1st Annual Rock N Rails Music Festival - Recap

WOW! That's really about all we can say. WOW! What a spectacular day. We had perfect weather, awesome bands, excellent music and a fantastic crowd. Matt Merk, Milwaukee Railroad Shops Historic District Executive Director said, "We had about 800 people come out to the event and for many of those this was their first time visiting the railroad museum complex. Between the regular museum display's, the beautiful weather and all the great bands all of our visitors were very impressed with what we have to offer and were very excited about coming out and many said they would definitely make a return visit in the future." Merk also continued saying, "I am so proud of our volunteers. Their friendliness, professionalism and just plain pride and excitement in showing off all their hard work to the community is very contagious and the visitors pick up on that honest we're-glad-to-see-you feeling and it just makes the entire experience that much better for our guests."

Along with the great music, food and refreshments many visitors were treated to a ride on the 90 foot roundhouse locomotive turntable. While it is not a very fast ride many were thrilled just the same and impressed that this 95 year old piece of railroad history is still alive and well.

Thank you to everyone that attended our first ever music festival. Because of the initial success of this event there are already talks underway for repeating this next year and excitement about adding other such events to next years schedule. We love the Siouxland area and it's families and are trying hard to become a family fun-spot for many more of our communities cultural events.

Again, thank you for your support and we can't wait for you to stop by and say hello.

1st Annual Rock & Rail Festival. This Saturday, September 15th

Can you feel the excitement in the air? The buzz is going around town and folks are getting excited about our new event happening this Saturday, September 15. The event is our 1st Annual "Rock n Rail Festival". This awesome outdoor event is being hosted by Kool 99.5 FM radio and will feature 6 of Sioux Cities best musical acts. The event stage will be set-up in our courtyard area between the Machine shop and the orange & maroon Milwaukee Road Diner Car. The stage will be facing south so will be be plenty of green space and shade to set-up your lawn chairs or throw out a blanket. 3-4 food vendors will be on-hand and we will have a beer garden set-up also for your cool refreshments and enjoyment.

Admission to this event is only $5.00! The admission fee not only covers the 6 hour concert but allows you full access to all the buildings on the railroad museum grounds. The museum will remain open it's normal hours 10 am to 4 pm during this event. Railroad motorcar rides will also be available from 10 am-4 pm for only $2.00.

Noon-1:00 - Kelly Glasco
1:00-2:00 - Mike Langley
2:00-3:00 - Mat D
3:00-4:00 - Blue Moon Band
4:00-5:00 - Old School
5:00-6:00 - Premium Draft

This will be a one hot Rock n Rail day to remember. Stay tuned to our Blog and Facebook pages for more updates and as the event nears and keep an ear open to Kool 99.5 for future announcements.