Ideal Theater & Bar

10/07/2026

Hear it first: Cedar County Cobras debut an all-new record.

This week in The Marquee: Cedar County Cobras turn The Ideal into an album-release room, Eastland comes back to headline the stage where it played its first show, Ole 60 takes McGrath on a Thursday, and Czech Village/NewBo makes Friday easy with C***r Stroll.

Read this week's picks:
https://www.idealtheaterandbar.com/marquee

09/25/2026

It’s the final Friday of the month, you know what that means!! We have a new guest tonight who is syndicated in England. Gonna be a hot one - doors at 8!

09/16/2026

Lee Ross

09/09/2026

What’s worth leaving the house for this week in Cedar Rapids. Killers of Kill Tony takes over the Paramount, Festival Latino marks 15 years, SPT’s Writers’ Room returns, and The Olympic starts its countdown to Earshot.

09/04/2026

09/03/2026

08/29/2026

AFTER MARKET AFTER DARK VOL IV: Party Like It's 2000/weird strings of hair hanging in front/frosted tip Y2K ensemble you can put together.

Bonus points if you have a normal name that was spelled in a bizarre way bc your parents thought that made it original.

AFTER MARKET AFTER DARK VOL IV - PARTY LIKE IT’S 2000

Doors at 8

AFTER MARKET AFTER DARK VOL IV: Party Like It's 2000

08/29/2026