Club Royale
This page is mostly a placeholder for the music venues at 20 University Ave. SE in Minneapolis. NORDEN HALL Permit cards start at 1888, when it was built as a Masonic Temple. At some point it became one of many … Continue reading →
Venues
Coconut Grove
Yes, Minneapolis had its own Coconut Grove! Near 6th Street over Brady’s, later Schinder’s, newsstand. It had a 14-piece orchestra and a chorus line of eight girls. “Walk up a flight and save a dollar.” In the 1930s it was … Continue reading →
Coffee Break
Please see The Bastille.
Continue reading →Coffee Dan’s
Information for this page was researched, written, and provided by Jeff Neuberger, with thanks! Coffee Dan’s Nightclub was located at 509 Hennepin Ave. in the Loeb Arcade Building, “opposite theWest Hotel.” THE LEGEND OF COFFEE DAN Coffee … Continue reading →
Coffeehouse Extempore
The Coffeehouse Extempore has had many lives and locations. Please Contact Me for additions, corrections, or stories about the Extemp. SMILEY’S POINT – 2200 RIVERSIDE The Extemp, as it was known as, opened in April 1965 at 2200 Riverside Ave., … Continue reading →
Coleman’s in Highland
2239 Ford Parkway, St. Paul. 1963: Musical Entertainment. 1969: The Internationals Quartet.
Continue reading →Coleman’s Stage, Bar and Cafe
444 Wabasha in St. Paul: jazz venue in 1944.
Continue reading →Coliseum – Minneapolis
The Coliseum Ballroom was located in the (Lake Street) Coliseum Building at 2708 E. Lake Street. The 70,000-square-foot, five-story Art Deco building was built in 1917 as Freeman’s Department Store. It had a huge ballroom with high ceilings on the … Continue reading →
Coliseum – St. Paul
The Coliseum Pavilion/Roller Rink was at 449 Lexington Parkway at University, St. Paul. With 25,000 sq. ft. of dance floor, it hosted dance marathons in the 1920s and ’30s. Wally Erickson’s Coliseum Orchestra was the house band for most of … Continue reading →