Des Moines Festivals Events

Everybody's Favorite BBQ & Hot Sauce Festival - EDM Fest

Riverview Park 5 Sep 2025

Join us at GalaxyCon Des Moines September 12-14 2025

Iowa Events Center 12 Sep 2025

DES MOINES - BBQ & Hot Sauce Festival

Riverview Park, Des Moines 5 Sep 2025

2025 Bagniewski Fish Fry!

4019 Ovid Ave, Des Moines, IA 50310-4146, United States 27 Sep 2025

Labor Day Weekend at Sleepy Hollow with 3 Pints Gone

The Renaissance Faire at Sleepy Hollow 30 Aug 2025

Oktoberfest at Des Moines Biergarten

Des Moines Water Works Park, 2251 George Flagg Pkwy, , Des Moines, IA, United States, Iowa 50321 19 Sep 2025

Des Moines Fairytale Ball

The Tea Room 21 Sep 2025

Des Moines Summer Poké Bash

Embassy Suites by Hilton Des Moines Downtown (Des Moines, Iowa) 6 Sep 2025

The Great Iowa Fall Ride 2025

RAGBRAI 13 Sep 2025

Frost & Flame - A Dragon Themed Fantasy Ball

Scottish Rite Consistory Building 22 Nov 2025

PorchFest DSM

Union park ( Rocket Slide Park) 7 Sep 2025

2025 Iowa Blues Challenge

Lefty's Live Music 5 Oct 2025

The Official Halloween Bar Crawl (Fri & Sat) - Des Moines

Tonic on Court Avenue 31 Oct 2025

Everybody's Favorite Festival

710 Corning Ave, Des Moines, IA 7 Sep 2025

TopHouse at Woolys

Woolys 20 Sep 2025

Panda Bear at Woolys

Woolys 27 Sep 2025

Kingdom Living Recovery Festival

Riverview Park, Des Moines 13 Sep 2025

100th Anniversary Des Moines Kennel Club Dog Show Weekend

Varied Industries Bldg Iowa State Fair 5 Sep 2025

Summer Nights // September 10th

Karl Kustoms 10 Sep 2025

2025 Des Moines Concours

Pappajohn Sculpture Park 7 Sep 2025

Beaverdale Fall Festival Parade!

Beaver Ave, Des Moines, IA, United States 20 Sep 2025

Bad Friends @ Beaverdale Fall Fest 2025 - Goodsons

GoodSons on Beaver Ave 19 Sep 2025

The RAD Run: 40 Years Strong 5K

Water Works Park 28 Sep 2025

PorchFest DSM - Waveland Park

4301 College Ave, Des Moines, IA 50311-2454, United States 14 Sep 2025

Madge plays Beaverdale Festival

Christopher's Restaurant DSM 20 Sep 2025

2025 Labor Day Parade

Lucas State Office Building 1 Sep 2025

Macabre Cabaret: Festival of Phobias

Barnum Haunted house TBA 27 Sep 2025

Bienvenidos A Iowa - September First Friday

900 Keosauqua Way, Des Moines, IA 50309-1501, United States 5 Sep 2025

Day One: 2025 Iowa’s Latino Heritage Festival

Western Gateway Park 27 Sep 2025

Panda Bear

Wooly's 26 Sep 2025

Coronation 33 - Out-State-Show

The Garden 26 Sep 2025

Stripper Me Timbers! A Naughty-cal Burlesque Show

The Garden Nightclub 19 Sep 2025

Boss Babe Pop Up

2400 George Flagg Pkwy 6 Sep 2025

TopHouse

Wooly's 19 Sep 2025

The Awakening

Drake Park, Des Moines 20 Sep 2025

Grand View's Homecoming Festival

1200 Grandview Ave, Des Moines, IA, United States, Iowa 50316 26 Sep 2025

Dozer Day

Iowa State Fairgrounds 20 Sep 2025

Back to School Bash 💦 Slip 'n Slide 🎪 Bouncy House

Fellowship Baptist Church, Des Moines Iowa 6 Sep 2025

Galaxy Con Des Moines

730 3rd St, Des Moines, IA, United States, Iowa 50309 12 Sep 2025

Oktoberfest Prix-Fixe Dinner

206 6th Avenue, Des Moines, IA, United States, Iowa 50309 6 Sep 2025

Movie in the Village

Walnut Creek Church - Downtown 20 Sep 2025

Beaverdale Fall Festival Car Night

Beaverdale 19 Sep 2025

The Messthetics

xBk Live 6 Sep 2025

Harvest & Handmade presented by Wellabe

2251 George Flagg Pkwy, Des Moines, IA, United States, Iowa 50321 4 Oct 2025

Turnstile at Lauridsen Amphitheater at Water Works Park

Lauridsen Amphitheater at Water Works Park 28 Sep 2025

🇺🇸⚾ Iowa Cubs Game for Deployed Families ⚾🇺🇸

Principal Park I-Cubs 5 Sep 2025

Annual Harvest Party

Birds & Bees Urban Farm 13 Sep 2025

Cat Loaf Cat Walk ‘25

The Little Book 13 Sep 2025

Trey Kennedy at Hoyt Sherman Place

Hoyt Sherman Place 4 Oct 2025

The Expendables

Wooly's 11 Sep 2025

Iowa Wild vs. Tucson Roadrunners

Casey's Center 31 Oct 2025

Back Forty Bike Night

81 NW 49th Pl, Des Moines, IA, United States, Iowa 50313 10 Sep 2025

Coronation 33 - In-State Show

The Garden 25 Sep 2025

Grand Tasting presented by BrownWinick

Hotel Fort Des Moines, Curio Collection by Hilton 19 Sep 2025

Des Moines Craft Fair

Des Moines State Fairgrounds 26 Sep 2025

Fritz Schnitzel's Walkabout Polkas at Hessen Haus

101 4th St, Des Moines, IA, United States, Iowa 50309 21 Sep 2025

Sip & Stroll

909 Robert D. Ray Drive, Des Moines, IA, United States, Iowa 50309 11 Sep 2025

DMPS Marching Band Festival / Community Night

Mediacom Stadium 29 Sep 2025

That 1 Guy

1159 24th Street Des Moines IA 50311 24 Oct 2025

Krampuslauf (Running of the Krampuses)

Principal Park 6 Dec 2025

Capital Pursuit 2025: 10 Mile, 4 Mile, and Junior Pursuit

Easter Lake Park 14 Sep 2025

Day Two: 2025 Iowa’s Latino Heritage Festival

Western Gateway Park 28 Sep 2025

Fall Festival 2025

2600 E Euclid Ave, Des Moines, IA 11 Oct 2025

A Motown Christmas at Hoyt Sherman Place

Hoyt Sherman Place 16 Nov 2025

Danae Hays

Hoyt Sherman Place Theater 2 Oct 2025

WWY 5k: no one walks alone

Water Works Park Back Loop 20 Sep 2025

Heartland SwingOut

Chandelier 10 Oct 2025

Local Bands, Brews, and Bikes!

Water Works Park Amphitheater 14 Sep 2025

For Once In My Life: A Night Of Stevie, Luther, & More w/ Napoleon Douglas

1326 Walnut St, Des Moines, IA, United States, Iowa 50309 26 Sep 2025

2025 Peace Day International Festival

Mainframe Studios 21 Sep 2025

Tomato Tasting

909 Robert D. Ray Drive, Des Moines, IA, United States, Iowa 50309 6 Sep 2025

Saxsquatch at Woolys

Woolys 17 Oct 2025

Oktoberfest Beer Dinner

309 Court Ave, Des Moines, IA 3 Oct 2025

METROPOLIS with Live Score – Des Moines Film’s 10th Anniversary!

1207 25th St, Des Moines, IA, United States, Iowa 50311 28 Sep 2025

Polka for PD - Benefit for Parkinson’s Disease Moves Program

Des Moines Ballroom Dance Studio 4 Oct 2025

Des Moines Totally Rad Vintage Fest

Iowa Events Center 1 Nov 2025

Dozer Day with NUCA Iowa

Iowa State Fairgrounds 20 Sep 2025

Multicultural Fall Festival

Evelyn K Davis Park 13 Sep 2025

Cookies on Tap 2025

The Iowa Taproom 9 Oct 2025

Wheelin' For Healin'

Confluence Brewing Company 20 Sep 2025

Parking Trey Kennedy

Hoyt Sherman Place 5 Oct 2025

15th Annual Healthiest State Walk Celebration

Lauridsen Amphitheater at Water Works Park 1 Oct 2025

Fall Festival - Experience Progressive Christianity

525 SW 5th Street Suite D, Des Moines, IA, United States, Iowa 50309 14 Sep 2025

Des Moines New Age & Psychic fair ,Season of Souls 2025

Merle Hay Mall, Des Moines, IA 50310, United States 31 Oct 2025

Iowa's Roast & Ride 2025

Elwell Family Food Center 11 Oct 2025

Porchfest DSM 2025

1920 E 13th Street, Des Moines, IA 50316 7 Sep 2025

Trick or Treat

1901 27th street, Des Moines, IA 31 Oct 2025

Casey Joe & The Ghosts // Backroad Superhighway // The Second Shift

Lefty's Live Music 14 Sep 2025

Des Moines Color Craze Run

Des Moines 4 Oct 2025

BLAZING SADDLES FANFEST

3800 Merle Hay Rd, Ste 1300, Des Moines, IA, United States, Iowa 50310 23 Sep 2025

Naughty Nerds Cabaret: Nerdtopia

xBk Live 18 Sep 2025

Des Moines Downtown Farmer's Market welcomes Tom Hofer

Des Moines' Downtown Farmers' Market 13 Sep 2025

Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.

1159 24th Street Des Moines IA 50311 16 Oct 2025

Kingdom Living Recovery Festival

DeMoines Iowa 13 Sep 2025

Hy-Vee Fleur Fest

4605 Fleur Dr, Des Moines, IA 50321 3 Sep 2025

Walk-N-Roll 2025

Easterseals Iowa & Camp Sunnyside 18 Oct 2025

The Dangerous Summer w/ Bad Luck. and On Hiatus

1159 24th Street Des Moines IA 50311 9 Oct 2025

Bluey Skate at Skateland

Skateland Des Moines 21 Sep 2025

Panda Bear

Wooly's 28 Sep 2025

Dallahan

Franklin Junior High 17 Jan 2026