Kenny's Garage is neighborhood Waukee bar with recurring Friday and Saturday live music and local full-band shows. The programming spans Rock, country, cover bands, and local, giving artists a useful sense of what already works in the room. 2026 event and business listings document recurring live bands. The venue is set up for recurring Friday/Saturday live music and full-band bookings are. Age access is 21+ for cited live-music events. The useful skill here is reading the room: musicians need enough presence to be a reason to stay without fighting the food-and-drink side of the business. The room has more value when the performer can turn a social crowd into listeners without disrupting the atmosphere.
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Mickey's Irish Pub Waukee is waukee Irish pub and restaurant with live music every Saturday and local-band bookings. The programming spans Rock, blues, funk, and soul, giving artists a useful sense of what already works in the room. Calendar documents full-band and recurring live-music programming. The venue is set up for 2026 calendar includes local full bands. This is a hospitality room, so the strongest acts will know how to keep the crowd engaged without treating every song like a headline-club performance. For the right act, that can be a solid working date rather than a throwaway background gig.
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mickeysmusic51@gmail.comMain email
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- Age policy
- All Ages
- Genres
- Acoustic, Blues, Classic Rock, Country, Dance, Motown, Pop, Reggae, Rock, Top 40
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- Address
- 50 SE Laurel Street, 50263, United States
- Venue phone
- (515) 987-9604
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