Empire Rink Midsummer-Night Garden

Event Information

Venue(s):
Empire Skating Rink

Manager / Director:
A. [manager] Macmillan

Price: $.50 reserved; $.25

Event Type:
Band, Minstrel, Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
12 October 2019

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

07 Jun 1869, Evening
08 Jun 1869, Evening
09 Jun 1869, Evening
10 Jun 1869, Evening
11 Jun 1869, Evening
12 Jun 1869, Evening

Program Details

All advertisements note that “one hundred and seventy members of prominent German singing societies will participate in the festivities.”

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Band, unidentified;  Orchestra, unidentified;  Georgia Minstrels;  Brevier Brothers;  Thomas W. [Dutch comic singer] Bolas;  Minnie Bolas
2)
Sounds from Germany
Participants:  Thomas W. [Dutch comic singer] Bolas
3)
Curbstone orchestra
Participants:  Thomas W. [Dutch comic singer] Bolas;  Minnie Bolas
4)
Trapeze act
aka Terrific trapeze; Swinging trapeze
Participants:  Brevier Brothers

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 06 June 1869, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 07 June 1869, 12.

“No former tickets good.”

3)
Advertisement: New-York Daily Tribune, 07 June 1869, 7.
4)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 08 June 1869, 12.

“The opening last evening of the GREATEST SUCCESS OF THE SEASON. TREMENDOUS ASSEMBLAGE IN ATTENDANCE, 4,000 PEOPLE OUT. The performance of the last evening repeated to-night and every night during the week.”

5)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 10 June 1869, 7.
6)
Advertisement: New-York Daily Tribune, 11 June 1869, 7.