Tribute

To

Tippy!

(Special thanks to Al Blauser for putting
in the hard work to make this possible!)

If you played music in northern Indiana in the mid to late 60s, you probably played the Tippy Ballroom. Located on Lake Tippecanoe near Leesburg, Indiana,, the Ballroom played host to so many great 60s bands it blows your mind. This page will be dedicated to telling the story of Tippy Ballroom in all it's glory!

A partial list of bands that played at The Tippy Ballroom:

Shambles, Cambridge Five, Johnny and the Hurricanes, Shades, Teen Tones, Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs, The Dukes, The Tempests, Dovells, The Buckinghams, Electric Prunes, Sixth Generation, Detroit Wheels, New Colony Six, Canary, Brand X, R.E.O. Speedwagon, The Outsiders, December's Children,Three Cinders, Blues Magoos, Yardbirds, Kingsmen, Poor Boys, Pharoahs, Fantastic Epics, Shamettes, Poor Yorik, Ritual, Twelf Street Crossing, S.R.C., Traces Of Time, Epgron, Claytons, Down Beats, Fables, Greenbriers,

1964

YEAR MONTH DAY DATE HEADLINER SUPPORT NOTES
1964 MAY FRI 29th THE DUKES
1964 MAY SAT 30th TEEN TONES
1964
1964 JUNE WED 3rd WLS Record Hop
1964 JUNE SAT 6th TEEN TONES
1964 JUNE WED 10th WLS Record Hop
1964 JUNE SAT 13th TEEN TONES
1964 JUNE WED 17th WLS Record Hop
1964 JUNE SAT 20th TEEN TONES
1964 JUNE WED 24th WLS Record Hop
1964 JUNE FRI 26th Paul & Paula, DOVELLS,
DICK & DEE DEE, DANNY & VELAIRS
1964 JUNE SAT 27th TEEN TONES
1964 JULY WED 1st WLS Record Hop
1964 JULY FRI 3rd THE DUKES
1964 JULY SAT 4th TEEN TONES
1964 JULY WED 8th WLS Record Hop
1964 JULY SAT 11th TEEN TONES
1964 JULY WED 15th WLS Record Hop
1964 JULY THUR 16th JIMMY GILMER & FIREBALLS "Sugar Shack"
1964 JULY SAT 18th TEEN TONES
1964 JULY WED 22nd WLS Record Hop
1964 JULY FRI 24th JONNY TILLOTSON, BERNADETTE CARROL
BONNIO DIO & PROPHOTS
1964 JULY SAT 25th TEEN TONES
1964 JULY WED 29th WLS Record Hop
1964 AUGUST SAT 1st TEEN TONES
1964 AUGUST WED 5th WLS Record Hop
1964 AUGUST SAT 8th TEEN TONES
1964 AUGUST Wed 12th WLS Record Hop
1964 AUGUST FRI 14th JONNY & the HURRICANES
1964 AUGUST SAT 15th TEEN TONES
1964 AUGUST WED 19th WLS Record Hop
1964 AUGUST SAT 22nd TEEN TONES
1964 AUGUST WED 26th WLS Record Hop
1964 AUGUST SAT 29th TEEN TONES
1964 AUGUST WED 2nd WLS Record Hop
1964 SEPT SAT 5th TEEN TONES
1964 SEPT SUN 6th THE TEMPESTS

1965

YEAR MONTH DAY DATE HEADLINER SUPPORT NOTES
1965 MAY SUN 30th TEMPESTS
1965
1965
1965 JUNE SAT 5th TEEN TONES
1965 JUNE WED 9th WLS Record HOP
1965 JUNE SAT 12th TEEN TONES
1965 JUNE WED 16th WLS Record HOP
1965 JUNE SAT 19th TEEN TONES
1965 JUNE WED 23nd WLS Record Hop
1965 JUNE SAT 26th TEEN TONES
1965 JUNE WED 30th WLS Record Hop
1965
1965 JULY SAT 3nd TEEN TONES
1965 JULY WED 7th WLS Record Hop
1965 JULY SAT 10th TEEN TONES
1965 JULY WED 14th WLS Record Hop
1965 JULY SAT 17th TEEN TONES
1965 JULY WED 21st WLS Record Hop
1965 JULY SAT 24th TEEN TONES
1965 JULY WED 28th WLS Record Hop
1965 JULY SAT 31st TEEN TONES
1965
1965 AUGUST WED 4th
1965 AUGUST SAT 7th
1965 AUGUST Wed 11th
1965 AUGUST SAT 14th
1965 AUGUST WED 18th
1965 AUGUST SAT 21st
1965 AUGUST WED 25th
1965 AUGUST SAT 28th
1965
1965 SEPT SAT 4th

1966

YEAR MONTH DAY DATE HEADLINER SUPPORT NOTES
1966 MAY SAT 28th THE OTHER FIVE THE CINDERS
1966 MAY SUN 29th THE CARDINALS THE OTHER FIVE
1966 JUNE SAT 4th OUTSIDERS postponed till later
1966 JUNE WED 8th THE GREENBRIERS
1966 JUNE SAT 11th THE FABLES
1966 JUNE WED 15th THE KINGSMAN Louie Louie
1966 JUNE SAT 18th THE CLAYTONS THE DOWN BEATS
1966 JUNE WED 22nd JOHNNY & the HURRICANES
1966 JUNE SAT 25th DAWN 5 DECEMBERS CHILDREN
1966 JUNE WED 29th THE CINDERS
1966 JULY SAT 2nd THE GENTRYS "Keep on Dancing"
1966 JULY SUN 3rd BILLY DAWN & DAYBREAKERS THE KNOTS
1966 JULY WED 6th
1966 JULY SAT 9th OUTSIDERS "Time Wont Let Me"
1966 JULY WED 13th
1966 JULY SAT 16th THE OTHER FIVE
1966 JULY WED 20th THE STINGRAYS
1966 JULY THUR 21st THE BYRDS
1966 JULY SAT 23rd THE CINDERS THE FABLES
1966 JULY WED 27th THE LOV'd ONES
1966 JULY SAT 30th THE OTHER FIVE
1966 AUGUST WED 3rd TOMMY JAMES & SHONDELLS "Hanky Panky" Mony etc…….
1966 AUGUST SAT 6th
1966 AUGUST Wed 10th
1966 AUGUST SAT 13th
1966 AUGUST WED 17th
1966 AUGUST SAT 20th
1966 AUGUST WED 24th
1966 AUGUST SAT 27st
1966 AUGUST WED 31st
1966 SEPT SAT 3rd THE EPICS THE CHANGING TYMES
1966 SEPT SUN 4th THE McCOYS "Hang on Sloopy"

1967

YEAR MONTH DAY DATE HEADLINER SUPPORT NOTES
1967 MAY SAT 27th
1967 MAY SUN 28th
1967 MAY WED 31
1967 JUNE SAT 3rd
1967 JUNE WED 7th
1967 JUNE SAT 10th
1967 JUNE WED 14th
1967 JUNE SAT 17th The Kingsmen Louie Louie etc
1967 JUNE WED 21st
1967 JUNE SAT 24th The Tremelos Here Comes My Baby,Silence is Golden
1967 JUNE WED 28th
1967 JULY SAT 1st
1967 JULY WED 5th
1967 JULY SAT 8th
1967 JULY WED 12th
1967 JULY SAT 15th
1967 JULY WED 19th
1967 JULY SAT 22nd
1967 JULY SAT 29th Mitch Ryder&Detroit Wheels
1967 AUGUST SAT 5th
1967 AUGUST WED 9th The Yardbirds Traces of Time
1967 AUGUST SAT 12th
1967 AUGUST Wed 16th The Shambles WOWO Radio
1967 AUGUST SAT 19th Johnny & the Hurricanes Cambridge 5
1967 AUGUST WED 23rd The Ravens WOWO Radio
1967 AUGUST SAT 26th The Other 5 Traces of Time
1967 AUGUST WED 30th The Epics WOWO Radio
1967 SEPT SAT 2nd Tommy James&Shondells Surf Suns
1967 SEPT SUN 3rd Cambridge 5 MRQ

1968

YEAR MONTH DAY DATE HEADLINER SUPPORT NOTES
1968 JUNE SAT 1st NEW COLONY 6 TRACES OF TIME
1968 JUNE SAT 8th THE RITUAL GLASS CALENDAR
1968 JUNE WED 12th CAMBRIDGE 5
1968 JUNE SAT 15th
1968 JUNE SAT 22nd THE KINGSMEN EPGRON
1968 JUNE WED 26th THE CHOSEN FEW
1968 JUNE SAT 29th THE AMUSEMENT COMPANY
1968 JULY WED 3rd NEW COLONY SIX U. S. MALE
1968 JULY SAT 6th
1968 JULY WED 10th THE HERD
1968 JULY SAT 13th ROYAL GAURDSMEN BRAND X
1968 JULY WED 17th The EPGRONS
1968 JULY SAT 20th
1968 JULY WED 24th
1968 JULY SAT 27th THE RITUAL THE COALITION
1968 AUGUST SAT 3rd
1968 AUGUST WED
1968 AUGUST SAT 10th
1968 AUGUST Wed
1968 AUGUST SAT 17th
1968 AUGUST WED
1968 AUGUST SAT 24th
1968 AUGUST WED
1968 AUGUST SAT 31st
1968 SEPT 7th

1969

YEAR MONTH DAY DATE HEADLINER SUPPORT NOTES
1969 MAY SAT 3rd
1969 MAY SAT 10th
1969 MAY SAT 17th
1969 MAY SAT 24th
1969 MAY SAT 31st
1969 JUNE SAT 7th
1969 JUNE WED 11th
1969 JUNE SAT 14th
1969 JUNE WED 18th
1969 JUNE SAT 21st
1969 JUNE WED 25th
1969 JUNE SAT 28th
1969 JULY WED 2nd
1969 JULY FRI 4th SPENCER DAVIS GROUP U S MALE
1969 JULY SAT 5th
1969 JULY WED 9th
1969 JULY SAT 12th The VENTURES MYSTIC LOVE Ventures replaced the BYRDS
1969 JULY WED 16th
1969 JULY SAT 19th The AMERICAN BREED 12th St CROSSING "Bend Me Shape Me"
1969 JULY WED 23rd
1969 JULY SAT 26th BASOOTIES IDLE FEW
1969 JULY WED 30th
1969 AUGUST SAT 2rd STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK U S MALE "Incense and Peppermint"
1969 AUGUST WED 6th
1969 AUGUST SAT 9th DECEMBERS CHILDREN FIFTH COLUMN
1969 AUGUST Wed 13th
1969 AUGUST SAT 16th HUMEN BIENZ US MALE "Nobody But ME"
1969 AUGUST WED 20th
1969 AUGUST SAT 23th ATLANTIS The STORY ATLANTIS ..name before change to ETHOS
1969 AUGUST WED 27th
1969 AUGUST SAT 30st SIXTH GENERATION 12th STREET CROSSING
1969 AUGUST SUN 31st BUCKINGHAMS US MALE "Kind of a Drag" etc…..

 

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