳Outdoors
Halloween on the Hill
Historic Sherman Hill, West Des Moines
Fri 30 · 7 PM$22–25
🍽️Food🪄Magic
Boos & Brews
Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden
Sat 31 · 11 AMFree
🎪Street party
2026 Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Community Celebration
Carver Community School, Des Moines
Sat 31 · 6 PMFree
🎪Street party
Trick or Treat: Clive
City of Clive
Sat 31 · 6 PMFree
🎪Street party
Trick or Treat: Polk City
City of Polk City
Sat 31 · 6 PMFree
🎪Street party
Trick or Treat: Urbandale
City of Urbandale
Sat 31 · 6 PMFree
🎪Street party
Trick or Treat: Windsor Heights
City of Windsor Heights
Sat 31 · 8 PM$59.06–344.50
🎉Club
Thriller
5Star Event Studio, Grimes
Sun 1 · 11 AM
🎪Street party
Day of the Dead / Día de Los Muertos ¡Sí Se Puede!
Des Moines Art Center
Mon 2 · 4:30 PMFree
🎪Street party🩰Classical
Dia de los Muertos 2026 - Day of the Dead 2026
Des Moines Public Library
Fri 23 · 7 PM$10
🎤Stand-up🎲Improv
Comedy for Charity
Ankeny Community Theatre
Sat 24
🎭Theatre
Tunnel of Terror @ Oasis Car Wash - Ankeny
Oasis Car Wash - Ankeny
Sat 24 · 3 PM
🩰Classical🎭Shows
Dracula: The Ballet
The Franklin Auditiorium (4801 Franklin Ave, Des Moines)
Tue 27
🎭Theatre
Final Act Ensemble
Des Moines Community Playhouse
Mon 2 · 8 PM
🎲Improv
The Big Silly Improv Comedy Jam
xBk Annex, Des Moines
Fri 23 · 7 PM$40–94
🩰Classical🎭Shows
Ballet Des Moines Presents Ghost Stories
Hoyt Sherman Place, Des Moines
Tomorrow
🗣️Talk🏛️Politics & Economy
2026 Borlaug International Dialogue/World Food Prize Foundation
Community Choice Convention Center @ Iowa Events Center, Des Moines
At 7 PM$11–14
🎬Cinema
Sense and Sensibility - 10/19/26 @ 7:00 pm
Varsity Theatre, Des Moines
Tomorrow · 8:30 PMFree
🎬Cinema🌳Outdoors
Movies on the Patio: Hocus Pocus | Big Grove Des Moines
Big Grove Brewery, Des Moines
Tomorrow · 6 PMFree
📚Literature
October Shelf Love Book Club
Shelf Love DSM, Des Moines
Wed 21 · 11 AMFree
🗣️Talk🏰Heritage
Historically Speaking Lecture Series
Living History Farms, Urbandale
Thu 22 · 6 PM$75
🍽️Food
The Shed's Supper Club: Autumn Feast
Machine Shed Restaurant Urbandale
Fri 23 · 6:30 PM
🍽️Food🔬Science
An Evening with the Science Center/SOLD OUT
Oak Park Restaurant, Des Moines
Tue 27 · 6 PM$35.36–41
🍽️Food
Uncorked Wine Education: Home Entertaining
WineStyles Tasting Station - Ankeny
Thu 29 · 9:30 AMFree
🗣️Talk🏛️Politics & Economy
Addressing Energy Insecurity in Iowa
1055 Southwest Prairie Trail Parkway, Ankeny, IA 50023
Sat 31 · 11 AMFree
🗣️Talk
Bats
Jester Park Nature Center, Granger
Sat 24 · 12 PMFree
🤝Volunteering♿Disability
OCD Iowa Walk
Terra Park, Johnston
Tomorrow · 5:30 PMFree
🤝Volunteering
Guinness World Record Attempt - Most Hunger-relief Meals Packaged in One Hour
Iowa Events Center, Des Moines
Sun 25 · 10 AMFree
🤝Volunteering🌱Ecology
October Trash Bash
Birdland/Ding Darling Enclosed Shelter, Des Moines
Thu 29 · 6:30 PM$17.85
🕊️Human rights🤝Volunteering
Stronger Together: Standing Up Against Domestic Violence
Aptitude Fitness, Clive
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Venues — concert around Johnston
Frequently asked questions
How many concert events are there around Johnston?
142 coming up on Oazis.
Where can you catch concert around Johnston?
Notably xBk Live, Val Air Ballroom and The Ingersoll. See the full list of venues above.