Opened 1922.
“The Lincoln Colonnade was a dance hall under the Lincoln Theatre on U Street.” – https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/magazine/1988/02/21/cecelia-scott/9d293d9b-3bf0-47ff-8e61-ed1c27b37bff/?utm_term=.9646d3a1fa69
Co-managers J. Marcus E. ‘Dizzy’ Vance, Jr. and William A. Graves (1929-1944)
Artists
- Doc Perry (1924)
- Bill Baldwin (1936-1937)
- Teddy Hill (1938)
- Edgar Hayes (1938)
- Louis Armstrong (1942)
- Jimmie Lunceford (1942)
- Hot Lips Page (1943)
- Jimmie Lunceford (1944)
- Lionel Hampton (1946)
- Joe Loco (1955)
Bibliography
Lautier, Louis. “Capital Spotlight.” Baltimore Afro-American, September 30, 1933.
Lautier, Louis. “Capital Spotlight: Colonnade Contract.” Baltimore Afro-American, September 2, 1944.
“Lunceford Faces $10,000 Breach of Contract Suit.” Baltimore Afro-American, November 10, 1945.
“Club Owner Files $10,000 Suit Against Band Agency.” Baltimore Afro-American, February 10, 1945.
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