After years of independently hawking their original songs at venues across the country, Josh Parks Davis and Adam Bruce Bartelt were looking for a new gig a little closer to home. Thinking they could make a quick buck playing at loud bars to disinterested crowds, the two joined forces as Bruce & Parks, bringing their irreverent brand of country-country to the masses. What started as thankless cover gigs (only accepting requests scrawled across a $20 bill…) quickly developed into a full-fledged creative enterprise of more thankless cover gigs that paid better. Now working on their debut album, Bruce & Parks are still making the rounds at those loud bars. Come on out to see them (and don’t forget those greenbacks).

Join us every Friday for Live Music at Truman’s Tavern from 4 – 7 pm! Come park-it in the River Market District and enjoy an evening of great music, food and drinks on our back patio.Live Music Schedule:
Friday, May 21 – Maxx & TFLIP (Maxx G and Tera Flipping from Final Mix)
Friday, May 28 – PJ Gartrell
Friday, June 4 – Taylor King & Nick Sinclair
Friday, June 11 – Heath Alan
Friday, June 18 – Kracklin (Dave Kramer and Sara Nicklin)
Friday, June 25 – Dan Medeiros
Friday, July 9 – Orphan Annie
Friday, July 16 – Emmett Sheehan
Friday, July 23 – Kracklin (Dave Kramer and Sara Nicklin)
Friday, July 30 – Geoffrey Junior
Friday, August 6 – Tyler Frazier
Friday, August 13 – Jake Schrodt
Friday, August 20 – Mike Aceto
Friday, August 27 – Brian Herrin

Happy Hour goes from 3 – 6 pm and you can also enjoy $1 off Boulevard beers and Iowa draft beers all day Friday!

doors 7pm, show 8pm
$12 in advance/$15 day of show
21+ event
EL PERRO is a brand new band led by guitarist/vocalist/songwriter/producer Parker Griggs. The band’s sound contains elements that fans of his band Radio Moscow will recognize, but this is rock music with a new, fresh spin and feel. El Perro takes heavy psychedelic rock as a starting point and adds the additional instrumentation of a second guitar and a percussionist, pushing the music into more syncopated territory, spiced with Latin rhythms and hints of Funkadelic-style grooves. You could say that El Perro plays psychedelic funk rock, and you wouldn’t be wrong.
In late 2019, hungry to do something fresh, Parker Griggs decided to put together a five piece band, with members including former Radio Moscow drummer Lonnie Blanton, bassist Shawn Davis, and guitarist Holland Redd. With the addition of a percussionist the El Perro sound and style coalesced. The band debuted in Las Vegas after a few weeks of rehearsal, with additional shows throughout Northern and Southern California following shortly thereafter.

Technasia, aka Charles Siegling, has been turning electronic music lovers into believers throughout his career. A provocative artist with a taste for exploration, Technasia combines a sophisticated musical sensibility with restless curiosity – taking fans places they never knew they wanted to go.
Parisian-born Siegling created Technasia when his love of film led him to Hong Kong to study Asian cinema. Fascinated with blurring the boundaries between West and East, he chose music as his medium to create a unique fusion of emotion, intelligence and experience.
The result? Dozens of hits across multiple labels in the course of his career. Last year was no exception. The Technasia & Green Velvet collaboration ‘Suga’ became the longest-running overall No. 1 track in Beatport history. While ‘Heart of Flesh’ and ‘I Am Somebody’ held top spots in the charts and on the dancefloors.
With studio accolades to spare, Technasia could be excused for cutting back on the air miles, but nothing will persuade him to give up the thrill of live performance. A firm favourite at festivals across the globe, notable appearances included Ultra, Electric Daisy Carnival, Exit, Aquasella, Monegros, Dreambeach, A Day In The Park, Loveland, Awakenings, Dance Valley, Timewarp, SonneMondSterne, Nature One, Creamfields UK, SW4, Sziget, Tomorrowland…
From DJing to producing to remixing, Technasia is driven by the desire to share his love of music. “Electronic music is the greatest language of all,” he says. “No words, just the vibration, the emotion and the beat.”
As he continues to push the boundaries of electronic music, he gives us all a reason to believe.

Join us every Friday for Live Music at Truman’s Tavern from 4 – 7 pm! Come park-it in the River Market District and enjoy an evening of great music, food and drinks on our back patio.Live Music Schedule:
Friday, May 21 – Maxx & TFLIP (Maxx G and Tera Flipping from Final Mix)
Friday, May 28 – PJ Gartrell
Friday, June 4 – Taylor King & Nick Sinclair
Friday, June 11 – Heath Alan
Friday, June 18 – Kracklin (Dave Kramer and Sara Nicklin)
Friday, June 25 – Dan Medeiros
Friday, July 9 – Orphan Annie
Friday, July 16 – Emmett Sheehan
Friday, July 23 – Kracklin (Dave Kramer and Sara Nicklin)
Friday, July 30 – Geoffrey Junior
Friday, August 6 – Tyler Frazier
Friday, August 13 – Jake Schrodt
Friday, August 20 – Mike Aceto
Friday, August 27 – Brian Herrin

Happy Hour goes from 3 – 6 pm and you can also enjoy $1 off Boulevard beers and Iowa draft beers all day Friday!

Join us at Exile Brewing Co for their Sunday night Summer Music Series featuring your favorite husband and wife acoustic duo!

Making music together since 2015, Matt & Laurel are a husband and wife acoustic duo who captivate audiences with their smooth sounds and witty banter.
Featuring dynamic vocals and acoustic guitar, Matt & Laurel deliver a fun twist on all your favorites from the 60s to today. And with an eclectic song list, you’re sure to find a song you love!

Doors 6:00pm, Show 7:00pm

$25 advance, $30 day of
Buy online eventbrite.com/e/umphreys-mcgee-tickets-98059399303 or get at Wooly’s (504 E. Locust St., Des Moines) in advance of the show with no service fees (cash only), M-F between 12-5pm.

The Nitefall on the River series is presented by Veridian Credit Union.

We’re also proud to partner with STAR 102.5 – Today’s Best Variety, Coors Light, New Belgium Brewing, and Meredith Corporation.

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7pm doors, 8pm show
$18 in advance/$22 day of show
21+ event
With an earnest ability to create a delicate balance of harmony, melody, deep emotion and
subtlety, Lee DeWyze’s depth as a songwriter call to mind some of his earliest influences like
Simon and Garfunkel, Yusef Islam (Cat Stevens) and Johnny Cash.
His last 4 releases Victims Of The Night (April 2020), and the EP Castles (Oct 2019), have
garnered over 1M streams, while his latest 2 singles, Weeds (Oct 2020) is currently highlighted
on the largest folk playlist Chill Folk, streaming 3500x per day, and Horizon (Apr 2021) was
featured in the motion picture The Secret: Dare To Dream starring Katie Holmes and Josh Lucas.
Over the last 10 years, Lee has released five albums, including his critically
lauded Frames (Vanguard Records, 2013), which included the top 40 Billboard Hot AC hit
“Fight.” In 2014, his song “Blackbird Song” (20M streams + ) was placed in the show “The
Walking Dead.” After signing with Shanachie Records in 2016, Lee released the album Oil and
Water, which hit Number One on the iTunes folk and singer/songwriter chart, followed
by Paranoia (2018), which hit Number One on the Alternative chart. As the winner of American
Idol Season 9 in 2010, he made his major label debut with Live It Up (RCA).
Lee’s songs have appeared in over 70 movies, TV shows, and commercials.
His latest synch was for his song Castles, which highlighted the season finale of Station 19 (#1
show on ABC). His video for Castles won 11 awards world-wide (Los Angeles, NY, and
London) for best animated video with TIFF (The International Film Festival).
Lee is embarking on a summer/fall 2021 US tour called Ghost Stories.

Join us every Friday for Live Music at Truman’s Tavern from 4 – 7 pm! Come park-it in the River Market District and enjoy an evening of great music, food and drinks on our back patio.Live Music Schedule:
Friday, May 21 – Maxx & TFLIP (Maxx G and Tera Flipping from Final Mix)
Friday, May 28 – PJ Gartrell
Friday, June 4 – Taylor King & Nick Sinclair
Friday, June 11 – Heath Alan
Friday, June 18 – Kracklin (Dave Kramer and Sara Nicklin)
Friday, June 25 – Dan Medeiros
Friday, July 9 – Orphan Annie
Friday, July 16 – Emmett Sheehan
Friday, July 23 – Kracklin (Dave Kramer and Sara Nicklin)
Friday, July 30 – Geoffrey Junior
Friday, August 6 – Tyler Frazier
Friday, August 13 – Jake Schrodt
Friday, August 20 – Mike Aceto
Friday, August 27 – Brian Herrin

Happy Hour goes from 3 – 6 pm and you can also enjoy $1 off Boulevard beers and Iowa draft beers all day Friday!