Bob Dorr's Blues Jam. 6:30pm. No cover.

La Calle in the Beer Garden. 5-7. #goodfood

Join host Matt Anderson for Octopus Bingo. Second Wednesday of every month. 8pm. No cover. #prizes #fun #booze

Run Dog & Salem's Room. 8pm. $10.

Bryce Janey & David Lee Paul. 8pm. $10 #folk #blues #rock

Join host James Hoelscher on the first Wednesday of every month for the Octopus Songwriter’s open mic. 7pm. No cover.

The Kings of Iowa Roots Rock Brother Trucker recorded a live album at Octopus! 8pm. $10.

10 Watt Robot, Maize and Jonny H. 8pm. $10. #indierock #rock

Bob Dorr's Blues Jam. 6:30pm. No cover.

The Octopus is proud to present a monthly showcase featuring the best nationally touring and local comedians. Expect longer sets and practiced material from veterans of the stage.

Admission is $10
Show starts about 8:30pm

Headliner: Dan Alten

404, Bullets and Butterflies and Speak of the Devil. 8pm. $10.

Endless Arrows, Run Dog and Ego Death. 7pm doors. #indiefolk #americana

It isn’t really Summer at Octopus until Redgie brings his delicious La Calle food truck to the Octopus beer garden! 5-7pm. Join us.

Octopus Comedy Open Mic. 8pm. No cover.

Moto Gents Vintage Bike Fest. Noon - 5. Details TBA.

Ben Randall and Your Favorite Band, Ego Death and Carter Williams. 8pm. $10

A night of Rock and Roll covers. Rock Klub. 8pm. No cover.

Bob Dorr’s Blues Jam. 6:30pm. No cover.

Join host Matt Anderson for 4 rounds of Octopus Bingo. 2nd Wednesday of every month. 8pm. No cover.

A night of Jazz Fusion w/ Big Fun. 8pm. $10

In My Blood, Amuck, Unmanned Audio and Grave Corp (acoustic). 8pm. $10

Bluff Street & Kensett. 7pm. $5

Octopus Songwriter's Open Mic. 7pm. No cover.

Come spend your Star Wars day evening at the Octopus for a wonderful night of music as trombonist/composer Levi Temple puts on an album release show for his new project "How We Got Here". With compositions written to commemorate important people and moments in his life, this musically varied slate of music is sure to provide you with some new songs to enjoy, all while getting you home in time to prepare for your week! Levi is joined by Sean Kiefer (trumpet), Tyler Utter (saxes), Oisin Leopold (piano), Vincent Valadez (bass), and Jackson Schou (drums).

7pm. All ages. $10.

The Octopus is proud to present a monthly showcase featuring the best nationally touring and local comedians. Expect longer sets and practiced material from veterans of the stage.

Admission is $10
Show starts about 8:30pm

Headliner: Ken Hamlett

Originally from Tacoma ,Washington, Ken is now a Chicago based Comedian and published writer. Ken Hamlett, the self-proclaimed DILF of comedy stumbled into stand up shortly after giving up his career as a Division 1 college athlete. Being a Division 1 athlete sounds much more impressive than what it was; because somebody's gotta take last place. His love for crowd work and his energetic storytelling brings audiences into his world of being a dad and ex nerd.

Ken is currently a regular opener for Nimesh Patel (Lucky Lefty Tour & Fast & Loose Tour) and Nate Jackson (I'll do it myself Tour). Ken Hamlett has starred in "Step Into Standup", a PBS Documentary. He is the two-time winner of Western Oregon University’s Last Comic Standing and the winner of the 2018 Western Oregon Comedy Competition. Ken Hamlett has also been featured at comedy Festivals such as Just For Laughs Vancouver, Out Of Bounds Comedy Festival, Gilda's Laugh Fest, Burbank Comedy Festival, and more. He is the producer and host of the award winning podcast and nationally traveling show: A Drunken Night Out.

Denku, Rad Rascal, Tay Yung & DJ No Relation w/ host Cracka Don. 8pm. $10

College Hill Partnership’s Annual Meeting. 6pm. Bar remains open to public.

An Evening featuring the Music of Julian Lage - Luke Saunders. 7pm. $10.

UNI Jazz Combos. 7pm. No cover.