Fifth Avenue Skating Pond

Event Information

Venue(s):
Fifth Avenue Skating Pond

Price: $.25

Event Type:
Band

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
9 March 2015

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

15 Feb 1864, Evening
15 Feb 1864, Afternoon
16 Feb 1864, Evening
16 Feb 1864, Afternoon
17 Feb 1864, Evening
17 Feb 1864, Afternoon
18 Feb 1864, Evening
18 Feb 1864, Afternoon
19 Feb 1864, Evening
19 Feb 1864, Afternoon
20 Feb 1864, Evening
20 Feb 1864, Afternoon

Program Details

The pond was open for skating every day from 9am to 10pm, with “a band of music during the afternoon and evening.”

Performers and/or Works Performed

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

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 18 February 1864, 7.

“A BAND OF MUSIC DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. . . . WHILE THE ICE LASTS.”

2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 20 February 1864, 7.