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Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (or simply the Nassau Coliseum) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Uniondale, Nassau County, New York, on Long Island. The venue is situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) east of the eastern limits of the borough of Queens in New York City , adjacent to the Meadowbrook Parkway .
The Bach Festival Society was founded in 1935 at Rollins College to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach's birth by presenting the composer's orchestral and choral music to the public "for its enlightenment, education, pleasure, and enjoyment" [7] at Knowles Memorial Chapel.
This, along with coverage from Time Out New York, [7] led to "Bach hopping' – fans travelled from performance to performance, taking pictures and shooting video. [8] While beginning work on Bach in the Subways Day 2014, Henderson was approached by Los Angeles-based classical music enthusiast and photographer Jeehyun Lee, who was interested in ...
Piano festival; classical music and jazz; lasts more than three months Lower Rhenish Music Festival: Germany: 1818–1958: Early classical festival held on Pentecost Magdeburger Telemann-Festtage: Germany: 1962–present: Devoted to the works of Telemann: Rheingau Musik Festival: Germany: 1987–present: Concerts take place at a culturally ...
ChicagoFest was a Chicago music festival established in 1978 by Mayor Michael Bilandic.It was a two-week event held annually at Navy Pier that featured sixteen separate stages, each sponsored by a national retail brand and a media sponsor compatible to the stage's format, e.g. Rock WLUP, Chicago Tribune Jazz, Miller Brewing Company Blues and WXRT, that broadcast live from the festival.
The second Coliseum 1896 Democratic National Convention. The second Coliseum, in the Woodlawn neighborhood on the city's south side, had a difficult history. Initial construction began early in 1895 on a 14-acre (57,000 m 2) site of the World's Columbian Exposition, but on August 22, the incomplete structure collapsed, and builders had to start over. [3]
The format of this concert was immensely popular and became a Christmas tradition [10] in the Chicago area. By 1985 Music of the Baroque was the largest, fully professional music organization devoted solely to the performance of 16th, 17th, and 18th-century choral and instrumental music.
The International Amphitheatre was the home for Chicago's wrestling scene for years as well as the Chicago Auto Show for approximately 20 years beginning in the 1940s. [11] [8] Strangely enough, on December 30, 1962, and January 5, 1964, the Chicago Amphitheatre hosted The Southside WinterNationals INDOOR Drag Races.