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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 02:04:00

The apples at the door are free, the poster comes on your way out, and the room upstairs invented an entire era of American music. The Fillmore at 1805 Geary Boulevard was built in 1912 as the Majestic Hall and Academy of Dancing, spent 1939 to 1952 as the Ambassador Roller Skating Rink, and became the Fillmore Auditorium in 1954. Promoter Charles Sullivan - one of the most powerful Black concert operators on the West Coast - ran R&B royalty through the hall and held the master lease when a you...

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