1967

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 1967
Date		Valid	Event	Comments
Jan	6	♫	Mike Cotton Sound Human Instincts	Adm. 6/6
	7	♫	Simon Dupree & the Big Sound John The Soul Reasons	Adm. 8/-
	12	♫	Wrestling
	13	♫	Herbie Goins & the Nightimers The Satin Dolls The All Night Workers	Adm. 7/6
	14	♫	Mud Mulligan's Bog Boss Band plus supporting groups	Adm. 8/-
	20	♫	Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band Force Four	Adm. 10/-
	21	♫	Jimmy McGriff Organ Trio See Saw Soul Set Penny Blacks	Adm. 8/6
	26	♫	Wrestling
	27	♫	James Royal Set The Army	Adm. 6/6
	28	♫	Dave Berry & the Cruisers The Cresters The Tonics	Adm. 8/6
Feb	3	♫	Ronnie Jones & the Bluejays Fleur De Lys	Adm. 6/6
	4	♫	Maxine Brown with the Q-Set plus supporting groups	Adm. 10/-
	9	♫	Wrestling
	10	♫	Amboy Dukes Rick 'n' Beckers	Adm. 6/6
	11	♫	Cat Stevens Nite People Beat Syndicate	Adm. 10/-
	17	♫	The Gass plus supporting group	Adm. 6/6
	18	♫	Pink Floyd The Equals Two of Each	Adm. 8/6 Floyd did two 45 minute sets and were paid £75 Yes that is correct. Seventy Five Pounds
	23	♫	Wrestling
	24	♫	Edwin Starr The Unchained	Adm. 7/6
	25	♫	Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich The Black Watch The Gas Company	Adm. 12/6
Mar	3	♫	Jimmy Cliff & the Sound System The Rick 'n' Beckers	Adm. 6/6
	4	♫	The Who David Essex & Mood Indigo The Hush	Adm. 12/6
	9	♫	Wrestling
	10	♫	Lee Dorsey The Voyd	Adm 10/-
	11	♫	The Quiet Five The Way of Life The Essex Five	Adm 8/-
	17	♫	The Original Drifters The Love Affair	Adm. 10/-
	18	♫	The Checkmates The Wind of Change The Smoke	Adm. 8/-
	23	♫	Women's Wrestling	Adm. 12/6
	24	♫	Good Friday - No Dance
	25	♫	The Troggs The Penny Blacks The Zam Band	Adm. 10/-
	31	♫	Ben E King Kool Combination	Adm. 10/-
Apr	1	♫	The New Vaudiville Band (sic) The Symbols The Atoms	Adm. 8/6
	6	♫	Wrestling
	7	♫	Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band Stacey's Circle	Adm. 12.6
	8	♫	Normie Rowe & the Playboys Steve Derbyshire & the Yum Yum Band The Morality	Adm. 7/6
	14	♫	Bo Diddley Him and the Others Admission 8/6	BO DIDDLEY - The Originator Web A Celebration of his Unique Contribution to Popular Music.
	15	♫	Mary Wells Apex R&B All Stars Night Train	Adm. 10/-
	20	♫	Wrestling
	21	♫	Alan Price Set Gates of Eden	Adm. 8/6
	22	♫	Long John Baldry New Show The Cresters The Tender Trap	Adm. 8/6
	28	♫	The Soul Sisters Barry Noble & the Sapphires	Adm. 7/6
	29	♫	Madeline Bell & the Echoes The Lemon Line The Hush	Adm. 7/6
May	4	♫	Wrestling
	5	♫	Jimmy James & the Vagabonds The Hubbubs	Adm. 8/6
	6	♫	The Mack Sound Two of Each The New Jump Band	Adm. 8/6
	12	♫	The Amboy Dukes The Don Brewer Band	Adm. 7/6
	13	♫	The Move The Wind of Change The Associates
	18	♫	Wrestling
	19	♫	Chris Farlowe & the Thunderbirds The Crew ADDED ATTRACTION Fashion Show by Shalets
	20	♫	The Warm Sound The Washington DCs The Sneakers	Adm. 7/6
	22	♫	SPECIAL Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band Back by Public Demand The Penny Blacks	Adm. 10/-
	26	♫	Zoot Money's Big Roll Band The New Jump Band	Adm. 8/6
	27	♫	The Gass plus supporting groups	Adm. 7/6
Jun	2	♫	The American Chiffons with Blues Incorporated Druce Coupe	Adm. 8/6
		♫	Dianne Ferraz with The Checkmates The Symbols The All Night Workers	Adm. 7/6
	9	♫	The Allen Bown Set The Geoff Curtis Set	Adm. 8/6
	10	♫	John Lee Hooker plus supporting groups	Adm. 10/-
	16	♫	Sonny Childe & the TNT The Mud	Adm. 7/6
	17	♫	Tony Knights Chessmen The Apex R&B All Stars The Gods	Adm. 7/6
	23	♫	The Herd The Mike Stuart Span	Adm. 7/6
	24	♫	The Shevels (sic) The Cresters The Associates	Adm. 7/6
	30	♫	O'Hara's Playboys plus supporting groups
Jul	1	♫	Tiles Big Band	Adm 7/6
	7	♫	Freddie Mack and the Mack Sound The Shell Shock Show	Adm 7/6
	8	♫	Tony Rivers & the Castaways plus supporting groups	Adm. 7/6
	14	♫	The Long John Baldry Show & Syn Added attraction Shalet Fashion Show	Adm. 7/6
	15	♫	Carl Douglas Set plus supporting groups Pool now open 9am - 7pm	Adm. 7/6
	21	♫	The Human Instinct The Gods	Adm. 6/6
	22	♫	Richard Kent Style Bobby Johnson & the Mighty Atoms One in a Million	Adm. 7/6
	28	♫	The Nitepeople The Shell Shock Show	Adm. 6/6
	29	♫	St Louis Union The Lemon Line The Pride and Passion	Adm. 7/6
Aug	4	♫	Erroll Daniel & the JJ Sound plus supporting groups	Adm. 6/6
	5	♫	The Bee Gees Two of Each 5th Dynasty	Adm. 8/6
	11	♫	The Gass Craig King Midnight Train	Adm. 6/6
	12	♫	The Small Faces East Village Other The Outer Limits	Adm. 10/-
	18	♫	The Mike Cotton Sound The Goodtime Losers	Adm. 6/6
	19	♫	Jeff Beck Group The Washington DCs The Sneakers	Line up Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart, Micky Waller Adm. 8/6 Jeff Beck did two 30 minute sets and were paid £115
	25	♫	T.H.E. Cat Soul Show with U.S. Flattop Richard Henry's Tales of the City	Adm. 6/6
	26	♫	The Move The Hand The Extreme	Adm. 10/-
Sep	1	♫	From America The Fabulous Temptations	Adm. 8/6
	2	♫	Simon Dupree & the Big Sound plus supporting groups	Adm. 8/6
	8	♫	James & Bobby Purify The Yum Yum Band Jo Jo Gun (sic)	Adm. 8/6
	9	♫	The Troggs The Magic Lanterns The Associates	Adm. 10/-
	15	♫	The Tremeloes The Inspiration The Daisy Chain	Adm. 10/-
	16	♫	The Symbols The H.T. The Crisis	Adm. 8/-
	22	♫	Maxine Brown The Human Instinct	Adm. 7/6
	23	♫	Jimmy James & the Vagabonds The Crew The Gentle Madness	Adm. 10/-
	29	♫	Amen Corner featuring Andy Fairweatherlow The All Night Workers Jo Jo Gunne	Adm. 7/6
	30	♫	Long John Baldry Doctor Marigold's Prescription 5th Dynasty	Adm. 8/-
Oct	6	♫	Stevie Wonder Modes Mode The Flash Bakks	Adm. 15/-
	7	♫	Del Shannon The H.T. The Eyes	Adm. 10/-
	13	♫	The Soul Sisters The Crew	Adm. 7/6
	14	♫	Georgie Fame The Army Four Point Five	Adm. 12/6
	20	♫	The Original Drifters The Gentle Madness The Urchins	Adm. 7/6
	21	♫	Junior Walker & the All Stars The Inspiration The Associates	Adm. 12/-
	27	♫	Clyde McPhatter The Gentle Madness The Pack	Adm.
	28	♫	Jimi Hendrix Modes Mode Canal St Philharmonic	Fee for performance £800 Adm. £1 Hendrix did one 50 Minute set and was paid £750
Nov	3	♫	The Human Instinct The Plastic Dreamboat The Track	Adm. 6/6
	4	♫	Georgie Fame Tiles Man-E-Go Band Apex R&B All Stars	Adm. 12/6
	10	♫	Jimmy James and the Vagabonds Deadly Nightshades The System	Adm. 10/-
	11	♫	The Symbols Jo Jo Gunn (sic) 5th Dynasty	Adm. 7/6
	17	♫	The Fabulous Temptations plus supporting groups	Adm. 7/6
	18	♫	The Moody Blues plus supporting groups	Adm. 8/-
	24	♫	The Shevells The Crew Jo Jo Gunn (sic)	Adm. 6/6
	25	♫	John Walker & the Techniques Sue & Sonny The Urchins Plagal Cadence	Adm. 10/-
Dec	1	♫	The Crazy World of Arthur Brown plus supporting groups	Adm. 7/6
	2	♫	Dave Berry & the Cruisers plus supporting groups	Adm. 8/6
	8	♫	The Flowerpot Men plus supporting groups	Adm. 8/-
	9	♫	Unit 4 Plus 2 plus supporting groups	Adm. 7/6
	15	♫	The American Vibrations plus supporting groups	Adm. 7/6
	16	♫	Jimmy James & the Vagabonds plus supporting groups	Adm. 10/-
	22	♫	The Washington DCs Two of Each The Doves	Adm. 7/6
	29	♫	The Symbols plus supporting groups	Adm. 7/6
	30	♫	Tiles Man-E-Go Band plus supporting groups	Adm. 10/-
A quote in the Luton News for November says: The decor at the California is undergoing a change, with a modernisation of the foyer, better panelling, and "psychedelic" lighting. "We never close," said Mrs. E. W. Green. "Many teenagers even come from London to our dances - probably around 300 and 400 on Saturday nights. Our customers are very loyal and stable." According to Carl Edwardes who was DJ in 1968, the "Psychedelic lighting" consisted of a dozen or so coloured strip lights on the ceiling. Now funnily enough, I seem to remember those.