SUMMER 2025 Concert Series
Join us for a series of free outdoor concerts featuring the Des Moines Metro Concert Band and Jazz Band
Vince Kenney, Music Director and Conductor!
All concerts will begin at 7:00 PM.
JUNE 8: PIRATES SONGS & LOVE SONGS
Will Baker, bass trombone
Marisa Cravero, guest vocalist
Hoyt Sherman Place
June 15: Once Upon a Father's Day:
Music for Dads & their Princesses
Abby Kate Boeschen, soprano
Gina Gedler, guest vocalist
Hoyt Sherman Place / 7:00 PM
JUNE 22: Historic Hoyt Sherman
Andy Classen, trumpet
Tina Haase-Findlay, guest vocalist
Hoyt Sherman Place / 7:00 PM
JUNE 29: Fourth of July celebration
"Let Freedom Ring"
Jennifer Wohlenhaus Bloomberg, oboe
Gina Gedler, guest vocalist
Hoyt Sherman Place / 7:00 PM
JULY 6: 78 RPM
Kristen Ronning, horn & Clarence Padilla, clarinet
Max Wellman, guest vocalist
Lauridsen Amphitheater at Water Works Park / 7:00 PM
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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.
2025 Summer series
Sundays
June 8 - July 6
Location
Hoyt Sherman Place
June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Lauridsen Amphitheater
July 6
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
Des Moines Musicians' Association
Friends of Music Under the Stars
IN KIND DONORS
Drake University
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Music Under the Stars
5817 Walnut Hill Ave
Des Moines, IA 50312-1434