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Personal Appearances – 1956

Spring 1956

Gene Autry's Spring Tour of 1956 began on January 20, 1956, in Beloit, Wisconsin, and ended February 19, 1956, in Charlotte, North Carolina, with Gene making appearances in 27 cities.

Fall 1956

Gene Autry's Fall Tour of 1956 was on August 8, 1956, in Janesville Wisconsin at the Rock County 4-H Fair.

1956 (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 1956

City Order	Date	City	State/ Province	Country	Venue/ Show Title	Show Time	Sponsor(s)	Hotel	Miles
19	February 7, 1956	Hartford	Connecticut	USA	Bushnell Hall	-	Bushnell Corporation	Bond	131
5	January 24, 1956	Decatur	Illinois	USA	Kintner Gym	-	Kiwanis Club	Van Orman (Fort Wayne)	243
7	January 26, 1956	Fort Wayne	Indiana	USA	Memorial Coliseum	-	Fort Wayne Ent. Inc.	Van Orman	-
4	January 23, 1956	South Bend	Indiana	USA	Palace Theatre	-	Balaban & Katz	La Salle	160
17	February 5, 1956	Bangor	Maine	USA	Coliseum	-	Forest Fleming	Eastland (Portland)	123
16	February 4, 1956	Portland	Maine	USA	Press-Herald	-	City Hall Auditorium	Eastland	156
6	January 25, 1956	Lansing	Michigan	USA	Memorial Auditorium	-	City of Lansing	Van Orman (Fort Wayne)	114
18	February 6, 1956	Manchester	New Hampshire	USA	State Armory	-	Lion's Club	Carpenter	85
20	February 8, 1956	Kingston	New York	USA	Fieldhouse	-	Lion's Club	Gov. Clinton	112
14	February 2, 1956	Rochester	New York	USA	Auditorium	-	Lion's Club	Powers	160
21	February 9, 1956	White Plains	New York	USA	Westchester Center	-	Ed Ceccolini	Hershey Hotel (Hershey)	75
27	February 15, 1956	Asheville	North Carolina	USA	Auditorium	-	Lion's Club	Vanderbilt	160
28	February 16, 1956	Asheville	North Carolina	USA	Auditorium	-	Lion's Club	Vanderbilt	-
31	February 19, 1956	Charlotte	North Carolina	USA	Coliseum	-	Jim Crockett	Charlotte	212
26	February 14, 1956	Winston-Salem	North Carolina	USA	Coliseum	-	Super Attractions	Robert E. Lee	109
12	January 31, 1956	Canton	Ohio	USA	Auditorium	-	LCL Pres. Inc.	Belden	106
9	January 28, 1956	Columbus	Ohio	USA	Auditorium	-	Ohio State Journal	Deshler-Hilton	55
10	January 29, 1956	Columbus	Ohio	USA	Auditorium	-	Ohio State Journal	Deshler-Hilton	-
11	January 30, 1956	Marion	Ohio	USA	Memorial Coliseum	-	Memorial Coliseum	Belden (Canton)	45
8	January 27, 1956	Troy	Ohio	USA	Hobart Arena	-	Hobart Arena	Deshler-Hilton (Columbus)	79
13	February 1, 1956	Erie	Pennsylvania	USA	Gannon Gym	-	St. Boniface Church	Powers (Rochester)	137
22	February 10, 1956	Hershey	Pennsylvania	USA	Sports Arena	-	Sports Arena	Penn-Sherwood (Philadelphia)	185
23	February 11, 1956	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	USA	Arena	-	Inquirer Charities	Penn-Sherwood	100
24	February 12, 1956	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	USA	Arena	-	Inquirer Charities	Penn-Sherwood	-
15	February 3, 1956	Providence	Rhode Island	USA	Rhode Island Auditorium	-	Rhode Island Auditorium	Sheraton-Biltmore	400
30	February 18, 1956	Charleston	South Carolina	USA	County Hall	-	G&L Promotions	Francis Marion	214
29	February 17, 1956	Spartanburg	South Carolina	USA	Auditorium	-	Goodfellow Charities	Cleveland	66
25	February 13, 1956	Roanoke	Virginia	USA	Legion Auditorium	-	American Legion	Roanoke	375
1	January 20, 1956	Beloit	Wisconsin	USA	Fieldhouse	-	Lion's Club & WEBL	Wagon Wheel Inn	0
2	January 21, 1956	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	USA	Auditorium	-	Milwaukee Journal	Schroeder	74
3	January 22, 1956	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	USA	Auditorium	-	Milwaukee Journal	Schroeder	-

Gene Autry Tour – Fall 1956

City Order	Date	City	State/ Province	Country	Venue/ Show Title	Show Time	Sponsor(s)	Hotel	Miles
1	August 8, 1956	Janesville	Wisconsin	USA	Rock County 4-H Fair	-	-	Monterey	-

Gene Autry Tour – 1956 (Undated)

City Order	Date	City	State/ Province	Country	Venue/ Show Title	Show Time	Sponsor(s)	Hotel	Miles
1	1956	Redding	California	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	San Francisco	California	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1956	Denver	Colorado	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Pueblo	Colorado	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1956	Bridgeport	Connecticut	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1956	Hartford	Connecticut	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Miami	Florida	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Pensacola	Florida	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Tampa	Florida	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1956	Atlanta	Georgia	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Honolulu	Hawaii	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Idaho Falls	Idaho	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Nampa	Idaho	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1956	Champaign	Illinois	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1956	Chicago	Illinois	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1956	Decatur	Illinois	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Peoria	Illinois	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Quincy	Illinois	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Rockford	Illinois	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Springfield	Illinois	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1956	Evansville	Indiana	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1956	Ft. Wayne	Indiana	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Indianapolis	Indiana	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Marion	Indiana	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	South Bend	Indiana	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Vincennes	Indiana	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1956	Burlington	Iowa	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1956	Cedar Rapids	Iowa	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Mason City	Iowa	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Sioux City	Iowa	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Waterloo	Iowa	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Louisville	Kentucky	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1956	Bangor	Maine	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Lewiston	Maine	USA	-	-		-	-
1	1956	Portland	Maine	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Ridgely	Maryland	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1956	Boston	Massachusetts	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Worcester	Massachusetts	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1956	Detroit	Michigan	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1956	Flint	Michigan	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Jackson	Michigan	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Kalamazoo	Michigan	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Lansing	Michigan	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1956	Duluth	Minnesota	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Rochester	Minnesota	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	St. Paul	Minnesota	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Vicksburg	Mississippi	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1956	Cape Girardeau	Missouri	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Kansas City	Missouri	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Springfield	Missouri	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Omaha	Nebraska	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1956	Bridgeton	New Jersey	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1956	Albany	New York	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1956	Binghamton	New York	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1956	Buffalo	New York	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1956	Elmira	New York	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Kingston	New York	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Rochester	New York	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Rochester	New York	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Syracuse	New York	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	White Plains	New York	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1956	Asheville	North Carolina	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1956	Charlotte	North Carolina	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Winston Salem	North Carolina	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1956	Grand Forks	North Dakota	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Minot	North Dakota	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Glace Bay	Nova Scotia	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1956	Akron	Ohio	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1956	Canton	Ohio	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1956	Cincinnati	Ohio	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1956	Cincinnati	Ohio	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1956	Cleveland	Ohio	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1956	Columbus	Ohio	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1956	Greenville	Ohio	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Marion	Ohio	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Toledo	Ohio	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Troy	Ohio	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Youngstown	Ohio	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Hamilton	Ontario	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Kingston	Ontario	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Kitchener	Ontario	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	London	Ontario	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	North Bay	Ontario	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Ottawa	Ontario	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Peterborough	Ontario	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Sault Ste. Marie	Ontario	Canada	-	-		-	-
1	1956	Toronto	Ontario	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Windsor	Ontario	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Portland	Oregon	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1956	Erie	Pennsylvania	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1956	Hazleton	Pennsylvania	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Hershey	Pennsylvania	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Scranton	Pennsylvania	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Williamsport	Pennsylvania	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Laval	Quebec	Canada	-	-	-	-	-
-	1956	Charleston	South Carolina	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Spartanburg	South Carolina	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Huron	South Dakota	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Knoxville	Tennessee	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Memphis	Tennessee	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Nashville	Tennessee	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Richmond	Virginia	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Roanoke	Virginia	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Spokane	Washington	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Spokane	Washington	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1956	Charleston	West Virginia	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Wheeling	West Virginia	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1956	Beloit	Wisconsin	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	La Crosse	Wisconsin	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	USA	-	-	-	-	-
1	1956	Sheboygan	Wisconsin	USA	-	-	-	-	-
-	1956	Casper	Wyoming	USA	-	-	-	-	-

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