Iowa City Jazz Festival
Friday, July 3 to Sunday, July 5
A summer favorite for all ages, the Iowa City Jazz Festival, runs from Friday to Sunday this weekend. Jazz-funk rhythms and inspiring West-African beats will fill the streets of downtown Iowa City as a combination of local and world sounds make up the schedule for the three-day festival. Lionel Loueke Trio, David Sanchez Quartet and David Holland Quintet are all on deck to perform on the main stage, with plenty of other renowned musicians scheduled to perform. Watch fireworks on the Fourth. Oh and it’s all for free.
Iowa City Jazz Festival
4:30 p.m. Friday (7/3), 1:30 p.m. Saturday (7/4) and Sunday (7/5), downtown Iowa City, free, www.summerofthearts.org
Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival
Thursday, July 2 to Saturday, July 4
A highlight of summer celebrations in the Corridor continues this weekend, wrapping up on the Fourth. The Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival events run Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with a variety of events each day. The entertaining and daring Five Seasons Ski Team will perform the Water Ski Shows Thursday and Friday on the Cedar River at Ellis Park at 7 p.m. NASCAR fans can head out to Hawkeye Downs on Friday for the 37th Annual Keith Fleck Miller 100 at 7 p.m. And all-day events on the Fourth begin with the popular Alliant Energy Fifth Season run at 8 a.m. and end with the Celebration of Freedom Fireworks at Kirkwood Community College at 9:45 p.m.
Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival
Various times Thursday (7/2), Friday (7/3) and Saturday (7/4), Cedar Rapids, www.freedomfestival.com
Coralville 4thFest
Thursday, July 2 to Sunday, July 5
4thFest in Coralville continues this week with events Thursday through Sunday. There’s a carnival at the Coralville Community Aquatic Center all three days with a picnic Thursday evening. Diplomats of Solid Sound and Dennis DeYoung: The Music of STYX will both perform in a free outdoor concert Friday beginning at 6 p.m. at S.T. Morrison Park. The annual Fourth of July parade will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday followed by events all day, including a burrito eating contest, bingo and holiday fireworks at 8:30 p.m.
Coralville 4thFest
Various times Thursday (7/2), Friday (7/3), Saturday (7/4) and Sunday (7/5), Coralville, www.coralville.org
Three Other Things
School House Rock Live
7:30 p.m. Thursday (7/2) and Friday (7/3), 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday (7/4) and Sunday (7/5), through July 12. No night show 7/4.
TCR Lindale, 4444 First Avenue, Cedar Rapids, adults $20-$25, youth $15, rush $10, www.theatrecr.org
Free Show Free-for-All
9 p.m. Friday (7/3)
The Picador, 125 E Washington Street, Iowa City, free, www.thepicador.com
Cedar Rapids Kernels Baseball
5:05 p.m. Saturday (7/4)
Perfect Game Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium, 950 Rockford Road SW, Cedar Rapids, $7-$10, www.kernels.com
