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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Texas » Lubbock » Cactus Theater

Cactus Theater

Lubbock, TX
1812 Buddy Holly Avenue, [off I-27 & 19th Street]
, Lubbock, TX 79401 United States
(map)
806/762.3233
Status: Open
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Art Moderne
Function: Live Performances, Movies
Seats: 426
Chain: Independent
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Unknown
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Originally built in 1938 with 720 seats. Restored in 1995, with scenic murals around the interior walls, it now offers live performances and movies.

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Cactus Theater (Official)
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Photo of the Cactus Theatre.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/Chuck1231/Texas%20Theatres/CactusTheatreLubbockTx.jpg
posted by Chuck1231 on Sep 4, 2005 at 1:30pm
Total seating for this theater is 426.
posted by Lost Memory on Sep 4, 2005 at 1:32pm
This is another view of the Cactus Theater in Lubbock.
posted by Lost Memory on Sep 12, 2005 at 8:37am
Another photo of the Cactus Theater in Lubbock is here.
posted by Lost Memory on Sep 16, 2005 at 4:08pm
Another Nice Looking Theatre. And, it is right down the street from Radio Station KDAV.. Visited this Theatre on April 6, 2006.. Pictures to come......

Randy Carlisle

Photographically Preserving Dallas History 1 Building @ A Time
posted by Randy Carlisle on Apr 10, 2006 at 6:07pm
Here is another photo of the Cactus Theater.

posted by Lost Memory on May 17, 2006 at 11:41am
My photograph of the CACTUS http://www.flickr.com/photos/lastpictureshow/205821881/
posted by Don Lewis on Aug 3, 2006 at 7:20am
Don....That's a current photo of this theater? Their website has a schedule for August. It reads: AUG. 5, 11, 12th, "A TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF FRANK SINATRA". Something isn't right.

posted by Lost Memory on Aug 3, 2006 at 7:36am
Hey Lost. I took this photograph years before the CACTUS resurrection when Greer Iron Works was still using it.
posted by Don Lewis on Aug 4, 2006 at 4:27am
Okay Don. I thought it was a recent photo. I was wondering what the people with the tribute to Sinatra tickets would say when they arrived at the Greer Iron Works for the show. LOL

posted by Lost Memory on Aug 4, 2006 at 5:44am
Photos of Cactus marquee at night with star peformer - 1997.
Porfirio Baz is now a Baptist pastor and Spanish-language television news anchor in Lubbock. He was a television and music star in Mexico and Latin America. My wife and I pose with him in one of these.

http://www.prattontexas.com/photos/special/Porfirio1.jpg
http://www.prattontexas.com/photos/special/Porfirio2.jpg
http://www.prattontexas.com/photos/special/Porfirio3.jpg
http://www.prattontexas.com/photos/special/Porfirio4.jpg
posted by Robert Pratt on Oct 1, 2006 at 2:20pm
Added to the National Register of Historical Places in 1998

Cactus Theater (added 1998 - Building - #98000447)
1812 Buddy Holly Ave., Lubbock
Historic Significance: Event
Area of Significance: Entertainment/Recreation
Period of Significance: 1925-1949
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function: Theater
Current Function: Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function: Theater

posted by Lost Memory on Jan 2, 2007 at 4:42pm
One more photo of the Cactus Theater can be seen here.

posted by Lost Memory on Jun 8, 2007 at 7:38pm
Oklahoma historical Society presents good (1939) photographs of the Cactus Theatre exterior & interior. This vintage shot can be seen by typing in word "cactus", then search,
http://okhistory.cuadra.com/starweb3/b.archives/servlet.starweb3?path=b.archives/STARArchives.public.web
posted by Seymour Cox on Aug 28, 2007 at 12:22pm
Many Lubbock theaters shown. El Capitan; Plaza; Clifton; Lindsey; Cactus; Westerner Drive-In; Corral; Broadway; Midway; Plains Drive-In; Arnett-Benson; Arcadia.

http://swco.ttu.edu/Digital_Collections/WinstonReeves/index2.asp
From the drop-down box choose: Buildings-Commercial-Movie Theaters

Search theatre and drive-in and there are other arial shots of other drive-ins, etc.
ENJOY!
posted by Robert Pratt on Aug 29, 2007 at 12:21am
This is another photo of the Cactus Theater.

posted by Lost Memory on Jan 24, 2008 at 7:19pm
Here is a November 2008 photo.

posted by Lost Memory on Dec 10, 2008 at 2:02pm
This opened on April 8th, 1938. Ad to come at movie-theatre.org
posted by Mike Rivest on Nov 7, 2009 at 3:22pm
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