The venue opened in 1979 by concert promoter Barry Fey and closed in 1989.

Many famous artists performed at the Rainbow Music Hall, including: On May 9, 1979, Journey recorded a live performance.

Many of the early performances were recorded by local audio/video company ListenUp, which was instrumental in the 1980s in introducing compact discs to the US market for the first time.

[3] At one memorable concert at Rainbow Music Hall, ListenUp CEO, Walton Stinson tricked an audience of 1,000 into believing they were listening to a live performance of the band Grub Stake, but had segued the performance into a digital recording mid-performance to demonstrate the superior quality of digital audio over analog technology.

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