Kris Lager

There are nights that ask nothing of you.

This won't be one of them.

The room gets a little warmer. Another round lands on the bar. Someone in the back closes their eyes before the first chorus even arrives. By the end of the night, strangers are singing like old friends.

That's the thing about Kris Lager. His songs don't arrive polished. They arrive lived in.

Blues with dirt still on the tires. Soul that earned every scar. Funk that never forgets it's supposed to make people move.

For one Friday in August, the road bends back toward Cedar Rapids. Toward old brick. Low light. Good bourbon. And a room that was built long before anyone knew it would one day hold nights exactly like this.

Kris Lager returns to The Ideal. Come early. Stay late. Leave with a song you didn't know you needed.

Friday, August 21 · Doors 7 PM • Show 8 PM · All Ages • $20 + fees