Valentine’s Day Guide: Weekend Events in Ames

Have you decided how you will spend the day with your significant other?

Maybe it's by making a sculpture with Amanda Barr or trying a massage at Massage Heights, 637 Lincoln Way, or Avenues for Health, 537 Main Street.

Find some other Valentine's Day or anti-Valentine's Day activities from the Ames Patch Calendar.

Experience the Beatles with Rain

Valentine's Day Dinner and Hay Ride

Bowling and Dinner for Two

PASTA 101 CLASS

Then there is the Anti Valentine's Day at Charlie Yokes on Saturday. DJ Eight Ten Featuring LadySoal and Doctor Murdock Anti Valentines Day party!!

And on Valentine's Day there will be a free Anti-Valentine's Day show featuring Jet Edison at DG's Taphouse.

And on Friday Feb. 15, one could take the whole family to  "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" 7 p.m. on Friday at the Ames City Auditorium.

Other sweet events leading up to Valentine's Day, happening the day of and after follow below:

Valentine Dinner Train 

Reiman Gardens Orchid Fest 

Snus Hill Winery's Valentine's Day Party 

Ciccotti Art Glass Workshop: Heart Paperweights 

Wheatsfield Co-op Class: Valentine Wines 

“Young-at-Heart” Dance 

For the Love of Dance 

Events at the Iowa State Center

Neil Simon's Biloxi Blues Fri, Feb 15, 7:30 pm–9:30 pm

Voca People Thu, Feb 21, 7:30 pm–9:00 pm

Passion Pit with Special Guests Matt & Kim and Icona Pop Thu, Feb 28, 8:00 pm

China National Symphony Orchestra Sat, Mar 2, 7:30 pm–9:30 pm

Traces Sun, Mar 3, 7:30 pm–9:30 pm

Monty Python's Spamalot Tue, Mar 5, 7:30 pm–9:30 pm

TheatreworksUSA presents The Civil War Thu, Mar 7, 10:00 am–11:30 am

TheatreworksUSA presents The Civil War Thu, Mar 7, 12:30 pm–1:30 pm

Upcoming Ames/Metro Events:

Daniel Tosh: Tosh.0's Daniel Tosh will visit the Iowa State Center June 4. Tickets to his The June Gloom Tour go on sale Friday. He will present two shows one at 7 p.m. and another at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday June 4 at Stephen's Auditorium.

Miranda Lambert: Locked and Re-Loaded tour stops in Ames with Dierks Bentley and Lee Brice.
 The event takes place at the Hilton Coliseum in Ames
 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21 
Tickets are on sale

Fleetwood Mac: Fleetwood Mac plans to make a stop at the Wells Fargo Arena on June 26 to celebrate the 35^th anniversary of the Rumours album. Tickets range from $49 to $149 plus fees through dahlstickets.com. The line up includes original members Mick Fleetwood and John McVie and Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks.

Jon Bon Jovi: The New Jersey rocker and his band will return to Des Moines on April 14 on the "Because We Can" Tour. Ticket prices start at $19.50.
 The event takes place at Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines
 tickets for the Iowa show went on sale Dec. 3 at dahlstickets.com.

Taylor Swift: Country star Taylor Swift returns to Wells Fargo Arena on Aug. 1 with her Red tour. Tickets are on sale through dahls.tickets.com. Tickets range from $31.50 to $86.50 plus fees.

Justin Bieber: Pop star Justin Bieber will also make an appearance at the Wells Fargo Arena on July 7. Tickets are on sale now. Tickets range from $40 to $95.

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