









🎸"Probably the greatest college town live music venues in the country"
🍺"It smells like the Can Shed in here... that's how you know it's great"
🔥Gets hot upstairs, dress light
Gabe's is Iowa City's legendary live music dive where Smashing Pumpkins and Black Keys once played to sticker-covered walls. Expect cheap drinks, sweaty crowds upstairs, and bathrooms that tell stories you don't want to hear.
Legendary live music
Grimy dive bar charm
Intimate two-level venue
Sticker-covered walls










🎸"Probably the greatest college town live music venues in the country"
🍺"It smells like the Can Shed in here... that's how you know it's great"
🔥Gets hot upstairs, dress light
Gabe's is Iowa City's legendary live music dive where Smashing Pumpkins and Black Keys once played to sticker-covered walls. Expect cheap drinks, sweaty crowds upstairs, and bathrooms that tell stories you don't want to hear.
Legendary live music
Grimy dive bar charm
Intimate two-level venue
Sticker-covered walls