{"id":2187525,"date":"2025-12-05T01:43:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T01:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2187525"},"modified":"2025-12-05T01:43:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T01:43:58","slug":"hancher-announces-a-new-multi-venue-spring-music-fest-in-iowa-city-stop-time-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/hancher-announces-a-new-multi-venue-spring-music-fest-in-iowa-city-stop-time-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Hancher announces a new multi-venue spring music fest in Iowa City, Stop\/Time Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Renowned jazz trumpeter and composer Ambrose Akinmusire.  \u2014 courtesy of the artist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hancher Auditorium, lead by executive director Andre Perry, has announced they are producing a new music and arts festival scheduled for this coming spring. The Stop\/Time Festival is billed as a \u201ctwo-day, multi-venue, multi-artist spring festival devoted to innovation and independence in contemporary music and the arts.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>The first edition of Stop\/Time Festival launches Friday, April 3 through Saturday, April 4 in Iowa City. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignright is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<p>On initial impressions, the festival feels like it could be filling a void left by the changes to Iowa City\u2019s Mission Creek Festival, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/littlevillagemag.com\/mission-creek-festival-2025-end-of-an-era\/\">which hosted its last iteration with the Englert at the helm<\/a> this past April. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do a lot of shows with well-known artists,\u201d Perry says in the announcement, \u201cwhich is great, but [Stop\/Time Festival] seeks the magic of walking into a venue and hearing or seeing a new kind of art for the first time, something that opens the doors and brings us closer to our own creativity, our community, and the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The festival aims to present musicians and interdisciplinary artists across downtown Iowa City and the University of Iowa campus.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1    \">\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>The initial list of performers includes Ambrose Akinmusire playing their latest album <em>honey from a winter stone<\/em>. Other heavy-hitters include the Branford Marsalis Quartet presenting their Grammy-nominated album <em>Belonging<\/em> and the post-rock band Tortoise in support of their new record <em>Touch<\/em>. The lineup also features contemporary classical brass ensemble The Westerlies, jazz pianist Jason Moran with a program honoring Duke Ellington, experimental sound artist Evicshen, avant-garde jazz guitarist Mary Halvorson, anti-folk singer-songwriter Jeffrey Lewis, multi-genre bassist Mali Obomsawin, and psych-punk band Frankie and the Witch Fingers. <\/p>\n<p>The program also celebrates Iowa-based musicians, including Lex Leto x The Christine Burke Ensemble, Miracles of God, and Pieta Brown with the string trio Open Field Ensemble.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mali-obomsawin-welcome-to-indian-country.png?resize=780%2C601&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-476906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mali-obomsawin-welcome-to-indian-country.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mali-obomsawin-welcome-to-indian-country.png?resize=410%2C316&amp;ssl=1 410w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mali-obomsawin-welcome-to-indian-country.png?resize=640%2C493&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mali-obomsawin-welcome-to-indian-country.png?resize=768%2C592&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mali-obomsawin-welcome-to-indian-country.png?resize=1200%2C924&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mali-obomsawin-welcome-to-indian-country.png?resize=1024%2C789&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mali-obomsawin-welcome-to-indian-country.png?resize=780%2C601&amp;ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mali-obomsawin-welcome-to-indian-country.png?resize=400%2C308&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mali-obomsawin-welcome-to-indian-country.png?resize=706%2C544&amp;ssl=1 706w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlevillagemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mali-obomsawin-welcome-to-indian-country.png?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mali Obomsawin playing electric bass with Welcome to Indian Country (2022) \u2014  Photo by Tolepekinape<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFrom new arrivals to established anchors, these artists form a wide-angle picture of the performing arts at its most alert and alive,\u201d said Hancher programming and engagement director Aaron Greenwald, who co-curated the festival with Perry.<\/p>\n<p>Featured venues include Hancher Auditorium, Voxman Music Building, Riverside Theatre, the Englert Theatre, Iowa City Masonic Lodge, Gabe\u2019s and the UI Pentacrest.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-2    \">\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>Hancher will announce a second wave of programming in the new year, including information about featured authors and free community events at the festival.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"perfmatters-lazy-youtube\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XmpvB8AxZ5c\" data-id=\"XmpvB8AxZ5c\" data-query=\"feature=oembed\" onclick=\"perfmattersLazyLoadYouTube(this);\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/XmpvB8AxZ5c\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Frankie and the Witch Fingers - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XmpvB8AxZ5c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>More information and festival passes, which are already on sale, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hancher.uiowa.edu\">can be found on Hancher\u2019s website. <\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Stop\/Time Festival lineup<\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Friday, April 3<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ambrose Akinmusire playing <em>honey from a winter stone<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Mei Semones<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Saturday, April 4<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Branford Marsalis Quartet playing <em>Belonging<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Evicshen<\/li>\n<li>Frankie and the Witch Fingers<\/li>\n<li>Golomb<\/li>\n<li>Jason Moran playing <em>Duke Ellington: My Heart Sings<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Jeffrey Lewis &amp; The Voltage<\/li>\n<li>Kalia Vandever<\/li>\n<li>Lex Leto x The Christine Burke Ensemble<\/li>\n<li>Mali Obomsawin<\/li>\n<li>Mary Halvorson: Canis Major<\/li>\n<li>Miracles of God<\/li>\n<li>Pieta Brown with the Open Field Ensemble<\/li>\n<li>Tortoise<\/li>\n<li>The Westerlies<\/li>\n<li>William Tyler<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<aside>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source littlevillagemag.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renowned jazz trumpeter and composer Ambrose Akinmusire. \u2014 courtesy of the artist Hancher Auditorium, lead by executive director Andre Perry, has announced they are producing a new music and arts festival scheduled for this coming spring. 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