Music Walk is a free family-friendly event showcasing businesses in Downtown as well as local musicians.  Music Walk is the perfect opportunity to experience the many things Downtown Ames has to offer!

Interested in volunteering during Music Walk? We would love to have you! Please sign up here! 

Food Trucks

Downtown Ames businesses are open during the event, but are you looking for a quick bite to eat? Check out the Food Trucks located on Kellogg between Main and 5th!

• Kona Ice of Central Iowa

Sign up for the 2026 event has CLOSED. Please email Ronnie to be added to the waiting list.

Music Walk Pairings

Morning Bell Coffee Roasters – 111 Main Street

• Rose Kundel with the Central Iowa Wind Ensemble – Stage, Screen, Jazz & Classical Favorites on Solo Flute

Mary Jane’s – 119 Main Street

• Moscow Puzzles
• Pie Day
• Psyche

Oak Lane Candle Co. – 121 Main Street

• Asa – Asa, a college student trio, plays all their favorite songs with their acoustic and harmonic flair. With three guitars and singers, they cover songs spanning from Billy Joel to Tyler Childers, and Michael Jackson to Pheobe Bridgers.

H&R Block – 126 Main Street

Whiskey River – 134 Main Street

• Mango Soul – Funk, Soul covers. 7 piece band with vocals and instruments

Little Woods Herbs & Teas – 136 Main Street

• Elizabeth Zimmerman – Singer-Songwriter, jazz, soul, blues, folk

Dog-Eared Books – 203 Main Street

• Ben Schrag

Heroic Hair – 209 Main Street

• bloodless girls – Singer-songwriter with a guitar (usually electric, but can do acoustic too.)

London Underground – 212 Main Street

• Matt Woods

Emerhoff’s Footwear – 215 Main Street

• Larry ‘Red’ Stoltenberg – Acoustic rock, blues, and Americana with acoustic guitar and vocal

Treats on a Leash – 216 Main Street

• Dipayan Mitra – Vocal, instrument

Moorman Clothiers – 226 Main Street

• Fred Love

Chocolaterie Stam – 230 Main Street

• Sydney Scandrett

Duck Worth Wearing – 232 Main Street

• Ryan Sheeler – rock, pop, blues, country

The Loft Resale – 233 Main Street

• Jim DuBois – vocal with guitar, folk, 90’s country and rock

Raygun – 301 Main Street #106

• Steve Veysey – Edgy and progressive folk-rock songs, guitar and vocals, all originals. Lyrically reminiscent of Cohen, Prine, Lightfoot, and Dylan, coupled with a unique acoustic guitar style. The songs explore the human psyche and the urgency of climate change.

b.e.good – 301 Main Street #108

• Count Me In A Capella – Acapella pop and jazz

Life Distilled – 301 Main Street #109

• Jenn Pedersen – Jazz, Broadway, Pop, Folk

Sweet Caroline’s Kitchen & Cocktails – 316 Main Street

• School of Rock Ankeny – Popular rock & roll music performed by students of our school.

Della Viti – 323 Main Street

• Chris Patterson – Original Americana- Guitar and Vocals

CrawDaddy Outdoors – 327 Main Street

• Rosemary Toth – Folk, Light Rock, Country, Blues

Everts Flowers and Gifts – 329 Main Street

• Onion Creek Band (6 piece band) – Old time fiddle music played acoustically

Wheatsfield Cooperative – 413 Northwestern Ave.

Ames History Museum – 416 Douglas Ave.

• High Trestle Trail Rovers – Folk, bluegrass, traditional country, 5 musicians and one vocalist

Octagon Center for the Arts – 427 Douglas Ave.

• Foxpin – Rock band with vocals

Threadit – 429 Douglas Ave.

• Stephen Shuka – Vocal and guitar – singer/songwriter style music, some folk songs, some rewritten pop music.

Prairie Rose Needleworks – 500 Main Street #103

Back Alley House Plants – 501 Main Street

• Matthew Biegger – Acoustic Singer/Songwriter

Great Harvest Bakery & Café – 502 Burnett Ave.

• Roger Riley – Guitar/ Vocals Christian Praise Classics

Torrent Brewing Company – 504 Burnett Ave.

• Kellen Balmer-Brown

Ames Public Library – 515 Douglas Ave.

• Find great deals on CDs and other music-related items for sale in the Literary Grounds Bookstore in celebration of Ames Music Walk! Enjoy $1 off everything in the bookstore (except book bundles and items marked $1).All purchases help support the Library through the Ames Public Library Friends Foundation.

Cornbred – 526 Main Street #106

• Fezzik / Sascha Antropov – Fantasy Hard Rock

Event Sponsors

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