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Family-friendly, all-ages outdoor live music.

Food trucks at 5:30 pm. Music 6-8 pm.
Bring lawn chairs or blankets.
Free admission. Food for purchase. Treats for a freewill donation to one of our sponsors.

2024 Schedule

May 30 - Lori Gravel & The Timber City Ramblers

With Tri-M BBQ & Featured Sponsor Optimist Club of Maquoketa with ice cream floats for a freewill donation to benefit the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital

June 26 -Timber City Band

Celebrating Timber City Band's 50th Anniversary accompanying the annual Maquoketa Rotary Club Ice Cream Social

June 27 - Avey Grouws Band

With Tri-M BBQ & Featured Sponsor Maquoketa Kiwanis Club offering popcorn

Photo credit: Rob Smith Photography

July 18 - Cedar County Cobras

With Corner Stop Catering & Cindy's Tropical Shaved Ice

August 1 - Far Out 283

With Tri-M BBQ & Cindy's Tropical Shaved Ice and Featured Sponsor Blue-9 Pet Products

August 15 - River Valley Rangers

With Corner Stop Catering and Featured Sponsor Maquoketa Rotary Club

August 29 - Half Gassed & Friends

With Chuckies and Featured Sponsor Maquoketa State Bank

BONUS: End-of-Summer Bash

Maqtoberfest evening, Saturday, September 21st, On the Green in Downtown Maquoketa

The Muzik Krauts

The funnest thing you'll do all day -- this Quad Cities based polka band will help you get your (MAQ)Oktoberfest on!

6-8 pm - Surf Zombies!! and you can see them for free!
They raise surf rock from the dead with fast, crazy, original instrumentals that straddle retro surf, bubblegum punk and garage rock, conjuring images of beach parties, Saturday morning cartoons, and hot rod car shows. The driving rhythms, swirling tremolo, crashing spring reverb from dueling guitars and authentic growl of vintage tube amps make for a truly weird Midwestern wonder.

Location

The Green in Downtown Maquoketa - 137 S Main St, Maquoketa, IA 52060

Sponsors

Presented by Maquoketa Betterment Corp./Hometown Pride

Made possible through the generosity of:

American Family Insurance-Sandy Kloos Agent, Black Hills Energy, Blue-9 Pet Products, DuTrac Community Credit Union, Innovate 120, Insurance Planning Services Corp.-Paul Miller Owner, Maquoketa Brewing, Maquoketa Community Services, Maquoketa Kiwanis Club, Maquoketa Rotary Club, Maquoketa Sentinel-Press, Maquoketa State Bank, Optimist Club of Maquoketa.

Casey's, Maquoketa Feeds.

With funding from the Jackson County Area Tourism Association jacksoncountyiowa.com. And a 2023 Iowa Arts Council Art Project Grant with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

With assistance from Jackson County Fairgrounds, the City of Maquoketa, the Maquoketa Area Chamber of Commerce, and other generous organizations, businesses, and individuals.