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CYcling Country Evening Festival and Beer Garden

Benefiting the Embrace Iowa: 2008 Disaster Fund

Come out for a night of fun with a purpose! Enjoy the festival food, beverages and entertainment and show your support for those suffering from the devastating storms and floods of 2008.

Featured Entertainment:

Styx - logo Styx - band photo
Also Performing:
The Nadas


Former ISU students!
The Nadas

Schedule of Events

  • NOON - 12am
Vendors are open (See complete listing in vendor section)
  • 5pm - 12am
Beer Garden open
  • 5pm
Musical entertainment by Jason Faas (folk/accoustic/bluegrass)
  • 5:30pm
Pianopalooza (dueling pianos taking requests)
  • 7pm - 8pm
Embrace Iowa: 2008 Disaster Fund Program
  • 8pm
Styx performance
  • 9:45pm
Fireworks
  • 10pm
The Nadas performance

Tickets and Admission

Admission

  • $5 for registered RAGBRAI participants
  • $10 general admission
  • Free admission when you wear an official CYcling Country t-shirt, including sponsor and volunteer shirts

Tickets now available

  • Ames Convention & Visitors Bureau (1601 Golden Aspen Drive, Ste 110, Ames, IA)
  • Dogtown University (108 Hayward Ave, Ames IA)
  • Online ticket purchases, that were not sent out to the purchaser, will be available for pick up at the Will Call area in the Ames Information Booth (at the Iowa State Center parking lot) on Tuesday July 22.

Tickets will also be available for purchase

  • Ames Information Booths - Tuesday, July 22 (all day)
    • ISU Central Campus Information Booth
    • ISU West Campground Information Booth
    • CYcling Festival Information Booth
  • At the festival gates - Tuesday, July 22 (after 5:00 pm)
Embrace Iowa - logo

About Embrace Iowa: 2008 Disaster Relief Fund

  • Created to benefit Iowans who have experienced significant hardships during the storms and floods of 2008
  • For more information, please visit www.embraceiowa.org

Donations

Free-will, tax-deductible donations will be accepted all day in Ames

  • At information booths
  • At the evening Festival

100% of donations will go to the relief fund

Events going on ALL DAY!

Iowa State University Campus

7:45am - 6pm Official CYcling Country Event t-shirts on sale at University Book Store

DINING
7am - 2pm Memorial Union Food Court and Hawthorne Market at Frederiksen Court
7am - 4pm Memorial Union Market and Cafe
7:30am - 3pm Lago Cafe at Lagomarcino Hall
7:30am - 7pm Westside Market at the Union Drive Community Center
7:30am - 8pm Bookends Cafe at Parks Library
9am - 3pm Subway sandwich deli at Memorial Union
10am - 3pm Panda Express at Memorial Union
10:30am - 2pm Caribou Coffee and BBQ at The Hub on central campus
11am - 1:15pm Union Drive Marketplace Cafe at Union Drive Community Center
11am - 3pm Clyde’s Cafe at Union Drive Community Center
11am - 7pm Mexican Buffet at Knapp-Storms Dining Center (W. Campground)
4pm - 6:30pm Union Drive Marketplace Cafe at Union Drive Community Center

ACTIVITIES
All Day Lancelot and Elaine, official ISU swans, will welcome you to Lake LaVerne!
8am - 4pm Cy Look-Alike contest at CYcling Country Information Booth on Campus
8am - 6pm University and College Department Booths on Campus
11am - 3pm International Food Festival and entertainment in Memorial Union
  • Featuring International food and entertainment
  • $3 admission
11am - 3pm Guided tours of campus, art-on-campus and Farm House Museum
11am - 4pm Family activities, jewelry making, and live music in Memorial Union
NOON - 12:30pm Carillon concert by ISU carillonneur Tin-Shi Tam on Central Campus
1pm - 3pm Tours of the 112-foot landmark campanile that houses 50 bells
1pm - 4pm Jazz on the Lawn, just south of the Campanile
Midnight Become an official Iowa Stater at the Mass Campaniling, at Campanile

Main Street Cultural District

10am - 6pm First United Methodist Church Spaghetti Dinner (516 Kellogg Ave.)
11am - 5pm Business Open House, some hosting artists and musicians
11am - 6pm Food vendors, Gee Willie Climbing Wall and other vendors on Main Street
NOON - 10pm Olde Main Entertainment and Beer Garden
3pm - 6pm Vivace (blues driven classic rock band) performs live on the Olde Main Stage
7pm - 9pm CYcling Country edition of the Ames Municipal Band with pre-concert entertainment by the ISU Flute Choir

Reiman Gardens (on University Blvd, just south of Jack Trice Stadium)

9am - 8pm ISU Dining Beverage Services
9am - 8pm Butterfly Wing Open
10am - 8pm Garden Railroad Open
NOON - 8pm Various vendors throughout the Gardens
4pm - 8pm Music by Bill Martin Group

Other Ames Attractions and Activities

Ames Ice Arena (Just south of Mortenson Road on Gateway Hills Drive)
2:15 - 3:45pm and 7:30-9:30pm

Public Skate, includes shower facilities
Age 17 & Under: $3.75, 18 & Above: $4.75, Skate Rental: $2.75

Ames Public Library (515 Douglas Avenue)

9am - 10pm Open hours
Cell phone charging areas, Internet access and computers available
4pm Family Movies playing - A Bugs Life
6pm Family Movies playing - Bee Movie

Carr Pool (3 blocks north of 13th Street on Meadowlane)

11am - 1pm Adult Lap Swim
1pm - 10pm Open Swim
Age 3 & Under: $1, 4 to 17: $3, 18 & above: $3.75, 65 & above: $3

Homewood Golf Course (20th Street and Duff Avenue)

6:30am - 5pm Course open
9 holes: $12.25

If tee time is before 8am or between 11am and 3pm, then $8 for 9 holes

AA Meeting

8pm - 10pm Collegiate Methodist Church Annex (130 S. Sheldon, Room 202)

NA Meeting - United Methodist Church (6th & Kellogg)

7pm Hot Dogs
8pm Meeting