Originally a movie theater that operated from 1930 until 1967, it was also a big concert venue from 1969 thru 1973 seating 2,500 people. It was forced to shut down in 1973 by the city of Detroit, cited for failing to meet health and safety codes. In 1975, it reopened as a jazz venue, which remained in operation for about a year. After this, it was used for a short time for performing arts and live theater, but again closed down. In 1980, the Eastown began to show adult films under a new name, the Showcase, but closed again in 1984. From 1984 until 1990, the Eastown was again home to a performing arts group. During the mid-90s, the Eastown hosted raves, and later housed a church. Today, the building is closed, abandoned and for sale.
May 29, 1969: SRC / Teegarden & Van Winkle / Savage Grace / Catfish "Grand Opening Night"
June 6-7, 1969: MC5 (6-7) / Illinois Speed Press (6-7) / The Stooges (6) / Up (7)
June 13-14, 1967: The Bonzo Dog Band (13-14) / Smokestack Lightning (13-14) / Wilson Mower Pursuit (13) / Frijid Pink (14)
June 27-28, 1969: The Buddy Miles Express / The Amboy Dukes / Rush
July 6, 1969: The Stooges
July 11-12, 1969: Muddy Waters / Big Mama Thorton / Head Over Heels
July 13, 1969: The Stooges / MC-5 / Up "Legal Self Defense Presents The People Of Michigan Salute John Sinclair for his Heroic Work in the Community"
July 18-19, 1969: Howlin' Wolf / SRC / 20th Century Zoo
July 25-26, 1969: Grand Funk Railroad / Howlin' Wolf (unconfirmed)
August 1-2, 1969: Sweetwater / Head Over Heels/ The Früt
August 8-9, 1969: Alice Cooper / Savage Grace / All the Lonely People
August 13, 1969: Terry Reid
Eastown closes until mid-September after this above gig......
September 19-20, 1969: B. B. King / Albert King / Savoy Brown
September 26-27, 1969: Eric Burdon & War / Mountain / The Flock
October 3-4, 1969: The Steve Miller Band / Pacific Gas & Electric / Head Over Heels
October 10-11, 1969: Savage Grace / The Stuart Avery Assemblage / Carousel / Shiva
October 17, 1969: Sly & The Family Stone / Lee Michaels
October 24-25, 1969: The Chambers Brothers / Lighthouse / Aum
October 31, 1969: Spirit / Blodwyn Pig / Canned Heat
November 1, 1969: Spirit / Blodwyn Pig / Taj Mahal
November 11-12, 1969: Jefferson Airplane / The Sons / King Crimson
November 28-29, 1969: Chicago
December 5-6, 1969: Fleetwood Mac / The Buddy Miles Express / Eric Mercury
December 12-13, 1969: The Litter / Love Sculpture / Valhalla / All the Lonely People
December 19-20, 1969: Terry Reid / Zephyr / Head Over Heels / Catfish
December 26-27, 1969: The Flock / The Stooges / Savage Grace
December 31, 1969: Grand Funk Railroad / Savage Grace / Head Over Heels /Bobby Franklin Insanity
January 2-3, 1970: Alice Cooper / The Flamin' Groovies / SRC
January 9-10, 1970: MC5 / Kaleidoscope / Mr. Clean
First night the MC5 set cut short by fire! and the second night was canceled due to previous night's fire (MC5 played at Grande Ballroom instead).
January 16-17, 1970: Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels (16-17) / The Tea (16) / Head Over Heels (16-17) / Jack Burningtree (16-17) / The Früt (17)
January 23-24, 1970: Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes / Cold Blood / Steve Booker
Jnauary 25, 1970: MC5 / Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels / The Rationals / The Bob Seger System / Wilson Mower Pursuit / Commander Cody / All the Lonely People / Speakers: Ed Sanders, Skip Taube "Free John Sinclair Fund Benefit"
January 30-31, 1970: Alice Cooper / The Stooges / The Früt
February 6-7, 1970: Chuck Berry / The Flamin' Groovies / The Woolies
February 13-14, 1970: Jack Bruce & Friends (13-14) / Savage Grace (13) / The Tea (13-14) / Steve Booker (13-14) / Teegarden & Van Winkle (14)
February 20, 1970: Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes / The Frost / Brownsville Station
February 27-28, 1970: Savoy Brown / Renaissance (with Keith Relf) / Southwind
March 6-7, 1970: Ten Years After / Pig Iron / Fiddler Crab
March 13-14, 1970: War (with Eric Burdon) / Family / Shiva
March 20-21, 1970: Joe Cocker / Mountain / Stone The Crows
March 27-28, 1970: John Mayall (27) / Savage Grace (27-28) / Rose (27-28) / The Rationals (27-28) / Taj Mahal (28)
April 3-4, 1970: Rod Stewart & The Faces / Zephyr / Argent
April 10-11, 1970: Lee Michaels (10-11) / Ronnie Hawkins (10-11) / The Bump (10) / Savage Grace (11)
April 24-25, 1970: Pink Floyd / The Frost
May 1-3, 1970: Rod Stewart & The Faces (1-3) / Hard Meat (1-2) / Justice (1-2) / The Tea (1) / Richmond (2-3) / Savoy Brown (3)
May 8-9, 1970: Blue Cheer / Troyka / John Drake's Shakedown
May 15-16, 1970: Savage Grace / Fairport Convention / Cradle
May 20, 1970: Mountain / Savage Grace
May 22-23, 1970: Lee Michaels / Cold Blood / Sky
May 29-30, 1970: Jethro Tull / Mott The Hoople / Shorty (with Georgie Fame) / Clouds
June 5-6, 1970: Traffic (5-6) / The Third Power (5) / Steve Booker (5-6) /Justice (6 and maybe 5 too)
June 12-13, 1970: Dr. John / Gypsy / Catfish
June 19-20, 1970: Ten Years After / Ambergris / Salvage
June 26-27, 1970: Procol Harum / Brethren / Cradle
July 3-4, 1970: The Stooges / Blodwyn Pig / John Drake's Shakedown
July 10-11, 1970: Leon Russell / Savage Grace / All the Lonely People
July 14, 1970: Jethro Tull / Cactus / Justice
July 17-18, 1970: Cactus / The Frost / The Up
July 23-25, 1970: Procol Harum / Silver Metre / Everlon Nevermore
July 31 and August 1, 1970: Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes / Toe Fat / The Rationals
August 7-8, 1970: closed due to the Goose Lake Pop Festival...
August 14-15, 1970: Johnny Winter / Alice Cooper / Tin House
August 21-22, 1970: The Frost / Savage Grace / Chicken Shack / Justice
September 4-5, 1970: Fleetwood Mac / The Stooges / Springwell
September 11-12, 1970: Savoy Brown (11-12) / Illusion (11-12) / The Frost (11) / Justice (12)
September 18-19, 1970: Mountain / Mylon / Cradle / Humble Pie / Magic Veil
September 25-26, 1970: Cactus (25-26) / The Bob Seger System (25) / Universal Family (25-26) / Frijid Pink (26)
October 2-3, 1970: Lee Michaels / Catfish / Hard Meat
October 9-10, 1970: Alice Cooper / Cradle / Mutzie / Chicken Shack (unconfirmed)
October 16-17, 1970: Rod Stewart & The Faces / Mungo Jerry / Haystack's Balboa
October 23-24, 1970: Brethren
October 28, 1970: Jethro Tull
October 30-31, 1970: Leon Russell / Clouds / Ballin' Jack
November 6-7,1970: Procol Harum (6) / Mylon (6-7) / May Blitz (6-7) / Power of Zeus (6-7) / Traffic (7)
November 13-14, 1970: Mott The Hoople / The Stooges
November 20-21, 1970: The Edgar Winter Group / The Frost
November 25-26, 1970: Savoy Brown / Black Sabbath / Quartermass
November 27-28, 1970: Elton John / If / Catfish / Jam Band (unconfirmed)
December 3, 1970: Derek & The Dominoes / Toe Fat / Damnation of Adam Blessing
December 4-5, 1970: Van Morrison / The Siegel-Schwall Blues Band / David Rea
December 11-12, 1970: The Kinks / Quartermass / The Bob Seger System
December 18-19, 1970: Mountain (18-19) / Mutzie (18) / Milan (18-19) / Humble Pie (18-19; unconfirmed) / Elephant (19)
December 25-26, 1970: Love / Alice Cooper / The Früt
December 31, 1970: Illusion / Sweetwater / Catfish / Mutzie / Head Over Heels / Elephant
January 8-9, 1971: Free / The Siegel-Schwall Blues Band / Hammer
January 15-16, 1971: Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band / Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes / Ry Cooder / Alice Cooper (unconfirmed)
January 22-23, 1971: Lee Michaels / Brethren / Salvage
January 29-30, 1971: Canned Heat (29) / Butterfield Blues Band (30) / MC5 (29-30) / The Third Power (29-30)
February 5-6, 1971: Mylon / Spencer Davis & Peter Jameson / Cradle
February 26-27, 1971: The Allman Brothers Band / The J. Geils Band / Mutzie
March 5-6, 1971: Cactus / The J. Geils Band / The Sunday Funnies
March 12-13, 1971: Fleetwood Mac / Black Sabbath / Sir Lord Baltimore
March 19, 1971: Eric Burdon & War / Badfinger / Wishbone Ash
March 20, 1971: Mountain / McKendree Spring / Wishbone Ash
March 26, 1971: Canned Heat / John Lee Hooker / Dada
March 27-28, 1971: Hunble Pie / Johnny Winter / Dada
April 2-3, 1971: The Kinks (2-3) / Mylon (2-3) / Zephyr (2-3) / Bob Seger (3; unconfirmed)
April 9-10, 1971: Butterfield Blues Band / T-Rex / Tower of Power
April 16-17, 1971: Procol Harum / The J. Geils Band / Trapeze
April 23-24, 1971: Emerson, Lake & Palmer / Curved Air / Crowbar / Sweathog
April 30 and May 1, 1971: John Mayall / Mandrill / Randall's Island
May 7-8, 1971: Mott The Hoople / The Siegel-Schwall Blues Band / Swallow
May 14-15, 1971: Lee Michaels / Boz Scaggs / Mason Proffitt
May 21-22, 1971: The Stooges / Illusion / Fanny
May 28-29, 1971: Buddy Miles (28-29) / Teegarden & Van Winkle (28-29) / The Third Power (28) / Mutzie (29)
June 4-5, 1971: Alice Cooper / The Flamin' Groovies / Wild Man Fischer / Glass Harp
June 11-12, 1971: The Allman Brothers Band / The J. Geils Band / Cowboy
June 18-19, 1971: Edgar Winter's White Trash / Mott the Hoople / Sweathog
June 25-26, 1971: The Rascals / Rita Coolidge & The Dixie Flyers / Cradle
July 2-3, 1971: no shows due to the "Detroit Rock Roll Revival" at the State Fairgrounds...
July 9-10, 1971: Bloodrock / The Hampton Grease Band / Suite Charity
July 16-17, 1971: Savage Grace / Humble Pie / Soft Machine / Yes
July 23-24, 1971: Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes / Blue Scepter (formerly SRC) / Glass Harp / The Früt
September 3-4, 1971: Savoy Brown / The Atomic Rooster / Skid Row
September 10-11, 1971: Chuck Berry / The J. Geils Band / The Woolies
September 17-18, 1971: Cactus / Savage Grace / Boomerang
September 24-25, 1971: Mountain / David Rea / Mutzie
October 8-9, 1971: Traffic / Fairport Convention
October 15-16, 1971: Fleetwood Mac / Angus / Tucky Buzzard
October 23-24, 1971: Grateful Dead / New Riders of the Purple Sage
October 26, 1971: Pink Flyd
October 29-30, 1971: Lee Michaels / Mylon LeFevre & Holy Smoke / Rory Gallagher
November 6, 1971: Quicksilver Messenger Service
November 12-13, 1971: Procol Harum / King Crimson / Blues Project
November 15-16, 1971: Emerson / Lake & Palmer / Yes
November 18-19, 1971: "Jesus Christ Superstar"
November 20, 1971: The Doors / The Wackers
November 25-27 (25 not confirmed), 1971: Savoy Brown / Atomic Rooster / Potliquor
December 2, 1971: James Gang / Jake Jones / Julia
December 3-4, 1971: King Crimson / Sweathog / Rock 'N Foo / Wylie
December 9-10 (9 not confirmed), 1971: Humble Pie / The J. Geils Band / The Früt
December 11, 1971: Mountain / Belle Arc / Cradle "last show of venue's original run"
December 13, 1971: Mayor Gribbs makes Detroit safe for Democracy by shutting down the Eastown on this date...
December 17-18, 1971: Dr. John / Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes / Flower Travelling Band "cancelled with love by the City of Detroit..."
July 19, 1973: Joe Walsh / REO Speedwagon / Estus "the Re-Opening of the Eastown..."
August 3-4, 1973: Bloodrock / Mahogany Rush
September 21-22, 1973: Quicksilver / White Witch / Marcus
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