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The Englert Theatre is launching the inaugural Iowa City Songwriters Festival from Sept. 4-6.

The festival aims to build on Iowa City's "City of Literature" status by highlighting its songwriting community.

Events include concerts, mentorship sessions, and behind-the-scenes conversations with artists like Jeff Tweedy and Joy Oladokun.

The Englert Theatre's longstanding mission is "to inspire and activate positive community growth through the arts." That idea spill into the streets and multiple venues across the downtown corridor for the debut of the Iowa City Songwriters Festival.

The three-day Iowa City Songwriters Festival , set for Thursday, Sept. 4 through Saturday, Sept. 6, was born from a simple question: What if Iowa City's long tradition of the written wo

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