Toby Keith performs at the Great Jones County Fair on Saturday. (Facebook)
There are 193 fun things to do this weekend including the opening of The Dark Knight Rises, Toby Keith in concert, the Solon Beef Days and more.
Find all the music concerts here and a list of area restaurants here.
What will you be doing this weekend?
Friday
The Dark Knight Rises at Wehrenberg Galaxy 16 Cine – Eight years after Batman took the fall for Two Face’s crimes, a new terrorist leader, Bane, overwhelms Gotham’s finest, and the Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy. Stars: Christian Bale, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Gary Oldman. Show times are: 10:30 AM, 11:05 AM, 11:50 AM, 12:20 PM, 12:50 PM, 2:10 PM, 2:45 PM, 3:25 PM, 3:55 PM, 4:25 PM, 5:50 PM, 6:25 PM, 7 PM, 7:30 PM, 8 PM, 9 pm Sold-Out, 9:30 PM, 10:05 PM, 10:35 PM, 11:05 PM, 11:35 PM
Solon Beef Days – The Solon Beef Days event grew out of a 1971 celebration planned and put on by four civic groups in Solon trying to revitalize an “Old Time Celebration”.
Paula Poundstone – Paula Poundstone keeps the laughs coming on NPR’s news quiz show, “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me” and brings her comedic brilliance to the Englert Civic Theater
Saturday
Downtown Cedar Rapids Farmers Market – Market vendors and entertainment will be placed along Third and Fourth Avenues, Second, Third and Fifth Streets SE as well as Greene Square Park.
Toby Keith – Toby Keith, a #1 country singer, songwriter and entertainer many times over is bringing out a party to the Great Jones County Fair. His latest album, Clancy’s Tavern, debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart. That album’s first-week success is fueled by the No. 1 smash “Made In America” and what may be country music’s biggest viral web event ever, “Red Solo Cup.”
Meskwaki Country Jam 2012 – Dustin Lynch, Emerson Drive and Dierks Bentley
“Hairspray” – Hairspray delighted audiences by sweeping them away to 1960?s Baltimore, where the 50?s are out — and change is in the air. Loveable plus-size heroine, Tracy Turnblad, has a passion for dancing, and wins a spot on the local TV dance program, “The Corny Collins Show.” Overnight she finds herself transformed from outsider to teen celebrity. Can a larger-than-life adolescent manage to vanquish the program’s reigning princess, integrate the television show, and find true love (singing and dancing all the while, of course!) without mussing her hair?
Free Movie Series – The Bourne Identity – Come join us for the 2012 Free Movie Series on Saturday nights June 9 – August 11 on the UI Pentacrest. Bring your lawn chairs and/or blankets and choose your own spot on the lawn outside of Macbride Hall under the shade of the beautiful trees!
Sunday
Cedar Rapids Kernels Baseball Game – Meet Storybook princesses Cinderella, Snow White, and Belle on the concourse throughout the game presented by Glass Slipper Entertainment. Fans can also play Travel Advisors Baseball Vacation Bingo for a chance to win a trip to Anaheim and see the Angels in 2013!
Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys – Chicago’s Lindsay Lou sings rockin’ Bluegrass, Americana and alt-country!
