Concerts             Menu • Home •"Sinjin" Terrell • Musicals & Plays • The Stars • Stars in the Making • Leading Roles • Supporting Casts • Concerts • Back Stage • The Tent and Grounds • Stories and Tales • Press Coverage • Facts and Trivia • Forum • Acknowledgements The Concerts at the Music Circus may have been as popular as the weekly musicals—especially for Jazz enthusiasts. Dave Brubeck, Woody Herman, Louis Armstrong, and Duke Ellington are but a few of the Jazz Greats that played the tent. But Sinjin did not stop at Jazz, he booked singers like Lena Horne, and Showmen, like Liberace. Later in the 1960's up to 1970, the range of acts broadened to include Rock, Folk, and Contemporary groups such as "The Supremes", "Chicago Transit Authority", "Gladys Knight and the Pips", "Simon and Garfunkel", and "Jefferson Airplane". • Jazz Performers • Singers in Concert • Rock Bands • Folk Groups • Contemporary Groups • Other Performers The Seasons 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 In the mid-to-late sixties, the Circus relied less and less on plays and musicals and more and more on concert performers to fill its summer schedule. It might be of interest to some to see what sort of pay some of these acts garnered in a 2200 seat arena theater. Here is a typed schedule of the pay negotiated for some of the performers in 1969. (Courtesy: Ken Scheetz) Copyright ©2005 - - Jon Case           About Jon Case           Contact Jon Case