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The City of Iowa City is a tremendous partner to Summer of the Arts (SotA) donating $60,000 to the organization in 2008. This huge impact on the SotA budget helps SotA hire local musicians and attract not only area residents, but people from all over to our wonderful state and beyond. Thank you!
Celebrating 25 years in Iowa City, Toyota-Scion of Iowa City stepped up in 2006 as the presenting sponsor of The Iowa City Jazz Festival and has pledged their commitment through 2011! The Toyota-Scion of Iowa City Jazz Festival may have a new name, but the spirit is still the same spirit that inspired Toyota-Scion of Iowa City to support this great home-grown event with national acclaim.
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and the University of Iowa Health Care are great partners in our community. We are thrilled that they continue their support of Summer of the Arts.
The Iowa City Press-Citizen has been involved with the Friday Night Concert Series since it began in 1991 and continues their support through a combination of financial support and in-kind advertising as the presenting sponsor of The Friday Night Concert Series.
The Sheraton is a long time partner of both The Iowa Arts Festival and The Iowa City Jazz Festival providing excellent rates on festival weekends and donating rooms to some of our biggest acts. Now with the addition of hotelVetro there are even more reasons to stay right in downtown Iowa City! Thanks to these great hotels for their ongoing support of Summer of the Arts.
M.C. Ginsberg Jewelers is not only a great store in downtown Iowa City, but a place where many great ideas are born. Mark Ginsberg, owner of M.C. Ginsberg is a local visionary and idea machine where great ideas like The Iowa City Jazz Festival and The Saturday Night Free Movies Series got their inspiration. M.C. Ginsberg continues their commitment to our community as the presenting sponsor of the Saturday Night Free Movie Series.

Mediacom continues its commitment as a presenting media sponsor again for the 2008 Summer of the Arts festivals. We appreciate all they've done promote these great FREE events!


KXIC Radio 800 and The Fox Classic Hits 100.7 are main stage sponsors of the entire Summer of the Arts giving you everything from up-to-date rain cancellations (cross your fingers!) and in-depth interviews with talent and the people behind the scenes.
KCJJ Radio is a proud sponsor for the entire Summer of the Arts series. KCJJ is pleased to present interviews with key SOTA players, and to help publicize these outstanding community events all year long. KCJJ Radio is Iowa City's ONLY locally owned and operated radio station.
Knutson Construction wanted to help Summer of the Arts by donating $10,000 in 2006 & 2007 to the printing of our comprehensive festival programs. Knutson knows how much their employees enjoy our programming and their contribution shows that Knutson believe in this kind of community programming.
MidAmerican Energy continues their long tradition of support of The Iowa Arts Festival and The Iowa City Jazz Festival with a cash donation each year to continue keeping these great programs readily available for Iowa City residents and all those who make the trip to Iowa City for one of our great festivals.
West Music is well known in the area for their quality programs, lessons, equipment and support. As a long-time partner for Summer of the Arts Festivals, they continue their dedication to quality programming in the area as a Special Interest Sponsor.

The owner of Goodfellow Printing, Bob Goodfellow is the behind the scenes organizing force that helps to make The Iowa Arts Festival the gem that is. Goodfellow Printing has been donating services, expert advice, and innumerable staff hours to the festival since it's humble beginnings! We are fortunate to have so much support for all Summer of the Arts events from this local printer.
Cramer IT Consulting is a proud sponsor of the Summer of the Arts, contributing a full redesign of the Summer of the Arts website in 2007 and many upgrades in 2008. Cramer IT continues to provide support and energy to help the Summer of the Arts staff and volunteers use this website for a public face as well as a tool to assist in the management of volunteers, donations, and events.


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The Daily Iowan
Downtown Association of Iowa City
HyVee Food Stores

New Pioneer Co-op

Herteen & Stocker Jewelers
Hills Bank & Trust

Iowa Book & Supply
Lepic-Kroeger Realtors
Lazy Boy Corporation
Linn County REC
Old Capitol Screen Printers


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A natural partner for The Iowa City Jazz Festival, KCCK is truly Iowa's Jazz Station broadcasting live from behind the main stage of the festival. In addition to great programming the festival is also lucky to have Dennis Green emcee the main stage. We appreciate the quality programming of this station and their commitment to all things jazz!
Summer of the Arts is excited to have two more of our local television stations as media partners for 2008. Local stations invested in our community! We're proud to have them as media partners this year!
KWKB is Eastern Iowa's CW and a proud partner of Iowa City's Summer of the Arts, as well as The Landlocked Film Festival. KWKB is Iowa City's only commercial television station. KWKB is a full servicee commercial station offering a complete range of services for clients and the community.
Iowa Public Radio informs, enriches and engages Iowans through radio programming and other media. IPR enhances civic and cultural connections across the state, strengthening communities and reflecting Iowa 's sense of place.

The Gazette is proud to continue their long commitment to quality community events as media sponsor of Summer of the Arts Events. The Gazette is a great local paper with a strong sense of community!

KCRG-TV9 is Iowa City's 24 Hour News and Weather Source and a proud partner of the Iowa City Jazz Festival. This event and the entire Summer of the Arts celebrates music and art thriving in our state, the region and across the country. It is a wonderful showcase for the rich cultural diversity available right here in the Hawkeye State.
Summer of the Arts welcomed KWWL as a sponsor for Summer of the Arts in 2006. We would like to thank KWWL for helping get the word out to other parts of Iowa about the Iowa Arts Festival, as well as the Friday Night Concert Series, and The Saturday Night Free Movie Series.
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American Bank & Trust
Blick Art Supplies
Hayek, Hayek, Moreland & Brown, PLC
Lensing Funeral Homes
Quality Care Storage
Wells Fargo
World of Bikes
AW Welt Ambrisco
Old Capital Kiwanis Club
Pagliais Pizza
Trca Law Firm
Smith & Wood Construction
Adams & Baumbach Associates
Animal Clinic Inc.
Hawkeye Title & Settlement
Iowa Gym Nest
Rohrbach Assocaties PC
Founded in 1991, The Friday Night Concert Series is a FREE, family-friendly event held on the Pedestrian Mall in downtown Iowa City. The event features live music performed by local bands each and every Friday night from the middle of May to early September (excluding the first…
Founded in 2005, The Saturday Night Free Movie Series is a FREE, family-friendly event held in downtown Iowa City. The event features musical entertainment or special activities, short films by local filmmakers and a feature movie on the University of Iowa Pentacrest.
The Iowa Arts Festival is a weekend-long, free community celebration featuring over 115 visual artists, a music festival, a culinary expo, and a variety of creative and educational activities. Voted "Favorite Festival" by the Iowa Press Citizen.
Founded in 1991, The Iowa City Jazz Festival is a FREE, family-friendly event held in downtown Iowa City. The event features live music performed by both local bands and internationally acclaimed recording artists. The festival has won numerous awards throughout the years...
Landlocked Film Festival is Iowa City's International Film Festival. The 2007 festival debuted as the largest film festival in Iowa featuring over 60 films from around the world on five screens. This year the Landlocked will showcase the best films by independant filmmakers along with workshops and panel discussions.




























