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•  It’s BIKEIOWA night! The Fat Tire Fun Ride ends up at Ankeny Unplugged this week…cyclists know how to party, y’all. Wanna know more? Click this.
• More photos added to the photo album from week 2! See what you missed, or remember what you witnessed. It was good stuff. LINK.
• This is the rock, blues, and acoustic radness you will see this week: Headliner Fierce Bad Rabbit (8pm) is coming to us all the way from Colorado. Check out their stuff — it’s addictive! Wisconsin based and critically acclaimed The Brothers Burn Mountain (7pm) bring some blues-rock fusion AU hasn’t seen yet. MINT (6pm) from right here in Des Moines just opened for Weezer; you will soon see why they were chosen. Local music hero James Biehn (5pm) starts the night with his mastery on guitar and thoughtful songwriting.
• Click these words now to learn more about this week’s acts and listen to free music and videos from them.
• New local beers this week! The taps will be pouring 16 ounces of Olde Main (Ames) Off Kilter Scottish Ale and Millstream (Amana) Schild Brau into your mugs for the same price as a domestic beer. Don’t forget your mug.
• Gate opens at 4pm.
• Art and craft market from 4pm-8pm, new vendors each week! See the full list here.
• Food and drink from 4pm-9pm.
• Still just $3 at the gate, kids 12 and under free, or buy an advance ticket and save $$.
• More merchandise to commemorate this year’s fest — buttons, t-shirts, limited-edition screen-printed posters, and band merch. (you can buy t-shirts online: asphalt or aqua, and the poster soon)
• Season pass holders and advance ticket purchasers — just show your ID at the gate.
• Free bicycle valet service every week!
• The bike powered generator is back! You may have noticed it missing last week, but it has been repaired and is ready for action. Power the party!
• This week’s event sponsor is Kosama. Get muscley!
• Have a question? Looky here.
  

What not to miss this week

• PHOTOS! Check out our photo album from last week to see what you missed (or relive what you saw).
• This week’s bands: Caroline Smith (8pm). You need to see her, you’ll fall in love, promise. Also: Arynn (Elizabeth Arynn) (7pm), The Sudden Lovelys (6pm), and The Host Country (5pm). A member of one of these bands sits on an antique bicycle seat and stomps on a trunk. Seriously.
• Go here to learn more about the acts and listen to free songs and videos RIGHT NOW.
• Gate opens at 4pm.
• Art and Craft market from 4pm-8pm, some new vendors this week! See the full list here.
• Food and Drink from 4pm-9pm.
• Still just $3 at the gate, kids 12 and under free, or buy an advance ticket and save $$.
• Local beer! Bring your own mug or buy one at the merch tent, and for one drink ticket–the same price as a Budweiser–we’ll fill it with 16 ounces of either Olde Main Dinkey Wheat (Ames, IA) or Back Pocket Slingshot Dunkel (McGregor, IA).
• Check out the merchandise to commemorate your amazing time — Buttons! T-shirts! Band merch! YES! (Now you can buy t-shirts online, too: asphalt or aqua)
• Season pass holders and advance ticket purchasers — just show your ID at the gate.
  
• Free bicycle valet service every week.
• This week’s event sponsor is Jeff Downing, Realtor, Coldwell Banker.
• A commemorative poster will be for sale by BASEMINT design! They are awesome folks — here’s a teaser sketch.
• AU buttons, t-shirts, posters and more are waiting for you in the merch tent.
• Have a question? Looky here.