Rapid City South Dakota Entertainment & Events

Special Events

National Beef Cookoff
2111 LaCrosse Street • Rapid City, SD 57701
Best Western Ramkota Hotel
605-567-5328
This yearly event takes place in September and includes an orientation, a trade show, a ranch visit, a cook-off and a gala.

Carmike Seven
230 Knollwood Drive • Rapid City, SD 57702
605-341-5888
With seven screens, this cinema features the best in new movie releases. more...
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Black Hills Symphony Orchestra
1202 East Saint Francis Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-5872
605-348-4676
This orchestra presents concerts that feature finely performed Classical music, as well as concerts that highlight more popular genres. more...
South Dakota Acoustic Christmas, A
444 Mount Rushmore Road North • Rapid City, SD 57701
Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
605-394-4111
Each Christmas season is welcomed in by the warmth of acoustic music that celebrates the spirit of the holiday season. more...
Always...Patsy Cline [Saturday, Jun. 9, 2012]
1202 East St. Francis Street • Rapid City, SD 57703
BHCT Theatre at the Rushmore Mall
605-394-1786
Black Hills Community Theatre will present a special, two-day production of Always...Patsy Cline, based on a true story, written and originally directed by Ted Swindley. There will be three performances - Saturday, June 9, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, June 10, at 2 p.m. The show features the original cast of the BHCT 2010 sell-out production: Si Issler as Patsy Cline and Dee Kurtz as Louise Seger, along with the band - Dylan Fleming on steel guitar, Carla Oerter on piano, Michael Moore on drums, Melissa Moore on bass and Lon Schnittgrund on electric guitar. more...

Country Fair Thanksgiving Show
444 Mount Rushmore Road • Rapid City, SD 57701
Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
605-342-3694
Held each year in late November, this holiday show features the fine crafts of Country Fairs, including such items as toys, quilts, handmade gifts, Christmas decorations and the finely crafted items that will become the heirlooms of the future.

Central States Fair
800 San Francisco Street • Rapid City, SD 57701
Central States Fair Grounds
605-355-3861
This fair features cattle auctions, horse sales, musical entertainment, art, a variety of other events, entertainment and attractions, and is held each August. more...
Black Hills Autumn Expedition
P.O. Box 747 • Rapid City, SD 57709
605-343-1744
Contact the Rapid City Convention and Visitors Bureau for information about this annual event that takes place in September and part of October, and includes a great variety of events and destinations that have to do with the history of this region and reflect the Native American and Western influences that shaped the culture of the Black Hills area. more...
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Dakota Roping Association Annual Finals
Central States Fairgrounds • Rapid City, SD 57709
307-896-2405
This annual rodeo finals event takes place in September of each year.

Gray Line of the Black Hills
1600 East Saint Patrick Street, P.O. Box 1106 • Rapid City, SD 57709
605-342-4461
Sightseeing tours, package tours and charters are offered by this expert in motor coach touring. more...
Stagecoach West Tours
P.O. Box 264 • Rapid City, SD 57709
605-343-3113
These tours incorporate such extras as a cowboy breakfast at the Fort Hays Chuckwagon, followed by a nine hour tour of such attractions as the Black Hills, Mount Rushmore, the Crazy Horse Memorial and Museum, Custer State Park, and the Pigtail Bridges, among others, with a stop at the State Game Lodge for lunch, and ending with a Western feast back at the Fort Hays Chuckwagon, which is accompanied by a Western music variety show. more...