Bring your best bottle of wine and gourmet picnics to Iowa’s premiere festival of outdoor theatre under the stars - this year moving to gorgeous Simon Estes Amphitheatre along the River!
For the past 5 years, Iowa Shakespeare Experience has brought you the finest Shakespeare in Iowa’s capital. This year, we’re in a special new [...]

Don’t miss joining us in this “best of summer” tradition enjoyed all over the world.
Shakesperience™ Festival arrives July 24-August 2!
Experience glorious Simon Estes Amphitheater as you never have before!
We revel in Shakespeare and the classics- but we don’t do “yer Grandma’s Shakespeare!
Our shows use the area’s best professional actors and are rich with live music [...]

Fabulous new location: Ample easy, free parking, mosquito-free grounds and cool river breezes! Oh- and did we say: NO TICKETS NEEDED- we’re FREE!

Special offering of finest wines hand selected by The Wine [...]

Don’t miss our fabulous 2009 Band: musical icon Tina Haase Findlay and the bella soul band – headliners for some of our city’s most “extravagantly entertaining” events: Winefest, Des Moines Arts Fest, Lobsterfest- and legendary headliner for Jazz in July!
Composing some original doo-wop songs for Shakesperience Fest as well as providing doo-wop favorites, the bella [...]