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Spring is here, and that means the summer music festival season is close behind. After a two-year pandemic hiatus, the 80/35 Music Festival is back on July 8-9. The nonprofit 80/35 is presented by the Greater Des Moines Music Coalition. It features more than 50 bands on one paid stage and four free

Before the pandemic hit last March, the practice spaces at Dog House Music Studios in Lafayette were booked two months out for acts slated to play Red Rocks and the Pepsi Center, including the Motet, BoomBox and Lotus. But just as national tours and local shows started to cancel, the business, which Gary Lennox originally opened about fifteen years ago, closed down under COVID-19 restrictions. About a week before lockdown, some bands approached new owners Kenny Vasko and his wife, Liz Vasko, ...

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