Watch the fireworks from across the river.
A 20-minute fireworks display dazzled the crowd and helped kick off the 2013 Iowa City Jazz Festival.
Thousands of people packed on to the University of Iowa Pentacrest to watch the pyrotechnics after the opening night of music.
The festival continues with music much of the day and evening on Saturday.
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