Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bush, Spin Doctors and more: Concert lineup for 2023 RAGBRAI
Updated: 6:33 AM CDT Jun 23, 2023
Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bush, Spin Doctors and more: Concert lineup for 2023 RAGBRAI
Updated: 6:33 AM CDT Jun 23, 2023
ANOTHER SEMIFINAL ROUND WILL BE HELD COMING UP ON THURSDAY. A BIG NAME IN CLASSIC ROCK IS HEADLINING A RAGBRAI CONCERT SERIES RIGHT HERE IN THE METRO. LEONARD SKYNYRD WILL BE PLAYING WHEN RIDERS STAY OVERNIGHT IN DES MOINES, JULY 26TH. THAT CONCERT SERIES ALSO INCLUDES HAIRBALL, FOGHAT AND BUSH, AMONG OTHERS. DES MOINES HAS BEEN GETTING READY FOR THE REGISTER’S ANNUAL GREAT BIKE RIDE ACROSS IOWA TO COME BACK FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS, SINCE THE LAST TIME IT CAME THROUGH. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RIDE AND IT MIRRORS THE FIRST EVER ROUTE RIDERS WILL BE COMING INTO THE CITY FROM AMES RAGBRAI HOPES TO BREAK THE GUINNESS WORLD RECORD THAT DAY FOR THE L
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Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bush, Spin Doctors and more: Concert lineup for 2023 RAGBRAI
Updated: 6:33 AM CDT Jun 23, 2023
The 50th RAGBRAI will bring a free concert series that features rock bands of the classic, hair and alternative varieties. RAGBRAI 2023 runs July 22-29, from Sioux City to Davenport, with overnight stops in Storm Lake, Carroll, Ames, Des Moines, Tama-Toeldo and Coralville in between. Organizers are hoping to set a new world record for the largest bicycle parade ever on July 26 when riders make the 50-mile trek from Ames to Des Moines. The current record is 48,615 riders set in Italy on July 11, 2000. Ride director Matt Phippen estimates RAGBRAI could blow that out of the water with 100,000 riders.Here's the full RAGBRAI 2023 concert lineup: July 22 in Sioux City: Spin DoctorsJuly 23 in Storm Lake: Spazmatics July 24 in Carroll: Pork TornadoesJuly 25 in Ames: HairballFull Ames RAGBRAI concert lineup: Main stage: Stranger Than Fiction, 3:30-5 p.m.; Burnin' Sensations, 6-8 p.m.; Hairball, 8:30-10:30 p.m.; First National Bank Stage: Great Caesar's Goat, 2-3:30 p.m.; Foxpin, 4:30-6 p.m.; Buckmiller/Schwager Band, 7-8:30 p.m.; The Cherrypickers, 9-11 p.m.July 26 in Des Moines: Lynyrd SkynyrdJuly 27 in Tama-Toledo: FoghatJuly 28 in Coralville: BushJuly 29 in Davenport: TBACheck out our full list of concerts coming to the metro this year. And more details on the 2023 Iowa State Fair Grandstand lineup.
DES MOINES, Iowa —
The 50th RAGBRAI will bring a free concert series that features rock bands of the classic, hair and alternative varieties.
RAGBRAI 2023 runs July 22-29, from Sioux City to Davenport, with overnight stops in Storm Lake, Carroll, Ames, Des Moines, Tama-Toeldo and Coralville in between.
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Organizers are hoping to set a new world record for the largest bicycle parade ever on July 26 when riders make the 50-mile trek from Ames to Des Moines. The current record is 48,615 riders set in Italy on July 11, 2000. Ride director Matt Phippen estimates RAGBRAI could blow that out of the water with 100,000 riders.
Here's the full RAGBRAI 2023 concert lineup:
- July 22 in Sioux City: Spin Doctors
- July 23 in Storm Lake: Spazmatics
- July 24 in Carroll: Pork Tornadoes
- July 25 in Ames: Hairball
- Full Ames RAGBRAI concert lineup: Main stage: Stranger Than Fiction, 3:30-5 p.m.; Burnin' Sensations, 6-8 p.m.; Hairball, 8:30-10:30 p.m.; First National Bank Stage: Great Caesar's Goat, 2-3:30 p.m.; Foxpin, 4:30-6 p.m.; Buckmiller/Schwager Band, 7-8:30 p.m.; The Cherrypickers, 9-11 p.m.
- July 26 in Des Moines: Lynyrd Skynyrd
- July 27 in Tama-Toledo: Foghat
- July 28 in Coralville: Bush
- July 29 in Davenport: TBA
Check out our full list of concerts coming to the metro this year. And more details on the 2023 Iowa State Fair Grandstand lineup.
