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. 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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…..