The Surf Ballroom (also called the Surf) is a Historic Rock and Roll Landmark at 460 North Shore Drive, Clear Lake, Iowa, United States. The Surf is closely...

and in Clear Lake, where an annual memorial concert is held at the Surf Ballroom, the venue that hosted the artists' last performances. In November 1958...

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ballrooms. A ballroom or ballhall is a large room inside a building, the primary purpose of which is holding large...

On the 11th night of the tour (February 2, 1959), they played at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa. That night, Holly chartered an airplane from Dwyer...

Boulevard in front of Artisan's Patio mini mall. On February 2, 2009, Surf Ballroom held a 50th anniversary honoring the last concert of Buddy Holly, J...

Mason City, Iowa. Holly's idea was to depart following the show at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake and fly to their next venue, in Moorhead, Minnesota, via...

saw approximately 700 couples attend. In 1947, the Surf Ballroom burned down; a new Surf Ballroom was built across the street the following year. The...

Surf music (also known as surf rock, surf pop, or surf guitar) is a genre of rock music associated with surf culture, particularly as found in Southern...

Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper. On February 2, 1959, after playing the Surf Ballroom, Holly arranged to charter a plane that could only take Holly and two...

the Billboard charts. While performing in Clear Lake, Iowa, at the Surf Ballroom, the tour bus' heating system breaks down, so Buddy charters an airplane...

Fireball" and also with Jimmy Gilmer. Their final show together was at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, on February 5, 2022. After suffering from Alzheimer's...

2016, "The Crickets & Buddies" performed in Clear Lake, Iowa, at the Surf Ballroom, the site of Holly's last performance. Members of previous line-ups...

concert with the "Big Bopper" J.P. Richardson and Ritchie Valens at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa. Buddy makes the fateful decision to break his promise...

Valens and the Big Bopper. This was held in Clear Lake, Iowa, at the Surf Ballroom. They subsequently performed in Chicago, New Jersey and at the Festival...

"The Ballroom Blitz" (often called "Ballroom Blitz") is a song by British glam rock band The Sweet, written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman. The song...

find another means of transportation. Before their performance at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, Holly chartered a four-seat Beechcraft Bonanza...

inducted in 1986. The Crickets played a farewell concert in 2016 at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, where Holly had appeared on the night of his death...

part in the documentary The Day The Music Died. They gathered at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, where her brother (and Buddy Holly and the Big...

La Torre performing at the Surf Ballroom with Queensrÿche in 2014...

Yang speaks with attendees at the 2019 Iowa Democratic Wing Ding at Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa....

newer songs, recorded live in 2003 during their performance at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa. It is widely considered among fans as an incomplete...

by Joan Baez. On 2 February 2009 Gordon performed with Asher at the Surf Ballroom as part of a tribute concert marking the 50th anniversary of "the Day...

Arena Festivals 515 Alive 80/35 Music Festival Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival Historic venues The Col Ballroom Lakeside Ballroom Surf Ballroom...

SC Winthrop Coliseum 6,500 Saturday, January 9, 2016 Clear Lake IA Surf Ballroom 1,700 Saturday, January 9, 2016 Ottumwa IA Bridgeview Center Sunday...

Wisconsin, and Clear Lake, Iowa. Following the tour's performance at the Surf Ballroom, Holly, Valens, and Richardson boarded a Beechcraft Bonanza together...

Del-Tones, pioneers in the surf genre. The album was released in November 1962. The recording established the conventions of surf music and brought the concept...

and J.P. Richardson gave their last performances, appearing at the Surf Ballroom at 460 North Shore Drive in Clear Lake, Iowa. Born: Jari Tervo, Finnish...

numerous interviews about his life with the Crickets and played at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, where Holly had given his last concert. For the...

took off from on the day they died; their last performance was at the Surf Ballroom. The Escorts (Do's & Don'ts) are one of the first bands to be inducted...

as bassist and co-music director (along with Chuck Leavell) at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, with an all-star band featuring Leavell, Stones...