Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium Event History 1939-1949
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JUMP TO EACH YEAR: 1939 1940 1941 1942 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
Event Name | Event Date | Event Year | Notes |
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Cornerstone Formalitles | October 21 | 1939 | conductor Nathan Abas |
Grand Opening | March 28 | 1940 | |
National Music Week | May 5-11 | 1940 | |
Boxing Event | November 5 | 1940 | Frankie Mandell vs Young Corpuz/Johnny Fassano and Billy Azevedo |
Chamber of Commerce Hobby Show | November 16 & 17 | 1940 | |
SC Civic's First Birthday | March 20 | 1941 | |
Fall Merchandise Pageant | September 19 | 1941 | |
WPA Symphony | September 30 | 1941 | |
Jack Joyce Indoor Circus | December 2 | 1941 | |
WPA Symphony | April 30 | 1942 | |
Violin Solos | October 24 | 1942 | Featuring Byron Prouty and Elinor Pell Sayre |
Smilin' Through | March 27 | 1944 | Presented by Barry Breden Civic Repertoire Company |
Benefit Basketball Game | March 30 | 1944 | Benefit game for the American Red Cross |
Wresting | March 31 | 1944 | Main Event: Pat Fraley vs. Dean Detton |
Gene Bender and his Swing Band | May 29 | 1944 | Featuring Austin Ham and the Kanasa City Seven |
Freddie Slack | July 3 | 1944 | |
Rigoletto | February 23 | 1945 | Pacific Opera Company |
Barber of Seville | May 4 | 1945 | Pacific Opera Company |
Grisha Goluboff- Violin Recital | August 2 | 1945 | Monday Music Club of Santa Cruz |
San Francisco Ballet | Jan 3 | 1946 | Ticket prices: $1.20-$3.00 |
Madam Butterfly | February 14 | 1947 | Pacific Opera Company |
Percy Grainger | March 5 | 1947 | Pianist Concert |
Wresting! | June 12 | 1947 | |
Wresting! | October 2 | 1947 | |
SC Legion Color Guard Memorial | November 11 | 1948 | |
Gilbert and Sullivan Festival | July 2-3 | 1949 | Ticket Prices: $2.40,$1.80, $1.20 |