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Parade through downtown with more than 25 marching bands. Carnival, free entertainment, craft show, car show, and food.
In 1902 Meredith Willson, who immortalized his hometown of Mason City as River City in "The Music Man," was born in this 1895 house. It is now filled with family memorabilia, musical treasures and period furnishings.
Mason City, IA Historic HomesChildren's theater with seven main stage shows during the school year.
Mason City, IA TheatresTudor-style mansion with contemporary additions overlooks Willow Creek and features permanent collection of 19th and 20
Mason City, IA MuseumsWright's first Iowa building, designed in 1908, restored and furnished with Arts and Crafts furniture and reproductions of period Wright furniture. The only middle-class home of his Prairie School period that is open to the public in the U.S.
Mason City, IA Historic HomesThe 1912 River City Streetscape features an ice cream parlor, gift shop, and set designs from the Warner Brothers motion picture of "The Music Man." The museum is a tribute to the genius of one of America'
Mason City, IA Historic Districts