Catholic Fair

Event Information

Venue(s):
Irving Hall

Price: $.25

Event Type:
Band, Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
19 January 2019

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

22 Oct 1868, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Benefit for the erection of a church for the Parish of the Epiphany (which includes 10,000 members) and presided over by the “young ladies” of the parishes of St. Ann’s, St. Stephen’s, the Nativity, the Immaculate Conception, and the Epiphany.

Announcement indicates that there is a dramatic performance "each evening" but does not list subsequent dates for the fair; it likely ran throughout the weekend. Promenade concert given by the Seventh Regiment Band and "billiards each evening."

Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
aka Broken heart; Farmer's daughter
Text Author: Raymond
3)
Text Author: Floyd
4)
aka Turn him out, darling Dora
Text Author: Williams

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 22 October 1868.