02/23/21 The summer festival season in Iowa City is going to look a little different this year. After having to cancel the majority of events due to the coronavirus pandemic, Summer of the Arts is tentatively making plans for the upcoming summer. They’ll make the Iowa City Jazz Festival its first major festival of the summer, scheduling it for two days, July 2 nd and 3 rd. The Iowa City Arts Festival, normally the first festival of the season, has been pushed back to August 13-15. The city’s Soul Festival, now branded as the Soul and Blues Festival, is tentatively scheduled for the end of July.