Dancehalls in Caddo Parish

Pete ‘n’ Peaches Club

Mentioned in “Louisiana Fiddlers” by Ron Yule and Bill Burge: “Following the closing of the Skyway, (Pete and Hild “Peaches” Hardin) opened Pete ÕnÕ Peaches Club, also on Highway 80, which followed the same formatÑshe ran the club and he handled the music. She notes he also barbered a lot in the shop he had on the premises.” ...

New Tuxedo

African American club- Featured in the 1949 Negro Motorist Green Book: 611 East 70th Street ...

A – Jacks

African American club- Featured in the 1949 Negro Motorist Green Book: 1836 Perrin Street ...

Hollywood Palace

From www.garagehangover.com: Black soul club- garage soul band The Back Alley was the first white band to play there in October 1968. Ellis Starkey- “The(y) billed us as ‘The Back Alley Blue-eyed Soul Brothers’. We had a packed house! When we started playing no one danced. We had a light show, strobes, black lights, and flashing color lights. I had the strobes turned on the crowd and during the next song the dance filled up!” ...

Hawk’s Lounge

From www.gargehangover.com: Shreveport garage band The Rogue Show played there for eight months- it must have been a large club- they held the record of 975 people paid in one night ...

Harmony Club

Newspaper mention of German social dances held there in The Progress, Shreveport, February 27, 1897 http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064460/1897-02-27/ed-1/seq-3/ ...

Goldie’s

African American club- Featured in the 1949 Negro Motorist Green Book: 238 Baker Street ...

Crystal Ballroom

Mentioned in “Louisiana Fiddlers” by Ron Yule and Bill Burge: It was located in the Washington Youree Hotel on the corners of Market and Edwards bordered by Travis Street. Bill Kirkpatrick played bass in the eleven piece big band Milt Chapman Orchestra there after WW2. ...

Commercial Club

Mentioned in the “Gleanings from the Social World” column in the January 2, 1897 edition of The Progress: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064460/1897-01-02/ed-1/seq-11/ ...

Broadmoor Dance Pavilion

From “Louisiana: A Guide to the State”: “Braodmoor golf Course (18 holes, 6,200 yards, $1 a day), Beverly Drive and Stratford Street, built in 1925, includes a clubhouse, a dance pavilion, and a swimming pool.” ...