The Velvet Underground, April 26, 1966
National Roller Skating Arena, 1661 Kalorama Road, N.W., Washington DC
NOW Festival
Callie Angel said: A performance event called “Linoleum” by Robert Rauschenberg “ended with an electronic bang when Pop Artist Andy Warhol and the Velvet Underground, a rock and roll band from his New York night club, The Plastic Inevitable, turned the roller rink into a giant discotheque.” (quote from Leroy F. Aarons, “New Theater’s ‘Happening’ Amuses, Angers Audience,” The Washington Post, April 27, 1966, p. B2.). So, despite the fact the Velvets were booked at the Dom (a new york club, if I’m not mistaken) all that month, they apparently weren’t performing every night.
The Now Festival was the brain child of Alice Denney – who would later be crucial to the formation of the Washington Project for the Arts. I would love more info, use the comments or send me an email.
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