In 2004, the non-profit Greater Des Moines Music Coalition was founded with the goal of creating a live music economy and reenergizing the city. The centerpiece? A major urban music festival.
In its inaugural year, 2008, 80/35 placed Des Moines solidly on the national music map as a progressive force with headliners The Flaming Lips and The Roots. Since then, iconic acts including Public Enemy, Black Francis, Ben Harper, Jakob Dylan, Girl Talk, Modest Mouse, Spoon, Galactic and dozens more have rocked the city.
80/35 is the famous junction of two prominent interstates (I-80 and I-35) that meet at the corners of Des Moines. Locals call it eighty-thirty-five. 
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