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Witness the venue's Belle Epoque beauty and gilded glow.

The restored 1914 main room at The Ideal Theater & Bar in Cedar Rapids, stage and long wood bar under a gilded tin ceiling

Close-up of the polished cherrywood bar top and backlit bottle shelves at The Ideal

Stage set with a velvet curtain and purple concert lighting at The Ideal Theater, a Cedar Rapids live music venue

Marquee-bulb-lit stage arch seen from the floor at The Ideal Theater & Bar, Cedar Rapids

Velvet chairs and cherrywood tables beneath the gilded tin ceiling in the historic Ideal Theater

merald tufted velvet chairs around a lamp-lit cherrywood table at The Ideal Theater & Bar

Bar stools lined along the long wood bar beneath framed art at The Ideal, Cedar Rapids

Dining tables and vintage chandeliers near the entrance of the historic Ideal Theater

Lounge seating and framed artwork in the restored 1914 Ideal Theater & Bar, Cedar Rapids

Long communal cherrywood table with reading lamps and booth seating at The Ideal

Intimate seating nook with velvet chairs and table lamps at The Ideal Theater & Bar, Cedar Rapids

Emerald velvet chairs and lamp-lit tables by the windows at The Ideal Theater & Bar

Cherrywood table and tufted chairs in warm window light at The Ideal, Cedar Rapids

Table-and-chair seating on original wood floors inside the historic Ideal Theater

Rows of lamp-lit tables and booths at The Ideal Theater & Bar in Cedar Rapids

The main room looking toward the blue-lit stage at The Ideal Theater & Bar, Cedar Rapids

Concert-grade A/V mixing console at The Ideal Theater & Bar, a Cedar Rapids live music venue

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