Sokol Auditorium

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Outside of Sokol Auditorium

The Sokol Auditorium, located in Omaha, Nebraska, is a local icon for musical performances and gymnastics. A concert promotion company, 1% Productions, hosts many rock shows, as well as hip hop.

Located below the auditorium is the Sokol Underground. Notable concerts performed in the intimate 300-seat venue are those by Ghostface Killah, Atmosphere, Spoon, Interpol, Arcade Fire, and Cat Power, as well as those on the Omaha-based Saddle Creek Records label.

1 History
2 Notable performances
3 Trivia
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] History

The Sokol Auditorium in Omaha was one of many such buildings built as part of the Sokol movement. In 1862, a highly educated young intellectual, Dr. Miroslav Tyrš (1832-1884) founded Sokol. His goal was to develop physically strong and mentally alert citizens, and to instill in them a deep love for national freedom from volunteer exercise and discipline.

Sokols have been prominent in the Olympic Games for many years. Sokol Omaha sent Phil Cahoy and James Hartung as members of the 1980 Olympic team; Hartung competed again in 1984.

[edit] Notable performances

Sokol Auditorium - 311, Alkaline Trio, Avenged Sevenfold, Ben Folds, Bright Eyes, Coheed and Cambria, The Cribs, Cursive, Dashboard Confessional, Death Cab for Cutie, The Faint,Fugazi, The Get Up Kids, Flogging Molly, Guster, Indigenous, James Blunt, The Jayhawks, The Killers, Liz Phair, Louis XIV, Modest Mouse, Mudvayne, MXPX, New Found Glory, Powerman 5000, Primus, Reel Big Fish, Rilo Kiley, Rollins Band, Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, Simon Joyner, Joe Satriani, Social Distortion, Something Corporate, The Shins, The Strokes, Static-X, Sum 41, They Might Be Giants, Thrice, Thursday, Ween, Wilco, X, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Sokol Underground - ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead,An Angle, Andrew Bird, Arcade Fire, Atmosphere, The Blood Brothers, Brave Combo, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Cat Power, The Decemberists, Devendra Banhart, The Dismemberment Plan, Flyleaf, The French Kicks, Giant Drag, The Good Life, Guided by Voices, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Hawthorne Heights, Interpol, Imperial Teen, Kasabian, The Locust, Man or Astro-man?, Mates of State, Minus the Bear, Mouse on Mars, My Morning Jacket, Pedro the Lion, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Saves the Day, The Sea and Cake, Sebadoh, Sleater-Kinney, Sondre Lerche, The Stills, Sufjan Stevens, Tegan and Sara, Tilly and the Wall, Twilight Singers, VHS or Beta, Xiu Xiu, Bayside, The Sleeping, Eisley

[edit] Trivia

The Faint mentions the Sokol in the song, "Amorous in Bauhaus Fashion," from the album Media.
They Might Be Giants wrote the song, "Sokol Auditorium," about the venue.
Neva Dinova's music video for "Yellow Datsun," was filmed at this location.
Johnny Rioux of the Street Dogs collapsed on stage on February 27, 2007 of an apparent seizure while his band was opening for Flogging Molly.