New Daisy Theatre
330 Beale Street,
Memphis,
TN
38103
330 Beale Street,
Memphis,
TN
38103
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The New Daisy Theatre (Official)
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Functions: Live Music Venue, Live Performances, Special Events
Styles: Streamline Moderne
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Two earlier theatres were removed for the construction of the New Daisy Theatre which opened on April 27, 1941 with Cesar Romero in “Tall, Dark and Handsome. Directly across the street is a 1912 nickelodeon storefront which was the original Daisy Theatre. The New Daisy Theatre was larger and more modern. It was decorated in a 1940’s style and had a full stage. It closed in 1978 but was preserved when Beale Street was rejuvenated.
It was remodelled into tiers with tables and chairs. The permanent stage set is a view of Beale Street buildings across from the New Daisy Theatre in their heyday. It became a very busy concert venue. It was closed in 2018. In 2022 it was taken over by the Downtown Memphis Commission and reopened in January 2023 as a live event venue.
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It seems like the New Daisy Theatre opened around 1942. It’s not listed in the 1941 Film Daily Yearbook, but is listed in the 1943 edition.
Here are a couple of recent photos of the New Daisy Theater in Memphis.
Last time I was in the New Daisy was about 1990. There were no seats, the interior was painted completely black. There were plenty of “disco lights” and beer signs as the only interior decor. An opening had been cut between the auditorium the adjacent store front to the west. It was, in every sense of the words, a mosh-pit and I do mean pit. However, it was busy every weekend and plenty of emerging bands played there.
1977 sees the New Daisy showing “THE FOUR OF US”, “THE ROGUE” and “THE RUNAWAYS” Rated R.
This item from the January 4, 1941 issue of Showmen’s Trade Review must be about the New Daisy project, despite the slight address discrepancy:
The New Daisy Theatre launched on April 27, 1941 with “Tall, Dark and Handsome.” It exits as a movie theatre in 1978 showing chopsocky, blaxploitation and other action-oriented exploitation films. After a refresh, it returns as a live concert venue in June of 1984 and continues in live performance until early 2019. But it was taken over by the Downtown Memphis Commission in 2022 and reopened with live event programming in January of 2023 and is open as of the 2020s.