The pilot episode of a television show filmed in North Iowa will be premiered at the Surf Ballroom next week. “Strong Tower” is a show produced by the Renovo Media Group based locally in Clear ...

The Surf Ballroom is Iowa's 27th National Historic Landmark, joining a list including President Herbert Hoover's birthplace in West Branch and the Old Capitol in Iowa City. Share.

A north-central Iowa venue best known for hosting the last concert of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson before the trio died in a 1959 plane crash is now a ...

Ground is being broken on an expansion of one of Clear Lake’s most historic sites, on what will be called The Surf Ballroom Music Enrichment & Immersive Center. It will include a visitors center ...

Surf Ballroom given historical landmark status by admin | Jan 29, 2009 The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum named a facility in north-central Iowa Wednesday as an historical rock and roll site.

Mason City's artistic credibility hardly ends there. Just as neighboring Clear Lake is a fixture of rock 'n' roll history — Buddy Holly performed his last concert at the Surf Ballroom — Mason ...

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 ...

Loretta Ellsworth grew up in Mason City and attended many events at the famous Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake while growing up. Since her parents met there, it always held a bit of magic and romance ...

The north Iowa venue was where Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper performed their final show in 1959 before a fatal airplane crash.

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 ...