San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Opera House

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
31 July 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

08 Feb 1875, Evening
09 Feb 1875, Evening
10 Feb 1875, Evening
11 Feb 1875, Evening
12 Feb 1875, Evening
13 Feb 1875, Evening
13 Feb 1875, 2:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  San Francisco Minstrels;  Butler Pantomime Troupe;  Mackin and Wilson [song and dance];  David S. Wambold
2)
Centennial; or, 1776 and 1876
3)
As you were and as you are
4)
"You never miss the water till the well runs dry"
aka You never miss the lager till the keg runs dry
Composer(s): Howard
Participants:  David S. Wambold
5)
"Betsy and I are out"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Mackin and Wilson [song and dance]

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 07 February 1875, 11.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 20 February 1875, 374.

Program changes since last week; “a fair business has been done.”