MinionFest w/ Hot Kunch, Display Case, & Formerly Gifted – ISU Student Union Board, M-Shop

Doors open at 7:30 p.m. | Show starts @  8 p.m.
TICKETS: $7 ($5 w/ ISU Student ID) in advance | $2 increase day-of-show 
Genre: alt rock
For fans of: Foo Fighters, Sweet Pill, Sonic Youth, Minions

Hot Kunch was formed at Iowa State University in 2016 via the now defunct ISU music-making club, GENRE, which helped musicians meet each other based on what sound and genres they were pursuing. What would become Hot Kunch all auditioned to be part of “The Bar Band” and ended up getting a weekly gig at Paddy’s Pub on Welch Ave. They quickly learned around 100 cover songs for their “Live Band Karaoke”sets and after a semester of drunk college kids asking if they could hold the band’s instruments they decided to start pursuing their own music.

While going to school the band lost and replaced lead vocals, drums, and violin but still kept going. In 2021 they recorded 5 of their best songs with Luke Tweedy at Flat Black Studios near Iowa City. Hot Kunch truly took off at that point and have been playing multiple shows every month around the Midwest. While the band plays anywhere they get a gig, their strongest audiences continue to be at home in Des Moines and Ames where they’re revered for their stage energy and antics.

Des Moines hard-rock favorites Display Case will support the show and Ames’ own and alt-rockers, Formerly Gifted, will open.