This is by no means a complete list of the concerts and events that were held at the Bronco Bowl, so feel free to comment with any dates and events we may have missed!
12/6-8/1963 The Everly Brothers (Opening The Pit Club)
Image courtesy Heritage Auctions
5/5/1965 Dick Clark’s Caravan of Stars (Del Shannon, The Zombies, The Velvettes, The Shangri-Las, Mel Carter, Tommy Roe, Mike Clifford, Don Wayne, Dee Dee Sharp, Jewel Akens, The Larks, The Ad Libs, The Executives, The Ikettes, Jimmy Soul)
10/6/1972 The Eagles
12/2/1972 John Mayall
Image source: Worthpoint.com.
11/1-3/1977 The Oak Cliff Lions Club Extravaganza 1977 “How The West Was Fun”
6/6/1982 The Clash
5/18/1983 Adam Ant
5/20/1983 The Pretenders
6/13/1983 U2
6/14/1983 B-52s
7/24/1983 Peter Tosh
10/8/1983 Steve Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble (Opening Act: Eric Johnson)
10/15/1983 Ronnie James Dio
12/3/1983 Motley Crue
7/24/1984 Ratt
4/27/1985 Pantera and Taker
9/20/1985 Squeeze
4/9/1986 Simple Minds
6/9/1986 A-Ha
This video features A-Ha’s performance of “Take On Me” at the Bronco Bowl, which was shown on the BBC (with the band obviously lip-synching the original song).
Here’s the full version of the TV special shown on the BBC and featuring performances at the Bronco Bowl. It isn’t clear whether the interviews were done at the Bronco Bowl as well.
5/23/1986 The Alarm
9/5/1986 The Smiths (Opening Act: Phranc)
1/12/1987 Cyndi Lauper
10/23/1987 Warren Zevon
12/12/1987 The Alarm
12/19/1987 Anthrax
Amateur video of the 12/19/1987 Anthrax concert (Language warning)
1/14/1989 Neil Young and the Restless
5/29/1990 Red Hot Chili Peppers
10/7/1990 Dio
4/26/1991 New Bohemians
12/11/1991 Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/20/1992 MTV’s 120 Minutes Tour with Big Audio Dynamite II, Blind Melon, Live and PiL
4/29/1992 Soundgarden and Pearl Jam
10/21/1992 The Ramones
1/5/1994 World Class Championship Wrestling (A breakdown of matches is available here)
3/14/1996 Lou Reed
4/20/1996 Oasis
8/20/1996 Elvis Costello
10/28/1996 Don Henley and Bonnie Raitt
1997 (Exact Date Unknown) Carrot Top
4/11/1997 Widespread Panic (Audio of the concert available here)
5/16/1997 George Carlin
12/6/1997 Jars of Clay
9/9/1997 Big Top Tour (Aphex Twin, Moby, 808 State)
9/13/1997 Jackyl (Date not confirmed)
3/26/1998 Portishead
9/23/1998 Lenny Kravitz
12/5/1998 Journey
11/3/1999 Chris Isaak
5/12/2000 Testament
8/2/2000 Limp Bizkit
3/7/2001 Quiet Riot
5/23/2001 Mark Knopfler
4/8/2002 String Cheese Incident
4/20/2002 Tenacious D
2/7/2002 Slayer
8/13/2003 Weird Al Yankovic
