JuneJam 2008 Calendar of Events

Canceled due to weather Jordan Creek Town Center
101 Jordan Creek Parkway,
West Des Moines, Iowa 50266
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Not Home Yet
Family open air concert on the water, behind the restaurants. Three vocalists plus a five member band entertain, improvise and energize! Not Home Yet drew 430 people in May! New band every Thursday at the amphitheater in June!

June 5 @ 9pm - Free Pella On The Square
700 Franklin Street,
Pella, Iowa 50219
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Plan to Pull Through
Plan to Pull Through jams on the Square to close out the Thursday night activities. A four-piece band of talented college-age performers, they will especially appeal to youth and young adults. Modern, melodic rock.

June 6 @ 7pm - Free Brenton Plaza Stage
520 Robert Ray Drive,
Des Moines, IA 50309
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Dance-a-Cross, Tim Aaron Band
Dance-a-Cross kicks off the Friday night Brenton Plaza series on the Riverwalk, downtown Des Moines. Known for ice skating in the winter, the stage on the north end will be filled with free music and movies this June!
The Tim Aaron Band takes over about 8pm with inspirational music that rocks for all ages.
Then stay for the classic movie ET starting a little after 9pm.
It’s FREE!

June 6 @ 7:30pm - Free Café Diem
2005 S Ankeny Blvd,
Ankeny, IA 50021
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Stepford
The duo known as Stepford from Ames will entertain you starting at 7:30 pm. Two enthusiastic guys doing edgier songs that will especially appeal to people in teens and twenties.

June 7 @ 8pm - Free Timberline Campground
31635 Ashworth Road, Waukee, Iowa 50263
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Michelle Hoy, Heidi Quist, Andy Klindt
A night of original music at a beautiful new barn in the woods at the Timberline campground south of Waukee. Andy Klindt, Heidi Quist and Michelle Hoy are all personable entertainers, making a memorable evening by the campfire. While this is primarily for the campers, all are welcome! Bring a lawn chair. Look for the “campground” sign on the highway about halfway between Waukee and I-80. If you take the I-80 exit for Waukee, head north a couple of miles before turning right (east) to Timberline.
31635 Ashworth Road.

June 7 @ 7:30pm - Free Café Diem
229 Main Street, Ames, IA 50010
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Will Herron
Will Herron now resides in Iowa after developing a following for his songs and singing in Ireland. One of the great voices you’ll hear on this year’s JuneJam 2008 CD. He’ll be in Ames at the very cozy Café Diem for a great way to spend a Saturday evening.

June 12 @ 7pm - Free Jordan Creek Town Center
101 Jordan Creek Parkway, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266
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Lori Ancona Koelling, Phil Hague
Consistently named Iowa’s best harmonica player, Phil Hague very well may be America’s best mouth harp artiste. Unbelievable!
Lori Ancona Koelling brings her soulful sound to the Jordan Creek amphitheater as well, on the water behind P.F. Chang’s, near the food court entrance at Jordan Creek Town Center. Enjoy the free concert in a beautiful setting.

June 12 @ 7pm - Free Norwalk Aquatic Center
1112 E. 18th Street, Norwalk, IA 50211
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Divine Intervention
JuneJam returns to the Norwalk Aquatic Center for a second year, this time with the energetic sounds of Divine Intervention. One of two swim ‘n song events during JuneJam, even the swimming is free with an open swimming time from 6:30-8:30 pm! Great family fun!

Canceled due to flooding Brenton Plaza Stage
520 Robert Ray Drive,
Des Moines, IA 50309
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Remnant Blues Band
Week two for JuneJam at the Brenton Plaza stage features the entertaining Remnant Blues Band! What a blessing to have such a talented group of experienced musicians with a national quality sound here in central Iowa! Sax solos, congas, harmonica and more make a big sound in a beautiful setting for a free Friday night concert.
As with all the Brenton Plaza events, a free movie follows! Who ya gonna call for a "Friday the 13th" movie? Ghostbusters! Get out your plasma blasters and have some fun!

June 6 @ 5:00pm - Zoo Admission Blank Park Zoo
7401 SW 9th Street, Des Moines, IA 50315
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Embryo
Embryo is a trio of talented, experienced central Iowa musicians with a mix of guitars and bass. Two top vocalists deliver a multi-style and multi-genre spectrum of tunes.

June 13 @ 7pm - Free Being There Coffee House, Altoona
110 1st Ave N, Altoona, IA 50009
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Robin Jons
If you’re in the mood to have your senses transported to a place that will feel like you’ve left Iowa for an evening, come visit the eclectic coffee house called Being There! The unique gospel sound of Robin Jons will fill the small space…and you can order a sandwich, too! If you’d like to hear something different from a coffee house performer, don’t miss Robin!

June 14 @ 3pm - Free Bell Tower Festival
100 East Lincolnway, Jefferson, IA 50129
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Joyful Noise, Will Herron
Joyful Noise and Will Herron were hits with the Bell Tower Festival last year, so they’re back again. Enjoy all the Bell Tower food and festivities on the square in Jefferson, and take a ride to the top of the Bell Tower while you’re there! Joyful Noise performs praise music appealing to families. Will Herron is reminiscent of a young, Irish James Taylor.

June 14 @ 2pm - Free City Pavilion Area
South of Raccoon Valley Bank
1009 Court St, Adel, IA 50003
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Tim Cooper and Friends
Michelle Hoy and Ordinary People
Saturday promises to be a fun time at Kinnick-Feller Park in Adel, with multiple music acts.
Tim Cooper and Friends and Michelle Hoy and Ordinary People headline the afternoon. What a great way to play in the park while enjoying great music at the same time!

June 14 @ 5pm - Free Funtastic Days, Grimes Sports Complex
800 S. James Street, Grimes, IA 50111
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GUMP
Michelle Hoy and Ordinary People
Living Proof
Head to the Grimes sports complex on the southwest side of Grimes for a mini-music festival as part of Grimes Funtastic Days this year! Grimes’ own GUMP band leads the way, with Michelle Hoy and Ordinary People livening things up with her bouncy energy, plus Living Proof! Funtastic Days gets a little more “tastic” this year!

June 14 @ 8:30pm - Free Mars Café, Des Moines
2318 University Ave, Des Moines, IA 50311
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Vance Lambert
Looking and performing like no one else in Iowa, Vance Lambert takes his rich, reggae sounding vocals to Mars Café on University for a great way to spend a Saturday night! This quiet, but amazing performer will leave you wanting more when the night ends. That awesome song you hear on the second cut of the JuneJam 2008 CD? That’s Vance! Also a DJ for 99.5, the Pulse!

Canceled Smokey Row, Oskaloosa
109 S Market St, Oskaloosa, IA 52577
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Rachel Henkle
Smokey Row joins JuneJam this year and brings the beautiful pop/folk sound of Rachel Henkle to Oskaloosa for the evening! Rachel brings a warm smile and warmer vocal tones to the stage with music appealing to a broad range of people. Worth a trip to Oskaloosa!

June 19 @ 7pm - Free Jordan Creek Town Center
101 Jordan Creek Parkway, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266
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Eden Street Worship Jam Band featuring Tina Haase Findlay
Bruce Gregory Band
Tina Haase Findlay has been entertaining concert-goers for years in central Iowa with soaring gospel sounds and energetic crowd-pleasing arrangements of both popular and original songs! Her band, the Eden Street Worship Band, along with the Bruce Gregory Band, both of whom record at Kaleidoscope Studios in Urbandale. And if you want to possibly see yourself on TV, make it to this concert at Jordan Creek amphitheater, as it is scheduled to be recorded for the MediaCom Connections channel (22) for broadcast this summer in central Iowa!

June 19 @ 7pm - Free Adel Public Pool
500 North 10th Street, Adel, IA 50003
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NAU – Not About Us
The young, rockin’ sounds of Not About Us (NAU) echo around the Adel pool this summer for JuneJam’s second swim n’ song night! Free open swimming from 6:30-8:30 pm! These young guys from the Fort Dodge area will put a smile on your face for the night, and will make a great hangout for high school youth for the night! Families will feel at home enjoying the evening cooling off in the water as well!

June 20 @ 7pm - Free Brenton Plaza Stage
520 Robert Ray Drive, Des Moines, IA 50309
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9th Hour
In the July 2008 issue of CCM magazine on page 15, you’ll be able to read about 9th Hour recently winning both Contemporary Christian Artist of the Year and Acoustic Rock artist of the Year by King Cat Music. Before that you can hear 9th Hour live and for free at the Brenton Plaza Riverwalk stage at 7 pm, June 20! Brenton Skating Plaza features the ice skating movie The Cutting Edge for free at dusk! By the way, CCM magazine features 9th Hour as one of four bands using numbers in their name. Other bands receiving honorable mention include Third Day and Family Force 5.

June 20 @ 6pm - Free Freedom for Youth Center
2301 Hickman Rd, Des Moines, IA 50310
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New Life Band
Tru-Serva
Freedom for Youth Ministries reaches out to Des Moines’ homeless and at-risk youth from their growing 2301 Hickman Road location. Once again this year, we are turning that loving campus into a great concert venue, with bands playing from the patio and plenty of grassy lawn for your chairs and blankets! Freedom for Youth will be serving food as well as great music during the evening! Tru-Serva is a young, but experienced Christian rap artist making his way up from Louisiana to share for the evening. Plus, the New Life praise band from Altoona rocks the neighborhood for what promises to be an inspirational evening!

June 20 @ 8pm - Free Smokey Row, Pella
639 Franklin Street, Pella, IA 50219
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Open Road
Betsy is thrilled to be traveling back home to the Pella area as part of a small music group called Open Road on June 20! Their smiling, reflective music will make a perfect complement to the warm Smokey Row atmosphere for an enjoyable evening of entertainment whether you’re sitting on the main floor or the Row’s intimate loft.

June 21 @ 7pm - Free Cutty’s Campground
10500 NW 54th Ave, Grimes, IA 50111
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Joyful Noise
Cutty’s Campground on the northwest corner of metro Des Moines is opening its gates to the public to allow you a chance to hear Joyful Noise along with their crowd of happy campers on Saturday evening! Joyful Noise is the perfect name for this praise band from Jefferson, with its happy sounds that appeal to all ages!
Free admission for the concert!

June 21 @ 8pm - Free Amici Espresso Downtown
206 6th Ave, Des Moines, IA 50309
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Judi Brown
The words “vocal stylings” often accompany Judi Brown when she is featured at Greater Des Moines Jazz in July concerts. For this amazing evening, she will be joined by a friend, jazz musician Mel Wheeler from Minneapolis! Wow! Amici knows how to bring in the artists! This is a must-hear JuneJam event!

June 26 @ 7pm - Free Jordan Creek Town Center
101 Jordan Creek Parkway, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266
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Heidi Quist and Friends
Michelle Hoy and Ordinary People
The fourth and final JuneJam Thursday at the Jordan Creek amphitheater bring together two terrific female vocalists and songwriters, each leading her own band. Heidi Quist and Friends performs a wide range of musical styles, backing Heidi’s amazing vocals. Michelle Hoy and Ordinary People tell amazing stories, whether about pride in America’s service men and women or about everyday personal experiences. Your family will enjoy their musical interpretations. Again, MediaCom Connections channel (22) is scheduled to record the evening’s concert, so smile pretty if you come to this free concert!

June 27 @ 7pm - Free Brenton Plaza Stage
520 Robert Ray Drive, Des Moines, IA 50309
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Bright Light Parade
If you like the sounds of Barlow Girl, be sure you make it to the final Friday night of JuneJam on the river for Bright Light Parade out of Minnesota! You’ll have a hard time believing the two female lead singers are still in their teens! Check out their myspace page at www.myspace.com/brightlightparade (just click the link) to hear More, the opening song on this year’s JuneJam CD of 17 artists!
Also appearing will be WINGS (Women In Need of God's Strength), an 18-voice gospel women's group from Bethel AME in east Des Moines.
The free movie is Evan Almighty! Bring your lawn chairs and get comfortable for a knock-out evening! Again, MediaCom Connections channel (22) is scheduled to record the evening’s concert, so smile pretty if you come to this free concert!

June 27 @ 7pm - Free Java Joes
214 4th St, Des Moines, IA 50309
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Justin Willis, Moonspell Beach
When Justin’s onstage persona of Moonspell Beach finished last year’s JuneJam event at Java Joes, people stormed the stage for one last encore! So we’re doing it again! And again, Justin will be introducing a new CD! People in their teens and twenties will especially enjoy the smilin’, guitar strummin’ Justin and his original songs!

June 28 @ 5pm - $5 cover House of Bricks
525 E Grand Ave, Des Moines, IA 50309
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Fraught
Tomorrow’s Storm
Michael Fugitt
Jason Rich
JuneJam performer Jason Rich and eventual winner David Cook both auditioned for American Idol in Omaha and both were awarded trips to Hollywood. Both have amazing, original voices. It will cost you a pretty penny to see David Cook these days, but you can see Jason for just $5 as he performs as part of a knock-out closing day cluster of four acts converging in Des Moines at House of Bricks for an all-ages show! Michael Fugitt brings his rapping vibe down from Sioux City! Fraught brings their edgy rock sound down from Ames. And Tomorrow’s Storm stays in Des Moines this evening before kicking off their several state tour of the Midwest in July!

June 28 @ 3pm - Free University Park Amphitheater, Oskaloosa
2300 8th Ave E, University Park, IA 52595
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Piercing the Darkness
Dave Paris
Plan to Pull Through
ROC
The last time this many incredible guitar players gathered to play on stage among the trees may have been Woodstock! Four bands, each with strong guitar players are featured in this mini-festival on the closing day of JuneJam 2008! Dave Paris brings his rockin’ sounds and friend back to Oskaloosa from the Cedar Rapids area for the day!
Plan to Pull Through is an emerging band of college age guys from the Pella area who bring heart and soul to their music!
Piercing the Darkness returns to this venue by popular demand after being the opening act for the Woodlands amphitheater JuneJam site in 2007!
ROC comes down from Newton with a heavy guitar mix of rock, country, blues and folk sounds. All four groups have songs featured on this year’s JuneJam CD! University Park is actually a small subdivision on Oskaloosa’s southeast side. You’ll find the amphitheater by meandering on to the Vennard College campus.

June 28 @ 8pm - Free Friedrichs Coffee, Urbandale
4632 86th St, Urbandale, IA 50322
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Andy Klindt Trio
The Andy Klindt trio is comprised of guitar, bass and percussion playing a soulful, contemporary style of music perfect for kicking back in the inviting atmosphere of Friedrich’s Coffee in Urbandale. Call some friends and escape to a place that doesn’t take much gas to get to, but will help you feel like you’ve gotten away from your worries for an evening. Beautiful music and surroundings.