Schuetzenfest

Event Information

Venue(s):
Jones's Wood

Event Type:
Band

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
25 September 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

13 Jun 1870, All Day
14 Jun 1870, All Day
15 Jun 1870, All Day

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Band, unidentified

Citations

1)
Review: New-York Times, 14 June 1870, 5.

The procession included a “band of music on a wagon decorated with flowers and drawn by four horses… The main amusement…besides the shooting, was dancing at the main platform of the Belvedere, which commenced in the afternoon and lasted during the evening.”

2)
Review: New York Herald, 14 June 1870, 4.

Long review; briefly notes two bands were in attendance.

3)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 15 June 1870, 5.

No mention of music.

4)
Review: New York Herald, 15 June 1870, 6.

“…well attended, notwithstanding the opposing attractions of the Beethoven Jubilee, and especially to our music-loving Germans.”