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Live-music venues worth the trip in Arnolds Park, Iowa

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Preservation Plaza at Arnolds Park (Live at the Lake) (opens in a new tab)

Arnolds Park

Preservation Plaza is an outdoor lawn stage on West Lake Okoboji inside Arnolds Park Amusement Park, home to the park’s summer Live at the Lake concert series. The park’s own site says the series turns the plaza into a venue for free concerts on weekends in the summer.

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Roof Garden Ballroom (opens in a new tab)

Arnolds Park

A recreated version of the 1923 lakeside ballroom inside Arnolds Park Amusement Park, the Roof Garden Ballroom’s own history page traces the original room from the big band acts of the swing era through a Johnny Cash night in June 1957 to its razing in 1988. The rebuilt 9,000-square-foot room seats 500 and has an elevated stage.

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Captain's Getaway (opens in a new tab)

Arnolds Park

A multi-level bar and rooftop in Arnolds Park, Captain’s Getaway’s own site promises live music every weekend of the summer starting Thursdays, and runs a NASHLO series of ticketed shows by touring Nashville artists.

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