Don McLean may have sang that Feb. 3, 1959, was “the day the music died,” but for the Surf Ballroom, it was just the beginning. For decades, the Surf Ballroom has made its mark on the world ...

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 ...

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

Every February, we think of the Surf Ballroom because rock hero Buddy Holly played his last concert there in 1959. Shortly after exiting the stage, in the early morning hours of Feb. 3, the 22 ...

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 ...

19-82, THE FIRST YEAR HE WAS ELIGIBLE. HE WAS 86 YEARS OLD. (áááRHEYAááá) NEW AT 9. THE SURF BALLROOM IN CLEAR LAKE IS NOW A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK! THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 2009, the Surf Ballroom was designated as a historic landmark by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. (By Bob Fisher, KRIB, Mason City/photo courtesy of Surf Ballroom) ...

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 ...