Central Park Winter Garden Christmas Bazaar

Event Information

Venue(s):
Central Park Garden

Price: $.25

Event Type:
Choral, Orchestral, Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
30 December 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

15 Dec 1868, 6:00 PM
16 Dec 1868, 6:00 PM
17 Dec 1868, 6:00 PM
18 Dec 1868, 6:00 PM
19 Dec 1868, 6:00 PM

Program Details

Grand Automatic Theatre animated by a thousand Automatic Figures. Punch and Judy diorama with Captain Jinks. Two comical giants, and a variety of other entertainments. “Grand opening of the magnificent Winter Garden on or about 15 Dec., on which occasion for the first time in America there will be a splendid Christmas Bazaar, arranged in a novel and attractive manner for the sale of Christmas presents. In connection with which Promenade concerts, various performances, and an exhibition of curiosities, etc… will be given.”

Performers and/or Works Performed

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 26 November 1868.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 09 December 1868, 9.
3)
Announcement: New-York Times, 15 December 1868, 7.
4)
Announcement: New-Yorker Musik-Zeitung, 19 December 1868, front page.
5)
Announcement: New York Musical Gazette, January 1869, 21.