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Club Harlem was the site of the 1972 Easter morning shootout of a Black Mafia operative by three rival operatives, leaving five dead and 20 wounded, in full view of a show audience estimated at 600 people. The club closed in 1986 and was demolished in 1992.
The Upstage Club was a legendary coffee shop, music venue, and afterhours club in Asbury Park, New Jersey. The club is featured in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . [ 1 ] Influential musicians such as Bruce Springsteen , Bill Chinnock , Southside Johnny (John Lyon), David Sancious , Little Steven Van Zandt , Garry Tallent , Vini Lopez , and ...
The Starland Ballroom is a concert venue located in Sayreville, New Jersey. Beginning in the 1960s, the building was known as the Jernee Mill Inn, a local bar with a banquet hall. It was originally known as the Hunka Bunka Ballroom [1] and then Willy's [2] [3] in the 1980s. It has operated as a dance music club but more often hosted concerts ...
The Headliners Club — the private club atop Procore Tower in downtown Austin — is in line for an $8 million makeover. Construction to renovate the facilities of the members-only club is due to ...
Club Feathers is a gay nightclub in River Edge, New Jersey. Opened in 1978, it is the oldest in the state and the only one left in North Jersey. It is known for its live entertainment, its familial atmosphere, and its assistance to vulnerable LGBTQ youth and the local poor. The club was ordered to close in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sparky J's, previously known as the Cadillac Club, [1] was a popular jazz club in downtown Newark, New Jersey. [2] Sparky J's often featured soul jazz or funky jazz best exemplified by the organ combo, a band usually consisting of a Hammond B-3 organist, a saxophonist, a drummer, and a guitarist. [3]
The Steel Pier is a 1,000-foot-long (300 m) amusement park built on a pier of the boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey, across from the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City (formerly the Trump Taj Mahal). Built in 1897 and opened in 1898, it was one of the most popular venues in the United States for the first seven decades of the twentieth ...
Paul "Skinny" D'Amato (December 1, 1908 – June 5, 1984) also known as "Mr. Atlantic City", was the owner of the 500 Club in Atlantic City, New Jersey, from the 1940s until the club burned down in 1973.