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Ready, Set, Go – Summer! Here's Your West Des Moines Weekend Planner

Our pick event is Smokin' in the Junction, where the barbecue will tickle your – you know what's coming – ribs.

Come for the barbecue. Stay for the music, beer garden and other activities.

Our pick for the Memorial Day weekend is the fourth annual , a Kansas City Barbecue Society-sanctioned competition. It runs from noon to 10 p.m. on Saturday and noon to 9 p.m. Sunday.

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You’re Getting Very Sleepy – “The Sandman” performs Saturday and Sunday at the Funny Bone Comedy Club. Be warned. You may be recruited from the audience to be hypnotized. There’s nothing sleepy about the resulting humor as volunteers sing, dance and giggle as if they’ve imbibed something they haven’t. Shows are at 7:30 and 9:30 both nights. Buy tickets here.

Kid Ink Summer Kickoff – American rapper, songwriter and producer Kid Ink (Brian Todd Collins) kicks off the summer with his distinctive sound at the Val Air Ballroom Saturday. The show starts at 7 p.m. Buy tickets here.


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