This is the official live and authentic re-creation of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper’s final tour. Performance at the newly renovated Historic Paramount Theater in Austin MN!
Produced and created by John Mueller, this is the official live and authentic re-creation of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper’s final tour and the only show endorsed by the Holly, Valens and Richardson estates. Each live concert performance includes over two hours of unbridled, high voltage entertainment featuring all the hit songs of the 50’s era: That’ll Be the Day, Peggy Sue, Oh, Boy, Rave on, La Bamba, Chantilly Lace, and many, many more!
Groups can receive a discount of $5.00 per ticket for a single transaction containing 15 or more tickets to a single event.
The show is set for January 31st at 2 pm.
The Paramount Theatre is one of only four atmospheric theaters remaining in Minnesota, the Historic Paramount Theatre was built in 1929 and served as a “first run” movie house until 1975, then as a disco bar, teen club, and comedy club from ’75 to ’87. When it was purchased by the AACA in 1992, it required a staunch fundraising effort and work by innumerable tireless volunteers to complete the exhaustive renovation process.
The Paramount Theatre reopened its doors shortly after the turn of the millennium sporting a replica of the original 1929 marquee, a new stone spire (the original had been damaged by a lightning strike on Halloween night in 1945), and a revitalized pseudo-Baroque exterior facade. The interior has also been restored to its former splendor thanks to the work of John Durfey, who led the years-long effort to recover the theater’s colorful Spanish motif. With its arched blue ceiling, stars, and moving clouds, the Paramount calls to mind a small Spanish garden on a clear night.
The theatre has been newly renovated and features increased lobby size, larger theatre seats, improved theatre environment through sound and lighting upgrades, and many accessibility upgrades. Those accessibility upgrades include main floor ADA accessible restrooms, accessible seating areas on the first floor of the theatre, transfer armrests on some aisle seats and several accessible wheelchair spaces. You can call the Austin Area Arts if you would like more information about accessibility (507-434-0934).
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