A building is more than its structure; it houses the stories and vibrations of its past dwellers and they should be celebrated and preserved. Every Saturday in the month of February visual arts installation Eldorado Nights will celebrate Houston s famed Eldorado Ballroom.
The historic ballroomwas once the city’s premier music venue for jazz and blues music bringing in national acts like B.B. King and Ray Charles and also serving as an important venue for local musicians.
Built in 1939 in Houston’s Third Ward neighborhood, Eldorado was owned and operated by African-American businesswoman Anna Dupree and her husband Clarence Dupree. It maintained in operation as “Home of Happy Feet’” until 1970 and in 1999 it was gifted to Project Row Houses who reopened the venue for events in 1999.