KURE 88.5 FM Ames alternative radio will be hosting a free two-day concert, funded by the Government of the Student Body, on Thursday and Friday.

On Thursday, Oct. 29, the music festival will start at 7 p.m. and take place in the Maintenance Shop. Ryan Lombard, Extravision and Mr Nasti will perform.

On Oct. 30, KURE Fest will start at 7 p.m. and take place in the Great Hall. Trouble Lights, Com Truise, and Dan Deacon will perform.

KURE radio is a student-run radio station from Iowa State. It plays a variety of different genres of music as well as live news broadcasts. The entire staff at KURE radio are students who volunteered for the positions.

Based out of Des Moines, Lombard is an alternative rock musician as well as a vocal and guitar instructor and audio engineer. His debut album, Mercy on the Loudspeaker, was released in April.

Ryan Stier, better known as Extravision, is an alternative folk band. He currently releases music from a Daytrotter session in Illinois.

Mr Nasti is an Iowa-based musician on the Maximum Ames label. He defines his music as “Electro Soul Nostalgic Space Crust,” and his full-length album “Truth Sound” is currently available at the Iowa Music Store and online.

Trouble Lights is a pop band from Iowa, also on the Maximum Ames Records label. Members Adrien Daller and Philip Rabalais released their full-length album “The Endless Prom” through Maximum Ames, which is also available at the Iowa Music Store.

Com Truise is an electronic musician that has released six albums, with “Wave 1” being their most recent EP. The band has been making music for about a decade and is based out of New York.

Deacon is an electronic musician that has released eight different records. He started making music in 2003 and has been recording and touring since.

For more information on KURE Fest visit the event’s Facebook Page.