Volta Youth Music & Art Festival

06/28/2025

Thank you to all of our wonderful sponsors for Volta Youth Music & Art Festival this year: Hills Bank, Neon Dragon Tattoo, TrueNorth , Mango Mustache and Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival! The wonderful contributions of these companies help us let kids show off their talents! Thank you so much!

06/20/2025

Excited to announce Molly Nova & The Hawks as our headliners for Volta Youth Music and Arts Festival 2025! This amazing blues group features the wonderfully talented Molly Nova and will be closing out our musical acts on June 28th! Get PUMPED!

06/19/2025

We are looking for pop-up event tents for Volta Youth Music & Art Festival! If you have an event tent that is in good shape and would be willing to loan it to us for June 28th, please give us a call at (319)-350-1805 with any questions or stop by our offices at 2630 B ave NE, Cedar Rapids to drop your tent off.

We will ask you to label your tent with your name, and pick them up at our offices between June 30th and July 2nd. We can't wait to see you at Volta!

06/15/2025

Only 2 more weeks until Volta Youth Music and Arts Festival 2025! Get excited for some awesome young talent to shine!

06/08/2025

🎶🎸 Check out the Rock Academy bands at this year's Volta Youth Music & Art Festival on June 28th at the Newbo City Market! They've been working hard getting ready for this awesome even! Just 3 weeks away! 🎶🎸

06/06/2025

We are still accepting applications for youth artist booths at Volta 2025! If you (or someone you know) are a young artist in the corridor, apply now to have a booth to show off and sell your work during a highly trafficked event!

Fill out this form to apply: https://forms.gle/Jsui5vmEp5C4CKtL8

06/03/2025

We are still accepting applications for youth artists! Apply now!

Applications are now open for youth artists at Volta 2025! Each year we invite young artists to have a booth at the event where they can sell their work, and we want you to have a booth! Any artists from grades K-12 are welcome to apply!

To apply please fill out this google form: https://forms.gle/ta5jsx9fW52247xx9

05/29/2025

Applications are now open for youth artists at Volta 2025! Each year we invite young artists to have a booth at the event where they can sell their work, and we want you to have a booth! Any artists from grades K-12 are welcome to apply!

To apply please fill out this google form: https://forms.gle/ta5jsx9fW52247xx9

05/21/2025

We are excited to be back! Once again, the Eastern Iowa Arts Academy has partnered with the Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival to bring you Volta Youth Music and Arts Festival! More details to come, but get ready for some awesome music and art by the wonderful youth artists of Cedar Rapids on June 28th!

06/21/2024

VOLTA IS RELOCATING!

Volta Youth Music Festival will be relocating to the Ideal Theater & Bar (213 16th Ave SE, Cedar Rapids Iowa, IA) from 12:00-5:00 pm this Saturday! Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival buttons will be required for entry to this event.