Festival Hub: Mission Creek Festival
The Scene: There's nothing quite like the Mission Creek Festival which combines literature and music with community events in a number of unique venues across downtown Iowa City. The nearly week long event has a focus on quality, independent-minded sounds, words, and events and strongly believes that intimacy is key to the experience.
- BCJsPs
- Black Belt Eagle Scout
- Cat Power
- Courtney Marie Andrews
- Divino Niño
- Ebony Tusks
- Extravision
- Flylife
- Friko
- Greg Wheeler and the Poly Mall Cops
- Karen Meat
- Kevin Morby
- Mars Hojiila
- McKinley Dixon
- Mr. Softheart
- Natural Information Society
- Pictoria Vark
- Sudan Archives
- TEKE::TEKE
- The Heavy Heavy
- The Uniphonics
- Water From Your Eyes
- Yasmin Williams
- AARON DILLOWAY
- ADIA VICTORIA
- AHZIA
- ALYX RUSH
- AROOJ AFTAB
- BEACH BUNNY
- CADENCE WEAPON
- COLLIDESCOPE
- CORRIDOR
- DOS SANTOS
- DRYAD
- ELIZABETH MOEN
- FACS
- FENNESZ
- GOOD MORNING MIDNIGHT
- HALEY HEYNDERICKX
- KASSA OVERALL
- KMRU
- LAKE VILLAIN
- LEX LETO & CHRISTINE BURKE ENSEMBLE
- MAAZE
- OHMME
- PEEL DREAM MAGAZINE
- RAMONA & THE SOMETIMES
- RIC WILSON
- SOCCER MOMMY
- SON LUX
- SQUIRREL FLOWER
- TEMPERS
- Tennyson
- THE BODY
- TRÉ BURT
- WAVE CAGE
- WILLY TEA TAYLOR
- YA BA
- MITSKI
- JENNY LEWIS
- HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF
- BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW
- JOHN MORELAND
- KEVIN YOUNG
- JERICHO BROWN
- R. O. KWON
- KWEKU COLLINS
- GLORY EDIM
- MOOR MOTHER
- JAY SOM
- MARK GUILIANA SPACE HEROES + BEAT MUSIC
- STEPHANIE BURT
- BRANDON ALEXANDER WILLIAMS
- SABRINA ORAH MARK
- NOURA MINT SEYMALI
- PETE DOMINICK
- GUERILLA TOSS
- LILLY HIATT
- BECCA MANCARI
- MIDDLE WESTERN
- THE CACTUS BLOSSOMS
- JAIMIE BRANCH (MCF 2019 ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE)
- MAKAYA MCCRAVEN
- MOCK IDENTITY
- MICHAEL MARTONE
- DANIEL GUMBINER
- RATBOYS
- ELIZABETH MOEN
- HIDE
- CHEF PZ X THE CUBIST
- GOOD MORNING MIDNIGHT
- CRYSTAL CITY
- MESHA MAREN
- VISUAL POETRY SYNTHESIZER WITH MAXWELL NEELY-COHEN
- MARIA KUZNETSOVA
- ABRAHAM SMITH
- JENNIFER CHENG
- YOUNGER
- DANA T
- NADALANDS
- HALFLOVES
- RYAN JOSEPH ANDERSON
- ALEX ZHANG HUNGTAI
- ALGIERS
- ANCIENT POSSE
- BASSEM YOUSSEF
- BRANDON TAYLOR
- BSTAR
- BUILT TO SPILL
- CAKES DA KILLA
- CARRIE BROWNSTEIN + ROXANE GAY + AMBER TAMBLYN (IN CONVERSATION)
- CATHY LINH CHE
- CJ RUN
- COLLIDESCOPE
- COUNTERFEIT MADISON
- CURRENT JOYS
- DANA T
- DEB OLIN UNFERTH
- DESSA
- DOROTHY, A PUBLISHING PROJECT
- ELIZABETH MOEN
- EXTRAVISION
- FEEL FREE
- FORKLIFT, OHIO
- GORDI
- HAFIZAH GETER
- HANIF ABDURRAQIB
- HELENE ACHANZAR
- HORSE FEATHERS
- HORSE LORDS
- HOT TANG
- IOWA YOUTH WRITING PROJECT
- JACK LION
- JAMILA WOODS (READING + PERFORMANCE)
- JESUS CARRASCO
- JULIEN BAKER
- KAITLYN AURELIA SMITH
- KUNDIMAN
- LAMBDA LITERARY
- LAUREL HALO (LIVE + DJ SET)
- LIDIA YUKNAVITCH
- LINA MARIA FERREIRA CABEZA-VENEGAS
- LYZ LENZ
- MARGARET GLASPY
- MELODY GEE
- MISSION: BEAT
- ONO
- PAUL CARY
- PEANUT RICKY & THE FIENDS
- PLACK BLAGUE
- PSALM ONE
- PURCHA$E
- QUINTA BRUNSON & FRIENDS
- S CAREY
- SANDRA ALLEN
- SARAH VIREN
- SISTER WIFE
- SQUIRREL FLOWER
- STEPHEN IRA
- THE BELIEVER
- THE IOWA REVIEW
- THE RUMPUS
- THE WEEPIES
- TWO DOLLAR RADIO
- VIDA
- WILLIAM JOHNSON
- WYE OAK
- XYLOURIS WHITE
- YOUNGER
- Andrew Bird
- Rufus Wainwright
- Tennis
- Cloud Nothings
- DIIV
- The Cool Kids
- Kishi Bashi
- My Brightest Diamond
- Xiu Xiu
- The Bad Plus
- Preoccupations
- Margaret Cho
- Jlin
- Jay Som
- Lawrence English
- Flint Eastwood
- Marisa Anderson
- Elysia Crampton
- Sarah Louise
- Bridget Kearney
- Tashi Dorji
- Hexa
- Tyler Damon
- Saeed Jones
- Kristen Radtke
- Sabrina Jalees
- Danielle Dutton
- Cey Adams
- Janelle James
- Lina Maria Ferreira
- Elizabeth Moen
- Cornelius Eady
- Tashi Dorji & Tyler Damon
- Cabeza-Vanegas
- Alice Sola Kim
- Kurt Vile & The Violators
- Alison Bechdel
- Kevin Smith
- Marc Maron
- Deer Tick
- Faust
- Saul Williams
- The Joy Formidable
- Bizarre Ride Live featuring Fatlip and Slimkid3
- Son Lux
- YACHT
- PHOX
- Terry Zwigoff
- Waxahatchee (solo)
- Slum Village
- Flatbush Zombies
- Black Milk
- San Fermin
- Dawn of Midi
- Tyondai Braxton
- Glenn Jones
- Caroline Smith
- Gary Wilson
- Paul Metzger
- Gary Groth
- Richard Siken
- John D’Agata
- Garth Greenwell
- Richard Preston
- Paul Lisicky
- Peter Aguero
- Black Ocean 10th Anniversary Party
- Mark Levine
- Robyn Schiff
- Zachary Schomburg
- Johannes Göransson
- Matt Hart
- Jenny Zhang
- Janaka Stucky
- Michael Seidlinger
- Nate Pritts
- Alexandra Kleeman
- Mark de Silva
- Erika Sanchez
- Carola Dibbell
- Abraham Smith
- Hai-Dang Phan
- Monica Martin
- Zoe Zolbrod
- Toni Nealie
- Akwi Nji
- Lovar Davis Kidd
- Sean Lewis
- Ben Mackey
- Everything Everything
- Pure Bathing Culture
- Yonatan Gat
- Psalm One
- Mamiffer
- Esme Patterson
- Quilt
- Noveller
- Adia Victoria
- Pillar Point
- Guilty Simpson
- Phat Kat
- Ryley Walker
- A$AP Twelvyy
- Remy Banks
- Bob Bucko, Jr.
- Karen Meat
- Field Division
- Nadalands
- Crystal City
- AWTHNTKTS
- The Wandering Bears
- Subatlantic
- Extravision
- MAIDS
- Miracles of God
- American Cream
- ConeTrauma
- Brooks Strause & The Gory Details |GOSH!
- Trouble Lights
- Plus Presses: McSweeney’s
- The Believer
- POETRY Magazine
- Black Ocean| Sarabande Books
- The Iowa Review
- Civil Coping Mechanisms
- Spork Press
- Two Dollar Radio
- Canarium Books
- Forklift, Ohio
- Ugly Duckling Presse
- American Short Fiction
- Curbside Splendor
- Action Books
- Tyrant Books
- Gulf Coast
- featherproof books
- Rescue Press
- draft: The Journal of Process
- Entropy Magazine
- H_NGM_N Prompt Press
- Digraph Press
- A Winged Victory for the Sullen
- Amen Dunes
- Arna Bontemps Hemenway
- Ben Frost
- Betty Who
- Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band
- Christopher Beha
- Diamond Rugs
- Eula Biss
- Father John Misty
- First Kiss
- Foxygen
- Glenn Kotche & Jeffrey Zeigler
- Horse Feathers
- Jad Abumrad (of radiolab)
- Jozef Van Wissem
- Kerry Howley
- Kiese Laymon
- Luis Alberta Urrea
- Silver Apples
- Sir Richard Bishop
- Squrl
- Tashi Dorji
- Tom Lutz
- GRIZZLY BEAR
- DIVINE FITS
- DEERHOOF
- IRIS DEMENT
- TIG NOTARO
- KILLER MIKE
- JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD
- PALLBEARER
- THAO & THE GET DOWN STAY DOWN
- OWEN PALLETT
- MUCCA PAZZA
- EXITMUSIC
- DUCKTAILS
- WHITE LUNG
- PETE SWANSON
- MISTER LIES
- EMILY WELLS
- ITAL
- JOE PUG
- THE PINES
- ZAMMUTO
- FUTURE ROCK
- SALLIE FORD & THE SOUND OUTSIDE
- FRANK FAIRFIELD
- PUJOL
- SNOWBLINK
- CONTAINER
- DÉTECTIVE
- DAVE MOORE
- WET HAIR
- SLUT RIVER
- DOUGLAS KRAMER NYE
- THE MULTIPLE CAT
- LOVE SONGS FOR LONELY MONSTERS
- AWTHNTKTS
- HAR-DI-HAR
- GLOOM BALLOON
- EX-ACTION MODEL
- NO COAST
- GEM JONES
- CHASING SHADE
- BIG BOX
- MUMFORD’S
- THE MAGNETIC FIELDS
- DAVID CROSS
- SEUN KUTI & EGYPT 80
- THE ANTLERS
- JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE
- BLACK MILK
- WILLIAM ELLIOTT WHITMORE
- SHARON VAN ETTEN
- TIM HECKER
- RHYS CHATHAM
- LESLIE & THE LY’S
- THE WAR ON DRUGS
- KIMYA DAWSON
- DIRTY BEACHES
- BOWERBIRDS
- JON BENJAMIN
- JON GLASER
- MIKE DOUGHTY
- WILLIAM FITZSIMMONS
- OBERHOFER
- ERASE ERRATA
- LITTLE SCREAM
- LIKE PIONEERS
- RENE HELL
- CAROLINE SMITH & THE GOODNIGHT SLEEPS
- LULACRUZA
- THE DAREDEVIL CHRISTOPHER WRIGHT
- GOLDEN BIRDS
- THE POISON CONTROL CENTER
- GARDENS & VILLA
- EL TEN ELEVEN
- THE PARLOUR SUITE
- AMBER TAMBLYN
- MISSION BEAT DANCE PARTY
- THE WHEELERS
- WET HAIR
- MUSCLE DRUM
- DENISON WITMER
- WEED WOLF
- GRAND TETONS
- CHRISTOPHER THE CONQUERED
- MUMFORDS
- THE OLYMPICS
- T’BONE
- THE LONELYHEARTS
- ALEXIS STEVENS
- THE SAVAGE YOUNG TATERBUG
- ION
- KELLY HOGAN
- RICH ROK
- SUPER SONIC PISS
- DOUG NYE
- DEATH SHIPS
- NORTH ENGLISH
- EMPERORS CLUB
- NATHAN WHEELER
- LADY ESPINA
- SLUT RIVER
- MARY LYNN RAJSKUB
- BEAU SIA
- DERRICK BROWN
- SLIP SILO
- SURGERY
- EX-ACTION MODEL
- SUDDEN AND SUBTLE
- TIRES
- BROOKS STRAUSE & THE GORY DETAILS
- BILLY HOWKE & THE HOAX
- MICHAELSARAH
- SOLID ATTITUDE
- CANDY BREAKS