Empire City Rink Grand Musical Palace

Event Information

Venue(s):
Empire Skating Rink

Manager / Director:
Lafayette F. Harrison

Conductor(s):
Harvey Bradley Dodworth

Price: $.25; free for children under 12

Event Type:
Band, Choral, Orchestral

Performance Forces:
Instrumental, Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
27 September 2019

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

24 May 1869, Evening
25 May 1869, Evening
26 May 1869, Evening
27 May 1869, Evening
28 May 1869, Evening
29 May 1869, Evening

Program Details

Building open from 9am to midnight.

Includes a series of "grand concerts;" specific performance times not provided. Features full orchestra, military bands, and an "immense" chorus.

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 24 May 1869, 7.
2)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 26 May 1869, 5.

“The combination of music, velocipedes, and ‘skatorial queens’ at the Empire City Rink lifts that curious institution at once to a prominent place among the up-town resorts for amusement. Seriously, the concerts under direction of Mr. Dodworth are valuable features, and the whole enterprise is excellently managed by that well-known veteran, Mr. L. F. Harrison.”

3)
Announcement: New-York Times, 27 May 1869, 4.

“The varied and lively performances nightly offered at the Empire City Rink attract vast numbers of those with whom light and merry music, brief displays of physical agility and boundless Summer space are popular. A special ‘gala’ programme is announced for this evening, when music in vast quantity and not of altogether bad quality will be afforded.”