Des Moines Events
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From music to pub crawls, you'll find it here
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- East Village Holiday Promenade
- Drag Queen Bingo
- Last Iowa State football tailgate
- Max Fights DM Ballroom Brawl III at Val Air
- Fall Brew at Blank Park Zoo
- Roller Derby Dames 101
- Des Moines Comic Book I-Con
- Lazer Rock Girl Pageant with Papa Roach
- A trip through the Haunted Barn
- Buck beer night with the Buccaneers
- Des Moines Zombie Walk
- 2009 Des Moines World Food Festival
- Tailgating with Iowa fans
- ‘Wicked’ cast party in the East Village
- Five years with Olde Main Brewery
- Oktoberfest 2009 Principal Park
- Dogtown Fest
- M. Shawn Crahan's Birthday art gallery opening
- Latino Heritage Festival
- Des Moines Tattoo Festival
- Lazer Rock Girl Contest
- The Big Game: Fans in Ames
- Gatsby Gala
- Game day: Drake takes on Grand View
- Senior photo party at the Ridgemont
- Game Day: Iowa State rocks North Dakota State
- Des Moines Wing Ding 2009
- Ingersoll Live 2009
- Max Fights at the Val Air
- Iowa State Fair Saturday
- Iowa State Fair Wednesday
- Saturday night at the Iowa State Fair
- East side night at Iowa State Fair
- Opening day at the State Fair
- 515 Alive late
- 515 Alive early
- Clive After Five
- Saturday night at Blue Moon
- More RAGBRAI 2009 in Indianola
- RAGBRAI Indianola style
- Fridays at the Fountain
- League night at Trophy's Bar and Grill
- Ankeny SummerFest
- Young Variety Martini Madness
- Clive After Five, July 10
- Zoo Brew
- Friday at the Des Moines Arts Festival
- Midwest Cage Fighting Championship
- Iowa Corn Indy 250
- Swine Festival 2009
- Court District Street Party
- Clive Fest
- Golden Circle Games
- Capital City Pride Street Party
- Sips and the City
- Saturday night at Principal Park with I-Cubs fans
- League night at Sands Volleyball Club
- Big Hair Ball
- Race day at Iowa Speedway
- Subjective Circus at the Des Moines Social Club
- CelebrAsian at the State Capitol Complex
- Iowa Speedway season opener
- Dogs of the Downtown Des Moines Farmers Market
- Professional Bull Riders Series in Des Moines
- Mid Iowa Rollers
- Friday Fest in Urbandale
- Dos de Mayo block party
- Downtown Farmers Market fans and their dogs
- First Clive After Five of 2009
- The Runway Revue
- Drake Relays Court Avenue Block Party
- Midwest Freak Fest at Val Air
- Fake Relays
- Midwest Cage Championship 20 at Val Air
- Iowa Cubs 2009 home opener
- Orchard Place Spelling Bee
- Fashion Show at the Kamodo Klub
- Des Moines Singles Crew: Speed Dating
- Des Moines St. Patrick's Day Parade
- St. Baldrick's charity event
- Grand opening of the Des Moines Social Club
- Baconfest
- Iowa Energy
- St. Vitus and the Taxi Dancers with Roxi Copland at People's
- Grand opening of Dolce
- Red Rock and Joe's Pub
- Tailgators and Paddy's Irish Pub
- Skywalk Golf
- Last ever comedy night at Billy Joe's Pitcher Show
- Celeb Spotting at the Convention Center
- Top 10 polar plunge costumes
- SCI After 5 Team Trivia
- 2009 Inaugural Balls
- Midwest Cage Championship 18
- Buc beer night
- Subjective Vaudeville
- Girl Talk
- Metromix visits West Des Moines
- Metromix visits Ankeny
- Iowa Chops
- Tailgating at the Outback Bowl
- Flashed at the Outback Bowl Beach Day
- Willie Farrell at the Funny Bone
- Ugly Sweater Party
- Crossroads Conference
- Midwest Cage Championship's Thanksgiving Throwdown
- Living History Farms race
- East Village Holiday Promenade 2008
- Rage Fashion Show
- Des Moines Buccaneers
- End of the World Party
- So many Court Avenue 2008 contest costumes it's silly
- Finalists: Court Avenue 2008 contest costumes
- Even more Court Avenue 2008 contest costumes!
- More Court Avenue 2008 contest costumes
- Court Avenue 2008 contest costumes
- Young Variety Fall Games
- 2008 Des Moines Marathon
- Iowa State Cyclones-Nebraska Cornhuskers tailgating in Ames
- Clive Jaycees Halloween 2008 Costume Pub Crawl
- World Food Festival
- Opening day at the Iowa Chops
- PrideFest Parade
- Cornell Ball
- Bike Down to I-Town
- Oktoberfest 2008: Nothing but Bier Maidens
- Oktoberfest 2008 Saturday
- Oktoberfest 2008 Friday
- Bier maiden photo session
- Word Warriors Tour
- Huge F'n Street Party
- Oktoberfest's greatest snaps: 2006
- Big Game: Fans in Iowa City
- 23 wildest, wackiest tailgating photos
- Big Game: Iowa and ISU on the field
- Big Game: Photos from Des Moines
- Big Game: Photos from Campustown in Ames
- Gatsby Gala 2008
- Oktoberfest Metromix teams
- Metromix visits Halo
- Metromix visits Tonic in West Glen
- Metromix visits Liars Club
- Metromix visits Mickey's Irish Pub
- Destination 10th Street party
- Renaissance Faire
- Iowa Band Beach Jam
- Iowa Cubs
- Bulldogs Season Opener
- Cyclone Season Opener
- Shawn Johnson arena homecoming
- Ingersoll Live
- Summer Sausage Fest
- Saturday night at the Fair
- Friday at the State Fair
- 48 Hour Film Festival Awards
- Tuesday night at the Fair
- Saturday night at the Fair
- East Side Night
- Opening day at the State Fair
- Dog days of summer at the Iowa Cubs
- Brewfest
- Clive After Five
- Tattoo Festival
- Jasper Winery Grand Opening
- Art Noir Toga Party
- Des Moines Arts Festival 2008
- Clive After Five
- Gay in the Gateway
Thanksgiving with the Des Moines Buccaneers
After filling up on turkey all day, Des Moines dwellers headed out to see the Bucs
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MegF commented on East Village Holiday Promenade
I had a wonderful time at this event! It was nice to see so many people supporting the East Village!
vancouvergrandma commented on Drag queens, shot boys and Bingo
Got to love it! Wish I could have attended.
Todd1234 commented on GoodSons is doing good things
CORRECTION! You will not get just one Beer, you will be able to drink AT LEAST 4 BEERS!
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Des Moines venue guide
Browse upcoming events at some of the key venues in the Des Moines metro:
• Blues on Grand
• Civic Center of Greater Des Moines
• Des Moines Social Club
• House of Bricks
• Hoyt Sherman Place
• Hy-Vee Hall
• People's Court
• Prairie Meadows Racetrack & Casino
• Sheslow Auditorium
• Val Air Ballroom
• Vaudeville Mews
• Veterans Memorial Auditorium
• Wells Fargo Arena
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