OK Englert, stop rubbing it in all of our faces. What, one absurdly killer sold-out show wasn’t enough for the month of June? In case you haven’t been walking past the Englert Theatre in downtown Iowa City, we’ll fill you in: after Iron & Wine comes to town this Thursday, on deck is an even bigger show: Lucinda Williams. We don’t know how they did it but we’re glad they did. Ms. Williams and her band roll into the Englert on Sunday, June 29th. The show starts at 8PM and tickets are currently available at a steep $39 but the experience, within the Englert’s exquisite walls, should be priceless. Summer ain’t so bad. Oh wait, you can’t drive on Dubuque Street.
Download: Lucinda Williams - Which Will (Nick Drake cover)
It’s a great gig, but I do wish that Englert tickets were a bit cheaper.
Iron & Wine is more expensive here than in Minneapolis, and, as another example, it costs more to see the touring Second City company here than it does to see the Main Stage revue in Chicago.
Anyway, don’t mean to be down on the Englert, but I’d go more often if tickets were a bit cheaper.