Get ready to be ENTERTAINED!
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:
Also Performing:
The Nadas
Former ISU students! |
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Schedule of Events
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Vendors are open (See complete listing in vendor section) |
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Beer Garden open |
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Musical entertainment by Jason Faas (folk/accoustic/bluegrass) |
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Pianopalooza (dueling pianos taking requests) |
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Embrace Iowa: 2008 Disaster Fund Program |
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Styx performance |
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Fireworks |
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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)
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
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| 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)