Elrays Live&Dive
Nearby bars and pubs
Iowa Avenue
Iowa Avenue
52240
S Dubuque Street
S Dubuque Street
52245
S Linn Street
Iowa Avenue
S Dubuque Street
S. Dubuque Street
E Washington Street
Bringing a little Music City to Iowa City! Elray's Live and Dive features the best live music from a
Congratulations to our Elray’s winter graduates and .currier !! Go Hawks!
LET’S WEEKEND!!!🚀🚀🚀
We got your NYE champagne toast ready to go with 3 rooms of live bands & DJs! Tables & skip the line entry available now. Link in bio.
cheers to the weekend!!! ❤️
On sale now! Oliverse makes his North American debut this winter with a stop in Iowa City Feb 1st. Tix link in bio.
finals prepping stressing you out? good thing it’s karaoke wednesday. 🕺🪩
Oliverse makes his North American debut this winter and will be at Elray’s Live & Dive Feb 1st! Tix on sale this Friday at 9am!
THE DIVE IS LIVE-ING AND DIVING NOW!!!💜💜😈
change those stretchy pants for dancing pants and come hangout out with us!! 🍗🦃🕺🪩🪩
TURKEY DAY IS APPROACHING!!!!! but first, 🪩🪩🕺TONIGHT 9 PM
LETS DANCE!!!! 🪩🪩🪩🕺
We are hiring for all positions!
Send your resumes & inquires to [email protected].
elray’s karaoke night at 9pm!!!
why stay in when you can go out (to elray’s) 😉
KARAOKE TIME 😎😎 9PM. BE THERE. 🫡
an Elray’s favorite is BACK in town this weekend!! we can’t wait to party ALL NIGHT + 1 EXTRA HOUR with !!!
hopefully you didn’t have too much fun this weekend, because it’s KARAOKE WEDNESDAY!!!! starting at 9PM with 😈😈
Spooky times at the Dive! Happy Halloween! 📸
THIS WEEKEND IS JUST GETTING STARTED!!!! stop in for spooky drink deals, costume contests and the BEST entertainment!! 👻👻👻
t’was the night before elray’s weekend halloween bash, and all through the county, the people were laying out their halloween costumes, ready to collect their bounty!!! 💰💰👻 get your halloween costumes on and come celebrate the halloweekend with your favorite monsters!!
things are getting a little SPOOOKYYY at elrays this week! come join us for this HALLOWEEK ! stay tuned for our spoookyyyyy costume contest details this weekend and faboooolous drink deals 👻🎤🍻
Reggae Rapids this Saturday at 7pm in the back room with special guests Some Friends! No cover if you arrive by 8pm!
Nothing better than live music & good times in Iowa City! 📸
things are getting spooky at elray’s including this weekend’s line up 👀👀
are you thinking what i’m thinking?
it’s karaoke wednesday 😏
9PM with !!!
elray’s weekend line up, fresh off the press 🔥🔥
on wednesday’s we wear pink.. errr.. i mean, WE SING KARAOKE 🫶🏼 9PM WITH 💗🎤
Thanks to all the musicians & DJs for an amazing weekend and a special shout to alcohol for making it all work out somehow! 📸
Thanks to all the musicians & DJs for another great weekend and a special shout out to alcohol for really making it all work somehow! 📸
ITS HOMECOMING WEEEKEND and Elray’s is LOADED with entertainment!!!
AHHHHHH!!! ITS HOMECOMING WEEKEND!!!! Elray’s is LOADED with entertainment!! 💛🖤
Tomorrow we kick off our Local Showcase featuring amazing local talent in Iowa City!! 9pm start in the Dance Dive!
YOUR CHANCE TO BE LIVE FROM THE DIVE!! 9PM
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is kicking the weekend off with LATIN NIGHT tonight!! Don’t miss a great time at the dive!!!
it’s karaoke wednesday. but you already knew that. see you LIVE FROM THE DIVE !! 🎤💜
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This Thursday and Friday stop by to kick fall off the proper way with some awesome fall themed drinks and shots with our Fall Fest! And oh, don’t forget great LIVE entertainment per usual 😎
big Hawkeye energy at elray’s this weekend!!!!!!!!
it’s time to rally the boys for some 😎
Karaoke every wednesday at 9pm with
Dance Dance Dance the Night Away! 📸
FOOTBALL SEASON IS OUR FAVORITE!!!! Come check out Nashville artist on his second night of his three night stand TONIGHT, and our GAME DAY PARTY starting one hour before kickoff tomorrow. GO HAWKS!!
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Bringing a little Music City to Iowa City! Elray's Live and Dive features the best live music from all genres & styles! Follow us on social media for the latest & greatest of what’s happening at 211 Iowa Ave!
A LITTLE STORY ABOUT THE MAN BEHIND THE MYTH OF ELRAY'S LIVE & DIVE
Elray has been social distancing his entire life. He comes from a long line of men that never spoke to each other. Silence & distance passed down from one generation to the next like a badge of honor. Elray was once asked what he wanted for his 5th birthday, it took him until his 15th birthday to finally answer. While he had little use for that Lincoln Log set set when he finally got it, he continued to use his words sparingly throughout his adult life. It’s as if he believes that each life has a certain amount of words that can be said out loud before you return to earth from which you came. Each one must be marked, measured and used sparingly & strictly for purpose. So how did this man of few words that treasures solitude & distance become one of the underground’s most influential songwriters poised to open a live music bar built around social gathering & celebration? Those paradoxes are what defines the life of Elray and has always blurred the lines between fact, fiction & myth to those that have studied his life’s journey.
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211 Iowa Avenue
Iowa City, IA
52240
Opening Hours
Tuesday | 5pm - 2am |
Wednesday | 5pm - 2am |
Thursday | 5pm - 2am |
Friday | 5pm - 2am |
Saturday | 5pm - 2am |
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