(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2025 will be honored this weekend. Ralph Kluseman, the organization’s president, said 16 people from all regions of the state reviewed hundreds of nominations. “These bands, these solo artists, these inventors, the radio people — they can’t nominate themselves. That’s the most misunderstood part,” he said. “They have to be nominated by the fans themselves or the friends or the family or whatever. You know last year we had over 438 new nominations.”

The Iowa Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was established in 1997. Events kick off Friday night with a concert in the Roof Garden Ballroom in Arnolds Park on Lake Okoboji. The ballroom is the site for the Iowa Rocks Talent Contest on Saturday and the Hall of Fame Induction Concert on Sunday evening. There’s also a fundraiser for the non-profit Hall of Fame that night. “We’ve got a signed Eric Clapton guitar. We’ve got a signed Paul McCartney bass. some lyrics signed by Adele. I’ve got a Taylor Swift signed guitar,” Kluseman said. “We’ll let everybody see this stuff so they can make a bid on it during the concert.”

Over 2000 individuals and more than 550 concert venues, radio stations and other entities have been inducted in the Iowa Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame over the past 27 years.

2025 Iowa Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame Inductees: 
 

Band Category: Galaxy, WitcHazel, Wicked Liz & the Belly Swirls, Kory & the Fireflies, Sons of Gladys Kravitz, The Chevrons, Homegrown Band and Mirage 

Border Band Category: Skuddur, Indigenous

Venue Category: The Depot in Shenandoah, Ia., Ollinger Ballroom in Pocahontas, Ia.

Individual Category: Gary Lambert, Tory Stoffregen, Kenny Kugel (deceased), Mark Doyle, Dick Howard,

Scott Moore, Stacy Peterson, Chad Elliott, Tim Miller and Larry Hrubes

Promoter Category: Jimmy Thomas

DJ Category: Harry O’Neil

Radio Station Category: KGLI KG95 in Sioux City, Iowa

Support Person Category: John O’Connell (deceased), Mark Lage, Bill Julius

Iowa Rock ‘n Roll Music Association Lifetime Achievement Award: Luanne Reid

Matousek Lifetime Achievement Award: Jamie Poulsen

Spirit Award: Casey Freemyer, Ric Jensen,
D.A.D. (Hip-hop duo featuring Jason Reinert and Mark Koenig, with DJ Brandon Stowe)

John Senn Legacy Award:  Barb Lancaster