Empire Skating Rink Promenade Concerts

Event Information

Venue(s):
Empire Skating Rink

Price: $.50; $.25 children in afternoon

Event Type:
Band

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
9 July 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

25 May 1870, Evening
25 May 1870, Afternoon

Program Details

Concerts were given in the course of a day-long event in which a man attempted to walk one hundred miles in less than twenty-two hours.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Empire Skating Rink Band

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 19 May 1870, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 22 May 1870, 8.
3)
Announcement: New York Herald, 23 May 1870, 10.

“Weston, the champion walker, will attempt to walk 100 miles inside of twenty-two hours at the Empire rink [sic] on Wednesday. A large band will accompany him.”