Long Beach Auditorium

3,650 - (folding wooden) chairs. 

The Long Beach Municipal Auditorium opened in 1930 in the Pike area of Long Beach. The Pike was Long Beach's entertainment center -  where visitors could swim, ride roller coasters and other thrill rides, eat, dance, visit concession stands and go to shows. It was sort of a West Coast Coney Island that operated from 1902 to 1969. 

The Long Beach Auditorium was surrounded on three sides by a lagoon and the Rainbow Pier-  which stretched between Pine Avenue to Linden. (This lagoon was later filled in).

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In 1975, the Long Beach Auditorium was demolished to make way for the Long Beach Convention Center complex. 

1962

Ray Charles and his Orchestra  DECEMBER 31

1963

Fred Waring and his Wonderful World of Music FEBRUARY 11

Hootenanny '63 OCTOBER 18

Ray Charles DECEMBER 29

1964

Smothers Brothers FEBRUARY 21

1965

Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanian s JANUARY 14

Peter, Paul & Mary FEBRUARY 26 

The Righteous Brothers, Beau Brummels, Glenn Campbell, Dixie Cups, Bob Goldsboro MARCH 21 

Shindig! National Tour JUNE 11 (2 shows that evening)

Grand 'Ole Opry  w/ Minnie Pearl, Loretta Lynn, Ferlin Husky, Ray Price, George Jones OCTOBER 16 & 17

Roger Miller NOVEMBER 17

Bob Dylan DECEMBER 17 

1966

Liberace JANUARY 28

Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians MARCH 10

Peter, Paul & Mary MARCH 25

Mary Robbins w/ Glen Campbell, Roy Acuff JUNE 15

Grand Ole Opry  w/ Hank Williams, Jr., Waylon Jennings, Loretta Lynn, Earl Scruggs, Grandpa Jones, Little Jimmy Dickens, Lester Flatt OCTOBER 8 

1967

Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians JANUARY 26

Peter, Paul & Mary FEBRUARY 18

Petula Clark APRIL 2

Grand Ole Opry w/ Ray Price, Roy Clark, Connie Smith, Charlie Pride MAY 16

1968

Peter, Paul &  Mary MARCH 2

Ray Charles DECEMBER 27 

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1969

Peter, Paul & Mary FEBRUARY 21

Simon & Garfunkel NOVEMBER 15 

1970

The Band FEBRUARY 6

Judy Collins FEBRUARY 13

Jose Greco FEBRUARY 21

Fred Waring MARCH 3 

Delaney & Bonnie NOVEMBER 28

1971

Willie Nelson, Jerry Lee Lewis, Dottie West, Slim Whitman JANUARY 9

The James Gang, Edgar Winter's White Trash, War OCTOBER 17 

Alice Cooper JULY 11

Rod Stewart JULY 30

Canned Heat, John Lee Hooker AUGUST 5

Willie Nelson, Tammy Wynette, George Jones AUGUST 11

Black Oak Arkansas AUGUST 14

Jeff Beck OCTOBER 29

1972

The James Gang, Bloodrock  FEBRUARY 11

Youngbloods JANUARY 23

Deep Purple, Buddy Miles Band, Uriah Heep JANUARY 30

The James Gang FEBRUARY 11

John Mayall, Taj Mahal FEBRUARY 18

Four Tops FEBRUARY 19

Marty Robbins, Tex Williams MARCH 4

Allman Brothers MARCH 5

Emerson, Lake & Palmer MARCH 22

Ravi Shankar MARCH 29 & 30

Sha Na Na, Crazy Horse, George Carlin MARCH 31, APRIL 1 & 2

Joan Baez APRIL 22

Roberta Flack, Donny Hathaway MAY 6

Black Oak Arkansas JUNE 4

Cheech and Chong JUNE 16

T. Rex OCTOBER 15

Chuck Berry NOVEMBER 19

The James Gang, Black Oak Arkansas, Spencer Davis NOVEMBER 26

1973

Guess Who, Steely Dan FEBRUARY 2

Quicksilver, Mark Almond FEBRUARY 17

Dolly Parton MARCH 2

Hot Tuna, Doobie Brothers MARCH 4

Stevie Wonder MARCH 16

Uriah Heep MARCH 30

Jo Jo Gunne, Foghat APRIL 3

Helen Reddy, Mac Davis APRIL 8 

Sha Na Na, Comander Cody APRIL 22

Quicksilver, Savoy Brown, Peter Frampton, ZZ Top JULY 15

Jo Jo Gunne, Peter Frampton DECEMBER 12

1974

Fleetwood Mac, Rory Gallagher FEBRUARY 17 

Foghat, Srawbs MARCH 2

Kris Kristofferson MARCH 17 

Tower of Power, Redbone MARCH 10

Dave Mason APRIL 26 

Steely Dan, Madua MAY 5

Electric Light Orchestra, Maggie Bell MAY 12

The Guess Who MAY 18

Poco MAY 24

Savoy Brown, Manfred Mann, Kiss MAY 31

Elvin Bishop, Brian Auger OCTOBER 20

1975

In 1975 - the Long Beach Auditorium was demolished to make way for a new performing arts theater.

1978 

The Long Beach Terrace Theater

In January of  1978 the Long Beach Auditorium was replaced with the 3,141 seat Terrace Theater. This was part of the larger Long Beach Convention Center which includes the 862 seat Center Theaters a 100,000 sq. ft. Exhibition Hall and the 14,000 seat sports arena. 

The Terrace Theater is one of the nations most modern auditoriums. There is an enormous glass walled lobby with spacious views of the city and harbor. 

Harry Chapin APRIL 14

The Bob Weir Band, Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, Chris Hillman MAY 20

Jackson Browne JUNE 8

Al Green JUNE 9

Robert Palmer JUNE 14

Ray Charles and the Raelettes AUGUST 20

Sad note: -Keith Moon of the Who dies - SEPTEMBER  7th   1978

Nancy Wilson SEPTEMBER 30

George Carlin OCTOBER 27

Pablo Cruise OCTOBER 26

Jean Luc Ponty, Mark Almond Band DECEMBER 10 & 11

Peter Gabriel, Jules & The Polar Bears NOVEMBER 22

Weather Report NOVEMBER 24

Van Morrison NOVEMBER 27

The Carpenters DECEMBER 3

Richard Pryor, Patti LaBelle DECEMBER 28 & 29

1979

Pointer Sisters APRIL 30

Santana NOVEMBER 16

Manhattan Transfer DECEMBER 11

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