In September, the Surf Ballroom & Museum will unveil “Not Fade Away: The Immersive Surf Ballroom Experience” – a permanent ...

Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens & Big Bopper Exhibit Launches at Final Venue From the Night They Died originally appeared on ...

The Surf Ballroom & Museum is set to launch 'Not Fade Away: The Immersive Surf Ballroom Experience' this September, a tribute ...

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 Surf Ballroom’s 77th anniversary, musician Austin Allsup donates the mic Buddy Holly used in his final show returning a lost piece of rock history "home" CLEAR LAKE, IA, UNITED STATES ...

The ballroom's nomination was officially approved on Jan. 13. It is Iowa's 27th National Historic Landmark, joining a list that includes the American Gothic House in Eldon, the gold-domed State ...

Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “the Big Bopper” Richardson, along with pilot Roger Peterson, died Feb. 3, 1959, following a Winter Dance Party tour stop at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake.

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 ...

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 ...

1 Winter Dance Party, Surf Ballroom, Clear Lake. There was music, movies, documentaries, art, tours and fans from all over the country and England celebrating the life and legacies of Buddy Holly ...

But the plane wouldn’t make it out of Clear Lake, Iowa, crashing in a field just miles north of the Surf Ballroom, where the early rock stars wrapped a gig hours earlier.