Avalon Dinner Club

Read more about Avalon Dinner Club in…

• The New Audiences: Demographics in Austin, 1930-1950in “The Wild Side of Life: The Rise of the Honky Tonks, 1940-1950”

  Demographic change and World War Two created important new music audiences in Austin during the 1940s.Read more…

• The Nash Hernandez Orchestra: An Interview With Ruben Hernandezin “The Wild Side of Life: The Rise of the Honky Tonks, 1940-1950”

  Listen to an interview on the history of the Nash Hernandez Orchestra with Ruben Hernandez, the original bandleader’s son.Read more…

• Territory Music: Local Bandsin “Athens on the Colorado: The Dominance of the Universities, 1929-1946”

  The major popular music ensembles for public dances in Austin were territory bands, regional bands that created a unique Southwest lineage of jazz and dance music.Read more…

• Beyond the City Limits: The New Dance Hallsin “The Wild Side of Life: The Rise of the Honky Tonks, 1940-1950”

  Austin became a Honky Tonk city between 1940 and 1950.Read more…

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