The Show Place For Rock

05/15/2026

Slade played at the club during the Summer of 1976. They played in May then came back in July and recorded some live tracks,

04/29/2026

1976 - Leslie West Band, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Another Pretty Face

04/15/2026

A poster from 1976 with Slade and Thin Lizzy.

04/05/2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdasFx2ARCE&list=RDWdasFx2ARCE&start_radio=1 Direct Touch Live!

Direct Touch at the Showplace in Dover, NJ.It ain't what it ain't- Ain't it... s'all I can say.Sound sucks but the band pushes through it!Only video copy of ...

03/19/2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK7GLu8QfoA Devo playing Satisfaction live at The Showplace 1978

DEVO NJ 1978Found this lost Footage of Devo recorded in 1978 at The Show Place, Dover New Jersey. I was the Cameraman, VTR Operator, and President of The Cou...

03/13/2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oqCKVEgVt4&list=RD2oqCKVEgVt4&start_radio=1 Talking Heads Live at The Show Place 1976

Talking Heads - The Showplace. Dover. NJ. xx/xx/1976.Setlist:Artists OnlyThe Book I Readfix the monitorsHappy DayPsycho KillerNew FeelingThank You for Sendin...

03/08/2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fGou1t4OvM Metallica Live! at The Show Place April 16, 1983

Metallica's first show with KirkSetlist:Hit the LightsMechanixPhantom LordJump in the FireMotorbreathNo RemorseBass SoloWhiplashSeek and Destroy

03/06/2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W65tILpjUc&list=RD0W65tILpjUc&start_radio=1 The Circle Jerks Live at The Showplace 5/21/83

Setlist:1 - I Just Want Some Skank / Beverly Hills2 - Operation3 - Wasted4 - Back Against The Wall5 - Bad Words6 - Murder The Disturbed7 - Under The Gun8 - B...

02/06/2026

Johnny Thunders of the New York Dolls and Wayne Kramer from the MC5 teamed up to form Gang War. They played at the club in 1979.

02/04/2026

Dover Now Magazine has a feature article about The Show Place in there latest. issue. https://www.dovernow.com/janfeb2026

12/20/2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5_OnqoT-XI&list=RDC5_OnqoT-XI&start_radio=1

The late crooner, Terry [T.] Roth, throughout his long performance career, stirred the imaginations of many talented musicians. Two, in particular, Rob Nevit...