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Beetlejuice. The Musical. The Musical. The Musical. promotional image

Beetlejuice. The Musical. The Musical. The Musical.

Sunday, May 3, 2026 1:00pm
Hancher Auditorium
It’s showtime! Based on Tim Burton’s dearly beloved film, this hilarious musical tells the story of Lydia Deetz, a strange and unusual teenager whose whole life changes when she meets a recently deceased couple and a demon with a thing for stripes. With an irreverent book, an astonishing set, and a score that’s out of this Netherworld, Beetlejuice is “SCREAMINGLY GOOD FUN!” (Variety). And under its uproarious surface (six feet under, to be exact), it’s a remarkably touching show about family, love, and making the most of every Day-O!
Piano Sundays at Old Capitol: Alan Huckleberry and Studio promotional image

Piano Sundays at Old Capitol: Alan Huckleberry and Studio

Sunday, May 3, 2026 1:30pm
Old Capitol Museum

Piano Sundays at Old Capitol

This event will feature Alan Huckleberry and Studio.

This concert is free and open to the public.

Beetlejuice. The Musical. The Musical. The Musical. promotional image

Beetlejuice. The Musical. The Musical. The Musical.

Sunday, May 3, 2026 6:30pm
Hancher Auditorium
It’s showtime! Based on Tim Burton’s dearly beloved film, this hilarious musical tells the story of Lydia Deetz, a strange and unusual teenager whose whole life changes when she meets a recently deceased couple and a demon with a thing for stripes. With an irreverent book, an astonishing set, and a score that’s out of this Netherworld, Beetlejuice is “SCREAMINGLY GOOD FUN!” (Variety). And under its uproarious surface (six feet under, to be exact), it’s a remarkably touching show about family, love, and making the most of every Day-O!
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Jazz Repertory Ensemble

Sunday, May 3, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Jazz Repertory Ensemble

This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/about/live-stream-concert-schedule.

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Symphony Band

Monday, May 4, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Symphony Band

This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.

This concert is free and open to the public.

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UI Monthly Jazz Jam

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 7:00pm to 10:00pm
Sanctuary Pub
Jazz Studies faculty members host a monthly community jazz jam session
5/2: How Polarity Yields Five Codes of Music - A Syzygy with S/Z. Presentation 4: Structure promotional image

5/2: How Polarity Yields Five Codes of Music - A Syzygy with S/Z. Presentation 4: Structure

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

5/2: How Polarity Yields Five Codes of Music - A Syzygy with S/Z. Presentation 4: Structure

Professor Matthew Arndt emcees the fourth presentation in this series of intergalactic music poetics. Drawing together ancient wisdom and modern science, this poetics aims at transmuting one’s experience of everything as music and living joyfully even as we work confidently toward an abundant future.

Tyler Hagy, conductor
City High Concert Choir

This concert is free and open to the public.

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University Band

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

University Band

This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Chamber Music Residency Program Recital I

Thursday, May 7, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Chamber Music Residency Program Recital I

This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Dance Graduate Concert

Thursday, May 7, 2026 8:00pm
Space Place Theater

This performance will feature works choreographed by graduate students from the University of Iowa Department of Dance.