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THE GREENVILLE MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM

IN 1956, THE CITY OF GREENVILLE BUILT WHAT WOULD BECOME THE CULTURAL CENTER OF THE UPSTATE FOR OVER THREE DECADES. The GMA would become known for pro wrestling, city events, the circus, sporting events, and of course, music...

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highlights from performance history

1956 - 1996

  • Bill Haley & his Comets
  • Bo Diddley
  • Chubby Checker
  • The Kingston Trio
  • Ray Charles
  • Roger Williams
  • Peter, Paul, & Mary
  • Willie Nelson
  • The Beach Boys
  • Tom Jones
  • The Byrds
  • Bo Diddley
  • Liberace
  • The Dave Clark Five
  • Johnny  Cash
  • Paul Revere & the Raiders
  • The Monkees
  • Jerry Lee Lewis
  • The Jackson Five
  • Sly & the Family Stone
  • Alice Cooper
  • ZZ Top
  • Stevie Wonder
  • Grand Funk RR
  • Edgar Winter
  • Conway Twitty
  • Joe Walsh
  • REO Speedwagon
  • Chicago
  • Three Dog Night
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • KISS (played GMA 8 times)
  • Johnny Winter
  • Joe Cocker
  • The Marshall Tucker Band
  • Foghat
  • Jimmy Buffet
  • Parliament/Funkadelic
  • Blue Oyster Cult
  • Kenny Rogers
  • The Doobie Brothers
  • The Little River Band
  • Johnny Mathis
  • Cheap Trick
  • AC/DC
  • Waylon Jennings
  • Prince
  • Bob Seger
  • Black Sabbath
  • The Charlie Daniels Band
  • Rick James
  • Ronnie Milsap
  • Rush
  • Alabama
  • Rick Springfield
  • Ozzy Osbourne
  • Loretta Lynn
  • Judas Priest
  • The Oak Ridge Boys
  • Barbara Madrell
  • Heart
  • Kansas
  • Metallica
  • Iron Maiden
  • Amy Grant
  • Loverboy
  • The Beastie Boys
  • John Fogerty
  • Megadeth
  • Randy Travis
  • Reba McEntire
  • Stryper
  • George Strait
  • Engelbert Humperdinck
  • LL Cool J
  • Rush
  • The Allman Brothers
  • MC Hammer
  • Bad Company
  • Bob Dylan
  • David Lee Roth
  • Garth Brooks
  • Public Enemy
  • Alan Jackson
  • Clint Black
  • Def Leppard
  • Dwight Yoakam
  • Aaron Tippin
  • Hootie & the Blowfish
  • Dave Matthews Band
  • Green Day

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Greenville Music Preservation works to collect, archive, and present the music history of Greenville, SC – revealing and celebrating our community’s unique cultural identity.

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