Iowa City Songwriters Festival

04/03/2026

Meet Win Miranda F: Former Iowa City Songwriter Festival Scholar 🌸🩷

Win joined us our first year as a scholar, loved our community so much, decided to move here, and now works at in our box office! We love having Win on our team and in our community. Read more about Win’s experience and how being a festival scholar impacted this new chapter! Link in our bio to read more on our blog.

03/27/2026

03/17/2026

Revisiting our time at and hosting a showcase room in January! We had the pleasure of having play our room + getting to reconnect with them after playing at The Englert last fall 💚

Looking forward to bringing our lessons from Folk Alliance back to ICSF this November 🌼!!!

03/13/2026

Just reminiscing on our first year + daydreaming for this year 💭💓 apply today to be a 2026 ICSF scholar, learn more at the link in our bio!

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03/11/2026

Our benefit show was something special 💛. Thank you to for hosting, all of the guests who paid tribute to the late Todd Snider in a brilliant way, + the house band for holding it down all evening!

We can’t wait to bring our festival back to this community. Thank you thank you thank you for your constant encouragement + support 🌼 more to come sooooon

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03/03/2026

Year Two, here we come! 🌼🫶

Scholar applications are open now and you can learn more and apply at the link in our bio. More details soon!💌💌💌

02/20/2026

Our festival benefit concert at just got sweeter

02/06/2026

⚙️ As we gear up for the second edition of the festival in 2026, we’re proud to announce our first event this year!🌷Join us at Wildwood Saloon on March 7 for a benefit to the Iowa City Songwriters Festival Scholarship Program, An Iowa Tribute to Todd Snider.

This is an event to bring the community together to celebrate one of the masters of the songwriting craft. A frequent visitor to Iowa City, Todd embodies the spirit of Iowa City Songwriters Festival. Sadly, Todd passed away at the end of 2025, so we wanted to take a moment to honor his legacy the best way we know how - on stage and with each other. Join us and a killer house band comprised of Brian Cooper, Ryan Bernemann, Randall Davis, and Dave Zollo, who is a former bandmate of Todd’s. Tickets are on sale now, get yours in advance for a discount.

🎵: An Iowa Tribute to Todd Snider
📅: Saturday, March 7 at Wildwood Saloon
🕐️: Music at 8pm, Doors at 6pm
🎟️: tickets in our bio and at englert.org/events

01/23/2026

So happy to be here with you sharing songs and stories 🩷 Let’s do it again tonight in room #1024

01/14/2026

Surprise! ICSF is heading to New Orleans for Folk Alliance International🌸✈️

We’re hosting 3 days of showcases ft. Iowa artists, 2025 festival scholars, and friends of ICSF

11/07/2025

Courtney Marie Andrews is just as talented as she is kind. It was a dream come true having her as our artist in residence for the week.

Join us in wishing Courtney the happiest of birthdays. Consider preordering Valentine (out January 16th) as a present.

Pictured here was just a small part of Courtney’s adventures during her week in Iowa City: hosting a songwriting workshop, song swap with Deb Talan, poetry reading at prairie lights, a walk at Wilson’s with our scholars, mentorship sessions, a panel discussion at the conference, a performance at The Englert and hopping in for a few songs with Jeff Tweedy as well.

10/24/2025

We are still feeling tied to the feeling of community that was present during the Iowa City Songwriter’s Festival. The amount of home grown talent we have in Iowa is astounding, and we’ve got the best audiences around to see them.

The Iowa City Songwriter’s Festival felt like our chance to celebrate the deeply entrenched history of songwriting in Iowa City, and it turned into a weekend of profound creativity, community, and care. Whether you visited the Black Angel or the Northside, these artists put on spellbinding performances that still have our minds captivated.