Performance Events
Schubert Song Cycle "Die Schöne Müllerin"
Schubert Song Cycle "Die Schöne Müllerin"
Baritone: Ethan Elsbernd
Piano: Minji Kwon
This concert is free and open to the public.
Senior Recital: Joshua Feldt, Organ
Senior Recital: Joshua Feldt, Organ
This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.
This concert is free and open to the public.
Joint Honors Recital: Lydia Maier and Haleena Thompson, Organ
Joint Honors Recital: Lydia Maier and Haleena Thompson, Organ
Lydia Maier - Organ
Haleena Thompson - Organ
This concert is free and open to the public.
Performance | Interwoven Worlds: A Dance Journey Between Three Cities in Iowa
At the Stanley Museum of Art, this performance brings Elizabeth Catlett’s artwork Which Way? to life through an original dance work, the second of a three part movement.
Community Music Lessons Piano Recital - Students of Hyewon Lee
This concert is free and open to the public.
BARBERMAN: The Alexander Clark Story
BARBERMAN: The Alexander Clark Story
BARBERMAN: The Alexander Clark Story
BARBERMAN: The Alexander Clark Story
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Part of Hancher's 2026-2027 Season
Co-presented by Hancher Auditorium and The Englert Theatre
A vital duo imbues their acoustic sound with power, beauty, and depth of feeling.
The rich and remarkable careers of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings have made them essential pillars of modern acoustic music. That widely acknowledged reality was reinforced when their most recent album, Woodland, won the 2025 Grammy Award for Best Folk Album. Welch describes the music of Woodland as “a swirl of...
Fall Welcome Concert: Sierra Ferrell
This American rock band brings together indie hooks, sprawling improvisation, and driving rhythm to capture the ears of its dedicated and ever-growing fanbase. We invite the campus and community to a fun-filled evening of music by the Iowa River.
Ray LaMontagne
TICKETS
Adults $135 / $95 / $65
Students & Youth $25*
*Limited tickets available
Due to a lengthy healing process after an unexpected oral surgery, Ray LaMontagne’s performance at Hancher, originally scheduled for September 2, 2025, has been rescheduled to September 1, 2026.
Current ticketholders: All previously issued tickets will be honored for the new date. If you are unable to attend the rescheduled performance, please contact the Hancher Box Office for further assistance or a refund at 319-335...
Tig Notaro
Part of Hancher's 2026-2027 Season
Presented by HANCHER AUDITORIUM and ENGLERT THEATRE
One of Rolling Stone’s 50 best comedians of all time rolls into Hancher.
In 2013, Tig Notaro had the best-selling comedy album of the year. Live was recorded just days after Notaro was diagnosed with breast cancer (now in remission)—and the success of that set could be said to have launched her career from her native Mississippi to the far reaches of space (IYKYK) and plenty of places in between. Through it all...
Punch Brothers
Part of Hancher's 2026-2027 Season
Presented by HANCHER AUDITORIUM and ENGLERT THEATRE
You’ll be singing the praises of an amazing band on a thrilling musical adventure.
The Unsung Adventures of Punch Brothers (July 2026) is the Grammy-winning band’s seventh album—and its first made up entirely of instrumentals. The band’s Hancher stop is part of its most extensive tour since 2019. Formed by acclaimed mandolinist Chris Thile in 2006, Punch Brothers features Brittany Hass (fiddle/violin), Noam...
Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers
Part of Hancher's 2026-2027 Season
Presented by Hancher Auditorium
Here’s the way it is: Bruce Hornsby is an iconic and endlessly original musician.
Bruce Hornsby rose to prominence with The Way It Is, his 1986 Grammy-winning debut album with The Range. An avid collaborator who has work with everyone from Bob Dylan to Bon Iver and from Stevie Nicks to Bonnie Raitt, Hornsby was also a part-time member of the Grateful Dead from September 1990 to March 1992, performing in over 100 concerts. This...