“St. Louis Park High School also had music,” remembers Owen Husney of the High Spirits, who was himself from the Park. “I first saw Koerner, Ray, and Glover there in ’63 in the auditorium.. The Chancellors, High Spirits, Novas, etc. … Continue reading →
This sixties venue was on Main Street in the town of St. Michael, and would host teen dances in the ‘sixties, drawing crowds from all over what we term the “exurbs” of the Twin Cities today. Don Hastings from Osseo … Continue reading →
389 North Exchange. Site where many black R&B and rock ‘n’ roll acts performed in the 1950s.
Continue reading →This page will attempt to sort out the different venues owned by the City of St. Paul created to host civic events. They include: The St. Paul Auditorium The St. Paul Auditorium Addition The St. Paul Auditorium Theater Section Stem … Continue reading →
The St. Paul Hotel (Hotel St. Paul) is located at 350 N. Market Street. It was built in 1910 and still exists today. Known as “St. Paul’s Million-Dollar Hotel,” the building opened on April 18, 1910, with guests such as … Continue reading →
The St. Paul House in Shakopee (“since 1854”) was owned by Ben Klayman in the mid-1950s. The February 1960 Select called it “The New” St. Paul House, and presented the St. Paul House Singing Sextette with colorful presentation of Broadway … Continue reading →
The Stables was a night club located at 316-320 7th Ave No. in Minneapolis. The permit card says that a previous dwelling was demolished in 1915. The next building was erected in 1925, and was variously a warehouse, a schoolroom, … Continue reading →
Highway 8, 3 miles north of Highway 10 in the Northway Shopping Center in Lexington Village. 1968 attraction was Jack Greene, plus Les Cunningham and the Stage Hands. “Largest Country Western Music Palace in the Nation!”
Continue reading →This page discusses the following venues at the same location: The Stagecoach Twins Stagecoach Inn 1 & 44 Club Barbary Coast Doc Holliday’s THE STAGECOACH The Stagecoach started out as an actual stagecoach stop called the Four Mile House … Continue reading →
STANDARD THEATER In the 1870s, the variety show – forerunner of vaudeville – emerged in the theaters of Washington Avenue. According to a 1928 paper by Randolph Edgar, the first theater to play variety was the Standard, which was built … Continue reading →