1970

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 1970
Date		Valid	Event	Comments
Jan	03	♫	The Fantastics	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	10	♫	The Upsetters	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	17	♫	Laurel Aitken and The Keys 'Mr Reggae himself' plus Persian Wood	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	24	♫	J. J. Jackson and the Greatest Little Show Band in the Land plus The Kool and The Track	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	31	♫	Edwin Starr	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
Feb	07	♫	Oscar Toney Junior	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	14	♫	The Fantastics	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	21	♫	The Cufflinks - hit record 'Tracey'	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	28	♫	The Pioneers	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
Mar	07	♫	Edwin Starr	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	14	♫	Junior Walker and the All-Stars	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	21	♫	Vanity Fair Web Site	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight This was a misspelling the band were Vanity Fare
	28	♫	Pickettywitch plus Grace and Pussyfoot Tram	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
Apr	04	♫	Arrival	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	11	♫	Edison Lighthouse and supporting groups	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	18	♫	Bob and Marcia	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	25	♫	Mini Reggae Festival The Maytals and The Pyramids plus supporting groups	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
May	02	♫	Bandwagon and The Invitations plus supporting groups	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight The Invitations footnote (formerly the Original Drifters)
	09	♫	Ben E. King (direct from America) plus supporting groups	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	16	♫	Welcome return of Bob & Marcia plus Jackie Edwards and supporting groups	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	23	♫	Jimmy James and the Vagabonds plus supporting groups	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	30	♫	Welcome return of Ben E. King plus supporting groups	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
Jun	06	♫	Black Velvet plus Noir plus supporting groups	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	13	♫	Root & Jenny Jackson plus supporting groups	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	20	♫	Marv Johnson plus supporting groups	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	27	♫	Jimmy Ruffin direct from America plus supporting groups	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
Jul	04	♫	Johnny Johnson and the Band Wagon plus the Pyramids and supporting groups	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	11	♫	Chicken Shack plus Metro Downbeat London's most sensational sound system with all the latest records	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	18	♫	J. J. Jackson and Metro Downbeat	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	25	♫	Nicky Thomas hit record 'Love of the Common People'	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
Aug	01	♫	Jackie Edwards plus the Dave Paine Roadshow featuring all the latest Tamla, reggae and soul records	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	08	♫	Very first appearance of Eric Clapton, Carl Radle, Jim Gordon, Bobbi Whitlock Derek and the Dominos	Adm.. £1
	15	♫	Desmond Dekker plus The Pioneers and the Dave Paine Roadshow	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	22	♫	Arthur Conley hit record 'Sweet Soul Music' and the Dave Paine Roadshow	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	29	♫	Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich plus the Carl Edwardes Roadshow	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
Sep	05	♫	The Foundations plus the Carl Edwardes Roadshow	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	12	♫	Blue Mink with Madeline Bell plus the Carl Edwardes Roadshow	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	17	♫	'New Attractions' C.C.S. California featuring Pink Fairies also Bram Stoker plus top progressive sound and lights by DJ Jerry Floyd	Not listed in the paper. Hawkwind also appeared. This information came direct from Dave Brock who checked his gig list. I have to assume he knows where he played. :-) Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	18	♫	Johnnie Walker and the Carl Edwardes Roadshow	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	19	♫	Arrival plus the Carl Edwardes Roadshow	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	24	♫	'New Attractions' C.C.S. California with he Alan Bown Set plus Pure Wings and DJ Jerry Floyd	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	26	♫	Desmond Dekker	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
Oct	01	♫	C.C.S. California featuring Noir plus DJ Jerry Floyd	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	02	♫	Johnnie Walker and the Carl Edwardes Roadshow with competitions and prizes	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	03	♫	Hot Chocolate hit record 'Love is life' plus the Carl Edwardes Roadshow	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	09	♫	Disco with Carl Edwardes Roadshow	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	10	♫	Nicky Thomas plus The Pyramids and the Carl Edwardes Roadshow	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	16	♫	Disco with Carl Edwardes Roadshow	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	17	♫	Horace Faith hit record 'Black Pearl' plus the Carl Edwardes Roadshow	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	23	♫	Disco Carl Edwardes Roadshow	Adm. 4/- Ladies free before 9pm
	24	♫	Fairweather hit record 'Natural Sinner' plus the Carl Edwardes Roadshow	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	30	♫	Emperor Rosko plus the Carl Edwardes Roadshow with Go-Gos, lightshow and competitions	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	31	♫	The Fantastics and the Carl Edwardes Roadshow	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
Nov	06	♫	Disco	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	07	♫	Wild Angels	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	14	♫	Jimmy Ruffin	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	20	♫	Trojan Record Co, Promotion Show with Carl Edwardes	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	21	♫	Freddie Mack Soul Extravaganza	with 21 musicians. Line-up possibly included The Artwoods who regularly backed Freddie and played, unaccredited, on his only album Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	28	♫	The Chants	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
Dec	05	♫	White Plains	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	11	♫	Lifetime	Line up: Tony Williams, John McLaughlin, Jack Bruce and Larry Young. Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	12	♫	Horace Faith	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	19	♫	Arrival	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	24	♫	The Fantastics plus Jimmy James and the Vagabonds	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	26	♫	Party Disco with Carl Edwardes	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight
	31	♫	Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon plus The Pioneers	Adm. ? 8pm-midnight