MUSIC TRIBUTE SPACE

The Armory was integral to the development of music throughout Duluth’s history.

  • The first home of the Duluth Symphony
  • An inspiration for Bob Dylan

    • Many great performers, such as these listed below, left a piece of their history at the Armory

  • Buddy Holly
  • Bob Hope
  • Duke Ellington
  • Louis Armstrong
  • Leonard Bernstein
  • Cher and Sonny Bono
  • Boston Pops with Arthur Fiedler
  • The Beach Boys
  • Johnny Cash
  • Dale Carnegie
  • Patsy Cline
  • Roy Orbison
  • Doris Day
  • Jimmy Dean
  • Tommy Dorsey
  • Everly Bothers
  • Dion
  • The Guess Who
  • Harlem Globetrotters
  • Liberace
  • The Osmonds
  • Oral Roberts
  • John Phillip Sousa
  • Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels
  • Sam the Sham Pharoahs (“Hey There Little Red Riding Hood”)
  • Isaac Stern
  • Ritchie Valens
  • Bobby Vee
  • Bobbie Vinton
  • Lawrence Welk
  • Hank Willilams Sr,
  • Margret and Harry Truman

The Inspirational Music Tribute Space will be located throughout the Venue and adjacent spaces making the history and significance of this building come alive.  As people come to new events in the historic Armory be surrounded by the legends that came before them.