Rock the Block at NewBo City Market!

Rock the Block is NewBo City Market's free weekly concert series. Each summer a variety of local bands take the Bankers Trust Stage in the Market Yard and fill Friday nights with live music!

Space to sit and enjoy the concert is free and open to the public on a first-come first-served basis.

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Who's playing?

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• June 11th - Casting Call

• June 18th - Bernemann Bros

• June 25th - Deja Blue

• July 2nd - Kevin Burt with Big Medicine

• July 9th - Betty Calling

• July 16th - Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers (CSPS concert series)

• July 23rd - The Belle Rangers

• July 30th - Soul Sherpa

• August 6th - Surf Zombies

• August 13th - Birdchild

• August 20th - Shawn Holt and The Teardrops (CSPS concert series)

• August 27th - Fresh Fighters

• September 3rd - Bamboozlers

• September 10th - Lowdown Brass Band (CSPS concert series)

• September 17th - Cedar Junction

• September 24th - Deja Blue

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CSPS Hall, our NewBo neighbors, are presenting four concerts this summer on June 4th, July 16th, August 20th, and September 10th.

Rock the Block 2021 is supported by Collins Aerospace, Lion Bridge Brewing Company, New Leader Manufacturing, and Cedar Rapids Tourism.

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Event Rules:

• NO OUTSIDE FOOD OR BEVERAGES, with the exception of reusable water bottles filled with water only. Please support our small businesses and get your snacks from the Shopkeepers inside the Market.

• NO COOLERS

• No smoking

• No sitting in between social-distancing squares in the South Market Yard (stage side). Guests must find a square to occupy in this area. If no squares are available, the North Market Yard has open space.

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