Abstract of celebrated artistes who appeared at the Kursaal/Royal Hall, Harrogate selected from the collection of bound day-bills at Harrogate reference library and many other sources.
By Malcolm Neesam and Michael Hine.
| Date |
Artist |
| 1903 |
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| 1903 27th May |
Sir Hubert Parry, composer/conductor Opening Concert |
| 1903 13th July |
Edward German, composer |
| 1903 18th July |
Mrs. Beerbohm Tree Recitation of "Enoch Arden" with music by Richard Strauss |
| 1903 3rd Aug |
Paul Cinquevalli - 'The Incomparable Juggler' |
| 1903 10th Aug |
Granville Bantock, composer |
| 1903 15th Aug |
Arthur Roberts, comedian |
| 1903 28th Aug |
Ferruccio Busoni, pianist |
| 1903 5th Sept |
George Grossmith, comedian/actor |
| 1903 14th Sept |
Coleridge Taylor, composer |
| 1903 15th to 17th Sept |
Arthur Roberts - 'The Inimitable Comedian' |
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| 1904 |
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| 1904 16th July |
Sarah Bernhardt, actress In a Special Flying Matinee in 'La Dame aux Camelias' (5 Acts) |
| 1904 18th July |
Joseph Holbrooke, composer |
| 1904 19th July |
Dan Leno, comedian 'The Greatest English Comedian - The Kings Jester' |
| 1904 25th July |
Dan Godfrey, conductor |
| 1904 25th July |
Mr Bransby Williams. In the Dickens Characters and Imitations of Popular Artistes |
| 1904 8th Aug |
Coleridge Taylor, composer |
| 1904 8th Aug |
Leslie Harris - 'The Popular Entertainer at the Piano' |
| 1904 13th Aug |
Mrs Patrick Campbell, (actress) assisted by the Honorable and Mr J Clifford. |
| 1904 15th Aug |
Edward German, composer |
| 1904 29th Aug |
Miss Ada Reeve - 'The Celebrated Comedienne' |
| 1904 5th-10th Sept |
Carl Rosa Opera company, performing Carmen, Don Giovanni, Lohengrin, Tannhauser and Wallace's "Maritana" |
| 1904 19th Sept |
All week. The Mysterious Mechanical Man, PHROSO |
| 1904 29th to 31st Dec |
Sammy Shields - 'The Great Scotch Comedian and Raconteur' |
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| 1905 |
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| 1905 29th March |
Sausa and his band of fifty-five players |
| 1905 24th July |
Dan Godfrey |
| 1905 31st July |
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, composer |
| 1905 3rd Aug |
Harry Randall, comedian |
| 1905 12th Aug |
R. G. Knowles |
| 1905 14th Aug |
Marie Hall, violin |
| 1905 22nd Aug |
George Grossmith |
| 1905 1st Sept |
Clara Butt and Kennerly Rumford (husband) |
| 1905 8th Sept |
Lily Langtry in "My Milliner's Bill" |
| 1905 11th Sept |
Mischa Elman, violin |
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| 1906 |
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| 1906 27th Aug |
Lily Langtry, actress |
| 1906 11th Sept |
Edward German |
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| 1907 |
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| 1907 3rd April |
Clara Butt, contralto singer |
| 1907 13th April |
Vladmir de Pachman, pianist |
| 1907 6th Aug |
Vesta Tilley |
| 1907 16th Aug |
Wilhelm Backhaus, pianist |
| 1907 28th Aug |
Edward German |
| 1907 31st Aug |
Fritz Kreisler, violinist |
| 1907 7th Sept |
Wilhem Backhaus. pianist |
| 1907 19th Sept |
Harry Lauder, Scottish comedian |
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| 1908 |
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| 1908 6th-7th January |
Grand opening performances by the new Kursaal Munograph, latest animated pictures. |
| 1908 15th February |
John McCormack, tenor |
| 1908 5th March |
Mark Hambourg, pianist |
| 1908 28th March |
Madam Ada Crossley, accompanied by Mr. Peter Grainger |
| 1908 27th-29th April |
Harold Montague, the original jester at the piano. |
| 1908 9th May |
Leopold Godowsky, pianist |
| 1908 23rd May |
Ernst von Dohnanyi (appeared as pianist) & composer |
| 1908 28th July |
Harry Randall, comedian |
| 1908 3rd Aug |
Vesta Tilley, male impersonator |
| 1908 8th Aug |
Mishca Elman, violinist |
| 1908 22nd Aug |
Marie Hall, violinist |
| 1908 3rd Oct |
Fritz Kreisler |
| 1908 23rd Oct |
John McCormack |
| 1908 24th Oct |
Harold Bauer, pianist |
| 1908 8th-9th Nov |
Charles Coburn, comedian |
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| 1909 |
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| 1909 10th April |
George Robey, comedian |
| 1909 14th April |
Clara Butt and Kennerly Rumford |
| 1909 8th May |
Charles Villers Stanford, Irish composer |
| 1909 24th May |
Empire Day - showing of new and wonderful film "Invasion" |
| 1909 1st June |
La Scala Opera Company - "Cavalleria Rusticanna", & "Faust" |
| 1909 19th June |
Henry Wood, conductor |
| 1909 3rd Aug |
Wilkie Bard, comedian |
| 1909 6th Aug |
Harry Tate & Company in "Motoring" |
| 1909 24th Aug |
Vesta Tilley |
| 1909 31st Aug |
John McCormack |
| 1909 4th Aug |
George Robey |
| 1909 23rd Aug |
Beecham orchestra - first Harrogate performance of Sir Edward Elgar's First Symphony and only the second in Yorkshire |
| 1909 14th Oct |
Paderewski, composor/pianist |
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| 1910 |
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| 1910 4th April |
Leslie Harris, entertainer |
| 1910 6th July |
Myra Hess, pianist |
| 1910 1st Aug |
Capt. Fred Woodwards Seals & Sea Lions |
| 1910 4th Aug |
Dame Nellie Melba, singer |
| 1910 25th Aug |
Vesta Tilley |
| 1910 26th Aug |
John McCormack |
| 1910 9th Sept |
George Robey |
| 1910 10th Sept |
Fritz Kreisler |
| 1910 24th Oct |
The March Hares inc. Davy Burnaby |
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| 1911 |
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| 1911 13th May |
Miss Janotha (Court pianist to Kaiser Wilhelm 11 of Germany) |
| 1911 16th May |
Seymour Hicks in 'Papa's Wife' |
| 1911 14th June |
Beno Moisewitsch, pianist |
| 1911 23rd June |
Coronation Gala |
| 1911 2nd Aug |
Beno Moisewitsch |
| 1911 5th Aug |
Mrs Langtry |
| 1911 8th Aug |
Harry Lauder |
| 1911 9th Aug |
(Wednesday) First provincial performance of Sir Edward Elgar's Second Symphony |
| 1911 24th Aug |
Vesta Tilley and Miss Ida Bloor |
| 1911 8th Sept |
George Robey |
| 1911 20th Sept |
Myra Hess |
| 1911 27th Sept |
Fritz Kreisler |
| 1911 6th Oct |
Mrs Patrick Campbell |
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| 1912 |
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| 1912 27th May |
Peter Dawson - Eminent Baritone |
| 1912 28th May |
Little Tich - Inimitable Comedian |
| 1912 21st June |
Paderewski |
| 1912 6th July |
Clarice Mayne |
| 1912 22nd July |
All week. Harry Tate |
| 1912 22nd Aug |
Vesta Tilley |
| 1912 28th Aug |
Sir Edward Elgar conducts his own compositions |
| 1912 5th Sept |
George Robey |
| 1912 7th Sept |
Ellen Terry - actress |
| 1912 12th Sept |
Anna Pavlova |
| 1912 28th Sept |
John McCormack |
| 1912 7th Oct |
Fritz Kreisler |
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| 1913 |
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| 1913 22nd March |
Russian Imperial Ballet making its first Harrogate appearance |
| 1913 29th March |
George Robey |
| 1913 31st March |
All week. Thomas Holden's Celebrated Mannikins |
| 1913 27th May |
British Composers' night in celebration of the tenth anniversary of the opening of the Kursaal |
| 1913 31st May |
John Dunn, the famous English violinist will play the Elgar new violin concerto |
| 1913 11th June |
Dr. Ethel Smyth conducts the overture to her opera "The Wreckers" |
| 1913 20th June |
Leeds Choral Society perform Elgar's "King Olaf" |
| 1913 1st July |
Violet Vanbrugh - World Famous Actress |
| 1913 29th July |
Edward German |
| 1913 31st July |
Miss Edith Evans - The Eminent Soprano |
| 1913 1st Aug |
Harry Lauder |
| 1913 6th Aug |
Tetrazzini, soprano singer |
| 1913 22nd Aug |
Vesta Tilley |
| 1913 26th Aug |
Dame Nellie Melba |
| 1913 27th Sept |
Fritz Kreisler |
| 1913 1st Oct |
First performance on Yorkshire of Cesar Franck's Symphony |
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| 1914 |
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| 1914 8th June |
The magnificent film of Wagner's "grand opera" Parsifal, with the Harrogate Municipal Orchestra |
| 1914 17th June |
Stanford's Irish Symphony performed |
| 1914 20th June |
Paderewski |
| 1914 4th July |
Basil Hindenburg conducts |
| 1914 12th Aug |
Vaughan Williams performs his "London Symphony", the first provincial performance; also, his "Wasps Suite" |
| 1914 20th Aug |
Phyllis Dare - Famous London Musical Comedy Star |
| 1914 28th-29th Aug |
Vesta Tilley |
| 1914 4th Sept |
Bransby Williams - Character Actor |
| 1914 14th-15th Sept |
Anna Pavlova |
| 1914 9th Oct |
1st production in Yorkshire of the great American film of Wagner's opera, Tannhauser, music arranged by Ernest Farrar & Julian Clifford |
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| 1915 |
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| 1915 22nd March |
Lecture by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle entitles "The Great Battles of the War" |
| 1915 6th April |
Clara Butt |
| 1915 25th May |
Lilly Langtry |
| 1915 30th June |
Ethel Smyth, composer |
| 1915 24th June |
Sir Frederick Cowen with Charles Mott (baritone) |
| 1915 3rd Aug |
Daisy Wood - Popular Comedien |
| 1915 5th-6th Aug |
Harry Lauder |
| 1915 13th Aug |
Horatio Bottomley, publisher of the "John Bull" magazine |
| 1915 27th Aug |
Vesta Tilley |
| 1915 28th Aug |
Elgar's "Carillon" performed for Belgium. First Harrogate performance. Mrs Julian Clifford, soprano, assisted by the band of the TTA. |
| 1915 6th Sept |
George Robey |
| 1915 17th Sept |
Clara Butt - World Famous Contralto |
| 1915 22nd Sept |
Further performance of Carillon |
| 1915 25th Sept |
Hetty King - Famous Male Impersonator |
| 1915 29th Sept |
Beethoven's Choral Symphony first Harrogate performance which was also the first performance of the Harrogate Municipal Choir, chorus master Ernest Farrar, conducted by Julian Clifford whose "Ode to New Year" was also given. |
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| 1916 |
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| 1916 11th Feb |
FILM: Birth of a nation (with augmented orchestra) |
| 1916 17th June |
Marie Lloyd - music hall singer |
| 1916 15th Aug |
Horatio Bottomley |
| 1916 16th Sept |
Mrs. Pankhurst (suffragette) |
| 1916 11th Sept |
Solomon - the marvellous boy pianist-1st H'gate performance |
| 1916 4th Nov |
Lieut. McCormack - the Irish baritone |
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| 1917 |
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| 1917 10th April |
Clara Butt |
| 1917 21st July |
Sir Frank Benson, actor |
| 1917 4th Aug |
Lena Ashwell, actress |
| 1917 11th Aug |
Billy Merson - Celebrated London Comedian |
| 1917 31st Aug-1st Sept |
Vesta Tilley |
| 1917 14th-15th Sept |
Phyllis Dare |
| 1917 1st Oct |
Catlin's Pierrots |
| 1917 10th Oct |
Clara Butt |
| 1917 18th Oct |
Horatio Bottomley |
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| 1918 |
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| 1918 18th Feb |
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle lecture 'Life After Death' |
| 1918 3rd March |
Clara Butt |
| 1918 1st May |
Fanny Davies, pianist |
| 1918 20th May |
Mark Hambourg |
| 1918 21st May |
Wilkie Bard - Popular London Comedien |
| 1918 6th June |
Grand Wagner programme |
| 1918 13th June |
Felix Salmond, cellist |
| 1918 16th-17th Aug |
Vesta Tilley |
| 1918 22nd-23rd Aug |
Harry Lauder |
| 1918 2nd Sept |
Astra Desmond, soprano & Frank Mullins, tenor Wagner prog |
| 1918 21st Sept |
Moiseiwitsch |
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| 1919 |
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| 1919 16th May |
De Pachman pianist |
| 1919 7th June |
Lamond |
| 1919 8th Aug |
Melba |
| 1919 15th-16th Aug |
Vesta Tilley - farewell performance |
| 1919 23rd Sept |
Sir Ernest Shackleton lecture on "Our Last Antarctic Expedition" |
| 1919 26th & 27th Sept |
David Devant - Greatest Magician and Entertainer |
| 1919 3rd Nov |
Picture of the year "Blue Jean" (blue overalls) staring Violet Dana |
| 1919 16th Nov |
Clara Butt, Kennerly Rumford, massed bands of His Majesty's Guards |
| 1919 24th Nov |
"Cecilea of the pink roses" the new film star, Marion Davies |
| 1919 28th Dec |
Melba and Miss Marie Hall violinist |
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| 1920 |
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| 1920 25th April |
Vladmir de Pachman, pianist |
| 1920 30th April |
The Rolling Stones, variety act |
| 1920 7th June |
Will Gane (with Pierrot Group) |
| 1920 19th-21st Aug |
Anna Pavlova |
| 1920 22nd Aug |
Tom Burke, famous operatic tenor |
| 1920 28th Aug |
Ella Shields, "The Ideal Impersonator" |
| 1920 31st Aug |
Melba |
| 1920 14th Sept |
Little Tich |
| 1920 23rd Oct |
Harry Tate and Harry Weldon - Comedian |
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| 1921 |
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| 1921 30th April |
Also, for 28-30 minutes, "The first public presentation of the latest invention, talking pictures presented by the inventor Claude Verity of East Park Rd Harrrogate - the Verity System" |
| 1921 17th May |
Clara Butt |
| 1921 30th July |
Grock, the famous Anglo French clown |
| 1921 5th Aug |
George Robey |
| 1921 9th-11th Aug |
Harry Lauder |
| 1921 26th-27th Aug |
Pavlova |
| 1921 1st Sept |
George Robey |
| 1921 2nd Sept |
Moiseiwitsch |
| 1921 19th-20th Sept |
Charlie Chaplin's film, "Shoulder Arms" |
| 1921 6th Oct |
Alfred Cortot, first Harrogate performance of the French pianist |
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| 1922 |
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| 1922 |
(some bound out of sequence) |
| 1922 3rd May |
Concert featuring Delius's "One hearing first cuckoo in spring" |
| 1922 26th May |
Concert conducted by Howard Carr with unusually early performance of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto no.2 |
| 1922 5th Aug |
Miss Cicely Courtneidge |
| 1922 8th-10th Aug |
Harry Lauder |
| 1922 28th-29th Aug |
The Co-optimists, with Stanley Holloway |
| 1922 21st Sept |
First Harrogate performance of Bantock's "Russian Scenes", conducted by Howard Carr |
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| 1923 |
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| 1923 7th June |
Walter Rummel, pianist |
| 1923 17th June |
Backhaus, pianist |
| 1923 23rd July |
Pavlova - The first visit of the world's most Famous Dancer |
| 1923 3rd Aug |
Violet Vanbrugh - actress in 2 one act plays |
| 1923 5th Aug |
Marie Hall, violin |
| 1923 10th Aug |
Grock |
| 1923 22nd Aug |
Seymour Hicks - actor in a one act play "Waiting for a Lady" |
| 1923 24th Aug |
George Robey - The Prime Minister of Mirth |
| 1923 21st Sept |
George Robey |
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| 1924 |
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| 1924 March |
Cecil Moon's Orchestra |
| 1924 21st April |
Clara Butt |
| 1924 27th May |
Basil Cameron and Municipal Orchestra |
| 1924 28th May |
Peter Dawson - The Great Australian Baritone |
| 1924 3rd Aug |
Henry Baynton - The Celebrated Shakespearean Actor |
| 1924 9th Aug |
Clarice Mayne |
| 1924 12th-14th Aug |
Harry Lauder |
| 1924 19th Aug |
Veterans of Variety from the Palladium inc. Arthur Roberts, Leo Dryden |
| 1924 23rd Aug |
Moiseiwitsch |
| 1924 6th Sept |
Eileen Winterton - dancer |
| 1924 14th Sept |
Solomon |
| 1924 20th Sept |
William Primrose, viola |
| 1924 11th Nov |
"Hunchback of Dotre Dame" with Lon Chaney |
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| 1925 |
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| 1925 15th April |
Talbot O'Farrell - The Irish Entertainer |
| 1925 11th May |
Film "Monsieur Beaucarie" with Rudolf Valentino |
| 1925 8th June |
Lewis Davenport - 'The Bewilderest' |
| 1925 26th July |
Walter Widdop, tenor |
| 1925 27th July |
Albert Whelan - The Popular Entertainer - first appearance in Harrogate |
| 1925 29th July |
Leon Goosens, oboe |
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| 1926 |
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| 1926 20th June |
Ali Khan - A Hindoo Caruso |
| 1926 5th July |
Holbrooke, the famous composer and pianist, in a violin and piano recital |
| 1926 23rd July |
Seymour Hicks and Ellaline Terriss, actor and actress |
| 1926 3rd 4th 7th Aug |
Harry Lauder |
| 1926 23rd Aug |
Layton and Johnson, the celebrated American performers - first visit to Harrogate and Will Hay - The Schoolmaster Comedian |
| 1926 2nd Sept |
Harry Tate, comedian |
| 1926 17th & 18th Sept |
Will Fyffe (first Harrogate appearance) The famous Scottish comedian |
| 1926 19th Sept |
Layton and Johnstone |
| 1926 24th Sept |
Billy Mayerl the lightning pianist supported by Piccadilly follies |
| 1926 26th Sept |
Jack Hylton and his band |
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| 1927 |
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| 1927 12th Feb |
Clara Butt |
| 1927 19th April |
Clara Butt |
| 1927 10th May |
Personal Visit of Sir Alan Cobham KBE, AFC to give descriptive talk and films of his historic Empire flights |
| 1927 10th July |
Flotsam & Jetsam |
| 1927 25th Aug |
Holbrooke performs his violin concerto |
| 1927 4th Sept |
Jack Hylton |
| 1927 9th Sept |
Layton and Johnstone |
| 1927 15th Sept |
Betty Humby, pianist performs Saint-Saens Piano concerto no. 5, conducted by Basil Cameron |
| 1927 21st Sept |
Florence Austral and Walter Widdop (music festival), singers |
| 1927 22nd Sept |
Sir Edward Elgar and violinist Sammons, perform Elgar's violin concerto |
| 1927 23rd Sept |
Eric Coats conducts orchestral concert |
| 1927 13th Nov |
Vladimir de Pachman, pianist |
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| 1928 |
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| 1928 20th Jan |
Johann Strauss (The Waltz King) and Special London Orchestra of 40 musicians |
| 1928 8th April |
Layton and Johnstone |
| 1928 6th May |
Peter Dawson, bass baritone, accompanied by Gerald Moore, also Albert Sammons, violin, Mark Hambourg, piano |
| 1928 20th May |
Jack Hylton |
| 1928 27th May |
Marie Hall, violin |
| 1928 6th July |
Peter Warlock's "Capriole suite" performed |
| 1928 29th Aug |
Gracie Fields, the new London star |
| 1928 30th Aug |
Schubert centenary concert. Betty Humby plays the "Wanderer" also, orchestra conducted by Basil Cameron |
| 1928 20th Sept |
Sir Thomas Beecham conducts a special symphony concert, with vocals by Dora Labbette |
| 1928 15th Oct |
Clapham & Dwyer |
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| 1929 |
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| 1929 31st March |
Paul Robeson, singer |
| 1929 26th April |
Val Vett "The Ragtime Rag Picking Rag Painter" |
| 1929 29th April to 4th May |
Elsie and Doris Waters (with the Fol-de-rols) |
| 1929 3rd June |
George Lacy - London's New Star Comedian |
| 1929 7th July |
Jack Hylton |
| 1929 8th-9th July |
Will Fyffe, comedian |
| 1929 11th-13th July |
Co-optimists |
| 1929 13th-14th Aug |
Layton and Johnstone, world's most popular entertainers |
| 1929-1930 |
Winter season of "silent pictures", with Erich von Stronheim and Fay Wray in, "The Wedding March" |
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| 1930 |
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| 1930 19th April |
Will Fyffe |
| 1930 15th Aug |
Harry Lauder |
| 1930 27th Aug |
Eric Coates will conduct the broadcast performance of his new fantasy "Cinderella" |
| 1930 4th Sept |
Basil Cameron's farewell concert, on his departure for San Francisco Symphony orchestra |
| 1930 22nd Sept |
Elsie and Doris Waters |
| 1930 10th Oct |
Programme of compositions by Julian Clifford |
| 1930 11th Oct |
Jack Hylton and his band |
| 1930 13th 14th 16th -18th Oct |
Catlin's Royal Pierrots, with Binnie Hill |
| 1930 15th Oct |
C. Leonard Wooley, "Excavations at Ur" lecture |
| 1930 27th Oct & 1st Nov |
The Good Companions |
| 1930 3rd Nov |
Film: White Hell of Pitz Palu |
| 1930-1931 |
Winter Season A series of best silent picture, with Cecil Moon's orchestra |
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| 1931 |
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| 1931 6th April |
For the week, Anna Pavlova and company |
| 1931 7th April |
Moiseiwitsch |
| 1931 10th May |
Jack Hylton and his band |
| 1931 26th July |
Billy Cotton and his band - first appearance in Harrogate |
| 1931 7th Aug |
Harry Lauder |
| 1931 19th Aug |
George Robey |
| 1931 24th Aug |
Layton and Johnstone |
| 1931 30th Aug |
Debroy Somers and his band |
| 1931 6th Sept |
Mr. Flotsam and Mr Jetsam, pianist entertainers |
| 1931 16th Sept |
Film "Kismet" - talking picture |
| 1931 3rd-5th Aug |
Harry Lauder |
| 1931 7th Dec |
Miss Amy Johnson C.B.E. - lecture "How 'Jason' and I flew to the Land of the Golden Flece" |
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| 1932 |
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| 1932 |
Late start to live performances - increasing use of Royal Hall for films |
| 1932 24th July |
Jack Hylton and his band |
| 1932 3rd-5th Aug |
Harry Lauder |
| 1932 23rd Aug |
Layton and Johnstone |
| 1932 28th Aug |
Jack Hylton and his band |
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| 1933 |
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| 1933 16th April |
Layton & Johnstone - The Famous American Entertainers |
| 1933 4th June |
Flotsam & Jetsam - popular radio stars |
| 1933 9th July |
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra |
| 1933 11th to 13th Aug |
Gertrude Concannon - 'The Australian Soprano' |
| 1933 20th Aug |
Anna May Wong - The celebrated Chinese actress and film star |
| 1933 3rd Sept |
John McCormack - world famous tenor |
| 1933 24th Sept |
Alfredo and His Gipsy Orchestra |
| 1933 8th Oct |
Louis Armstrong with His Harlem Hot Rhythm Band |
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| 1934 |
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| 1934 20th May |
Elsie & Doris Waters, Clapham & Dwyer |
| 1934 25th June |
Raymond De Courcy & his Orchestra supported by Max Wall |
| 1934 24th & 25th Aug |
Will Fyffe - Scotlands World Famous Character Comedian |
| 1934 28th Nov |
Boxing Bill - 6 Fights |
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| 1935 |
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| 1935 12th April |
Sir Oswald Mosley will explain the Fascist Policy |
| 1935 8th Sept |
'Hutch' - (Leslie A. Hutchinson) - the famous broadcast and recording star |
| 1935 15th Sept |
First appearance of Geraldo and his Gaucho Orchestra also featuring Monty Rey |
| 1935 22nd Sept |
Ambrose and his Orchstra |
| 1935 24th Nov |
Lew Stone and his Band |
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| 1936 |
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| 1936 12th July |
Lou Preager and his famous Broadcasting Band |
| 1936 19th July |
First appearance of Charlie Kunz - Radio's Wizard of the Piano |
| 1936 11th Oct |
Nat Gonella and his Georgians |
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| 1937 |
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| 1937 5th Jan |
Harry Roy and His Band |
| 1937 19th Feb |
Large Boxing Bill of 6 bouts |
| 1937 27th March |
Roy Fox and His Band with singer Denny Dennis |
| 1937 4th July |
Jack Hylton and His Band |
| 1937 25th July |
Joe Loss and His Band with Chic Henderson |
| 1937 28th July |
Albert W. Ketelbey - composer/conductor |
| 1937 1st Aug |
The Mills Brothers - first appearance in Harrogate |
| 1937 14th & 15th Aug |
Eric Coates - composer/conductor |
| 1937 22nd Aug |
Charlie Kunz - pianist |
| 1937 12th Sept |
Alfredo and His Famous Gipsy Orchestra |
| 1937 19th Sept |
George Elrick and His Swing Music Makers |
| 1937 21st Nov |
Henry Hall & His Orchestra |
| 1937 7th Dec |
Lecture by Grey Owl |
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| 1938 |
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| 1938 12th April |
Film "Swingtime" - poster has good picture of Ginger Rogers |
| 1938 17th April |
Jack Payne and his band, with Peggy Cochrane |
| 1938 30th May |
Petulengro - first visit to Harrogate by the radio violinist |
| 1938 7th to 10th June |
Stainless Stephen - Famous BBC Comedian and Top of the Bill |
| 1938 4th July |
Jack Hylton and his band |
| 1938 10th July |
Roy Fox and his band |
| 1938 17th July |
Henry Hall and his band |
| 1938 25th July |
Joe Loss and his band |
| 1938 1st Aug |
Louis Cohen and the Municipal Orchestra |
| 1938 1st to 3rd Aug |
Anne Zeigler and Webster Booth |
| 1938 3rd Aug |
Arthur Wood - the popular Yorkshire Composer/Conductor will conduct a series of his own compositions |
| 1938 7th Aug |
Ray Noble & his orchestra - the sensation of New York and Hollywood |
| 1938 14th Aug |
Jack Jackson and his band from the Dorchester |
| 1938 19th Aug |
George Robey |
| 1938 21st Aug |
Elsie and Doris Waters |
| 1938 25th Aug |
Moiseiwitsch |
| 1938 28th Aug |
Jack Hylton and his band |
| 1938 1st Sept |
London Philharmonic Orchestra and Sir Thomas Beecham |
| 1938 4th Sept |
Mark Hambourg |
| 1938 11th Sept |
Carol Gibbons and the Savoy Orpheans |
| 1938 15th Sept |
Cyril Smith |
| 1938 18th Sept |
Isobel Baillie - farewell concert of the Municipal Orchestra conducted by Louis Cohen |
| 1938 11th Dec |
Jack Payne and his band |
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| 1939 |
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| 1939 16th Feb |
London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham |
| 1939 8th April |
Jack Hylton and his bank |
| 1939 9th April |
Halle Orchestra - first visit to Harrogate conducted by Beecham(he was replaced by Basil Cameron, due to indisposition). Programme = Simetana Bartered Bride overture, Mozart Symphony no 29; Delius: On hearing first cuckoo in spring, Liszt; Hungarian rhapsody no 2; Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 5. |
| 1939 11th June |
Richard Taubet and Municipal Orchestra, conducted by Louis Cohen. |
| 1939 1st-2nd July |
Walter Widdop, Municipal Orchestra conducted by Louis Cohen |
| 1939 19th July |
Albert Ketelby conducts his own music |
| 1939 6th Aug |
Carroll Gibbons with Anne Lenner and George Melanchrino |
| 1939 19th Aug |
Eric Coates |
| 1939 26th Aug |
Alicia Morkova and Anton Dolin |
| 1939 31st Aug |
Myra Hess, pianist |
| 1939 3rd Sept |
Special programme of patriotic melodies - all other programms cancelled (Outbread of World War Two) |
| 1939 16th Sept |
and all week Fol-de-rols "We have the largest air raid shelter in Harrogate" |
| 1939 12th Nov |
Flotsam and Jetsam |
| 1939 26th Nov |
Henry Hall and his orchestra |
| 1939 10th Dec |
Billy Cotton and his band |
| 1939 17th Dec |
Jack Jackson and his band |
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| 1940 |
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| 1940 22nd Jan |
All week. Western Brothers |
| 1940 29th Jan |
All week. Jasper Maskelyne - The World Renowned Royal Command Magician |
| 1940 23rd March |
Phyllis Sellcik, piano |
| 1940 24th March |
Jack Hylton and his band |
| 1940 25th March |
All week. Levant - Australian Illusionist |
| 1940 21st April |
John McCormack |
| 1940 22nd April |
Rob Wilton, comedian |
| 1940 28th April |
Jack Jackson and his band |
| 1940 5th May |
Henry Hall and his band |
| 1940 6th May |
All week. Nellie Wallace - Britain's Queen of Comedy |
| 1940 17th May |
London Philharmonic Orchestra with Cyril Smith, piano, conducted by Dr Malcolm Sargent |
| 1940 19th May |
Jack Payne and his band with Peggy Cochrane. |
| 1940 26th May |
Moiseiwitsch |
| 1940 10th June |
Carla Rosa Opera Company perform eight operas |
| 1940 30th June |
Joe Loss and his band with Monte Rey, singer |
| 1940 14th July |
Jack Warner - first Yorkshire appearance |
| 1940 4th Aug |
Myra Hess |
| 1940 11th Aug |
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent conductor |
| 1940 18th Aug |
Oscar Rabin's Romany Band |
| 1940 8th Sept |
Solomon, (pianist) |
| 1940 22nd Sept |
London Philharmonic Orchestra, with Eileen Joyce, piano conducted by Basil Cameron |
| 1940 29th Sept |
Joe Loss and his Band Monte Rey |
| 1940 13th Oct |
Billy Cotton and his band |
| 1940 20th Oct |
Geraldo and the Savoy Orchestra |
| 1940 27th Oct |
Nat Gonella and his famous Georgians Band |
| 1940 3rd Nov |
Jack Payne and his orchestra with Peggy Cochrane |
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| 1941 |
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| 1941 27th Jan |
and all week: Sadlers Wells Opera |
| 1941 9th Feb |
London Symphony Orchestra and Myra Hess |
| 1941 16th Feb |
Clifford Curzon, solo. Mayor's Polish relief fund concert, attended by H.R.H. The Princess Royal and the Polish Ambassador |
| 1941 31st March |
and all week: The famous organist Reginald Foort, playing on the world's largest touring organ. Plus full variety bill |
| 1941 13th April |
Henry Hall and his band |
| 1941 21st April |
Cast of London musical "Me and my girl" with Lupino Lane |
| 1941 18th May |
London Symphony Orchestra with Beno Moiseiwitsch and Basil Cameron. |
| 1941 26th May |
and six nights - Clarkson Rose's review "Half a million" with seventeen outstanding scenes, including "Hitler and Mussolini on the phone" and There'll always be a Harrogate" |
| 1941 2nd June |
Anglo-Polish ballet and forty artists |
| 1941 8th June |
Solomon |
| 1941 17th July |
The Fol-de-rolls |
| 1941 4th Aug |
and week - Royal Opera Covent Garden "Hansel and Gretel" |
| 1941 25th Aug |
and all week. Old Vic Company & Sybil Thorndike in Shakespeare's "King John" |
| 1941 27th Aug |
Old Vic Company with Sybil Thorndike in "Euripedes' "Medea" |
| 1941 1st Sept |
and all week Sadlers Wells Opera with Walter Widdop, Joan Cross in La Traviata; Madam Butterfly; Marriage of Figaro; Barber of Seville; Dido and Aeneas; Thomas and Sally (by Thomas Arne) conducted by Laurence Collingwood |
| 1941 8th Sept |
and all week: Sadlers Wells Ballet conducted by Constant Lambert with Margot Fonteyn and Frederick Ashton in "Les Patineurs", "Giselle", "Les Sylphides", "Façade", "Swan Lake" |
| 1941 20th Oct |
Old Vic Company in "The Cherry Orchard" |
| 1941 1st Dec |
George Robey |
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| 1942 |
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| 1942 14th March |
Halle Orchestra with Leslie Howard |
| 1942 19th April |
Dame Myra Hess, solo piano recital |
| 1942 26th April |
Oscar Rabin and His Band |
| 1942 4th May |
and all week: Albert Modley and his road show "The famous little Yorkshire comedian" |
| 1942 8th June |
and all week: Carl Rosa Opera Company in Madam Butterfly, Rigoletto, Faust, Die Fledermaus, Marriage of Figaro, Il Trovatore |
| 1942 20th July |
Flotsam and Jestam |
| 1942 28th Aug |
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Henry Wood & Basil Cameron conductors |
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| 1943 |
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| 1943 28th Jan |
R.A.F. Gang Show |
| 1943 21st Feb |
Musicals with Isobel Bailey |
| 1943 2nd Aug |
Albert Modley in the 1943 road show |
| 1943 1st Nov |
for two weeks Jimmy Clithero the juvenile film star |
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| 1944 |
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| 1944 19th March |
Rawicz and Landauer |
| 1944 13th Aug |
Felix Mendelssohn's Hawaiian Serenaders |
| 1944 17th Sept |
Yehudi Menuhin |
| 1944 25th Sept |
and all week - Halle Orchestra conducted by Sir John Barbirolli |
| 1944 8th Oct |
Jack Payne and his orchestra |
| 1944 22nd Oct |
Richard Tauber |
| 1944 5th Nov |
Ida Handel, violin recital |
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| 1945 |
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| 1945 22nd March |
London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Albert Coates |
| 1945 17th June |
Band of Royal Canadian Air Force Bomber Group |
| 1945 13th Aug |
and all week: Halle Orchestra conducted by Sir John Barbirolli |
| 1945 10th & 11th Oct |
Halle Orchestra & Barbirolli |
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| 1946 |
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| 1946 1st to 5th April |
Clapham & Dwyer - The Famous BBC Comedians |
| 1946 1st July |
and all week: Halle Orchestra & Barbirolli |
| 1946 21st July |
Alvar Lidell, baritone (later BBC announcer) celebrity concert |
| 1946 9th Sept |
and all week: Norman Wisdom "the successful failure" |
| 1946 15th Sept |
Vic Oliver |
| 1946 13th Oct |
Elizabeth Schumann accompanied by Gerald Moore. Leider recital |
| 1946 7th Nov |
Harrogate Literary Society Lecture. F. H. Grisewood "Behind the Scenes at the BBC" |
| 1946 15th Dec |
Felix Mendelssohn and his Hawaiian Serenaders |
| 1946 29th Dec |
Wilfrid Pickles |
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| 1947 |
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| 1947 1st Feb |
Walter Garrard's Dance Orchestra |
| 1947 2nd March |
Dennis Noble the eminent baritone (Also Rawicz & Landauer) |
| 1947 14th April |
All week. Billy "Uke" Scott - music hall entertainer |
| 1947 19th May |
All week. Eileen Winterton Trio - dancing act |
| 1947 7th-12th July |
Halle Orchestra & Barbirolli |
| 1947 14th July |
Winifred Attwell (& others) inc. Morton Fraser and his Harmonica Rascals |
| 1947 10th Aug |
Louis Kentner |
| 1947 18th Aug |
All week. "Frills & Thrills" inc. Victor Barna - 16 times world table tennis champion and Alec Brook - British and International Champion |
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| 1948 |
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| 1948 15th Feb |
Peter Dawson the eminent baritone |
| 1948 25th June |
Rt. Hon. Harold MacMillan MP in connection with the National Liberal conference |
| 1948 4th July |
and all week: Halle Orchestra & Barbirolli - including Elgar's 2nd Symphony |
| 1948 11th July |
Vic Oliver - His Piano, His Violin and His Jokes |
| 1948 13th Sept |
All week. Albert Modley |
| 1948 4th Dec |
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Thomas Beecham |
| 1948 12th Dec |
Oscar Rabin and his Band |
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| 1949 |
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| 1949 3rd Jan |
"Babes In The Wood" staring Bill Waddington |
| 1949 13th Feb |
Eileen Joyce - Chopin piano recital |
| 1949 14th-16th Feb |
Halle Orchestra & Constant Lambert |
| 1949 19th Feb |
Ted Heath and his orchestra |
| 1949 6th March |
Ray Ellington Quartet - First time in Harrogate |
| 1949 8th May |
Joan Hammond - The celebrated operatic soprano |
| 1949 17th May |
Cyril Stapleton "Britain's Glenn Miller" & his broadcasting orchestra |
| 1949 22nd May |
Joe Loss and his orchestra |
| 1949 10th July |
Frankie Howerd, comedian |
| 1949 24th July |
Douglas Robinson "Cardew the Cad" also Percy Edwards - The BBC Countryman |
| 1949 7th Aug |
Petula Clark - Britain's leading juvenile star of stage, screen and radio |
| 1949 18th Sept |
Vic Oliver, violinist/comedian |
| 1949 3rd & 4th Oct |
Alicia Markova and Anton Dolin - The World's Greatest Ballet Stars |
| 1949 26th Nov |
Billy Ternent and his orchestra |
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| 1950 |
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| 1950 2nd Jan |
All week. "Ice Fantasy" - skating on real ice |
| 1950 17th Jan |
Joan Hammond, singer |
| 1950 5th March |
Eileen Joyce, pianist |
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Hall closed for redecoration for weeks commencing 16th & 26th March and 2nd April |
| 1950 8th April |
Grand re-opening dance with Walter Garrard and his orchestra |
| 1950 16th April |
Josef Locke - Britain's Greatest Tenor |
| 1950 29th April |
Sid Phillips and his band |
| 1950 14th May |
BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult (programme includes Elgar's Introduction & Allegro and Schubert's 9th Symphony |
| 1950 27th May |
London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Edward Van Beinum |
| 1950 11th June |
Ted Heath and his music with Dickie Valentine and Lita Rosa |
| 1950 18th June |
Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra conducted by Clarence Raybould |
| 1950 10th-15th July |
Halle Orchestra conducted by Sir John Barbirolli |
| 1950 16th July |
Sid Phillips and his band |
| 1950 14th Aug |
Carl Rosa Opera Company |
| 1950 11th Sept |
All week. The Western Brothers |
| 1950 19th Nov |
Karl Ulrich Schnabel, piano |
| 1950 27th Nov |
Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Hugo Rignold |
| 1950 9th Dec |
Joe Loss and his orchestra |
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| 1951 |
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| 1951 8th Jan |
All week. Peter Brough and Archie Andrews in "Educating Archie" |
| 1951 21st Jan |
Petula Clark, popular singer |
| 1951 28th Jan |
Halle Orchestra conducted by Paul Kletzki |
| 1951 18th March |
Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Hugo Rignold |
| 1951 10th June |
Johnny Dankworth Seven with Cleo Laine |
| 1951 1st July |
and all week: Binnie Hale and David Nixon |
| 1951 8th July |
and all week: Halle Orchestra with Sir John Barbirolli |
| 1951 16th July |
Ballett Rambert |
| 1951 23rd July |
Weekly variety including Douglas "Cardew" Robinson |
| 1951 30th July |
The Beverley Sisters, singing trio |
| 1951 6th Aug |
Jack Train and Anona Winn - stars of twenty questions, Joan Hinde, Trumpeter |
| 1951 12th Aug |
New BBC Trio with Max Jaffa |
| 1951 17th - 22nd Sept |
Northern Antiques Dealers Fair |
| 1951 29th Sept |
Kenny Baker and his new music, no 1 trumpet player |
| 1951 25th Nov |
Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Hugo Rignold |
| 1951 8th Dec |
Victor Silvester & his ballroom orchestra |
| 1951 7th Dec |
Civic Ball with Mayor and Mayoress (Foster). Walter Garrard and his orchestra. Evening dress with decorations to be worn |
| 1951 16th Dec |
The Squadronaires Dance Orchestra |
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| 1952 |
missing - check Harrogate press for details |
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| 1953 |
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| 1953 19th Jan |
and all week The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company |
| 1953 7th Feb |
Harry Roy & His Band |
| 1953 1st March |
Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra |
| 1953 14th March |
Jack Parnell & His Music Makers |
| 1953 28th March |
Harry Gold & His Pieces of Eight |
| 1953 18 April |
Stanley Black 7 His Orchestra |
| 1953 25th April |
Sid Philips & His Band |
| 1953 11th May |
and all week Music Hall Francais |
| 1953 24th - 30th May |
Festival of Music with The Halle Orchestra - conductor Sir John Barbirolli |
| 1953 6th June |
Ambrose & His Orchestra |
| 1953 20th June |
Squadronaires Dance Orchestra |
| 1953 6th - 11th July |
Cyril Fletcher & Betty Astell |
| 1953 20th - 25th July |
Jon Pertwee, Wilson Keppel & Betty, Billy 'Uke' Scott |
| 1953 27th July - 1st Aug |
Bob & Alf Pearson |
| 1953 3rd - 8th Aug |
Ronald Chesney (Talking Harmonica), Tony Brent (American recording star) and Margot Henderson |
| 1953 10th - 15th Aug |
Peter Cavanagh, Kay Cavendish, Nicholas Parsons and Freddie Sales |
| 1953 17th - 22nd Aug |
Harry Locke. Dickie Henderson |
| 1953 23rd Aug |
Billy Ternent & His Broadcasting Orchestra |
| 1953 24th - 29th Aug |
Semprini, Beryl Reid, Victor Seaforth |
| 1953 12 Oct |
'Ascent of Everest' lecture by Sir Edmund Hillary K.B.E. |
| 1953 7th Nov |
Roy Fox & His Orchestra |
| 1953 21st Nov |
Nat Temple & His Orchestra |
| 1953 5th Dec |
Jack Parnell & His Music Makers |
| 1953 17th Dec |
The Halle Orchestra - conductor George Weldon |
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| 1954 |
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| 1954 10th Jan |
Humphrey Lyttelton & His Band |
| 1954 18th Jan |
all week D'Oyle Carte Opera Company |
| 1954 13th Feb |
Harry Gold & His Pieces of Eight |
| 1954 17th Feb |
Jose Iturbi - world famous pianist. First appearance in Harrogate |
| 1954 6th June |
Carroll Levis & his TV & BBC show |
| 1954 5th July |
and all week The Halle Orchestra with conductor Sir John Barbirolli |
| 1954 11th July |
Harry Gold & His Pieces of Eight |
| 1954 12th July |
and all week 'Music for the Millions' with Semprini |
| 1954 19th July |
and all week 'Music for the Millions' with Robb Wilton and Irene Handl |
| 1954 26th July |
and all week 'Music for the Millions' with Jon Pertwee, Reg Varney, Harriott & Evans |
| 1954 2nd Aug |
and all week 'Music for the Millions' with Joan Regan, Bill Maynard |
| 1954 9th Aug |
and all week 'Music for the Millions' with Beryl Reid, Kay Cavendish and Leslie Randall |
| 1954 16th Aug |
and all week 'Music for the Millions' with Bob & Alf Pearson, Billy 'Uke' Scott |
| 1954 22nd Aug |
Tony Hancock, The Western Brothers |
| 1954 13 Nov |
Sid Phillips & His Band with singer Betty Miller |
| 1954 28th Nov |
Mantovani and his New Music |
| 1954 4th Dec |
Victor Silvester & His Orchestra |
| 1954 20th Dec |
Halle Orchestra with conductor George Weldon |
| 1954 27th Dec |
Sooty's Christmas Show |
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| 1955 |
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| 1955 9th Jan |
Ronnie Scott and his orchestra |
| 1955 14th Jan |
Jack Parnell and his orchestra |
| 1955 28th Jan to |
Harrogate Gifts & Fancy Goods Fair & Stationary |
| 12th Feb |
Trade Fair |
| 1955 17th Feb |
Gerald Moore - the unashamed accompanist |
| 1955 19th Feb |
Eric Winstone and his orchestra inc. Michael Holiday |
| 1955 11th to 16th July |
Halle Orchestra with Sir John Barbirolli |
| 1955 18th - 23rd July |
'Music for the Millions' with Shirley Eaton, The Tanner Sisters and The Gaunt Brothers |
| 1955 25th - 30th July |
Terry Hall & 'Lennie the Lion' & Danny Purches and The Vancouver Boys' Band |
| 1955 1st - 6th Aug |
Arthur Haynes, Saveen and "Daisy May", Bob and Alf Pearson, Audrey Jeans |
| 1955 8th - 13th Aug |
Albert Modley, Tom Mennard |
| 1955 14th Aug |
Eileen Joyce, piano |
| 1955 15th - 20th Aug |
'Mrs Shufflewick', Kay Cavendish |
| 1955 22nd - 27th |
