According to older articles about its history, the Georgia Theatre’s foundation dates to 1890, and was completed in 1894. It served as a YMCA until 1915, complete with an iron swimming pool in the basement. It then served uses from a morgue to a department store before being converted into a theatre in 1935. It began operating as a music venue starting in 1978. The B-52s personally sold all tickets for their first show there in order to get permission to play, due to the owner’s hesitance. A few years later, it began showing film again as the Carafe and Draft, and after 1984 it became exclusively a music venue, with performers such as Jane’s Addiction, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Wynton Marsalis, The Ramones, Phish, and Dave Matthews Band, some while they were still unknowns.
Search for “346 Club” and “One Love”, those are its previous two nightclub incarnations. Rivest’s site has a few other Athens theatres I was unaware of that are also unlisted here.
I just submitted a story to the blog about it. I wonder if the underutilized Ritz (http://www.theritzathens.com/history.htm) will take its place. There is no CT entry for the Ritz… LM, think you could do one?
According to older articles about its history, the Georgia Theatre’s foundation dates to 1890, and was completed in 1894. It served as a YMCA until 1915, complete with an iron swimming pool in the basement. It then served uses from a morgue to a department store before being converted into a theatre in 1935. It began operating as a music venue starting in 1978. The B-52s personally sold all tickets for their first show there in order to get permission to play, due to the owner’s hesitance. A few years later, it began showing film again as the Carafe and Draft, and after 1984 it became exclusively a music venue, with performers such as Jane’s Addiction, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Wynton Marsalis, The Ramones, Phish, and Dave Matthews Band, some while they were still unknowns.
View link This is a rather good source, too
Search for “346 Club” and “One Love”, those are its previous two nightclub incarnations. Rivest’s site has a few other Athens theatres I was unaware of that are also unlisted here.
I just submitted a story to the blog about it. I wonder if the underutilized Ritz (http://www.theritzathens.com/history.htm) will take its place. There is no CT entry for the Ritz… LM, think you could do one?
A fire of undetermined origins hit the Georgia Theatre early this morning. It appears to be gutted. A very sad day for a historic music venue.
Esquire Theater May Be In Foreclosure
That one is very interesting, especially compared to the 1944 one I posted earlier: View link
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View link – Better copy of 1970 photo
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1986 photo
Wow, great discovery
News round-up:
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Back to the Stooges, it’s worth noting that they evidently formed at Rainbo Gardens in Chicago
http://tinyurl.com/cwk5fz – Photos of the Oak being demolished
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Here is a link to the story:
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hah. Thanks.
Here is an article with a photo of the South Trail Cinema
Yale? Go figure…
1923 Sanborn
1950 Sanborn