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Bridges Auditorium, Pomona College, Claremont
1971-05-18







From Wikipedia:

Famous dropouts:

Frank Zappa: Zappa, then a resident near Pomona College in San Bernadino County, would occasionally bring samples of his scores to Prof. Karl Kohn. This was not part of a normal undergraduate program, nor was it some form of school-sanctioned visiting student arrangement, but simply informal private lessons. By 1970, Pomona publications referred to Zappa having studied there, and Kohn's name appears on the cover of Freak Out! (1966) under the heading "These People Have Contributed Materially In Many Ways To Make Our Music What It Is. Please Do Not Hold It Against Them". Zappa contributed to the renovation of Pomona's Bridges Hall of Music, and one of the seats in the hall bears a plaque with his name.[citation needed]

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Ohio Theater, Columbus
1971-05-23

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International Amphitheater, Chicago
1975-05-11





The hall was demolished in 1999.

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Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati
1975-05-16

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Crisler Arena, University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor
1975-11-18

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War Memorial Gymnasium, Vancouver
1975-10-01

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College of William & Mary, Williamsburg
1975-11-01

Since there's no indication of the hall even in the Joe's Menage booklet I suppose it must be the Kaplan Arena at William & Mary Hall, which was built in 1971.

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Hofstra Playhouse, Hempstead
1975-10-26

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This is too cool. Thx to all who participated.

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Long Island Arena, Commack
1972-11-07

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Agrodome, Vancouver
1972-12-08

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State Farm Show Arena, Harrisburg
1971-06-03

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Olympia Stadium, Detroit
1971-05-25





Olympia Stadium, better known as the Detroit Olympia and nicknamed "The Old Red Barn", stood at 5920 Grand River Avenue in Detroit, Michigan from 1927 until 1987. It seated close to 15,000 (quote from Wikipedia).

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Municipal Auditorium, Eureka
1971-10-02

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Winnipeg, Arena
1971-07-08

Demolished in 2006.

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Spokane, Kennedy Pavillion, Gonzaga University
1971-08-29

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Civic Auditorium, Virginia Beach
1971-10-14




Demolished in 2005.

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John M. Greene Hall, Smith College, Northampton
1971-10-09

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Public Hall (Public Auditorium), Cleveland
1971-06-30

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Sporthalle, Köln (Cologne)
1976 et seq

Update

The Sporthalle was FZ's living room in Köln:







1979 crowd:






FZ on stage in Cologne '79:


In 1980 FZ played twice together with Santana. Unfortunately they didn't join for a jam:




FZ's last show was in 1988:


The Sporthalle, built in 1958, was demolished on March 13, 1999. Sigh.

Beside Zappa (1979, 1980, 1982, 1988) I saw a lot of other teenage rockin' combos at this lovely venue.

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Carnegie Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh
1973-11-03

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Freiburg /Germany, Stadthalle
1973-08-28

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Empire Pool Wembley, London
1973-09-14

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The Village Gate, NYC
1967-05-20

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Whitman Auditorium, Brooklyn College, New York
1973-11-04

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