Enjoy scrolling through all of the Beach Boys’ known personal appearances between 1961 and 1963. The list has been updated since the publication of the book (at Appendix 1) and will be further updated as additional shows are discovered. Also see accompanying story.
With grateful acknowledgment of the research by authors Andrew G. Doe and Ian Rusten.
DATE | VENUE | DETAILS OF INTEREST | |
| December 8-10, 1961 Friday-Sunday | Shane Wilder Record Bar Conejo Village Moorpark Road and Ventura Boulevard Thousand Oaks, CA | Record store owner, Shane Wilder, stated he was the Beach Boys’ first manager and that he had them perform at his record store shortly after “Surfin'” on Candix 331 was released. This appearance may have been at this gala three-day event for the Christmas holiday season. The event was sponsored by the Conejo Village Merchants and co-sponsored by the Thousand Oaks Art Association. |  An early calling card. |
| December 23, 1961 Saturday | Rendezvous Ballroom 608 East Ocean Front between Palm and Washington Streets Balboa Peninsula Newport Beach, CA | They played two songs during intermission at Dick Dale and the Del-Tones’ final Rendezvous show.   |   |
| December 30, 1961 Saturday | Olive Recreation Center Burbank, CA | Jodi Gable, president of the Beach Boys’ first fan club, recalled seeing them here. |  |
| December 30, 1961 Saturday | P.O.P. Dance Party hosted by Bob Eubanks Aragon Ballroom (Pacific Ocean Park Pavilion) Santa Monica, CA | 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. KTLA-TV, channel 5 Their first appearance on local television.  |  |
| December 31, 1961 Sunday | Ritchie Valens Memorial Dance and Show Municipal Auditorium 270 East Seaside Boulevard Long Beach, CA | With the Ike and Tina Turner Revue, the Carlos Brothers, the Rivingtons, Chris Montez, and possibly others. They played three songs including “Surfin’,” and perhaps “Bermuda Shorts” and “Johnny B. Goode.” | |
| January 6, 1962 Saturday | P.O.P. Dance Party hosted by Bob Eubanks Municipal Auditorium 270 East Seaside Boulevard Long Beach, CA | 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Unconfirmed TV appearance. |  |
| This was the first of five Dance Party shows Bob Eubanks hosted at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium. The first hour of each three-hour show was taped for broadcast the following Saturday. The January 6 Long Beach Press-Telegram noted the guests included the Four Cal-Quettes, Don Julian and the Meadow Larks, Vince Howard, Johnny Burnette, and the Bel Aires (a misspelling of Belairs). Paul Johnson of the Belairs recalled appearing on Dance Party with the Beach Boys, but does not recall the other artists listed who, perhaps, were among the artists who appeared following the taping. |
| January 12, 1962 Friday | Teen-Age Dance Party Rainbow Gardens 150 East Monterey Avenue Pomona, CA | 8:00 p.m. to midnight $1.50 With the Mixtures and the Sentinals. Emceed by Bob Eubanks. Note the ad listed them as The Beach Boy. |  |
| January 21, 1962 Sunday | The January 27, 1962, San Bernardino County Sun, had a column by Peggy Johnson entitled “Cruising Around” in which she discussed local teens’ recent activities. Don Morgan of San Bernardino High School and Carole Baldwin of Pacific High School reported they spent Sunday, January 21, 1962, “listening to the Beach Boys.” It is uncertain if they meant listening to them in person or listening to their record of “Surfin’.” |
| January 25, 1962 Thursday | Surf Nite Angeles Mesa Presbyterian Church 3751 West 54th Street View Park-Windsor Hills, CA | 8:00 p.m. Their earliest known concert ticket is for this show.  |  |
| January 26, 1962 Friday | Black Friday Cafeteria Hawthorne High School 4859 W. El Segundo Boulevard Hawthorne, CA | 7:00 a.m. breakfast Black Friday was the day report cards were sent home. |  |
| January 26, 1962 Friday | “Twist for Silver” March of Dimes Dance Robert Hall Chevrolet 6467 Foothill Boulevard Tujunga, CA (a neighborhood in Los Angeles) | 7:00 p.m. to midnight Dance contests held at 10:00 p.m. $1.50 Emceed by KRLA disc jockey Jimmy O’Neill; with Rex Powers, Donny Brooks, Dean Holly, Molly Bee, Steve Wale, the Bel-Aires, and the Marketts. A dance to benefit the March of Dimes. |  |
| February 3, 1962 Saturday | P.O.P. Dance Party hosted by Bob Eubanks Municipal Auditorium 270 East Seaside Boulevard Long Beach, CA | 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Unconfirmed With the Belairs, Johnny Burnette, the Four Cal Quettes, Vince Howard, and Don Julian & the Meadowlarks. | |
| Paul Johnson of the Belairs recalled appearing on Dance Party with the Beach Boys, Ketty Lester, and the Lettermen. During the car ride home, the Boys sang “Surfer Girl” a cappella and told Johnson it would be recorded the following week. “Surfer Girl” was recorded February 8, 1962. |
| February 10, 1962 Saturday | P.O.P. Dance Party hosted by Bob Eubanks Municipal Auditorium 270 East Seaside Boulevard Long Beach, CA | 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. With Frankie Avalon, James Darren, Gene McDaniels, Della Reese, Bobby Rydell, and the Surfmen. Ray Hunt of the Surfmen recalled appearing with the Beach Boys and James Darren. | |
| February 19, 1962 Monday | Academy Fine Arts Theatre 3721 University Avenue San Diego, CA | They played during intermission of two showings of the film Surf Crazy at 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. |  |
| February 20, 1962 Tuesday | Academy Fine Arts Theatre 3721 University Avenue San Diego, CA | They played during intermission of two showings of the film Surf Crazy at 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. | |
| c. February/March 1962 | Lueders Park Community Center 1500 East Rosecrans Avenue Compton, CA | With the Mixtures. |  |
| March 2, 1962 Friday | Auditorium Millikan High School 2800 Snowden Avenue Long Beach, CA | They played during an 8:00 p.m. screening of the film Surf’s Up!  |  |
| March 7, 1962 Wednesday | Auditorium Morningside High School 10500 South Yukon Avenue Inglewood, CA | 25 cents for underclassmen and 50 cents for upper classmen. They played two lunch period shows to fulfill a campaign pledge Steve Love, Mike’s younger brother, made that January when he ran for freshman class president. He was elected and took office February 9. They raised $172 which was split between the band and the freshman class treasury.  |  |
| March 10, 1962 Saturday | Mardi Gras Costume Ball Bel-Air Bay Club 16800 Pacific Coast Highway Pacific Palisades, CA | 8:00 p.m.    |   |
| March 12-16, 1962 Monday-Friday | Prom Week Torrance High School 2200 West Carson Street Torrance, CA | They played a thirty minute show one day during this week-long fundraiser for the prom.  |  |
| March 16, 1962 Friday | Monica Hotel 1725 Ocean Front Santa Monica, CA | 8:00 p.m. to midnight With the Vibrants and the Belairs. |  |
| March 17, 1962 Saturday | Monica Hotel 1725 Ocean Front Santa Monica, CA | 8:00 p.m. to midnight With the Vibrants and the Belairs. |  |
| March 18, 1962 Sunday | Monica Hotel 1725 Ocean Front Santa Monica, CA | 8:00 p.m. to midnight With the Vibrants and the Belairs. |  |
| March 23, 1962 Friday | 47th National Orange Show Orange Blossom Room of the Orange Show Restaurant National Orange Show Fairgrounds 689 South E Street at West Mill Street San Bernardino, CA | 4:00 p.m. The “Citrus Centennial” was March 15-25. The Beach Boys may have played March 23 at 4:00 p.m. as a local newspaper reported it was Kids Day and a teen hop was held. The fair inspired Brian and Gary Usher to write “County Fair.”  |   |
| March 23, 1962 Friday | The Giles Memorial Fund Variety Review Auditorium Mira Costa High School 1401 Artesia Boulevard Manhattan Beach, CA | 8:15 p.m. With Spencer and Allred, Twin Tones, and Tommy Terry. A fundraiser for Timothy J. Giles, a Manhattan Beach police officer killed in the line of duty.     |  |
| March 24, 1962 Saturday | Hi-Teen Easter Fashion Show The Harris Company 4th Floor Auditorium West 3rd and North E Streets San Bernardino, CA | 1:30 p.m. The Harris Company, an upscale department store, held teen fashion shows on March 24 and May 12, 1962. KMEN disc jockey William F. Williams recalled the station arranged a concert to accompany the fashion show. Williams recalled Murry Wilson begged him to let the Beach Boys be the opening act. Although it is unclear whether the Beach Boys appeared March 24 or May 12 (see that entry), March 24 seems more likely as securing an appearance then would have been more urgent.  |  |
| March 24, 1962 Saturday | Second Annual Surf-O-Rama Civic Auditorium 1855 Main Street Santa Monica, CA | 1:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. This surfing industry trade show was held March 23 and 24. |  |
| March 24, 1962 Saturday | Athletic Field Newport Harbor High School 600 Irvine Avenue Newport, CA | 8:00 p.m. With the Vibrants Murry got permission from Bill Meecham, the Vibrants’ manager, for the Boys to appear at this sparsely attended show. Only Murry, Mike, Dennis, and Carl showed up. They borrowed the Vibrants’ instruments and played a few songs.  |  |
| March 30, 1962 Friday | KRLA Friday Night Dance Rainbow Gardens 150 East Monterey Avenue Pomona, CA | Unconfirmed |  |
| March 31, 1962 Saturday | National Guard Armory John Galvin Park 1001 North Grove Avenue Ontario, CA | 8:00 p.m. to midnight With the Vibrants. Another show for which Murry asked Bill Meecham if the Beach Boys could play a few songs.  |   |
| c. January-March 1962 | Venue unknown Riverside, CA | The mention of a recent appearance by the Beach Boys in Riverside was in a newspaper dated April 3, 1962. This may have been the appearance in the National Guard Armory in nearby Ontario on March 31. Two possible venues in Riverside are the Riverside Armory, 2501 Fairmount Boulevard, and Riverside Municipal Auditorium, 7th Street and Lemon Street. However, it is unlikely they would have played at a municipal auditorium this early in their career. | |
| April 18, 1962 Wednesday | Bal-Week Easter Show Auditorium Newport Harbor High School 600 Irvine Avenue Newport Beach, CA | 7:00 p.m. With the Belairs, the Vibrants, Fabulous Biscaines, and Dodie and Dee Dee.  | |
| April 20, 1962 Friday | Easter Week Stomp Auditorium Redondo Union High School 631 Vincent Park (North Pacific Coast Highway and Diamond Street) Redondo Beach, CA | With the Belairs, the Vibrants, and Dodie and Dee Dee. This show was originally scheduled at Mira Costa High School. |  |
| April 21, 1962 Saturday | Easter Week Stomp Auditorium Redondo Union High School 631 Vincent Park (North Pacific Coast Highway and Diamond Street) Redondo Beach, CA | With the Belairs, the Vibrants, and Dodie and Dee Dee. This show was originally scheduled at Mira Costa High School. |  |
| May 4, 1962 Friday | Inglewood Women’s Club 325 North Hillcrest Boulevard Inglewood, CA | 8:00 p.m. to midnight. |  |
| May 11, 1962 Friday | Community Fair El Camino Community College 16007 Crenshaw Boulevard Torrance, CA | The community fair was part of Camino Welfare Week. |  |
| May 12, 1962 Saturday | “Fantasy in Fashion” Campus Deb Jamboree Time California Theater 562 West 4th Street San Bernardino, CA | A 9:00 a.m. debutante fashion show sponsored by the Harris Company. Although the Beach Boys are not listed, the May 12 San Bernardino County Sun promised “surprise guest stars with an autograph session afterwards in Harris’ new Record Shop.” | |
| June 2, 1962 Saturday | Azusa Teen Club Azusa Recreation Center 320 North Orange Avenue Azusa, CA | Their first appearance there. KFWB disc jockey Gene Weed emceed the show.  The Boys’ new business card. |  |
| June 16, 1962 Saturday | Azusa Teen Club Azusa Recreation Center 329 North Orange Avenue Azusa, CA | The first time the band played a Junior Session at the Azusa Teen Club. The show was emceed by KFWB disc jockey Roger Christian. Ike Clanton and other artists played at a Senior Session. | |
| c. Spring/early Summer 1962 | A function sponsored by the Sigma Chi fraternity at the University of Southern California (USC) Los Angeles, CA | The event at which Brian met Bob Norberg and Sheryl Pomeroy, a couple performing as Bob and Sheri. |  |
| June 30, 1962 Saturday | Azusa Teen Club Azusa Recreation Center 329 North Orange Avenue Azusa, CA | With Dick and Dee, April Stevens and Nino Tempo, the Sentinels, and Dorsey Burnette. Emceed by KFWB disc jockey B. Mitchel Reed. | |
| July 3, 1962 Tuesday | Cafeteria Dykstra Hall University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Los Angeles, CA | 8:30 p.m. to midnight With Dante and the Evergreens, and Chris Montez. Emceed by KFWB disc jockey Roger Christian. The second of four concerts that summer sponsored by the Dykstra Hall Residents Association for which the Renegades were the house band. In 1964, the Renegades became the Sunrays and managed by Murry.     |    |
| July 9, 1962 Monday | In a letter this date, Nick Venet told Murry to tell the group “they are doing a very good job at the record hops.” Hence, it is likely there were additional personal appearances in June and early July 1962. | | |
| July 14, 1962 Saturday | Diaper Derby Plaza Park 500 South C Street Sponsored by the Oxnard Downtown Merchants Association Oxnard, CA | With the Surfmen and an R&B vocal group. A live simulcast on KOXR from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. from which a three-minute tape exists of Paul Johnson and the Beach Boys playing the final fifteen seconds of “Mr. Moto” followed by an interview with Brian.  |  |
| July 14, 1962 Saturday | Canteen Dance Hawthorne High School 4859 W. El Segundo Boulevard Hawthorne, CA | 8:00 p.m. |  |
| July 18, 1962 Wednesday | Gable residence 416 Bethany Road Burbank, CA | Jodi Gable’s sixteenth birthday party.   |    |
| July 27, 1962 Friday | Azusa Teen Club Azusa Recreation Center 320 North Orange Avenue Azusa, CA | Afternoon Rehearsal and filming for Dale Smallin’s documentary One Man’s Challenge.   The documentary was screened throughout southern California thereafter.  |  |
| July 27, 1962 Friday | Teen-Age Dance Rainbow Gardens 150 East Monterey Avenue Pomona, CA | 8:00 p.m. to midnight With the Mixtures and the Paris Sisters.  | |
| July 28, 1962 Saturday | Venue unknown San Bernardino, CA | This show was noted in a press release by David McClellan, the group’s director of publicity.  | |
| July 29, 1962 Sunday | The Dance Pavilion Lake Arrowhead, CA | Afternoon With the Tornadoes, whose “Bustin’ Surfboards” reached #2 on KFWB that October.  |  |
| July 29, 1962 Sunday | Roller Gardens Buckaroo Road Wagon Wheel Junction Oxnard, CA | 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. $1.50 With headliner Soupy Sales.   Admission tokens to Roller Gardens, Wagon Wheel Junction, Oxnard, CA. |  |
| July 31, 1962 Tuesday | Parade of Hits KCOP-TV channel 13 915 North La Brea Avenue Los Angeles, CA | 8:00 p.m. Hosted by KRLA disc jockey Dick Moreland, this half hour weekly music show featured the Mixtures as the house band with guest artists performing their Top 40 hits. |  |
| August 2, 1962 Thursday | Grand Opening Party Gordon’s Wholesale Furniture and Appliances Canoga Park, CA | 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Kathy Linden, also on Capitol Records, appeared from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. and the Rivingtons from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. On August 3, Lou Rawls, also another Capitol artist, appeared along with the Surfmen. |  |
| August 4, 1962 Saturday | Azusa Teen Club Azusa Recreation Center 320 North Orange Avenue Azusa, CA | | |
| August 19, 1962 Sunday | The Palladium 6215 West Sunset Boulevard Hollywood, CA | 8:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. They opened for Dick Dale and the Del-Tones.  |  |
| August 20, 1962 Monday | Fourth Annual Jabberwocky Summer Soiree Fashion Show Tustin Playhouse, Jamestown Village Tustin, CA | An in-person appearance with Timi Yuro and Dorsey Burnette.  |  |
| August 20, 1962 Monday | Back-To-School Jamboree and Teen Debutante Fashion Show The Broadway 401 South Broadway Los Angeles, CA | 2:30 p.m. With Kathy Linden and the Genteels. From August 20 through 25, they played in The Terrace, a rooftop restaurant in The Broadway department stores. The shows were hosted by KFWB disc jockeys Bill Ballance, B. Mitchel Reed, Roger Christian, Gene Weed, Gary Owens, Elliott Fields, Joe Yocam, and Bobby Dale. |  |
| August 20, 1962 Monday | The Broadway Del Amo Mall Torrance, CA | 7:30 p.m. With Bobby Rydell. |  |
| August 21, 1962 Tuesday | The Broadway West Covina Plaza West Covina, CA | 2:30 p.m. This store opened August 6, 1962. | |
| August 21, 1962 Tuesday | The Broadway Colorado Boulevard Pasadena, CA | 7:30 p.m. | |
| August 22, 1962 Wednesday | The Broadway Anaheim Plaza Orange County Anaheim, CA | 2:30 p.m. David Marks’s fourteenth birthday.   An enterprising fan got all five autographs on the back of the Terrace Room’s menu. |  |
| August 22, 1962 Wednesday | The Broadway Whittier Center Whittier, CA | 7:30 p.m. | |
| August 23, 1962 Thursday | The Broadway Westchester Shopping Center 8739 Sepulveda Boulevard North Hills, CA | 2:30 p.m. |  |
| August 23, 1962 Thursday | The Broadway Crenshaw Plaza Baldwin Hills, CA | 7:30 p.m. |  |
| August 24, 1962 Friday | The Broadway Los Altos Plaza Long Beach, CA | 2:30 p.m. Emceed by KFWB disc jockey B. Mitchel Reed. | |
| August 25, 1962 Saturday | The Broadway 1645 Vine Street Hollywood, CA | 10:30 a.m. |  |
| August 25, 1962 Saturday | The Broadway (Valley) Panorama Mall 8333 Van Nuys Boulevard Panorama City, CA | 3:30 p.m. |  |
| August 25, 1962 Saturday | 6th Annual Reseda Jubilee 18135 Sherman Way Reseda, CA | 1:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. With Jan & Dean. Emceed by KFWB disc jockey Gene Weed. “Surfin’ Safari” hit #1 on KRLA and KFWB that weekend. Other acts during the five-day jubilee (August 22-26) included Shelley Fabares, Paul Petersen, and the Reseda Youth Band. |  |
| August 26, 1962 Sunday | Pandora’s Box 8118 Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles, CA | 9:00 p.m., 10:30 p.m. and midnight |  |
| August 27, 1962 Monday | Pandora’s Box 8118 Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles, CA | 9:00 p.m., 10:30 p.m. and midnight |  |
| August 28, 1962 Tuesday | Pandora’s Box 8118 Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles, CA | 9:00 p.m., 10:30 p.m. and midnight (Undated photo of the band, backstage, with Jodi Gable, president of the Beach Boys’ first fan club.) |  |
| August 29, 1962 Wednesday | Pandora’s Box 8118 Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles, CA | 9:00 p.m., 10:30 p.m. and midnight (Undated photo of Jodi Gable and Dennis, backstage.) |  |
| August 30, 1962 Thursday | Pandora’s Box 8118 Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles, CA | 9:00 p.m., 10:30 p.m. and midnight |  |
| c. Summer 1962 | Private Party for Laurie Jean Loveton 440 South McCadden Place Hancock Park Los Angeles, CA | Radio and television producer John W. Loveton hired the Beach Boys to play a private party for his daughter who graduated from the Marlborough School on June 7, 1962. |  |
| c. Summer 1962 | First Annual KMAK McKinley Avenue Festival of the Water KMAK radio station rooftop 2020 East McKinley Avenue Fresno, CA | KMAK staged this event after street construction disrupted the station’s water supply.  |  |
| c. Summer 1962 | Cinnamon Cinder 11345 Ventura Boulevard Studio City, CA | KRLA disc jockey Bob Eubanks opened this teen club in July 1962. | |
| c. Summer 1962 | As recently as May 2020, David Marks reiterated the Beach Boys backed Sam Cooke and Lou Rawls at a show he thought was in the Long Beach Civic Auditorium. Marks remarked that Carl knew how to play Cooke’s “Bring It on Home to Me,” which was released May 8, 1962. | ||
| September 2, 1962 Sunday | Victoria Melanie Berle’s 17th birthday party 1011 North Crescent Drive Beverly Hills, CA | Afternoon Victoria was the adopted daughter of Milton Berle and Joyce Mathews. |  |
| September 2, 1962 Sunday | Pandora’s Box 8118 Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles, CA | Evening |  |
| September 9, 1962 Sunday | Pandora’s Box 8118 Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles, CA | Evening |  |
| September 14, 1962 Friday | The Howdy Hop Cafeteria Hawthorne High School 4859 W. El Segundo Boulevard Hawthorne, CA | An annual event at which students greeted incoming freshmen with “Howdy!” |  |
| September 14, 1962 Friday | Surfers Ball Morgan Hall 835 Locust Avenue Long Beach, CA | 8:00 p.m. to midnight $1.50 With the Bonnavills, Lonnie Belmore, Russ Starman, and Dean Long.  |   |
| September 15, 1962 Saturday | Helen Lee Stillman’s 16th Birthday Dinner Dance 327 Delfern Drive Holmby Hills Los Angeles, CA | 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. |
| Because the party was written up in the September 16, 1962, LA Times, and the band mentioned briefly, it is presumed the party was September 15. But Helen Lee Stillman advised her birthday is May 9 and does not believe her parents held her party four months later. However, Barret H. Collins, her guest at the party, recalled flying to San Francisco a few days after the party to begin his freshman year that September at Menlo College. |
| September 21, 1962 Friday | Battle of the Bands Roller Gardens Buckaroo Road Wagon Wheel Junction Oxnard, CA | An article in the September 6, 1962, Oxnard Press Courier stated the Casuals, a local sextet would play a Battle of the Bands with the Beach Boys within two weeks. The hometown favorite Casuals won the battle and soon changed their name to the Dartells, scoring a #11 hit with “Hot Pastrami” in May 1963. |   |
| September 22, 1962 Saturday | Pickwick Dance Party Pickwick Recreation Center 921-10001 Riverside Drive Burbank, CA | 5:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m. $1.75 Emceed by KRLA disc jockey Bob Eubanks. With Toni Fisher, plus Dick Roman, and the Grads. The Tornadoes were the live band. Ninety minutes of this four-hour taping was broadcast September 29 on KTLA-TV, channel 5.   |   |
| September 22, 1962 Saturday | Sip, Sup, and Stomp Annual Fun Party Home of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Palmer Whittier, CA | Evening Sponsored by the Whittier Committee of the Spastic Children’s League. |  |
| September 27, 1962 Thursday | Inter-Fraternity Council Street Dance The Row West 28th Street University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. With the Marketts. A street dance held between the Theta Sigma Phi and Kappa Kappa Gamma houses on fraternity row and sponsored by the Inter- Fraternity Council to celebrate the re-opening of the International Students House.   |  |
| September 29, 1962 Saturday | Pickwick Dance Party KTLA-TV, channel 5 | 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. This ninety-minute television show had been taped the previous Saturday, September 22, at the Pickwick Recreation Center in Burbank, CA. |  |
| October 4, 1962 Thursday | Glendale Community College 1500 North Verdugo Road Glendale, CA | They played at a school assembly. | |
| October 24, 1962 Wednesday | Gymnasium William Howard Taft High School 5461 Winnetka Avenue Woodland Hills, CA | They played an assembly for the school’s activity card holders. Assembly Chairman Gary Steelberg commented, “the assembly alone is worth the price of the card.”  |   |
| October 27, 1962 Saturday | 30th Annual Y-Day at the Hollywood Bowl 2301 North Highland Avenue Los Angeles, CA | 9:00 a.m. to noon. Emceed by Art Linkletter and sponsored by the Hollywood chapter of the YMCA and the Hollywood Advertising Club. With Annette, Walter Brennan, the Castells, Chaino, Chuck Connors, Shelley Fabares, Dean Jones, Wink Martindale, Gil Peterson, Paul Petersen, Jimmie Rodgers, the Rivingtons, Soupy Sales, Billy Vaughn, Bobby Vee, Doodles Weaver, the First Division Marine Band, the Western Stuntmen from Corrigansville, and Muzzy Marcellino and his band.    A fan obtained Dennis’s autograph after the Y-Day Bowl at the Hollywood Bowl. |    |
| October 27, 1962 Saturday | Parade of Stars Show National Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation Benefit Fox Theater 1350 Market Street San Francisco, CA | They took a noon flight for this evening show. With Annette, John Armond, Joey Bishop, Scott Brady, Peter Brown, Ed Byrnes, Glen Campbell, Gary Clark, Jan Clayton, Beryl Davis, Muriel Dow, Tony Dow, James Drury, Chad Everett.     |   |
| October 28, 1962 Sunday | Pandora’s Box 8118 Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles, CA | Evening.  Bobby “Boris” Picket released “Monster Mash,” on August 25, 1962, and it became a perennial Halloween favorite. The actual venue and date of this performance photo is unknown. |  |
| November 1, 1962 Thursday | Grand Opening, Leonard’s Discount Department Store Pacific Coast Highway and Crenshaw Boulevard Torrance, CA | 7:00 p.m. Audree Wilson and Jo Ann Marks attended the show and autographed the back of this photo, charmingly clarifying their relationships to the band members.   |  |
| November 3, 1962 Saturday | Leonard’s Discount Department Store 12891 Harbor Boulevard Garden Grove, CA | 2:00 p.m.  |  |
| November 3, 1962 Saturday | Pickwick Dance Party Pickwick Recreation Center 921-1001 Riverside Drive Burbank, CA | 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. $1.75 Emceed by KRLA disc jockey Bob Eubanks. With Valjean and Maureen Arthur. The Beach Boys lip synced their new single “Ten Little Indians.” Ninety minutes of this four-hour taping was broadcast November 10 on KTLA-TV, channel 5. |  |
| November 4, 1962 Sunday | Pandora’s Box 8118 Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles, CA | John and Judy (John Maus and sister Judy) played at Pandora’s Box on November 2 and 3, 1962. Jo Ann Marks, David’s mother, was friends with Maus’s mother, Regina, and arranged for John to give David a few guitar lessons. David later brought along his friend, Carl Wilson.  | |
| November 10, 1962 Saturday | Pickwick Dance Party KTLA-TV, channel 5 | 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. This ninety-minute television show had been taped the previous Saturday, November 3, at the Pickwick Recreation Center in Burbank, CA. | |
| November 11, 1962 Sunday | Pandora’s Box 8118 Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles, CA | John and Judy played November 9 and 10. |  |
| November 21, 1962 Wednesday | Thanksgiving Day Eve Dance and Stomp Biltmore Ballroom Hermosa Biltmore Hotel 1402 The Strand Hermosa Beach, CA | 8:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. With the Journeymen, a South Bay surf band. Sponsored by the Alpha Omega fraternity.  |  |
| November 24, 1962 Saturday | Grand Opening Rancho Music Studio Village Culver City, CA | 2:00 p.m. They performed for about 45 minutes including a preview of their new single “Ten Little Indians” which would be released November 26. After the show, they autographed copies of Surfin’ Safari, which was on sale at the store. |  |
| November 30, 1962 Friday | Albert S. Goode Auditorium Kern County Fairgrounds 1142 South P Street Bakersfield, CA | 8:00 p.m. Free With the Revlons, Cindy Malone, and Kenny and the Ho-Daddies. Sponsored by KWAC, Schick Razors, and Mayfair Markets.   |  |
| December 1, 1962 Saturday | Fifth Annual Fund Drive for the Pacific Lodge Boys Home Fox Van Nuys Theater 6417 Van Nuys Boulevard Van Nuys, CA | With Dorsey Burnette, the Crystalettes, Dobie Gray, Jimmie Haskell, the Lively Ones, the Mixtures, the Pastel Six, Cindy Malone, and Dick Michals. Emceed by Sam Riddle and Arlen Saunders of KRLA. The show was sponsored by The House of Sight and Sound, a record store, and radio station KMPC broadcast live from outside the store. The Pacific Lodge Boys Home was located in Woodland Hills, CA. |   |
| December 3, 1962 Monday | Rose Bowl Gala Pep Rally for the USC Trojans Bovard Auditorium University of Southern California 3551 Trousdale Parkway Los Angeles, CA | 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. With Ernest Borgnine, the Countrymen, Joe Flynn, the Golden Horse Revue from Disneyland, and Doodles Weaver. The event was covered by local radio and television.  |   |
| December 6, 1962 Thursday | Grand Opening Cinnamon Cinder 4401 Pacific Coast Highway Long Beach, CA | With the Challengers, Jan & Dean, and Sandy Nelson. Bob Eubanks’s second Cinnamon Cinder. |  |
| December 24 – December 31, 1962 Monday-Monday | Murry Wilson recalled booking five concerts between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve that grossed $26,684. Although the dates and venues have not been documented, a fan recalled seeing the band at the Earl Warren Show Grounds in Santa Barbara, CA, “around Christmas as it was cold and we wore heavy coats.” | ||
| December 27, 1962 Thursday | Surf Fair Civic Auditorium 1855 Main Street Santa Monica, CA | 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. (on the poster) 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. (on the handbill)     |  |
| December 28, 1962 Friday | Surf Fair Civic Auditorium 1855 Main Street Santa Monica, CA | 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. (poster) 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. (handbill) The Mid-Winter Surfing Championships and the World’s Fair of Surfing were held December 24-30, 1962, at South Beach in Santa Monica. Top U.S. surfers competed for national honors December 27 and 28. Surf Fair was held in conjunction with the competition and featured the Beach Boys, the Shenandoahs, the Surfaris, the Surf-Tones, and the Surf Side Four, whose “Surf Fair” on the Hollywood indie label Cloister Records (6202), was the fair’s official theme song.    |    |
| Late December 1962 | Venue unknown Santa Cruz, CA | This show was recalled by Ron Swallow, Carl’s friend from Hawthorne High who often traveled with the band.    The photos above and at right represent the change from blue to red Pendelton shirts. (The photographs are c. late 1962.) |    |
| January 2, 1963 Wednesday | Venue unknown California | Listed in Jo Ann Marks’s journal as cited in The Beach Boys in Concert, the Ultimate History of America’s Band on Tour and Onstage by Ian Rusten and Jon Stebbins (hereinafter referred to as Jo Ann Marks’s journal). (Undated photo) | |
| January 9, 1963 Wednesday | Venue unknown California | Jo Ann Marks’s journal. (Undated photo) | |
| c. January 26, 1963 (Saturday) | Zeta Beta Tau The University of Arizona Party at the fraternity house 1501 East Drachman Street Tucson, AZ | The February 4, 1963, Arizona Wildcat, the school newspaper, reported the university suspended Zeta Beta Tau because of rowdy behavior and alcohol use at a recent event. Whether the Beach Boys’ appearance was a contributory factor in the festivities and subsequent suspension is unknown. |  |
| January 30, 1963 Wednesday | Navajo Civic Center Navajo Nation Fairgrounds Highway 264 Window Rock, AZ | ||
| February 2, 1963 Saturday | Fourth Annual March of Dimes Benefit Show and Dance Swing Auditorium National Orange Show Fairgrounds 689 South E Street at West Mill Street San Bernardino, CA | 8:00 p.m. to midnight $1.00 donation. Presented by KFXM. Attendees were asked to “dance for the life of a child.” Featuring Dick Dale and the Del-Tones with Eddie Hodges and Wink Martindale, and April Stevens and Nino Tempo. Special Guest Stars the Beach Boys, Jan & Dean, the Rivingtons, the Moments, the Rumblers, the Hollywood Tornadoes, Dobie Gray, the Chantays, the Ribbons, the Sa-Shays, the Furys, the Rollers, and the “Swingin’ Seven” KFXM disc jockeys.  |  |
| February 9, 1963 Saturday | Winternationals Rod & Custom Car Show Great Western Exhibit Center Santa Ana Freeway and Atlantic Boulevard Los Angeles, CA | 2:00 p.m. Winternationals was presented by the National Hot Rod Association. | |
| February 10, 1963 Sunday | Winternationals Rod & Custom Car Show Great Western Exhibit Center Santa Ana Freeway and Atlantic Boulevard Los Angeles, CA | 2:00 p.m. Winternationals was presented by the National Hot Rod Association.  |  |
| February 11, 1963 Monday | Jeff Chandler AZA First Annual Embassy Dance Carpenters Hall 7500 Van Nuys Boulevard Van Nuys, CA | 8:00 p.m. to midnight A donation of $2.25 a couple and $1.50 stag will be asked at the door. |  |
| February 15, 1963 Friday | Cupid’s Capers Valentine’s Day Dance Boy’s gymnasium Hawthorne High School 4859 W. El Segundo Boulevard Hawthorne, CA | 8:00 p.m. to midnight Carl Wilson’s friend, Mark Groseclose, filled in for Dennis who had injured his legs in a car accident.   |  |
| February 16, 1963 Saturday | KFWB Charity Show LA Memorial Sports Arena 3939 South Figueroa Street Los Angeles, CA | 8:45 p.m. 98-cents Mark Groseclose filled in for Dennis who had injured his legs in a car accident. With Annette, Molly Bee, Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans, Fabian, the Cascades, Bobby Crawford, Dick Dale and the Del-Tones, Mickey Hargitay, Henry Mancini, Jayne Mansfield, Chris Montez, the Olympics, the Penguins, Paul Petersen, the Rivingtons, the Routers, April Stevens, Nino Tempo, Billy Vaughn, Bobby Vinton. This show supported eight charities including Community Chest, LA County Heart Association, YMCA, Crippled Children’s Society, American Red Cross, City of Hope, American Cancer Society, and United Cerebral Palsy Association. |    |
| c. late February 1963 | Barnes Park Community Center 350 South McPherrin Avenue Monterey Park, CA | Emceed by KFWB disc jockey Roger Christian. With Dick Dale and the Del-Tones. Mark Groseclose filled in for Dennis who had injured his legs in a car accident.  |   |
| c. late February 1963 | Mark Keppel High School 501 East Hellman Avenue Alhambra, CA | With Dick Dale and the Del-Tones. Mark Groseclose filled in for Dennis who had injured his legs in a car accident. |  |
| c. February 1963 | The Score Alhambra, CA | With the Rumblers. | |
| March 1, 1963 Friday | Spanish Castle Ballroom Midway Seattle-Tacoma Highway Des Moines, WA | KJR disc jockey Pat O’Day hired the band to play this show and the following evening at his club, Party Line.   |   |
| March 2, 1963 Saturday | Party Line Pioneer Square 707 1st Avenue Seattle, WA | ||
| March 8, 1963 Friday | Venue Unknown City Unknown California | Jo Ann Marks’s journal. | |
| March 10, 1963 Sunday | KMEN Party One Year Anniversary Party San Bernardino, CA | “Surfin’ U.S.A.” was #1 on KMEN’s best of 1963. | |
| March 15, 1963 Friday | Junior-Senior Prom Lennox High School Riviera Country Club Pacific Palisades, CA |  Brian accompanied Judy Bowles to her junior prom. Can you spot them? |  |
| March 16, 1963 Saturday | Hemet Armory West Acacia Avenue Hemet, CA | ||
| March 18, 1963 Monday | Venue unknown City Unknown California | Jo Ann Marks’s journal. | |
| March 30, 1963 Saturday | Grand Opening Denno’s Record Shop Orange County Plaza 9709 Chapman Avenue at Brookhurst Street Garden Grove, CA | 2:00 p.m. They played on a small riser in the parking lot and later autographed copies of Surfin’ U.S.A. which had been released March 25. |  |
| c. early 1963 | Cinnamon Cinder 11345 Ventura Boulevard Studio City, CA Cinnamon Cinder 4401 Pacific Coast Highway Long Beach, CA | Bob Eubanks told author David Leaf the Beach Boys played the Cinnamon Cinder in early 1963. | |
| c. Spring 1963 | Shamrock Roller Rink 136 South San Gabriel Boulevard San Gabriel, CA |  | |
| c. Spring/Summer 1963 | Battle of the Bands Avalon Ballroom Santa Monica Pier Santa Monica, CA | A Battle of the Bands with the Crossfires, who later became the Turtles, and possibly other bands. The Crossfires went on to have a residency at Reb Foster’s Revelaire Club, 312 South Catalina, Redondo Beach, CA (one-half block south of The Strand Theater). | |
| April 5, 1963 Friday | Second Annual Teen-Age Fair Pickwick Recreation Center 921-1001 Riverside Drive Burbank, CA | 5:30 p.m.    Photo at left: Flanked by contestants, at center are (L to R) Richard Kiel, who later portrayed the villain Jaws in two James Bond films, and actor William Engesser, and in the foreground the Fair’s Master of Ceremonies, Wink Martindale. Photo at right: The Beach Boys with Jodi Gable. Before their appearance at the fair, the guys visited Jay Sebring’s posh salon in West Hollywood to get their hair styled. In August 1969, Sebring was murdered during the infamous Tate-LaBianca killings perpetrated by the Manson Family.  |   |
| April 6, 1963 Saturday | Grand Opening Build ‘n Save 9920 Westminster Avenue at Brookhurst Street Garden Grove, CA | They played in the parking lot and later autographed copies of Surfin’ U.S.A.  | |
| April 12, 1963 Friday | Rendezvous Ballroom 608 East Ocean Front Balboa Peninsula Newport Beach, CA | Despite being Friday night of Bal-Week, when thousands of teens descended upon Balboa for Easter vacation, Dennis Rose, lead guitarist for the Centurions, a surf septet from Costa Mesa, recalled this show was sparsely attended.  Clearly this was not the “sparsely attended” event. | |
| April 12, 1963 Friday | Newport Dunes Aquatic Park 1131 Back Bay Drive Newport Beach, CA | Perhaps frustrated by the poor turnout at the Rendezvous, the Beach Boys drove to the Newport Dunes where the Centurions had drawn a large outdoor crowd. While the Centurions were on break, the Boys ambled onstage, picked up their instruments, and began “Johnny B. Goode.” The Centurions and their bouncer were none too pleased. An altercation ensued and the Boys retreated to the parking lot and left. |  |
| April 15, 1963 Monday | Venue unknown Bakersfield, CA | Jo Ann Marks’s journal. This may be the show which Mike Love recalled playing on the roof of radio station KAFY in Bakersfield. | |
| April 19, 1963 Friday | Aragon Ballroom Pacific Ocean Park Santa Monica, CA | With Dick Delvy and the Challengers. |  |
| April 20, 1963 Saturday | Felton Intermediate School 10417 Felton Avenue (now Felton Elementary School) Lennox, CA | 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. $1.00 Donation. Sponsored by the Parent-Teacher Association.  |  |
| April 21, 1963 Sunday | The Red Skelton Hour Studio / Stage 33 CBS Television City 7800 Beverly Boulevard Los Angeles, CA | They lip synced “Surfin’ U.S.A.” and “The Things They Did Last Summer” at a taping for their first national television appearance which would air September 24, 1963.   Rehearsal Schedule, Courtesy Ian Rusten collection |  |
| April 24, 1963 Wednesday | Brian recruited Al to fill in for him on their first tour of the Midwest. The group flew from Los Angeles to Chicago, rented a Chevrolet station wagon and U-Haul, and drove 315 miles west to West Des Moines, Iowa. Allowing for the four-hour flight, two-hour time difference, and nearly five-hour drive, it’s likely they traveled the day before the tour began. | ||
FIRST MIDWEST TOUR APRIL 24 – MAY 5, 1963 |  | ||
| April 25, 1963 Thursday | Val Air Ballroom 301 Ashworth Road West Des Moines, IA |  |   |
| April 26, 1963 Friday | YWCA Teen Canteen 4990 East State Street Rockford, IL | 8:00 p.m. to midnight |  |
| April 27, 1963 Saturday | Danceland Ballroom 124 Third Street, NE Cedar Rapids, IA | $1.50   |  |
| April 28, 1963 Sunday | Terp Ballroom 210 4th Street NE Austin, MN | 8:00 p.m. to midnight $1.65   |   |
| April 30, 1963 Tuesday | Arkota Ballroom 510 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD | 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. |  |
| May 1, 1963 Wednesday | Roller Skating Rink Sports Center/Kiddieland Amusement Park 3833 East Harry Street Wichita, KS | 8:00 p.m. to midnight |  |
| May 3, 1963 Friday | Twin City High School Night at Excelsior Amusement Park and Big Reggie’s Danceland Lake Minnetonka Excelsior, MN | 6:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on an outdoor stage 8:30 p.m. in Danceland  |   |
| May 4, 1963 Saturday | Duluth Armory 1607 London Road Duluth, MN | With Chet Orr and the Rumbles A fan obtained their autographs at this show: “they were so nice and so shy and they just passed my scrap of paper down the line and signed it.” Note that Al Jardine filled in for Brian. |   |
| May 5, 1963 Sunday | Surf of the Four Seasons (also known as Surf Ballroom) 460 North Shore Drive Clear Lake, IA | 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. $1.65 Local newspaper ads billed them as “Beach Boys and Their Rock ‘n’ Band” and their hit “Surf In U.S.A.”  |   |
| May 13, 1963 Monday | Venue unknown California | Jo Ann Marks’s journal. | |
| May 17, 1963 Friday | Venue unknown Santa Fe Springs, CA | Jo Ann Marks’s journal. | |
| May 19, 1963 Sunday | Venue unknown Long Beach, CA | Jo Ann Marks’s journal. | |
| May 24, 1963 Friday | Southern California Hot Rod Show Los Angeles, CA |  | |
| May 24, 1963 Friday | Memorial Auditorium 1515 J Street Presented by El Camino High School Alumni, Class of 1963 Sacramento, CA | 8:00 p.m. $1.75 Al filled in for Brian at this first Beach Boys concert produced by Fred Vail.  This is a still from a video of Fred Vail holding the poster for the first Beach Boys’ concert he produced. Access Fred’s NAMM Oral History Program video here.  |     |
| May 26, 1963 Sunday | Inglewood High School 231 South Grevillea Street Inglewood, CA |  | |
| May 29, 1963 Wednesday | Buc Gymnasium Bellflower High School 15301 South McNab Avenue Bellflower, CA | A late morning assembly for the entire school. It has been reported Jan & Dean shared the bill, but articles in The Blade, the school newspaper, on May 24 and June 7 do not mention the duo.  |  |
| May 29, 1963 Wednesday | Venue unknown San Bernardino, CA | Evening With Jan & Dean | |
| May 30, 1963 Thursday | Venue unknown San Francisco, CA | With Jan & Dean | |
| May 31, 1963 Friday | Venue unknown San Francisco, CA | With Jan & Dean | |
| May 31, 1963 Friday | Venue unknown Oxnard, CA | With Jan & Dean | |
| June 1, 1963 Saturday | Rio Nido Dance Hall (also known as The Barn) on the Russian River Rio Nido, CA | Mike befriended Sharon Marie Esparza here and Brian later produced two Capitol singles for her as Sharon Marie.    This is the second Beach Boys concert produced by Fred Vail. The two men in dark suits are (L to R) Fred and his friend Ron Beatty. |   |
| June 5, 1963 Wednesday | It has been reported they played the Municipal Auditorium in Modesto on this date. However, there was no Municipal Auditorium in Modesto, then or now. At the time, most local rock ‘n’ roll shows were held at Stockton or Fresno. A fan recalled getting their autographs on Surfin’ U.S.A. after a show at the Fresno Memorial Auditorium, 2425 Fresno Street, but could not recall the date. | ||
| June 7, 1963 Friday | Senior Breakfast, Cafeteria Hawthorne High School 4859 W. El Segundo Boulevard Hawthorne, CA | 8:00 a.m. An annual event for the graduating senior class. | |
| June 7, 1963 Friday | “Last Blast” Graduation Night Party East Bakersfield High School Campus Center Bakersfield College 1801 Panorama Drive Bakersfield, CA | 10:30 p.m. Titans II 12:30 a.m. The Beach Boys 2:00 a.m. Cherry Creek Singers  |    |
| June 7, 1963 Friday | “Neptune’s Whing Ding” Graduation Night Party Bakersfield High School Albert S. Goode Auditorium Kern County Fairgrounds 1142 South P Street Bakersfield, CA | 12:00 a.m. Cherry Creek Singers 2:30 a.m. The Beach Boys KAFY disc jockey Al Anthony emceed. The Illusions and the Ivy Clansmen also played.   |   b |
| June 7, 1963 Friday | Graduation Night Party North High School NOR Veterans Hall 400 West Norris Road Oildale, CA (NOR = north of the Kern River) | 3:30 a.m. (approx.) Cherry Creek Singers 4:30 a.m. (approx.) The Beach Boys |   |
| The graduating seniors of the above three Bakersfield area high schools pooled their money to book the Beach Boys and the Cherry Creek Singers, a folk quartet that also did comedy, for their graduation night parties. The Beach Boys, with Al filling in for Brian, played j-five minute sets at each venue and autographed copies of Surfin’ U.S.A. to be raffled. It has been reported Jan & Dean, Sam Cooke, and Lou Rawls shared the bill, but programs for two of the parties and interviews with attendees do not support this. |
