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1922
- The buliding at 464 South Main Street opens as the Covey-Ballard Motor Company.
1931
- Converted to the Coconut Grove dance hall
1946
- Name changes to Rainbow Raindevu
APR
27 – Freddy Magel
MAY
1 – Norman Granz
JUL
29-31 – Henry Busse
AUG
1-3 – Henry Busse
1948
1949
JUL
23 – Frankie Carle
1950
JUN
16-17 – Les Brown
23-24 – The Modernaires
7-8 – Ink Spots
1951
1952
MAY
2 – Duke Ellington
1953
MAY
2 – Jack Fina
9 – Duke Ellington
28 – Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars / Gene Krupa & The Benny Goodman Band
1954
1955
MAY
7 – The Four Knights
10-15 – John Calvert
1956
1957
MAY
17-18 – Nat King Cole
1958
APR
25-26 – Glenn Miller Orchestra (moved from Lagoon’s Patio Gardens)
MAY
2-3 – Julius LaRosa
SEP
5-6 – The Kingston Trio
25 – Pete Fountain
27 – The Kingston Trio
- Lagoon Corp. begins managing the ballroom and changes the name to Danceland
1959
FEB
13-14 – Nat King Cole
MAR
28 – The Four Lads
SEP
19 – After remodeling, reopens as The Terrace
NOV
11 – John F. Kennedy
1960
APR
1 – Grand Ole Opry: Kitty Wells / Marvin Rainwater / Bobby Helms / Johnnie & Jack
2 – The Gaylords
9 – Billy May Band featuring Frankie Lester
11 – Jimmy Clanton Dance Party: The Champs / The Crests / Dick Caruso / Frankie Ford
16 – George Shearing
MAY
7 – Grand Ole Opry: Faron Young / Jimmy Newman / Patsy Cline / Lou Childre / Rex Rinehart
JUL
1 – Grand Ole Opry: Lefty Frizzell / Freddie Hart / Johnny & Jonie
AUG
5 – Western Starlighters
SEP
21 – Martin Denny
24 – Stan Kenton
NOV
4-5 – Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians
18 – The Brothers Four
1961
OCT
13 – The Kingston Trio
27 – Dave Brubeck
1962
JAN
6 – The Four Freshmen
20 – The Brothers Four
APR
20 – Grand Ole Opry: Stonewall Jackson / Carl Belew / Little Jimmy Dickens / Connie Hall / Rex Rinehart
JUL
21 – Grand Ole Opry: Hank Thompson
1963
FEB
23 – Chad Mitchell Trio
APR
6 – The Golden Valley Boys
NOV
2 – Dave Brubeck
DEC
27-28 – The Beach Boys
1964
OCT
2 – The Animals
31 – Stonewall Jackson / Red Sovine / Little Jimmy Dickens & Shirley Ray / Leon McAuliffe & His Cimarron Boys / Freddie Hart / Marvin Rainwater / Bonnie Owens
1965
MAR
12 – Dave Brubeck
APR
– Helen Forrest & The Pied Pipers / Frank Sinatra, Jr.
7 – Shindig: The Newharts / The Hondells / The Dixie Cups / Sue Thompson / Roosevelt Grier / John Andrea / Jim Doval & The Gauchos
14 – Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
1966
– The Four Freshmen
JUL
9 – Herman’s Hermits / The Animals
1967
MAR
18 – Dave Brubeck Quartet
AUG
11 – Holden Caulfield / Tattered Souls
OCT
31 – Jefferson Airplane
NOV
25 – Incredible Fish (Country Joe & The Fish sans Country Joe) / Moby Grape / Spirit / War Of Armageddon
1968
FEB
10 – Jefferson Airplane / Taj Mahal Blues Band / War Of Armageddon
MAR
21 – Steppenwolf
APR
6 – The Byrds / The Sopwith Camel
MAY
21 – The Monkees
SEP
21 – Steppenwolf / The Cleveland Wrecking Co. / Holden Caulfield
OCT
12 – Iron Butterfly / Holden Caulfield
NOV
8 – Spirit
15 – Deep Purple / The Saints
16 – Creedence Clearwater Revival / Spirit Of Creation
30 – Buffalo Springfield / Sir Douglas Quintet
1969
FEB
8 – Steve Miller Band / Initial Shock
MAR
8 – Holden Caulfield / Smoke / It’s A Beautiful Day
APR
5 – AB Skhy / Pogo (just before changing name to Poco)
JUN
21 – Santana / It’s A Beautiful Day
JUL
30 – Vanilla Fudge / Led Zeppelin
DEC
26 – Fever Tree / Genesis / Holden Caulfield
1970
JAN
2-3 – Lee Michaels / Poco
APR
1 – The Moody Blues / Cold Blood
10 – Cold Blood / Green Fairy Princess / Holden Caulfield / Fanny
MAY
9 – Pink Floyd / Blue Mountain Eagle
JUN
29 – Big Brother & The Holding Company / Traffic / Wishful Thinking
JUL
18 – Love / Fever Tree / Blue Mountain Eagle
AUG
10 – Brownsville Station
22 – Deep Purple
SEP
5 – Poco/ Leon Russell / Fritz
26 – Grateful Dead
OCT
15 – Pink Floyd
1971
APR
24 – Hank Thompson / The Brazos Valley Boys
1972
FEB
9 – Delaney, Bonnie & Friends / Billy Preston / John Hammond
MAR
30 – West, Bruce & Laing
31 – Buddy Miles / Pacific Cross
APR
3 – The Average White Band / Les McCann
NOV
5 – Uriah Heep
DEC
13 – Loggins & Messina / Casey Kelly
1973
Badfinger
Celebration
Steve Miller Band
JAN
28 – Steely Dan / Doobie Brothers?
MAR
22 – Sylvester / It’s A Beautiful Day
APR
2 – Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass
9 – Black Oak Arkansas / Focus / Jo Jo Gunne
25 – J. Geils Band / Gentle Giant
SEP
30 – Steely Dan
NOV
21 – The Edgar Winter Group
DEC
17 – Brownsville Station
1974
– Canned Heat
JAN
19 – Hank Thompson
FEB
11 – Fleetwood Mac / Lynyrd Skynyrd
MAR
18 – Frank Zappa / Tom Waits
APR
12 – Black Oak Arkansas
JUN
6 – Kiss / Rush
15 – King Crimson / The Strawbs / Golden Earring
AUG
– Randy Barlow
10 – Freddy Weller
14 – ZZ Top
NOV
15 – Fleetwood Mac / Triumvirat
1975
-Joe Walsh
JAN
23 – Camel / Wishbone Ash
MAR
19 – Blue Oyster Cult / REO Speedwagon
APR
21 – Leo Sayer / Golden Earring
MAY
30 – Mel Tillis & The Statesiders
31 – Mel Tillis & The Statesiders
JUN
4 – Rush / Kiss (cancelled)
14 – Kay Adams with Don Petty
AUG
20 – Fleetwood Mac
SEP
11 – Fleetwood Mac / Ambrosia
22 – Lynyrd Skynyrd
OCT
13 – Blue Oyster Cult
1976
– Billy Joel
JAN
26 – Foghat
FEB
9 – Kiss
25 – Dan Fogelberg / Fool’s Gold
MAR
24 – Jesse Colin Young
APR
5 – Wishbone Ash
MAY
23 – Al Hurricane
NOV
– Boston / Heart
29 – John Lee Hooker / Charlie Daniels
DEC
– Ernest Tubb
1977
FEB
26 – Don Williams / Dickey Lee
MAR
10 – Styx
JUL
22 – Roy Drusky
AUG
8 – Kansas
OCT
7 – Rush (canceled) / UFO
24 – Charley Pride?
1978
JAN
7 – Merle Haggard
DEC
11 – Cow Jazz / Anthem / Claudia Appling
- Lagoon’s lease extended for three more years
1979
– Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show
MAR
5 – Ozark Mountain Daredevils
31 – Ernest Tubb / Chris LeDoux
APR
27 – UFO
MAY
8 – Journey
OCT
31 – Steppenwolf
NOV
15 – Rainbow / John Mellencamp
1980
– Hank Williams, Jr.
JAN
31 – The Police
DEC
3 – Frank Zappa
1981
– It’s A Beautiful Day
– Kicker
DEC
7 – Frank Zappa
26 – David LaFlamme Band
- The Terrace closes after one last New Year’s Eve dance
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Various newspaper articles, ads and concert posters.
Kingston Trio Slated For 2 S.L. Shows. Deseret News, 23 Aug 1958.
To Sing In S.L. Again. Deseret News, 25 Sep 1958.
Danceland Sets Cole. Deseret News, 12 Feb 1959.
Four Freshmen…slated in S.L. Deseret News, 4 Jan 1962.
Terrace Slates Brubeck Group. Deseret News, 1 Nov 1963.
Thoughts At Intermission. Deseret News, 9 Mar 1965.
‘Euro-rock’ hits America. Deseret News, 5 Apr 1974.
The crowd for ‘Ronin’ looks like Who’s Who. Deseret News, 10 Jul 1980.
1960s pop-art posters highlight Utah Historical Society Event. Deseret News, 8 Sep 2005.
Utah State Historical Society Newsletter, Fall 2005.
Brain Damage, accessed 27 May 2010.
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Love Tourlist, accessed 27 May 2010.
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31 replies on “The Terrace: Chronological List Of Performers”
I remember Joe Cocker, Elvin Bishop, and ELO there from the mid to early 70s.
I saw Heart and Boston at the Terrace in ’75/’76.
@Richard King:
I’m glad you posted that. I KNEW I saw them both together there but I can find no evidence of the date in Heart’s tour schedule archive. I was also remembering seeing Heart a second time with another act at the Terrace as well.
Hank Williams, Jr. played there one night in 1980 sometime.
Thanks, I’ll try to track down a date for that year.
I saw Heart/Boston there in the summer of 1976. Apparently Heart replaced Aerosmith, the headliner, and opened for Boston. Was supposedly Heart’s first concert in USA. Boston’s effects were off so didn’t sound exactly like album. There was no elevated stage. On the floor was like a general admission ticket and the bands were literally standing right in front of us.
My compliments for your great website ! According to vintage press “The Salt Lake Tribune” issue 12 February 1974 (gig review on page 19) FLEETWOOD MAC and LYNYRD SKYNYRD played 11 February 1974 Salt Lake City – Terrace Ballroom ! I’ll hope this helps !
Thanks for your help. Glad you like the website!
According to excellent GENTLE GIANT website run by fan Jack Skelly http://ggconcerts.on-reflection.org/part3.htm J.GEILS BAND and GENTLE GIANT played Salt Lake City – Terrace Ballroom 25 April 1973. I’ll hope this helps !
That does help. Thanks!
According to vintage press THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE issue 7 October 1976 (on page 19 gig review) LYNYRD SKYNRD played Salt Palace and not Terrace Ballroom. Also and advert about this gig (played at Salt Palace) on newspaper THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE issue 5 October 1976 on page 14.
LYNYRD SKYNYRD played also 28 June 1977 in Salt Lake City – Salt Palace (not Terrace Ballroom) according to an advert on newspaper THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE issue 7 July 1977 on page 6. Another newspaper THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE issue 26 June 1977 (on page 77 and again on page 80) says LYNYRD SKYNYRD, DICKIE BETTS and JOURNEY at Salt Palace Tuesday 28 June 1977.
I’ll hope this helps !
Definitely helpful. Thanks again!
I remember seeing Eric Burdon and the Animals, I think in 1966? Also the Thursday night dances that the LDS Church put on.
Thanks! I looked it up and found they opened for Herman’s Hermits on 9 Jul 1966. I also found out they played at The Terrace in 1964 during their first US tour.
I still have a stub from 38 Special in ’79.
It was a 99FM stereo x concert for 99 cents with guests (the Fabulous Poodles).
Nice. Is there a date on that stub by chance?