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, a ...

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 ...

Iowa's most venerated rock music landmark will soon have an expanded visitors center dedicated to preserving its story and fame. Clear Lake on Wednesday held a groundbreaking for the new Music ...

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 National ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CLEAR LAKE — The Surf Ballroom & Museum has opened a new permanent exhibit honoring the legacy of Buddy ...

2 p.m., Clear Lake- It's cold in the historic Surf Ballroom. The heat isn't running. It's dark, too. Most of the lights are off. And it's quiet. Not quiet enough to hear a pin drop. But more placid ...

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 official ...

The executive director of the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake says she is thrilled with the announcement late last week that the facility has been designated as a National Historic Landmark. The ballroom ...

If the wooden dance floor sitting under the navy blue arched ceiling of the Surf Ballroom could talk, it would likely say that the music did live on at the rock 'n' roll oasis in Clear Lake, Iowa. The ...

CLEAR LAKE - 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 ...

CLEAR LAKE - Musical royalty turned out at the Surf Ballroom Monday night to honor the memories of three young musicians who died in a plane crash 50 years ago. Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J.P. "The ...

North Iowa Cultural Center and Museum and Surfside Hospitality Group, an organization that operates the Surf Ballroom, purchased the former Surf District Rock N' Roll Grill building last month.