Northwest Dance Halls

Spokane Coliseum
Spokane, Washington

Some of the bands that performed at this place during those great years of NW music were:

Others ???


In the Beginning - The Spokane Coliseum Under Construction
Interior looking toward the west end stage, 1954.  Photographer: Libby.  Accession # L87-1.77804-54
Photo Courtesy of:  Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture/Eastern Washington State Historical Society, Spokane, Washington

Image Courtesy of Phyllis Hathaway

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Courtesy of Tom Williams

More of a venue for national tours than for local bands, it hosted concerts for Elvis, Jimi Hendrix, Steppenwolf, Vanilla Fudge, Ike and Tina Turner, Three Dog Night, and many more.  These photos were taken just before it was demolished in 1995.

Doug Rice, 2002

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Clayton Watson and the Silhouettes backed Jerry Lee Lewis at the Coliseum in about 1958.

Clifford England, April 2007

The above photos were taken by Doug Rice shortly before the coliseum was torn down in 1995

I have 4 seats from the old barn in my game room. On the last day before the wrecking ball was to fall I wanted to take one last walk through the venue. Luckily a salvage operation was selling fixtures including seats. Myself and another fella split cost on 9 seats at $5 each. We each got 4 seats as the 9th seat was one between our connected 4 seats. I was in a car and had no way to transport the seats. I called my brother with a flatbed pickup and got them home.  They are from section 6 row E seats 7 through 10.

John Kowzan, July 2007

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Last Update:  31 December 2011
Credits: Doug Rice, Bill Stevens, Bob Acorn, Mike McElhoe, Clifford England, John Kowzan, Joel Johnson, Lee Price, Phyllis Hathaway, Tom Williams, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture/Eastern Washington State Historical Society, Spokane, Washington