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MUSIC UNDER THE STARS

PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS • FREE CONCERTS

 
 

SUMMER 2023 Concert Series

Join us this summer for a series of free, outdoor concerts!
All concerts will begin at 7:00 PM.

Please note that our July 9 and july 16 concerts will take place at the lauridsen amphitheater at water works park.

 
 

JUNE 11: As Summer Was Just Beginning
Des Moines Metro Concert Band & Big Band
Guest Vocalist: Gina Gedler

West Capitol Mall

 

JUNE 18: Father’s Day Concert + Drake Night
Des Moines Metro Concert Band & Big Band
Guest Vocalist: Tina Haase-Findlay

West Capitol Mall

 

JUNE 25: 76 Trombones
Des Moines Metro Concert Band & Big Band
Guest Artist: Dr. Tony Baker, trombone
Guest Vocalist: Kellie Kramer

West Capitol Mall

July 2: Sousa Lives!
Des Moines Metro Concert Band & Big Band
Guest Vocalist: Napoleon Douglas

West Capitol Mall

 

JULY 9: Musical Madness
Des Moines Metro Concert Band & Big Band
Guest Vocalist: Max Wellman

Lauridsen Amphitheater

 

JULY 16: Down on Bourbon Street
NOLA
Vocalist: Abbie Sawyer

Lauridsen Amphitheater

 
 

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Since 1947, Music Under the Stars has welcomed families to Capitol Hill for free evening concerts.

For decades, central Iowans have packed their lawn chairs, blankets, and picnic baskets, gathered friends and family, and come to the Iowa State Capitol to enjoy memorable performances of band music. Concerts feature a diverse variety of standard and contemporary works by premier composers performed by Iowa's own professional musicians. The musicians are those you hear at a Civic Center Broadway show or at the Des Moines Symphony, and they come together each season to perform free programs that appeal to all ages.

 

2023 Summer series

Sundays
June 11 - July 16

Location

West Capitol Mall
(June 11, 18, 25, July 2)

Lauridsen Amphitheater
(July 9,

In case of inclement weather, concert will be held at the Performing Arts Hall at Drake University

CONCERT TIME

Sundays 7-8:30 PM

Lauridsen Family Foundation

 
 
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Des Moines Musicians' Association

Friends of Music Under the Stars

 

IN KIND DONORS

 

Drake University