Mission Creek Festival 2013: Schedule, Guide, and Continuing Coverage

Final Day Coverage

 

Overheard at Mission Creek: Part five (Little Village)

Day Six Coverage

Mission Creek Coverage and Photos from Hoopla 

Your guide to Mission Creek: Sunday (Little Village)

Day Five Coverage

Divine Fits Sanctify Righteous Friday Lineup: Mission Creek Day Five

Mission Creek Coverage and Photos from Hoopla 

Your guide to Mission Creek: Saturday (Little Village)

Overheard at Mission Creek: Part four (Little Village)

Hitting the wall (Little Village)

Day Four Coverage

Mission Creek Coverage and Photos from Hoopla 

Show Photos: Mission Creek Day 3: Thursday 4/4/13 (Little Village)

Overheard at Mission Creek: Part three (Little Village)

Day Three Coverage

Mission Creek Coverage and Photos from Hoopla 

Running up and down the alley 

Overheard at Mission Creek: Part two (Little Village)

Show Photos: Mission Creek Night 2: Wednesday 4/3/13 (Little Village)

Day Two Coverage

Your Guide to Mission Creek: Wednesday (Little Village)

Day One Coverage:

Mission Creek has Begun!

It's some great weather for this year's Mission Creek Festival, and there's some great talent coming in to Iowa City to enjoy. Here's a collection of writeups about the festival, plus info to help you enjoy the events.

I'll update this article throughout the week as more writeups come in.

Previews and Writeups

Study up on festival bands by reading Little Village's Festival Guide. 

Talent swells to overflowing at Iowa City's Mission Creek Festival (Des Moines Register)

Actress Amber Tamblyn bringing her poetry to Mission Creek Festival (Hoopla)

Janeane Garofalo will share stage, laughs with Tig Notaro (Hoopla)

Mission Creek Festival 2013 | Festival Outlook

Our View: Festival shows off local music, literary scene Iowa City Press-Citizen

Mission Creek lineup continues to grow | Iowa City Press Citizen 

Mission Creek Festival Literature Crawl Lineup (Daily Iowan)

Roxane Gay reading kicks off Mission Creek Festival's literature crawl (Daily Iowan)

Roxane Gay, John D'Agata kick off Mission Creek literary events (Iowa Now)

Below is the informational e-mail sent out by the Mission Creek Festival for additional references.

It's here. The 8th annual Mission Creek Festival hits Iowa City today and continues through Sunday, April 7th.  Here’s what you need to know to make the most out of this one-of-a-kind week of music, literature, & food: 

Schedule

A complete schedule of festival events can be found at missionfreak.com. 

Special Festival Events
Be sure to check out these special events popping up throughout the week:

• Tim Quirk Lecture at the Old Capitol Building — Monday, 4/1 at 7:30pm [details]
• Pussy Riot - A Punk Prayer Film Screening at Gabe's — Wednesday, 4/3 at 7pm [details]
• Sandy Dyas Artist Talk & Reception at the Englert — Friday, 4/5 at 5pm [details]
• Mission Boutique at Revival, Catherine's, & RSVP —  Saturday, 4/6 from 3-6pm [details]

Passes & Tickets

All-Access Passes are still available - but very close to selling out!

A pass gets you into all Mission Creek concerts, including the sold-out Ducktails and Grizzly Bear shows. Several other shows are nearly sold out. New to this year’s festival is the addition of passholder discounts at 15 local retailers, including Oasis Falafel, Prairie Lights Books, Motley Cow, and more - just show your pass at check-out during the week of the festival and receive an exclusive discount.

Individual tickets are still available to most shows as well.  Visit midwestix.com to purchase yours!

Food & Literature 

Mission Creek’s literary lineup includes readings by poet Cornelius Eady, acclaimed contemporary author Roxane Gay, and Bosnian-American writer Aleksandar Hemon.  In addition, the literary lineup includes the free Iowa City Lit Crawl, which features more than 60 authors representing the likes of n+1, Vice Magazine, and Coffee House Press, and The Drums Inside Your Chest Series, a critically acclaimed poetry concert series featuring Amber Tamblyn, Patricia Smith, and musician Emily Wells. Find more information on the lit section of our website. 

Feeling hungry?  This year’s festival boasts four incredible food programs that showcase some of the cutting-edge, locally-owned restaurants in Iowa City.  From an Iowa pork dinner with wine pairings at the Motley Cow to a vegan brunch at the Trumpet Blossom Cafe, foodies will delight in the festival’s culinary programming.  For more information, visit the food section of our website. 

Free Mission Creek iPhone App

iPhone users: the Mission Creek 2013 iPhone app will be your ultimate festival companion.  Set favorite events to be notified when doors open, follow the latest festival news updates, view the day's events, learn more about the artists you see, and more. Download the FREE app in the iTunes store here.

Connect

Connect with the festival and let us know what you think on Facebook & Twitter. We'll be posting show information during the festival to keep you in the loop. 

Be sure to use #missioncreek,  the official Twitter hashtag, when Tweeting about the festival, and follow the thread to see what’s happening all over town during the week. 

Festival Sponsors/Partners: 

The 2013 Mission Creek Festival is supported by title sponsor University of Iowa Community Credit Union. Additional sponsors include the City of Iowa City, Jim Beam, New Belgium Brewing, Iowa City / Coralville Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, Iowa City Downtown District, Little Village Magazine, M.C. Ginsberg, Bradley & Riley, Hancher, Iowa Public Radio, West Music, and Sheraton Iowa City.

Many thanks to our general sponsors & partners:
New Pioneer Co-op, Catherine’s, Revival, Aspen Dental, Midwestix, Scope Productions, Record Collector, KRUI, Zephyr Printing, & White Wire Studio