From Slash’s guitar to Buddy Holly’s final tour relics, Surf Ballroom’s “Not Fade Away” immerses visitors in the stories that ...

The Surf Ballroom & Museum is set to launch 'Not Fade Away: The Immersive Surf Ballroom Experience' this September, a tribute ...

In September, the Surf Ballroom & Museum will unveil “Not Fade Away: The Immersive Surf Ballroom Experience” – a permanent ...

The Surf Ballroom's place in music history has long been secured, as the site of Buddy Holly's last concert and the place where, as Don McLean sang, the music died. Now the storied 72-year-old ...

The Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, where Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson gave their last performances before the "day the music died," has joined the nation's ...

Expansion at Clear Lake’s Surf Ballroom to include music enrichment center by Radio Iowa Contributor | Apr 18, 2024 Photo by Bob Fisher, KRIB ...

On the anniversary of the Surf Ballroom’s opening in 1933, the city of Clear Lake and the ballroom Wednesday hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for its latest addition: the Music Enrichment ...

Surf Ballroom Executive Director Laurie Lietz says a family sock hop begins at 6:30 tonight with the “Johnny Rogers History of Rock ‘n Roll Show.” Thursday’s lineup features the son of ...

Hillary Clinton and her Democratic rivals are coming soon to Iowa’s famed Surf Ballroom. Four Democratic presidential candidates are set to appear together on the same stage next month in Clear ...

Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “the Big Bopper” Richardson played the Surf the night before their plane crashed en route to a Moorhead concert on Feb. 3, 1959.

Hillary Clinton and her Democratic rivals are coming soon to Iowa’s famed Surf Ballroom. Four Democratic presidential candidates are set to appear together on the same stage next month in Clear ...