page_title: Surf Ballroom
section_title: Winter Dance Party Tribute Event
hierarchical_section_title: Surf Ballroom / Winter Dance Party Tribute Event
caption_attribution_description: Surf Ballroom, Clear Lake, Iowa.
context_page_description: The Surf Ballroom is a Historic Rock and Roll Landmark at 460 North Shore Drive, Clear Lake, Iowa. The Surf is closely associated with the event known colloquially as "The Day the Music Died" – early rock and roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson gave their last performances at the Surf on February 2, 1959 as part of the "Winter Dance Party Tour".
  On September 6, 2011, The Surf Ballroom was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
context_section_description: Each February since 1979, the Surf Ballroom hosts a "Winter Dance Party" tribute show to honor the lives and legacies of the three stars.
caption: Surf Ballroom in 2015
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