1977

Complete

Confirmed events are indicated by a ♫
Events are only confirmed if printed evidence is available, i.e.. Magazine, Advert, Ticket, Poster etc. or if verified by two independent sources. Internet sourced dates are not classed as evidence due to errors being copied from site to site.
All acts are listed exactly as they appeared in the advert.
It will be noted that in the early years, some of the more famous bands had differing names and may have been lower on the bill. This usually means that they were, as yet, relatively unknown.
Additional information and corrections to this list are more than welcomed.

All the gigs and events at the California Ballroom during 1977
Date		Valid	Event	Comments
Jan	1	♫	Pool Bar plus Pool Hall now open every afternoon	20 full size pool tables Free entry
	14	♫	Rus Lane	Didoz Adm £1
	15	♫	Harry Scot (Comedian)	Didoz Adm £1
	15	♫	J.A.L.N Band	with Brother Louie and Paul Gray Adm £1
	28	♫	Friday Night Disco	with Brother Louie and Paul Gray Adm 25p
	29	♫	Disco in the Devil's Den♫	with Robbie Burns
Feb	5	♫	Linda & the Funky Boys plus The Majors	Adm. £1
	11	♫	Tim Lane & Carol Ann	Musical Comedy entertainers. Didoz £1/£1.50
	12	♫	Monty Wells plus top line group	Didoz £1/£1.50
	12	♫	Skunk	Adm. 80p
	18	♫	The Manhattans with the welcome return of Bruce Benson	Adm. £1
	18	♫	Joseph Locke plus harmony band Peppe	Didoz £1/£1.50
	19	♫	The Burns Brothers plus Tangerine	Didoz £1/£1.50
	19	♫	The Moments plus The Rimshots	with DJ Bruce Benson Adm. £1.75
	25	♫	Sweet Something (Dancing Troupe) plus Quad Libre	Didoz £1/£1.50
	25	♫	Sweet Something (Dancing Troupe)	with DJs Bruce Benson, Mouse and Kev Steed Adm. 50p
	26	♫	Mike O'Malley from TVs "Who do you do"	Didoz £1/£1.50
	26	♫	Tamla Motown Gold Martha Reeves & The Vandellas	Adm. £1.50
Mar	4	♫	Laura Leslie	Didoz £1/£1.50
	5	♫	No reservations for Didoz... Fully Booked
	5	♫	Edwin Starr	Adm. £1.25
	11	♫	Over 25s Disco	Didoz £1/£1.50
	12	♫	Johnnie Walker & Bruce Benson	Adm. 80p
	12	♫	The Bewildering Zodias	Mindreading act Didoz £1/£1.50
	18	♫	Frank Carson	Didoz £5 inc. 3 course dinner
	18	♫	The biggest Disco in town	with a lorry load of DJs playing the best funk, soul and dance music. Adm. 80p
	19	♫	Frank Carson	Didoz £5 inc. 3 course dinner
	19	♫	The Fantastics	Adm. £1
	26	♫	The Commodores	Adm. £2
	26	♫	Laura Leslie	Didoz £1/£1.50
Apr	1	♫	April Fools Disco	with our foolish DJs. no adm price given.
	2	♫	J.A.L.N. Band	Adm. £1
	2	♫	Lew Lewis	Didoz £1/£1.50
	7	♫	Friday Night Disco on Thursday	Adm. 50p
	8	♫	Good Friday Closed
	9	♫	Skunk	Adm 80p
	11	♫	Soul with Brother Louie	Devil's Den Adm. 50p
	16	♫	Herbie and the Good Timers	Adm 80p
	21	♫	Grand Opening of Didoz♫	The newest most exclusive Bistro scene for over 21s. Adm. £1
	22	♫	Tony Prince from Radio Luxembourg	Adm. ?
	23	♫	Detroit Spinners & Brass Construction	Adm. £5
	28	♫	Hot Pussy (Dancing Team)	Didoz £1/£2
	29	♫	David Hamilton from Radio One and Top of the Pops	Adm. £?
	29	♫	Live Music from Quad Libre	Didoz £1/£2
	30	♫	Four Tops	Adm £3.50p
May	6	♫	Live Music from Quad Libre	Didoz Free/£1/£2
	7	♫	Live Music from Quad Libre	Didoz Free/£1/£2
	8	♫	Sunday Soul Devil's Den Phase III	DJs Louie Martin & Kev Steed Adm 80p
	14	♫	Heatwave	Adm £2
	27	♫	Copperfield	Didoz Free/£1/£2
	28	♫	Copperfield	Didoz Free/£1/£2
	28	♫	Junior Walker & The All Stars	Adm. £2
	30	♫	The Clash, Subway Sect, The Slits and the Prefects plus another support band	The last day of the White Riot tour. There were two arrests and a near riot. with DJ Paul Gray Adm. £2
Jun	4	♫	The Damned plus The Adverts	with DJ Paul Gray Adm. £1.50
	4	♫	Surprise Live Group	Didoz Free/£1/£2
	11	♫	Surprise Live Group	Didoz Free/£1/£2
	11	♫	The Stranglers plus London	Rattus Norvegicus Tour Adm. £1.60
	17	♫	Fresh	Didoz Free/£1
	18	♫	Copperfield	Didoz Free/£1
	23	♫	Music of the late 60s plus today's hits. Live music with Fresh and support DJ	Didoz Free/£1
	24	♫	The Ray J Day music show plus Tapestry	Didoz Free/£1
	25	♫	Archie Bells & The Drells	Adm. £2
	25	♫	Copperfield	Didoz Free/£1
	26	♫	Sunday Soul Devil's Den Phase III	DJs Louie Martin & Kev Steed Adm 80p
	30	♫	Bruce Benson presents music from the early 70s	Didoz Free/£1
Jul	1	♫	Copperfield	Didoz Free/£1
	2	♫	Tapestry	Didoz Free/£1
	9	♫	The Jam plus Chelsea	with DJ Paul Gray Adm. £1.75p
	21	♫	Disco Night	Didoz 50p/£1
	22	♫	Copperfield	Didoz 50p/£1
	23	♫	Copperfield	Didoz 50p/£1
	30		Wayne County & the Electric Chairs	Listed as California Suite
Aug	8	♫	California Ballroom closes it's doors and is put on the market by the Green/Ilka families
Oct	8		Ritchie Family	Blues & Soul Magazine has an advert for this gig which can't have taken place....... unless you know better?
Dec	16	♫	California Ballroom bought by businessman Bill Seymour for £250,000
	21	♫	Grand re-opening of Didoz Disco	Didoz free
	22	♫	Didoz Disco 8-2	Didoz 50p/£1
	23	♫	Didoz Disco 8-2	Didoz £1.50p
	24	♫	Didoz Disco 7-12	Didoz £2
	26	♫	Didoz Disco 8-2	Didoz £1/£1.50p