Event Information
Venue(s):
Fifth Avenue Skating Pond
Price: $.50
Event Type:
Band
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
2 November 2015
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
29 Dec 1866, Evening
29 Dec 1866, Afternoon
Program Details
Grand Gala Day
Citations
1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 25 December 1866, 1.
“The Manager begs to announce a Grand Carnival on Friday afternoon and evening, weather permitting. The Park will be illuminated during the evening with twenty bonfires and five hundred Chinese lanterns.”
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 29 December 1866, 7.
“The Rink is perfectly sheltered from wind, and, consequently, is the most desirable place for skating in New-York.”