Tours for the Lee Keedick Lecture Bureau, 1920
In 1920 Bruce Bairnsfather undertook two lecture tours of America and Canada, under the management of the Lee Keedick Lecture Bureau. His first tour, in January-February 1920, took in 20 or so cities across America, and was a huge success. He made his debut appearance in Philadelphia literally 3 hours after his ship docked in New York! While in Washington on 21 January 1920 Bairnsfather became ill, and several appearances were cancelled or rescheduled. He recovered sufficiently to continue the tour with a talk in Cleveland on 25 January, and after concluding his final lecture bookings he sailed for England on 14 February 1920.
In October 1920 Bairnsfather returned to America, to undertake a second tour for Keedick, which saw him visit 21 cities throughout Canada and America. After completing the extensive tour he sailed for England from New York on Christmas Eve 1920.
Below you will find a list of many of the cities visited by Bruce Bairnsfather on these tours.
January-February 1920
14 January Academy of Music, Philadelphia
16 January Carnegie Hall, New York
19 January Symphony Hall, Boston
20 January Lyric Theatre, Baltimore
21 January Polis Theatre, Washington
25 January Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland
26 January Massey Hall, Toronto
27 January Detroit
28 January Toledo
30 January Chicago
1 February St Paul, Minneapolis
3 February Memorial Hall, Dayton, Ohio
4 February Columbus, Ohio
5 February Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
6 February Shubert Theatre, New Haven
9 February Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburgh
November-December 1920
11 November His Majesty's Theatre, Montreal
12 November Russell Theatre, Ottawa
15 November Central Congregational Church, Winnipeg
16 November Westminster Church, Westminster, Saskatchewan
17 November Saskatoon
18 November St Andrew's Church, Moose Jaw
19 November Medicine Hat
20 November Majestic Theatre, Lethbridge, Alberta
22 November McDougall Auditorium, Edmonton
23 November Knox Presbytarian Church, Calgary
25 November Royal Victoria Theatre, Victoria, BC
26 November St Andrew's Church, Vancouver, BC
28 November Newport, RI
2 December Scottish Rite Auditorium, San Fransisco
3 December Oakland Civic Auditorium, Oakland, CA
9 December High School Auditorium, Oklahoma City
10 December Community Lyceum Theatre, Tulsa
11 December Wichita, Kansas
13 December Rivoli Theatre, Sioux City, Iowa
15 December Plymouth Church, Des Moines