Gene tried to play the saxophone when he was a youngster. He finally gave up and turned successfully to the guitar.

Personal Appearances – 1951

Spring 1951

Gene Autry's Spring Tour of 1951 began on January 13, 1951, in Topeka, Kansas, and ended February 18, 1951, in Little Rock, Arkansas, with Gene making appearances in 36 cities.

Fall 1951

Gene Autry's Fall Tour of 1951 began on October 1, 1951, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and ended October 20, 1951, in Burlington, Vermont, with Gene making appearances in 20 cities.

1951 (Undated)

Tour dates, venues and additional details for these locations will be added when available. If you would like to know more about the tours or about a specific appearance on this list, please contact the Libraries and Archives of the Autry Museum.

The information in the table below on Gene Autry's Personal Appearance Tour is from the files of Gene Autry Entertainment. The current view of these tours is by date, but you can re-sort the information by clicking on the red header such as City or Venue. This will then present the data alphabetically by the header subject.

Gene Autry Tour – Spring 1951

City Order	Date	City	State/ Province	Country	Venue/ Show Title	Show Time	Sponsor(s)	Hotel	Miles
1	January 13, 1951	Topeka	Kansas	USA	Municipal Auditorium	-	Harry Snyder	Kansan	0
2	January 14, 1951	Kansas City	Kansas	USA	Municipal Auditorium	-	-	Muehlebach	62
3	January 15, 1951	Sioux City	Iowa	USA	Municipal Auditorium	-	Aud. Act. Inc.	The Warrior	303
4	January 16, 1951	Omaha	Nebraska	USA	City Auditorium	-	Good Fellow Charities, Ic.	Fontenelle	103
5	January 17, 1951	Des Moines	Iowa	USA	KRNT Radio Theater	-	KRNT Radio Theater	The Savery	140
6	January 18, 1951	Cedar Rapids	Iowa	USA	Coliseum	-	WMT Radio Station	Montrose	116
7	January 19, 1951	Davenport	Iowa	USA	Shrine Auditorium	-	-	Blackhawk	85
8	January 20, 1951	Rockford	Illinois	USA	Armory	-	Rockford Newspaper Charities, Inc.	LaFayette	111
9	January 21, 1951	Peoria	Illinois	USA	Bradley Fieldhouse	-	Optimist Club	Pere Marquette	136
10	January 22, 1951	Burlington	Iowa	USA	Memorial Auditorium	-	-	Burlington	92
11	January 23, 1951	Ottumwa	Iowa	USA	Coliseum	-	-	Burlington	74
12	January 24, 1951	Springfield	Illinois	USA	Armory	-	A.B.C. Club	Abraham Lincoln	138
13	January 25, 1951	St. Louis	Missouri	USA	St. Louis Theater	-	St. Louis Theater	Statler	102
14	January 26, 1951	St. Louis	Missouri	USA	St. Louis Theater	-	St. Louis Theater	Statler	-
15	January 27, 1951	Vincennes	Indiana	USA	Coliseum	-	Lincoln High School Band	Grand	151
16	January 28, 1951	Owensboro	Kentucky	USA	Sportscenter	-	Sportscenter	Rudd	90
17	January 29, 1951	Bowling Green	Kentucky	USA	College Gym	-	Irving Wayne	Helm	76
18	January 30, 1951	Louisville	Kentucky	USA	Armory	-	March of Dimes	Kentucky	123
19	January 31, 1951	South Bend	Indiana	USA	Palace Theater	-	Palace Theater	Hoffman	247
20	February 1, 1951	Grand Rapids	Michigan	USA	Stadium	-	Stadium	Pentland	115
21	February 2, 1951	Toledo	Ohio	USA	Sports Arena	-	Sports Arena	Commodore-Perry	173
22	February 3, 1951	Troy	Ohio	USA	Hobart Arena	-	Hobart Arena	Carter (Cleveland)	133
23	February 4, 1951	Cleveland	Ohio	USA	The Arena	-	The Arena	Carter	199
24	February 5, 1951	Erie	Pennsylvania	USA	Gannon Hall	-	Don George	Lawrence	101
25	February 6, 1951	Buffalo	New York	USA	Memorial Auditorium	-	Don George	Statler	91
26	February 7, 1951	Elmira	New York	USA	Keeney Theater	-	Warner Bros.	Mark Twain	150
27	February 8, 1951	Utica	New York	USA	Stanley Theater	-	Warner Bros.	Utica	91
28	February 9, 1951	Troy	New York	USA	RPI Fieldhouse	-	Variety Club	Hendrick Hudson	100
29	February 10, 1951	New Haven	Connecticut	USA	Arena	-	Arena	Taft	123
30	February 11, 1951	Baltimore	Maryland	USA	Armory	-	-	Lord Baltimore	256
31	February 12, 1951	Johnstown	Pennsylvania	USA	Memorial Arena	-	Memorial Arena	Fort Stanwick	182
32	February 13, 1951	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	USA	The Gardens	-	The Gardens	Webster Hall	80
33	February 14, 1951	Charleston	West Virginia	USA	Municipal Auditorium	-	Harry Lashinsky	Daniel Boone	226
34	February 15, 1951	Knoxville	Tennessee	USA	University Auditorium	-	University of Tennessee	Andrew Johnson	344
35	February 16, 1951	Nashville	Tennessee	USA	Ryman Auditorium Stand-Alone Concert	-	Early Maxwell	The Hermitage	196
36	February 17, 1951	Memphis	Tennessee	USA	Auditorium	-	Early Maxwell	Peabody	221
37	February 18, 1951	Little Rock	Arkansas	USA	Auditorium	-	Phillip Back	Grady-Manning	139

Gene Autry Tour – Fall 1951

City Order	Date	City	State/ Province	Country	Venue/ Show Title	Show Time	Sponsor(s)	Hotel	Miles
1	October 1, 1951	Calgary	Alberta	Canada	Stampede Corral	-	Stampede Corral	Pallister	0
2	October 2, 1951	Edmonton	Alberta	Canada	Edmonton Gardens	4:30; 8:30	Edmonton Exh. Association	McDonald	190
3	October 3, 1951	Saskatoon	Saskatchewan	Canada	The Arena	4:30; 8:30	Kinsmen's Club	Bessborough	362
4	October 4, 1951	Regina	Saskatchewan	Canada	Exhibition Stadium	4:30; 8:30	Regina Exh. Board	Saskatoon	183
5	October 5, 1951	Brandon	Manitoba	Canada	Wheat Arena	4:30; 8:30	Lions Club	-	248
6	October 6, 1951	Winnipeg	Manitoba	Canada	Winnepeg Auditorium	2:30; 8:30	Celebrity Ent.	Fort Garry	139
7	October 7, 1951	Fargo	North Dakota	USA	NDAS Fieldhouse	1:30; 4:30	Teammakers Club	Fredrick-Martin	228
8	October 8, 1951	Aberdeen	South Dakota	USA	Civic Auditorium	4:30; 8:30	NSTC	Alonzo Ward	199
9	October 9, 1951	Mitchell	South Dakota	USA	Corn Palace	4:30; 8:30	Corn Palace Comm.	Lawler	150
10	October 10, 1951	Mason City	Iowa	USA	Fieldhouse	4:30; 8:30	Boy Scouts	Hanford	290
11	October 11, 1951	Dubuque	Iowa	USA	Lora Auditorium	4:30; 8:30	Jr. Chamber of Commerce	Julien	181
12	October 12, 1951	Ottawa	Illinois	USA	Kingman Gym	2:30; 8:30	High School Band	Ottawa	157
13	October 13, 1951	Kalamazoo	Michigan	USA	Cen. High Auditorium	2:30; 8:30	-	Burdick	242
14	October 14, 1951	Flint	Michigan	USA	IMA Auditorium	2:30	-	Durant	117
15	October 15, 1951	London	Ontario	Canada	London Arena	4:30; 8:30	London Arena	London	133
16	October 16, 1951	Kitchener	Ontario	Canada	Kitchener Arena	4:30; 8:30	Kitchener Arena	Walper	69
17	October 17, 1951	Kingston	Ontario	Canada	Kingston Arena	4:30; 8:30	Kingston Arena	La Salle	238
18	October 18, 1951	Ottawa	Ontario	Canada	The Auditorium	4:30; 8:30	The Auditorium	Chateau Laurier	130
19	October 19, 1951	Montreal	Quebec	Canada	The Forum	4:30; 8:30	The Forum	Windsor	105
20	October 20, 1951	Burlington	Vermont	USA	Municipal Auditorium	2:30; 8:30	Jr. Chamber of Commerce	Vermont	100

Gene Autry Tour – 1951 (Undated)

City Order	Date	City	State/ Province	Country	Venue/ Show Title	Show Time	Sponsor(s)	Hotel	Miles
-	1951	Aberdeen	South Dakota	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Albany	New York	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Andalusia	Alabama	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Anderson	Indiana	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Ardmore	Oklahoma	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Asheville	North Carolina	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Atlantic City	New Jersey	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Austin	Minnesota	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Baltimore	Maryland	USA	Civic Center	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Beardstown	Illinois	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Bedford	Indiana	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Boston	Massachusetts	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Bowling Green	Kentucky	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Buffalo	New York	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Burlington	Iowa	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Burlington	Vermont	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Canton	Ohio	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Cedar Rapids	Iowa	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Champaign	Illinois	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Charleston	South Carolina	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Charleston	West Virginia	USA	Exhibit Hall	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Chicago	Illinois	USA	Exposition, Amphitheatre	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Cincinnati	Ohio	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Cleveland	Ohio	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Columbia	Missouri	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Columbus	Ohio	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Concordia	Missouri	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Crookston	Minnesota	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Danville	Virginia	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Daytona Beach	Florida	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Decatur	Illinois	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Denver	Colorado	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Des Moines	Iowa	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Des Moines	Iowa	USA	Iowa State Fair	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Detroit	Michigan	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Dubuque	Iowa	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Elmira	New York	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Erie	Pennsylvania	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Evansville	Indiana	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Fargo	North Dakota	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Flint	Michigan	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Ft. Lauderdale	Florida	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Ft. Pierce	Florida	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Ft. Smith	Arkansas	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Ft. Wayne	Indiana	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Galveston	Texas	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Golden Meadow	Louisiana	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Grand Forks	North Dakota	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Grand Island	Nebraska	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Grand Rapids	Michigan	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Great Falls	Montana	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Hartford	Connecticut	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Hastings	Nebraska	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Hershey	Pennsylvania	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Honolulu	Hawaii	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Huntingburg	Indiana	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Hutchison	Kansas	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Jacksonville	Florida	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Jacksonville	Illinois	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Jefferson City	Missouri	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Johnstown	Pennsylvania	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Kalamazoo	Michigan	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Kankakee	Illinois	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Kansas City	Missouri	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Knoxville	Tennessee	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Lafayette	Indiana	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Lampasas	Texas	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Lansing	Michigan	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Lexington	Kentucky	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Little Rock	Arkansas	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Louisville	Kentucky	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Macon	Georgia	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Madison	Wisconsin	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Mandan	North Dakota	USA	Mandan Rodeo	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Marion	Indiana	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Marion	Ohio	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Marshall	Texas	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Marquette	Michigan	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Mason City	Iowa	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Mecklenburg	New York	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Memphis	Tennessee	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Miami	Florida	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Miami Beach	Florida	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Miles City	Montana	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Mitchell	South Dakota	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Mitchell	South Dakota	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Mobile	Alabama	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Monroe	Louisiana	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Mt. Vernon	Illinois	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Nashville	Tennessee	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Natchez	Mississippi	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	New Haven	Connecticut	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	New Orleans	Louisiana	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	New York	New York	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Norfolk	Virginia	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Ocala	Florida	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Omaha	Nebraska	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Orlando	Florida	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Ottawa	Illinois	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Ottumwa	Iowa	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Owensboro	Kentucky	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Peoria	Illinois	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Pine Bluff	Arkansas	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Portland	Maine	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Providence	Rhode Island	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Pueblo	Colorado	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Raleigh	North Carolina	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Richmond	Indiana	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Richmond	Virginia	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Rochester	New York	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Rockford	Illinois	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	St. Cloud	Minnesota	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	St. Joseph	Missouri	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	St. Louis	Missouri	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Schenectady	New York	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Scottsbluff	Nebraska	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Sheldon	Vermont	USA	-	-	-		-
-	1951	Sioux City	Iowa	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	South Bend	Indiana	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Spartanburg	South Carolina	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Springfield	Illinois	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Springfield	Massachusetts	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Syracuse	New York	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Tallahassee	Florida	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Tampa	Florida	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Toledo	Ohio	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Topeka	Kansas	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Topeka	Kansas	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Troy	Ohio	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Tulsa	Oklahoma	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Utica	New York	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Vincennes	Indiana	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Waterloo	Iowa	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Wheeling	West Virginia	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Wichita	Kansas	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Worcester	Massachusetts	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Brandon	Manitoba	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Calgary	Alberta	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Chatham	Ontario	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Cornwall	Ontario	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Edmonton	Alberta	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Glace Bay	Nova Scotia	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Halifax	Nova Scotia	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Hamilton	Ontario	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Kingston	Ontario	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Kirkland Lake	Ontario	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Kitchener	Ontario	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Lethbridge	Alberta	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	London	Ontario	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Medicine Hat	Alberta	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Moncton	New Brunswick	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Montreal	Quebec	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Moose Jaw	Saskatchewan	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	New Glasgow	Nova Scotia	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	North Bay	Ontario	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Ottawa	Ontario	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Pembroke	Ontario	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Port Arthur	Ontario	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Quebec City	Quebec	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Regina	Saskatchewan	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Saskatoon	Saskatchewan	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Sault Ste. Marie	Ontario	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Shawinigan Falls	Quebec	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Sherbrooke	Quebec	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Stirling	Ontario	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Sudbury	Ontario	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Timmins	Ontario	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Toronto	Ontario	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Trois-Rivieres	Quebec	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1951	Winnipeg	Manitoba	Canada	-	-	-	-	-

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