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The Glass House Concert Hall Pomona 800 November 7, 2014: Regent Theater Skid Row: 1,100 October 18, 1926: The Fonda Theatre: Hollywood 1,200 1931: John Anson Ford Amphitheatre: Hollywood Hills: 1,200 [1] September 4, 1925 Alex Theatre: Glendale: 1,400 November 11, 1926: The Belasco: South Park: 1,500 2023 The Bellwether Downtown Los Angeles ...
A daylong festival 50 years ago on Aug. 20 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Wattstax was intended as a Black Woodstock. But the name of course was also a reference to the Watts Uprising of ...
Wattstax was a benefit concert organized by Stax Records to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the 1965 riots in the African-American community of Watts, Los Angeles. [2] [3] The concert took place at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on August 20, 1972. The concert's performers included all of Stax's prominent artists at the time.
As far back as 1951, there had been rhythm and blues concerts at the Grand Olympic. [5] In 1969-70, The Grand Olympic Auditorium hosted concerts by hard rock acts such as Mountain, Jack Bruce, and Ten Years After. It would be used more extensively as a musical venue after 1980.
Hefflin was an entrepreneur who had started promoting dances and concerts for Black residents of Los Angeles in the 1930s. The first Cavalcade of Jazz was held on September 23, 1945, and starred Count Basie , The Honey Drippers , Valaida Snow , Joe Turner , The Peters Sisters , Slim and Bam and other artists. [ 1 ]
Jimmy Fallon, who served as master of ceremonies, kicked things off with a Blues Brothers homage. Audiences were also treated to the returns of Bill Murray’s Nick Valentine (aka the Lounge ...
Saturday Night Live is celebrating its 50th anniversary by inviting some of its musical guests back for an encore. Music superstars Lady Gaga, Bad Bunny, David Byrne and Eddie Vedder are just some ...
The Cabaret Concert Theatre was a small cellar café/cabaret, located in the Silverlake district of Central Los Angeles, California.. It operated between 1950 and 1961. It was created by dancer Miriam Schiller with the help of a group of young actors and dancers who wanted a place to showcase their talent, the 100-seat theatre became a popular nightspot among television and film producers ...