CLEAR LAKE
CORALVILLE
IOWA LEMANS SNOWMOBILE CHAMPIONSHIP
BRRR FEST
Clear Lake State Park
Marriott Hotel and Conference Exhibit Hall
Friday, January 17–Sunday, January 19 weather permitting. Alternate dates: February 8–10
Saturday, January 25, 12–4 p.m.
thejackrace.com • 641-421-2861 Event entries $5–$35; spectating is free
300 E 9th St., Coralville brrrfest.org • 319-248-1700
Join a guided snowmobile cruise around the lake,
$40 brewmaster, $25 general admission, $5 nondrinking. Participants must be 21 or older.
LeMans-style racing, Radar Runs, a vintage snowmobile
This third annual celebration of winter beers and the brewers
show, food tent, and raffle. Bring your sled and enter an
who make them features craft beers and winter seasonals
event (and perhaps win a cash prize) or just come for the
for sampling and purchase from more than 40 Midwest
camaraderie and to cheer on the participants.
breweries, plus live music and food. A limited number of “brewmaster” tickets are available for early admission, a
2014 WINTER DANCE PARTY
special glass, and a chance to talk with brewers about the
Surf Ballroom & Museum
craft of brewing.
Thursday, January 30–Saturday, February 1 460 North Shore Dr., Clear Lake surfballroom.com • 641-357-6151 PHOTO COURTESY MIKE JENN
$110 (valid for the entire event at the Surf; individual-night tickets not available) The Surf’s Winter Dance Party commemorates “the day the music died,” when Buddy Holly, J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, and Ritchie Valens played their last
DES MOINES
concert there on
I’LL MAKE ME A WORLD IN IOWA
February 2, 1959,
Hy-Vee Hall
before their plane
Friday, January 24, 9 a.m.–2 p.m. and 7 p.m.–7 p.m. Saturday, January 25, 10 a.m.–7 p.m.
crashed north of year’s three-day,
Iowa Events Center 833 5th Ave., Des Moines 515-288-7171
festival-style event features live concerts by Chubby Checker,
Free daytime events; $50 Friday evening gala
Los Lobos, the Original Drifters, and more; a family sock
Iowa’s premier festival celebrating African-American arts
hop; a record and memorabilia show; a kids’ show; a ’50s
and culture features performances of gospel, dance, drama,
and ’60s art show; dance/costume contests; and events
jazz, blues, R&B, soul, drum & drill, puppetry, and more on
throughout the community.
three stages, plus a health fair, soul food, kids’ carnival, and
Clear Lake. This
many other events and exhibitors. There’s also a black-tie Embracing Excellence Gala Friday evening.
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