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Des Moines Arts Festival The Des Moines Arts Festival is an arts festival held every June in Western Gateway Park in Des Moines , Iowa . The three-day festival frequently draws in excess of 200,000 people and has been ranked among the top festivals in the United States.
The Iowa State Fair was held in a different community every two years after it was first established. The first fair was held in Fairfield in 1854. The other towns that hosted the fair included Muscatine, Oskaloosa, Iowa City, Dubuque, Burlington, Clinton, Keokuk and Cedar Rapids. [2] The state fair moved to Des Moines permanently in 1878.
The Fair was held in Muscatine in 1856–1857, Oskaloosa in 1858–1859, Iowa City in 1860–1861, Dubuque in 1862–1863, Burlington in 1864–1866, Clinton in 1867–1868, Keokuk in 1869–1870 and 1874–1875, and Cedar Rapids in 1871–1873 and 1876–1878. The Fair moved permanently within the Des Moines city limits in 1878.
West Des Moines Fireworks Display. Celebrate with the city of West Des Moines with some free nighttime fireworks on the Fourth of July. When: Thursday, July 4 at 9:30 p.m. Where: =City Campus ...
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Des Moines has some small business events including a vintage market and a holiday fair featuring local vendors. Not into Black Friday shopping? Try a flea market or vintage fair in Des Moines instead
The park is named for John Pappajohn, a local venture capitalist, and his wife Mary Louise Pappajohn (1933-2022), [3] who gifted the initial 24 sculptures, with a valuation of about $40 million USD, to the city of Des Moines. The couple are recognized art collectors, appearing in the ARTnews list of top 200 art collectors from 1998 to 2014.
The Art Center traces its roots to 1916, when the Des Moines Association of Fine Arts established gallery space at the Public Library of Des Moines on the banks of the Des Moines River downtown. Several exhibitions were shown each year, and works of art were periodically purchased for the association's permanent collection.