The Surf Ballroom & Museum is asking the public to help it lighten its load due to COVID-19-related postponements and cancellations. Because the historic Clear Lake venue at 460 N. Shore Drive has ...

Built in 1933 on the north shore of Clear Lake by entrepreneur Carl J. Fox, the original Surf Ballroom was designed by Hanson & Waggoner, a Mason City architecture firm now operating in Clear Lake ...

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 ...