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August 2025

Nevada Community Rodeo

Join us Saturday, August 23rd at 6:30 PM for a night of high-energy rodeo action and hometown fun you won’t want to miss! AWARD WINNING 2019-2024 Rodeo of the Year 🗓 | Saturday, August 23rd ⏰ | Event starts at 6:30PM 📍 | Story County Fairgrounds 💻 | www.nevadarodeo.com   TICKETS: Adult – $15 Children […]
23 Aug
6:30 pm
Story County Fairgrounds
224 G Ave, Nevada, IA
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Sunday Music Series

Join us every Sunday from 3pm – 6pm for great atmosphere, live local music, and plenty to enjoy! Our brick-oven pizza is hot and fresh, and we’ve got a great selection of beer, wine and more to keep you refreshed! Tickets are $5/per person – 20 and younger are free!
24 Aug
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Prairie Moon
3801 W. 190th St., Ames
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Roosevelt Summer Sundays: Dickie

Award winners. Icons. Artists on the verge. They’re all here in 2025, spanning for the first time ever 15 glorious weeks of live music. The season opens on June 1 and closes out on Sept. 7. Here is the Roosevelt Summer Sundays schedule for 2025: June 1: The Get Down (Soul, R&B, Motown) June 8: […]
24 Aug
7:00 pm
Roosevelt Park
9th St. & Roosevelt Ave., Ames
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Summer Carillon Concert Series

Join us for an evening of carillon music at the Iowa State University Campanile. This monthly concert series features performances by guest carillonneurs from around the world. Bring a blanket or chair to enjoy the concert on the central campus lawn.
26 Aug
7:00 pm
Iowa State University Campanile
Central Campus
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Author Event: Austin Frerick

Come to the Library for a presentation by Austin Frerick, author of Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry. In Barons, agricultural and antitrust expert Frerick tells the stories of seven corporate titans, their rise to power, and the ramifications for everyone else. Frerick paints a stark portrait of the consequences of […]
28 Aug
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Ames Public Library
515 Douglas Ave., Ames, Iowa
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The First Annual Central Iowa Clay Court Tournament

Set to be played at the Bruce McKee Clay Court Complex located at the ISU Tennis Center (Outdoor Green) and Red Clay Iowa (Indoor Red) Open Single Division $40 entry fee Winner $300 2nd place $100 Consolation winner $50 Open Doubles Division and 8.0 Division $50 per team Winner $300 2nd place $100 Consolation winner […]
29 - 31 Aug
8:00 am
Bruce McKee Clay Court Complex
South Dakota Ave, Ames, IA 50014
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Tiny Deck Concert Featuring Wally Neal & The Cloud Hidden Singers

Back for the 2025 Season! Kick off your weekends with free live music under the open sky and on the deck. Fridays, July–August NEW TIME! 6-7:30pm. Wally Neal is a puzzled pilgrim carrying a wild, drifting collection of verse and fingerstyle guitar. He is currently huddled over a 4 track tape machine, dislodging his collected […]
29 Aug
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Wheatsfield Co-op
413 Northwestern Ave.
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Free Movie at Bandshell Park: The Muppet Movie

Its that time of year again! Our annual Free Movie at Bandshell Park event will take place on August 29, 2025! The movie will start approximately 8:15 PM. Bring a blanket or chair and all of your family and friends to this year’s event! This years event has been generously supported by Pyfferoen Pediatric Dentistry, […]
29 Aug
8:15 pm
Bandshell Park
Duff Ave & 6th St, 125 E 5th St, Ames, IA 50010
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Cyclone football vs South Dakota

Come for the game – stay for the weekend! See Jack Trice Stadium like you’ve never seen it before with this fly-through extravaganza! Watch our “Discover an Ames Football Weekend” video Read our “Perfect Cyclone Weekend in Ames” itinerary 2025 Cyclone Football home schedule Aug. 30: South Dakota, 2:30 p.m. Sept. 6: Iowa, 11 a.m. Sept. 27: Arizona, […]
30 Aug
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