Back Bay Events Center
Acts appearing in 1964 included folk singer-songwriters Pete Seeger and Josh White, gospel/soul greats The Staple Singers and The Blind Boys of Alabama and jazz trumpeter-bandleader Maynard Ferguson. Three months after simultaneously stunning and enraging the folk community by “going electric” at the Newport Folk Festival Bob Dylan played two nights here
The last concert held at the Back Bay Events Center was by The Four Seasons on May 26, 1968. Internationally renowned actress-singer Judy Garland performed two nights before in what became her final Boston appearance; she died 13 months later at age 47.
The building was demolished just days later.
Back Bay Events Center Notable Concerts Include:
May 4, 1968 – The Lovin’ Spoonful
April5, 1968 – Cream
March 29, 1968 – The Rascals
March 17, 1968 – The Doors
December 2, 1967 – Jefferson Airplane
November 24, 1967 – Buffalo Springfield
November 23, 1967 – Strawberry Alarm Clock
October 7, 1967 – Donovan
April 28, 1967 – Tommy James & the Shondells
April 14, 1967 – Simon & Garfunkel
October 20, 1966 – The Righteous Brothers
December 5, 1965 – Peter, Paul and Mary
October 31, 1965 – Bob Dylan
May 14, 1965 – The Kingston Trio
May 12, 1965 – Little Richard
Back Bay Events Center
180 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA 02116
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