Gordon Lightfoot Early Years

1952 Kiwanis music festival

December ?, 1955 Barbershop quartet, The Teentimers, with 17 year old Baritone Gordon Lightfoot, placed 2nd in an Ontario competition.

1962

January 20, 1962 Village Corner, Toronto, ON (live album recorded) ​Orillia, Mariposa Folk Festival 1963

summer ​England -“8 week BBC ‘The Country And Western Show’ gig ” ​-stayed in England 5 months Fall​Toronto, ​Clubs, Toronto, ON ​Clef, Toronto, ON ​Embassy, Toronto, ON ​Corner, Toronto, ON ​Purple Onion, Toronto, ON ​Village Gate, Toronto, ON ​Fifth Peg, Toronto, ON ​Gates of Cleve, Toronto, ON ​The Cellar, Toronto, ON ​Steeles Tavern, Toronto, ON 1964

? ?, 1964 ​Downstairs Club, Hamilton, ON

? ?, 1964 ​Riverboat, Toronto, ON

January ?, 1964 Steeles Tavern, Toronto, ON (over 30 gigs over 3 years) ? ?, 1964 Teachers College, Toronto, ON (performed all his material, no covers) ​? ?, 1964 Maple Leaf Stadium, Toronto, ON (Mariposa Folk Festival) Fall 1964 Purple Onion, Toronto, QC 1965

June ​?, 1965 Riverboat, Toronto, QC

July 25, 1965 ​(Newport Folk Festival 1965) Summer​ 1965 US TV "Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show"

August 6-8, 1965 Innis Lake Campground, Caledon East, ON (Mariposa Folk Festival. Unsure which day Gordon performed)

Fall 1965 ​L'Hibou, Ottawa, ON ​Fall 1965 ​Oddessey, Boston, MA ​Fall 1965 ​The Second Fret, Philadelphia, PA ? ?, 1965 ​The Inn, Philadelphia, PA ? ?, 1965 ​Chess Mate, Detroit, MI ​? ?, 1965 ​Living End, Detroit, MI ? ?, 1965 ​​Gerde’s Folk City, New York City, NY ​? ?, 1965 ​Gaslight South, Miami, FL ​? ?, 1965 ​Le Cave, Cleveland, OH

November 27, 1965 Town Hall, New York City, NY (supporting Paul Butterfield Blues Band & Jim Kweskin Jug Band) 1966

January ?, 1966 Toronto, Riverboat (month engagement - 5 sets a night) ​ (2 weeks, with Ian & Sylvia)

February ?, 1966 De Montfort Hall, Leicester, ENG

February ?, 1966 Fairfield Hall, London, ENG February ?, 1966 Varsity Stadium, Toronto, ON May ?, 1966 Riverboat, Toronto, ON

June ?, 1966 Riverboat, Toronto, ON (month engagement) ​Mariposa Folk Festival

1967

January ?, 1967 Riverboat, Toronto, ON

March 16-19, 1967 Main Point, Bryn Mawr, PA (with Chip Bond)

March 21-26, 1967 Living End, Detroit, MI

March 31, 1967 Massey Hall, Toronto, ON (first Massey Hall concert)

May 18-21, 1967 The New Penelope, Montreal, QC ? ?, 1967 Canada Pavilion, Montreal, QC (3 weeks) ​? ?, 1967 Quebec Pavilion

June ?, 1967 Riverboat, Toronto, ON 1968 March ?, 1968 Massey Hall, Toronto, ON (2 shows) March 18, 1968 Canadian TV "Wherefore and Why" CBC TV Special

May 10, 1968 Theatre Maisonneuve Place des Arts, Montreal, QC

October 3-5, 1968 Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA (supporting Canned Heat, with Cold Blood)

October 7, 1968 Theatre Maisonneuve Place des Arts, Montreal, QC ? ?, 1968 ​US TV "Johnny Cash show" 1969 March ?, 1969 Massey Hall, Toronto, ON (4 shows)

April 5, 1969 Place Des Arts, Montreal, QC

August 8, 1969 Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA (supporting Peter, Paul & Mary)