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:
21 August 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

02 Jun 1870, Evening
02 Jun 1870, Afternoon

Program Details

Concerts were given in the course of a day-long event in which a man attempted to walk fifty miles in ten hours and fifteen minutes.

Performers and/or Works Performed

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

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 30 May 1870, 3.

Letter from a group of men suggesting a benefit for the walking performer Edward Payson Weston and Weston’s reply accepting the honor.

2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 31 May 1870, 7.
3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 01 June 1870, 11.
4)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 02 June 1870, 4.