Significant Gigs at Founders Theatre

This is a list of significant gigs at the Founders Theatre.

Significant Band Performances

• Louis Armstrong - 20 March 1963
• Surfside '64: Roy Orbison, Beach Boys, The Surfaris, Paul & Paula, Joy Boys - 30 January 1964
• Gene Pitney and Millie Small - February 1965
• Cilla Black - 10 March 1965
• Swingin '65: Manfred Mann, The Kinks, the Honeycombs, Tony Sheveton, Tommy Adderley and The Merseymen - 2 February 1965
• Dave Clark Five - June 1965
• Sandy Shaw and The Pretty Things - August 1965
• Vera Lynn - 17-19 February 1966 (3 nights)
• Millie Small - 20 July 1968
• The Yardbirds - 1 February 1967
• Blast Off '68: Larry's Rebels, Johnny Farnham, Ray Woolf, Hi-Revving Tongues
• Daddy Cool and Ticket - 1971
• The Sweet - 18 February 1973
• Split Enz - 12 July 1975
• The Sweet - 10 August 1975
• Split Enz - 7 March 1976
• Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee - 9 March 1976
• Split Enz - 27 January 1977
• Joe Cocker - 19 June 1977
• Lou Reed - 18 October 1977
• Hello Sailor - 5 April 1978
• Golden Harvest - 9 May 1978
• Citizen Band - 9 July 1978
• Split Enz - 11 April 1979
• Split Enz - 14 February 1980
• Sharon O'Neill and Jon Stevens - 13 March 1980
• Mi-sex - 20 June 1980
• Jon English - 13 July 1980
• The Cure - 31 July 1980
• Split Enz with Penknife Glides - 28 April 1981
• Black Slate with Herbs - 9 August 1981
• Cold Chisel with INXS - 19 January 1982
• Men at Work - 8 May 1982
• Jon English - 8 July 1982
• Split Enz with The Narcs - 18,19 August 1982
• Motels - 23 November 1982
• Icehouse - 3 December 1982
• Hot Chocolate and Herbs - 12 December 1982
• George Thorogood - 15 February 1983
• Sharon O'Neill - 27 September 1983
• Uriah Heap - 30 April 1984
• Dance Exponents - 3 September 1984
• Split Enz - 2 and 3 December 1984 (Enz with a Bang tour)
• The Shadows - 7 February 1985
• Tim Finn - 3 July 1986
• Icehouse - 22 July 1986
• Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and the Models - 13 December 1986
• Crowded House - 30 June 1987
• Hoodoo Gurus - 11 November 1987
• Icehouse - 5 February 1988
• The Jeff Healey Band - 7 April 1991
• Finn Brothers - 6 March 1996
• Neil Finn - 6 March 2001
• Paul Kelly and Bic Runga - 20 December 2002
• Finn Brothers - 2 August 2005
• Gerry & The Pacemakers - 27 March 2009
• Shihad - 9 October 2009
• John Mayall - 24 April 2010
• Richard O'Brien - 17 March 2012
• The New Seekers - 28 April 2012
• Flight of the Conchords - 14 June 2012
• Gerry & The Pacemakers - 5 April 2013