Who Played Where in Tacoma ~ 1966
From the Friday Entertainment pages of the Tacoma News Tribune
and other  local Tacoma, Washington newspapers and posters.

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Date
Day
Red Carpet
Evergreen
Others  (See Below *)
 1 Jan 66
Sat 
Statesmen 
Pageboys 
Sonics (A) 
14 Jan 66 
Fri 
Regents 
 
 
15 Jan 66 
Sat 
Raymarks
Imperials 
 
28 Jan 66 
Fri 
Regents 
 
Bandits (M), Statesmen (MH)
29 Jan 66
Sat
Raymarks
    
4 Feb 66
Fri
Regents
    
5 Feb 66
Sat
Noblemen
    
11 Feb 66
Fri
Beachcombers
Entertainers
Pyramids (G), Betty Regan & the Boys (SR)
12 Feb 66
Sat
Statesmen
George Washington & Cherry Bombs (M), Pyramids (G)
18 Feb 66
Fri
Regents
  
Prosper's Merrymakers (MH), Prophets (G)
19 Feb 66
Sat
Raymarks
Mercy Boys
Prophets (G)
21 Feb.66
Mon
  
Newbeats, Statesmen, Pageboys
  
25 Feb 66
Fri
  
Buck Owens
  
4 Mar 66
Fri
Regents
    
5 Mar 66
Sat
Merrilee & Turnabouts
  
 
18 Mar 66
Fri
Statesmen
  
Prophets (G)
19 Mar 66
Sat
Regents
Liberty Party
  
25 Mar 66
Fri
Desolutes
    
26 Mar 66
Sat
Raymarks
The Bumps
Don Palmer Four (SR)
1 Apr 66
Fri
Deacons
    
2 Apr 66
Sat
Chancellors
Galaxies
  
8 Apr 66
Fri
Regents
  
Grady & Brady, NU-2 (P)
9 Apr 66
Sat
Raymarks
    
15 Apr 66
Fri
Statesmen
  
Prophets (G)
16 Apr 66
Sat
Desolutes
Statesmen
 Dynamics - Bootmen Capital Pavillion, Olympia
22 Apr 66
Fri
III Generation
  
Pyramids (G), Henry Mancini, The Four Preps (U)
23 Apr 66
Sat
Raymarks
Entertainers
  
29 Apr 66
Fri
Statesmen
  
Pyramids (G)
30 Apr 66
Sat
Regents
Mercy Boys
  
6 May 66
Fri
Raymarks
  
Prophets (G)
7 May 66
Sat
Beachcombers
Bootmen
Prospers Merry Makers (LML)
13 May 66
Fri
Regents
    
14 May 66
Sat
Regents
  
Cousins (SR)
20 May 66
Fri
Desolutes
Jimmy Hanna Revue
Wailers, Shindogs (U)
21 May 66
Sat
Statesmen
Mercy Boys
  
27 May 66
Fri
Regents
Mercy Boys
The Bluenotes (SC)
28 May 66
Sat
Statesmen
Dimensions
Regents & Beachcombers (FH)

Note:  28 May 66 was the last day the Red Carpet placed an advertisement in the Tacoma News Tribune for the remainder of 1966, though the club remained open and bands continued to be booked until 1971.  At some time in '68, the Red Carpet changed its name to the Break Thru.


Date
Day
 Red Carpet 
Evergreen
Others  (See Below *)
3 Jun 66
Fri
  
Playboys
 
4 Jun 66
Sat
Deacons
 
Pyramids (G)
9 Jun 66
Thurs
  
Beau Brummels
 
24 Jun 66
Fri
  
Emergency Exits
 
25 Jun 66
Sat
  
Wailers
 
1 Jul 66
Fri
  
 
Rene Palo (SR)
2 Jul 66
Sat
Deacons
    
14 Jul 66
Thurs
  
Hondells & The Bards
 
         
15 Jul 66
Fri
  
The Bards
 
21 Jul 66
Thurs
  
 
Liverpool Five (FH)
29 Jul 66
Fri
  
 
Bandits (FH)
30 Jul 66
Sat
  
 
Young Gentry, Canterbury Tales (T)
5 Aug 66
Fri
  
 
Dimensions (WM)
6 Aug 66
Sat
Deacons
 
Bumps (FH)
12 Aug 66
Fri
  
 
Young Gentry (T)
16 Aug 66
Tues
  
 
Bards & Young Rascals (T)
19 Aug 66
Fri
  
 
Regents (OW)    Arthur Walsh Revue (SR)
20 Aug 66
Sat
  
Imperials
 
26 Aug 66
Fri
  
 
Art Mineo Quartet (NY)
27 Aug 66
Sat
  
The Moxies
 
31 Aug 66
Wed
  
Tommy James and the Shondels
 
2 Sep 66
Fri
  
 
EPIX (KC), Pyramids (G)
3 Sep 66
Sat
  
Mercy Boys
 
4 Sep 66
Sun
  
Lucky and the Gamblers
 
9 Sep 66
Fri
  
 
Three Cheers (SR)
10 Sep 66
Sat
  
 
Dimensions, Young Gentry (TS),  Missing Links (G)
15 Sep 66
Thurs
  
 
Pyramids (RC)
16 Sep 66
Fri
  
 
Roustabouts (G)
23 Sep 66
Fri
  
 
Roustabouts (G)
24 Sep 66
Sat
Deacons
 
Dynamics (SA)
30 Sep 66
Fri
  
 
The Group (G), The Other Brothers (GW)
8 Oct 66
Sat
Deacons
 
The Group (G)
15 Oct 66
Sat
  
 
Fourth Day (SA), George Washington and the Cherry Bombs (CW)
21 Oct 66
Fri
  
 
Noblemen (SA), Missing Lynx (G)
4 Nov 66
Fri
    
Poverty's People (SA)
5 Nov 66
Sat
Deacons
    
12 Nov 66
Sat
  
The Bards
Statesmen (SA)
18 Nov 66
Fri
  
 
Roustabouts (G), Dimensions (SA)
19 Nov 66
Sat
  
Emergency Exit, Mercy Boys
 
23 Nov 66
Wed
  
Dick & Dee Dee, Deacons, Unusuals, Impacts
 
25 Nov 66
Fri
  
Wailers, Lucky & the Gamblers, The Ascots
Roustabouts (G)
26 Nov 66
Sat
  
 
Electric Train (SA)
2 Dec 66
Fri
  
 
Viceroys (T), Poverty's People (KC)
3 Dec 66
Sat
  
 
The Bandits (SA)
9 Dec 66
Fri
  
 
Buddy and the Coachmen (RC)
10 Dec 66
Sat
Deacons
 
Sonics, Dimensions, & Electric Train (T)
16 Dec 66
Fri
  
 
Noblemen (AMVETS), Juliet (G) 
17 Dec 66
Sat
  
The Bards
Little Stones (SA)
18 Dec 66
Sun
  
Beau Brummels, Mercy Boys
Dave & The Torments (MR)
23 Dec 66
Fri
  
Galaxies, Poverty's People
Hay Market Square, Riot, Henchmen (SA), Emergency Exits, Dynamics, U.S. Male (T), The Blues (G)
29 Dec 66
Thurs
  
Daily Flash
 
31 Dec.66
Sat
  
Mercy Boys
Dimensions (SA), Coachmen (RC), The Blues (G)

*Others:  (A) Tacoma Armory ~  (B) Blue Moon  ~  (C) Crescent Ballroom ~ (CW) Charles Wright ~  (FH) Fellowship Hall ~ (G) Gaslight  ~  (GL) Glo Worm ~  (GW) Golden West Tavern ~  (KC) KC Hall-Lakewood ~ (LML) Lakes Moose Lodge ~ (MH) Midland Hall ~ (M) Mothers ~ (MR) The Mod Room ~ (N) Normanna Hall ~ (NW) The New Yorker ~ (OW) Old Windmill-Puyallup ~ (P) Players ~ (RC) Red Carriage ~ (RtT) Retreat Tavern ~ (RT) Redondo Tavern ~ (SA) Space Age ~ (SC) Sportsmen's Club ~ (SM) St. Mary's Parish Hall ~  (SN) Seattle Space Needle ~ (Sp) Spanaway ~ (SR) Sabre Room ~ (T) Tacoma Sports Arena ~  (TR) Tiki Room ~ (U) UPS Field House ~  (WM) War Memorial Hall-Puyallup

Who Played Tacoma in
1963 / 1964 / 1965 / 1966
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Last Updated:  25 October 2002
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