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June 2025
Classic Car Show
Our Annual Classic Car Show will take place on Sunday, June 8, 2025. This popular event is open to the public. All classic cars are welcomed. Food Trucks will be available and admission to the Car Show is FREE. Participants showing a car will be asked to arrive anytime after 10am to park and complete […]
Schoolyard Games for Kids & Adults
Try your hand at some of the games that students in one-room schoolhouses played at recess. Some may be recognized, others won’t. Hoggatt School is open Sundays, June 1 – July 27, 2-4pm. Free and open to the public – all ages welcome!
Roosevelt Summer Sundays: Weary Ramblers
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: […]
Sunday Music
Burnin’ Sensations is performing live music Sunday, June 8. There will be live music at Prairie Moon Winery every Sunday this summer from 3:00 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Write Together Tuesdays
Join us for our hybrid Write Together Tuesdays in person at Fifth Street Writers from 3:30 to 5 PM CT or on zoom if you can’t make it in person. WHAT’S A WRITE TOGETHER? We join together on Zoom and in person at Fifth Street Writers, share what we’re working on, and write for ~90 […]
Tunes in the Trees
Join us in the gardens for a family friendly outdoor concert event with OPUS TAYLOR BAND. FOOD TRUCKS: local fare from Smokin’ Big Dawg’s BBQ and V & B Farms Ice Cream. Bring a lawn chair, picnic blanket, the kids and the family dog – all are welcome at this summertime favorite! CONCERT ADMISSION: […]
The Prom
Emma just wants to take her girlfriend to the prom. Two self-centered divas are ready to kick-ball-change the world into this funny, tenderhearted musical. The Prom explores how it feels to be living in the fishbowl world of high school.
Summer Daze at the Parc
Join us for Summer Daze at The Parc on Thursday, June 12 from 5:30 to 8 PM. 🌞 The details: 🍽️ Fruits N’ Such, Jana’s Snack Shack, Main Street Café & Bakery, The Outside Scoop, Tikka Talk 🎪 Enjoy a bounce house and get your face painted (for free!) 🌟 Grab a punch card and […]
City Council Night
The community is invited to enjoy a night of music at City Council Night at the Bandshell at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 12, at Bandshell Park, 125 E. Fifth St. This traditional summer event includes the opportunity to meet Ames City Council members as they hand out free ice cream and Ames water. Additionally, […]
Ames on the Half Shell: Bad Friends
Join us for Ames on the Half Shell (presented by Ames Jaycees) with Bad Friends! 5-8 p.m. at Durham Bandshell Park. Admission: $5 (cash preferred, processing fees apply for credit card payment.) Discounted season passes are available at https://www.amesonthehalfshell.com/tickets. Beverages from our beer tent include six different beers, hard seltzer, hard cider, water, and pop. […]
Ames Main Street Farmers’ Market
The Ames Main Street Farmers‘ Market is a community event that brings people together every Saturday from May to October to enjoy the bounty of seasonal produce, cheese, meat, baked goods, flowers, plants, and hand-crafted items. In addition to the variety of vendors, the market also provides live musical entertainment and special activities each week, plus educational programming throughout the market area. Today’s […]
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