Englert releases lineup for its annual Mission Creek Festival

The Englert Theater announced the lineup for Mission Creek Festival, bringing in a large array of artists for its annual music and literary festival.

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Alynda Segarra, the front woman of Hooray for the Riff Raff, raises a fist during a performance for the annual Mission Creek festival at the Englert Theater in Iowa City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.

Sarah Stortz, Arts Editor

The Englert Theater has officially released the lineup for the next installation of Mission Creek Festival. The music and literary festival will take place April 1-4. 

Musical acts will include The Necks, The Hooten Hallers, Subatlantic, Squirrel Flower, Spectral Snake, Shabaka & The Ancestors, Purcha$e, Pulsing, Pink Neighbor, Penny Peach Jr., Parquet Courts, OHHME, Nat Baldwin, Nadah El Shazly, Mdou Moctar, Mal Blum, Lucy Dacus, Lonnie Holley, Lily DeTaeye, Kim Gordon, Irreversible Entanglements, Hadiza, Fennesz, Elizabeth Moen, Dos Santos, Aseethe, Caroline Rose, Adia Victoria, and (Sandy) Alex G.

Literary guests include T. Fleischmann, Sarah Rose Etter, Matt Bell, Kristin Renee Miller, Jenny Offill, Garth Greenwell, Samantha Irby, and Ander Monson. 

Community events consist of ICE CREAM Comics + Zine Fair, Lit Walk, Literary Magazine & Small Press Book Fair, Big Free Show + Vinyl Market, and a Daylight DIY Showcase.

Passes are currently available.