Lefty's Live Music

**📢 DEADHEADS… ROLL CALL! KC Bones hits Lefty’s this Saturday!** Saturday, Nov 15 • 9pm • $15 • 21+ 📍 Lefty’s Live Music — 2307 University Ave, Des Moines Kansas City’s own KC Bones is pulling into town with a full-tank of Grateful Dead energy. These guys don’t fake the vibe — they live it. Since 2019, they’ve been keeping the spirit of The Dead alive one jam at a time… and they’re bringing that whole KC flavor straight to Des Moines. 🔥 With special guests: Improv ’n Hard Copies If you like your jams loose, long, and dripping with that Dead swagger… yeah, you’re in the right place. 🎸 Band Lineup: Harv Fitzer – Guitar / Vocals Jason Taylor – Guitar / Vocals Jake Swanson – Drums John Hubbard – Bass / Vocals Rick Symmonds – Keyboards These dudes came together from all walks of life for one reason: Because The Dead’s music hits the soul the same way it always has — and they’re here to share it. 🌐 Website: kcbonesband.com 📘 Facebook: facebook.com/pg/kcbonesband 📺 YouTube: youtube.com/@kcbones6052 Bring your tie-dye, your good energy, and your dancing bones. We’re gonna JAM, and Lefty’s is gonna FEEL IT.

⚡ FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7 📍 Lefty’s Live Music — 2307 University Ave 🎟️ $10 | All Ages 🚪 Doors 5:00 | Show 5:30 💥 VULGE 💥 Tearaway 💥 Common Hollow 💥 Phantom Threat 💥 DoYouBleed Blackout riffs, breakdowns, and bat signals — this one’s built for the pit. #DesMoinesMusic #LeftysLiveMusic #IowaMetal #LocalShows #SupportLocalMusic #LiveLoud

🔥 DROWNING LIFE — Last show of the year! If you’ve ever been hit by a tractor riff, you know what’s coming. One of Iowa’s heaviest is closing out 2025 with a full-tilt throwdown that’ll shake the corn right off the stalk. This is the kind of chaos you don’t walk away from — you crawl out smiling. 💀 Demsfightinwords (Illinois NU Beatdown) 💀 Nyhilist (Iowa Nu Core) 💀 Such Creatures Exist (Iowa Deathcore) 💀 Leave Them Cold (Illinois Beatdown) 💀 The Kevorkian Experiment (Iowa Heavy) 🍖 Chow down with Give You A Belly Belly BBQ — because chaos burns calories and metal runs on meat. 💢 Iowa corn-fed. Breed metal. 🥃 Just like whiskey — it HITS different. 👊 All pit. No pity. 💀 No warm-ups, just war. 🔥 No mercy, just Midwest. 🎤 LEFTY’S! You know what time it is. When that first riff drops, the floor’s gonna break before the crowd does. Tractor riffs. Bone-snap breakdowns. Dust, sweat, and red lights. Cornfields quake when this pit opens. So bring your crew. Stretch your neck. And pray your knees hold up. 📍 Lefty’s Live Music – 2307 University Ave, Des Moines 🗓️ Saturday, Nov 8 | Doors 4PM | All Ages 💢 THE FALL BRAWL — IOWA CORN-FED, BREED METAL 💢 Because out here… the riffs grow tall, and the pits hit back. 🌽🔥 #DrowningLife #FallBrawl #LeftysLiveMusic #DesMoinesMetal #IowaMetal #MidwestMetal #NuCore #Deathcore #Beatdown #HeavyMusic #LiveMetal #SupportLocalMusic #IowaBands #MetalCommunity #MoshPit #CornFedMetal #BreedMetal #NoMercyJustMidwest #TractorRiffs #PitCulture #IowaHeavy #BBQandBreakdowns #LeftysDSM #AllAgesShow #MetalheadsUnite

🎸 CALOUS — THE FAREWELL SHOW: 30 YEARS OF MUSIC After three decades of raw emotion, heavy riffs, and relentless heart, Calous takes the stage one last time. Join us as we celebrate 30 years of music, brotherhood, and memories that helped shape the Des Moines scene. From the first chord to the final bow, this night isn’t just a show — it’s a thank you to every fan, friend, and venue that’s stood beside them through it all. 🎤 With Special Guest: John Beere Come raise a glass, scream along, and help us send Calous off the way they deserve — loud, proud, and unforgettable.

🎃👻 HALLOWEEK AT LEFTY’S 👻🎃 Two nights of bass, bars, and blood-chilling beats. Costumes highly encouraged — you don’t wanna be the only mortal in the room. ⸻ 🩸 WEDNESDAY, OCT 29 — TRICK OR TREAT & DOPE BEATZ Hosted by DiggzDaBeat & Marcus Inman 🎧 DJ Bigg Ray West 🍖 Food by Give You A Belly Belly BBQ Performances by: Faze10 • Vonny Hendrix • Splashy G • Mula Corleone • Voidxedwarranty • G.A Barz • QwezDbleoo • UNTIILED • Xco$mox 🕘 9PM – Close | 🎭 Costume Party | 💵 $10 Door 📍 Lefty’s Live Music | 2307 University Ave, Des Moines IA Trick, treat, or drop a beat — whatever you do, come dressed to kill. ⸻ 💀 FRIDAY, OCT 31 — 11TH ANNUAL FREAK OUT Presented by Eclipse Entertainment × JAMRS × Bassberry Jam 🔥 Chief Kaya (dubstep demon of the deep wobble) NDO B2B Chillim • Blacksmoke • RAW Moondoggin 🎤 Host: Nature Boy 🎭 Costume Contest Entry 10PM | Contest 10:30 Sharp 🥇 5 VIP Tix to NYE Light Up The Night 🥈 3 VIP Tix to NYE Light Up The Night 🥉 Exclusive Gift Bag 💸 $10 Presale | Riddims: Deep Dub • House • Dubstep • Wobble 📍 Lefty’s Live Music | Des Moines, IA 11 years of Freak Out. The bass gets darker, the costumes get wilder, and the ghosts don’t leave till close.

“Happy little accidents and zero happy f***s given.” 🎨 When Bob Ross meets Santa’s rowdy cousin at Lefty’s — you know it’s gonna be a masterpiece.

🎶 NEO SOL — Elements of Healing Tour 🎶 ✨ Tomorrow at Lefty’s Live! ✨ Neo Sol brings their Elements of Healing Tour to Des Moines with special guests Resurrection Mary The time’s been bumped up — doors now open at 5 PM (not 9 PM). Come early, catch every note, and soak up the vibe. 📅 Thursday, October 23rd 📍 Lefty’s Live Music — Des Moines, IA 💵 $10 Cover | All Ages | Doors at 5 PM #LeftysLiveMusic #NeoSol #ResurrectionMary #DesMoinesMusic #ElementsOfHealingTour

🧠🐙 PSYCHO CEPHALOPOD TOUR lands in Des Moines! Satellite Touring Presents Mantra of Morta & Squidhammer Live at Lefty’s Live Music 📍 Des Moines, IA 📅 Tuesday, October 22nd 🕔 Doors 5PM 💸 $20 👥 All Ages Prepare for a night of brutal riffs, monstrous vocals, and deep-sea madness. These bands don’t just melt faces—they dissolve them. #LeftysLiveMusic #MantraOfMorta #Squidhammer #PsychoCephalopodTour #DesMoinesMetal #IowaMetal #SatelliteTouring

🚨 PRESALES END TONIGHT! 🚨 BROKENCYDE rolls into Lefty’s this Tuesday, Oct 21 for the Teach Me How To Scene Tour 🔥 With Dot Dot Curve, From This Day Forward, OBA SYLO, and Infernal Instinct 🎟️ Grab your $20 presale tickets before midnight — it’s $25 at the door! 📍 Lefty’s Live Music 🕔 5PM | All Ages Throw it back to your MySpace years — eyeliner, breakdowns, and total chaos. 🤘 #LeftysLiveMusic #Brokencyde #TeachMeHowToSceneTour #DotDotCurve #FromThisDayForward #OBASYLO #InfernalInstinct #SceneIsNotDead #DesMoinesShows

📅 Friday, Oct. 17 — Two Shows, One Night at Lefty’s! 🎷 EARLY SHOW — Jasper Tide A wild mix of jazz, funk, and psychedelic rock featuring: Mad Delirious & Like Knives 🕠 Doors 5:30PM | Show 6PM | 💵 $10 | 🎟 All Ages until 9PM 🎸 LATE SHOW — Greg Gets Greyer Celebrating 40-something years of local guitar legend Greg Knight! With Resurrection Mary, Hollowtree, & Greg’s new project Solburn 🕘 Doors 9PM | 💵 $5 | 21+🎶 Start smooth, end heavy — all under one roof. #LeftysLiveMusic #DesMoinesMusic #JasperTide #ResurrectionMary #Solburn #Hollowtree #MadDelirious #LikeKnives #GregKnight #IowaMusic #LiveMusicDSM

A few of our upcoming shows! • Oct 17: Greg Gets Greyer with Resurrection Mary, Hollow Tree, and Solburn at 9 PM. • Oct 18: Dirty Blonde with Exit 141 at 6:30 PM. • Oct 21: Brokencyde, Dot Dot Curve, and From This Day Forward at 5 PM. • Oct 23: Ataraxis Movement, Neo Sol, and Tu’Mera at 9 PM. • Oct 24: Safe Space EP Release Show at 5 PM. • Oct 25: A Night Of Frightful Cover with multiple bands at 5 PM. • Oct 29: Trick Or Treat & Dope Beatz at 9 PM. • Oct 31: FREAKOUT 2025 at 8 PM. Head to Lefty’s and catch all the action!

📣 TRUE GRIT took over Lefty’s! History was made last night — for the first time ever, wrestling came to Lefty’s Live Music! Madhouse Wrestling brought TRUE GRIT to the floor — no ring, no rules, no mercy, and definitely no bullshit. From chain matches to table crashes, from the bar to the mat, every inch of the room became part of the fight. The crowd? Loud, rowdy, and absolutely loving it. Huge shoutout to Madhouse Wrestling for turning Lefty’s into a war zone (in the best way possible). If you missed this one… you missed history. 💀 #MadhouseWrestling 💀 #TrueGrit 💀 #LeftysLiveMusic 💀 #NoRingNoRulesNoBullshit 💀 #DesMoinesEvents 💀 #IowaWrestling 💀 #SupportLocalMadness