About

The Meadow at Oahe Speed­way is the newest out­door con­cert venue in Cen­tral South Dakota.  Located on the grounds of the Oahe Speed­way 14 miles north of Pierre, South Dakota, this out­door facil­ity has every­thing you need for con­cert enjoy­ment.  The Meadow invites you to share a part of your sum­mer with us – enjoy the fresh air, a pic­nic and bev­er­ages of your choice while being enter­tained by live music from some of your favorite bands.

The Oahe Speed­way in beau­ti­ful Pierre, South Dakota.

Oahe (ō wä’ hē) takes its name from the Oahe Indian Mis­sion estab­lished in 1874 among Lakota Sioux Indi­ans.  “Oahe” roughly trans­lated is “a foun­da­tion or a place to stand on”.

The Oahe Dam, located four miles north of Pierre on the Mis­souri River stretches 1.8 miles across and 245 feet high and is a source of hydro­elec­tric power and pro­vides flood con­trol, improve­ment of nav­i­ga­tion and irri­ga­tion to the cen­tral South Dakota region.  Con­struc­tion for the Oahe Dam began in 1948 by the Corps of Engi­neers and was com­pleted four­teen years later in 1962

Lake Oahe, the reser­voir cre­ated by the Oahe Dam, stretches 250 miles upstream to Bis­marck, North Dakota.  It is the fourth largest man-made reser­voir in the United States and has 2,250 miles shore­line, which is more than the coast of California.

Oahe Speed­way is a 1/4 mile National Hot Rod Asso­ci­a­tion (NHRA) dragstrip opened in 2005 and serves rac­ers and the rac­ing com­mu­nity in South Dakota and sur­round­ing states.  Oahe Speed­way is hon­ored to host the Red Wil­low Band as the Inau­gural con­cert at the new “Meadow at Oahe Speedway”.