This page lists pre-Elf tour dates. These lists are by no means complete - based on the stories from fans and band members, Ronnie's bands played just about every night somewhere, sometimes two or three times the same night. Any additions to these lists would be highly appreciated!
| Date | Venue | City and State | Country | Other bands | Comments |
| 02.08.1956 | Beaudry Park | Cortland, NY | USA | Cortland VFW Band directed by Merlin Holmes | According to a press cutting, Ronnie Padavona was featured in a trumpet solo at this concert.
Click here for gig ad picture. |
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| 13.09.1958 | Emerson Park Pavillion | Owasco Lake | USA | Eldaros, Impalas, "Madman" Morton | Click here for gig ad picture. |
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| 25.07.1959 | Emerson Park Pavillion | Owasco Lake, NY | USA | The Plaids, Chuck "Rubber Legs" Hayden & His Rock 'N Esquires | According to the gig ad, Ronnie And The Red Caps played at several Saturdays here.
Click here for gig ad picture. |
| 22.08.1959 | Emerson Park Pavillion | Owasco Lake, NY | USA | According to the gig ad, Ronnie And The Red Caps played at several Saturdays here.
Click here for gig ad picture. |
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| 12.09.1959 | Emerson Park Pavillion | Owasco Lake, NY | USA | Jeff & The Notes, The Ramrods, The Five Stars, The Vanguards | Click here for gig ad picture. |
| 09.07.1960 | Emerson Park Pavillion | Owasco Lake, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| ??.08.1960 | Music Box Teen Center | Cortland, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 13.08.1960 | Emerson Park Pavillion | Owasco Lake, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 20.08.1960 | Lester's Motel And Restaurant | Cortland, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 30.09.1960 | Music Box Teen Center | Cortland, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 11.11.1960 | Music Box Teen Center | Cortland, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 12.11.1960 | M.C.S. Gym | Moravia, NY? | USA | Click here for gig review picture. | |
| 08.04.1961 | Lester's Motel And Restaurant | Cortland, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 21.07.1961 | Empire Casino | Binghamton, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 25.08.1961 | Empire Casino | Binghamton, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 01.09.1961 | Empire Casino | Binghamton, NY | USA | Danny and The Juniors | Click here for gig ad picture. |
| 06.10.1961 | Empire Casino | Binghamton, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| ??.??.???? | YMCA Gym | USA |
Ronnie Dio And The Prophets apparently played every Wednesday and Sunday nights at Domino's Restaurant in Cortland, NY from October 1962 at least to May 1963.
| Date | Venue | City and State | Country | Other bands | Comments |
| 23.06.1961 | Big Beat Dancing Party, Dwyer Memorial Park | Little York, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 11.10.1961 | E. J. Recreation Center | Johnson City, NY | USA | 3 other artists | Click here for gig ad picture. |
| 23.11.1961 | Empire Casino | Binghamton, NY | USA | Advertised as "Ronnie Dio and Combo"
Click here for gig ad picture. |
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| 01.12.1961 | Empire Casino | Binghamton, NY | USA | Advertised as "Ronnie Dio and Combo"
Click here for gig ad picture. |
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| 09.02.1962 | Empire Casino | Binghamton, NY | USA | Advertised as "Ronnie Dio and Combo"
Click here for gig ad picture. |
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| 30.03.1962 | Empire Casino | Binghamton, NY | USA | Advertised as "Ronnie Dio and Combo"
Click here for gig ad picture. |
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| 16.06.1962 | Forest Motel & Hotel | Sylvan Beach, NY | USA | Terry and the Renegades, Dixieland | Click here for gig ad picture. |
| 03.09.1962 | Dwyer Memorial Park | Little York, NY | USA | 2 sets played during the day.
Click here for gig ad picture (which also mentions "Mickey Lee and the Persions", might be Mickey Lee Soule's band?). |
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| 07.09.1962 | Charlie's | Utica, NY | USA | Advertised as "Ronnie Dio And His Prophets"
Click here for gig ad picture. |
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| 13.09.1962 | Visks | Snyders Corners, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 14.09.1962 | Visks | Snyders Corners, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 15.09.1962 | Visks | Snyders Corners, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 16.09.1962 | Visks | Snyders Corners, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 03.10.1962 | Domino's Restaurant | Cortland, NY | USA | Domino's restaurant opening party | |
| 07.10.1962 | Domino's Restaurant | Cortland, NY | USA | ||
| 21.11.1962 | Visks | Snyders Corners, NY | USA | Advertised as "Ronnie Dio And His Profits".
Click here for gig ad picture. |
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| 01.02.1963 | March of Dimes benefit show, Club Dickman | Auburn, NY | USA | Advertised as "Ronnie Dio and his Prophets".
Click here for gig ad picture. Click here for 2nd gig ad picture. |
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| 24.02.1963 | Domino's Restaurant | Cortland, NY | USA | Dio At Domino's" album recordings | |
| 01.05.1963 | Domino's Restaurant | Cortland, NY | USA | ||
| ??.06-08.1963 | Sweden, Baltic countries | The Prophets did a 10-week tour in Sweden and the Baltic countries but without Ronnie on vocals. The tour took place either in June-August or September-December, depending on the source. There are gig advertisements for several dates in September saying that the band has just returned from the Sweden and Baltics tour, this suggests that the tour happened during the summer. | |||
| 29.08.1963 | Airport Inn | Lake George, NY | USA | The Ax-Cents | Click here for gig ad picture. |
| 14.09.1963 | The Tradewinds | Endicott | USA | Advertised as Ronny Dio and the Prophets.
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| 16.09.1963 | The Tradewinds | Endicott | USA | Advertised as Ronny Dio and the Prophets.
Click here for gig ad picture. |
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| 17.09.1963 | The Tradewinds | Endicott | USA | Advertised as Ronny Dio and the Prophets.
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| 18.09.1963 | The Tradewinds | Endicott | USA | Advertised as Ronny Dio and the Prophets.
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| 19.09.1963 | The Tradewinds | Endicott | USA | Advertised as Ronny Dio and the Prophets.
Click here for gig ad picture. |
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| 20.09.1963 | The Tradewinds | Endicott | USA | Advertised as Ronny Dio and the Prophets.
Click here for gig ad picture. |
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| 21.09.1963 | The Tradewinds | Endicott | USA | Advertised as Ronny Dio and the Prophets.
Click here for gig ad picture. Click here for 2nd gig ad picture. |
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| 23.09.1963 | The Tradewinds | Endicott | USA | Advertised as Ronny Dio and the Prophets.
Click here for gig ad picture. |
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| 24.09.1963 | The Tradewinds | Endicott | USA | Advertised as Ronny Dio and the Prophets.
Click here for gig ad picture. |
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| 25.09.1963 | The Tradewinds | Endicott | USA | Advertised as Ronny Dio and the Prophets.
Click here for gig ad picture. |
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| 26.09.1963 | The Tradewinds | Endicott | USA | Advertised as Ronny Dio and the Prophets.
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| 27.09.1963 | The Tradewinds | Endicott | USA | Advertised as Ronny Dio and the Prophets.
Click here for gig ad picture. |
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| 28.09.1963 | The Tradewinds | Endicott | USA | Advertised as Ronny Dio and the Prophets.
Click here for gig ad picture. |
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| 21.12.1963 | South St. Armory | Auburn, NY | USA | Carl First, The Showmen | Click
here for gig ad picture.
Click here for 2nd gig ad picture. |
| 27.02.1964 | The Tradewinds | Endicott | USA | According to the gig ad, the band (advertised as Ronny Dio) plays on this and following Thursday nights, but it is unknown how many Thursdays this happened on.
Click here for gig ad picture. |
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| 19.03.1964 | The Tradewinds | Endicott | USA | According to the gig ad, the band (advertised as Ronny Dio) plays on this and following Thursday nights, but it is unknown how many Thursdays this happened on.
Click here for gig ad picture. |
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| 20.03.1964 | Kirk Lounge Salt Cellar | Syracuse, NY | USA | ||
| 21.03.1964 | Oswego Elks Hall | Oswego, NY | USA | Advertised as Ronny Deo and The Profits and Ronnie Deo and The Profits.
Click here for gig ad picture. Click here for 2nd gig ad picture. |
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| 22.03.1964 | Three Rivers Inn | Syracuse, NY | USA | Fisher & Marks, Max Imillan | Click here for gig ad picture. |
| 23.03.1964 | Three Rivers Inn | Syracuse, NY | USA | Fisher & Marks, Laure Greene | Click here for gig ad picture. |
| 24.03.1964 | Three Rivers Inn | Syracuse, NY | USA | Fisher & Marks, Laure Greene | Click here for gig ad picture. |
| 25.03.1964 | Three Rivers Inn | Syracuse, NY | USA | Fisher & Marks, Laure Greene | Click here for gig ad picture. |
| 26.03.1964 | Three Rivers Inn | Syracuse, NY | USA | Fisher & Marks, Laure Greene | Click here for gig ad picture. |
| 27.03.1964 | Three Rivers Inn | Syracuse, NY | USA | Fisher & Marks, Laure Greene | Click here for gig ad picture. |
| 28.03.1964 | Three Rivers Inn | Syracuse, NY | USA | Fisher & Marks, Laure Greene | Click here for gig ad picture. |
| 29.03.1964 | Three Rivers Inn | Syracuse, NY | USA | Fisher & Marks, Laure Greene | Click here for gig ad picture. |
| 30.03.1964 | Three Rivers Inn | Syracuse, NY | USA | Fisher & Marks, Laure Greene | Click here for gig ad picture. |
| 31.03.1964 | Three Rivers Inn | Syracuse, NY | USA | Fisher & Marks, Laure Greene | Click here for gig ad picture. |
| 01.04.1964 | Three Rivers Inn | Syracuse, NY | USA | Fisher & Marks, Laure Greene | Click here for gig ad picture. |
| 02.04.1964 | Three Rivers Inn | Syracuse, NY | USA | Fisher & Marks, Laure Greene | Click here for gig ad picture. |
| 02.04.1964 | The Tradewinds | Endicott | USA | The band apparently had two gigs on this day. The gig was advertised as Ronny Dio and the advertisements also mentioned the band plays here every Thursday.
Click here for gig ad picture. |
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| 03.04.1964 | Three Rivers Inn | Syracuse, NY | USA | Fisher & Marks, Laure Greene | Click here for gig ad picture. |
| 21.04.1964 | Easter Seals Society benefit show, Cortland High School Gym | Cortland, NY | USA | ||
| 07.06.1964 | Utica Memorial Auditorium | Utica, NY | USA | The Searchers (HL), Dick & Dee Dee, The Dorells, Ronny Cochran | Advertised as Ronny Dio & The Profits. 1778 people in audience.
Click here for gig ad picture. Click here for 2nd gig ad picture. Click here for gig review from June 8th, 1964 issue of Utica Daily Press. |
| 20.06.1964 | Carnegie Hall | New York City, NY | USA | The Rolling Stones (HL) | Ronnie Dio And The Prophets was the warming-up band for the first Rolling Stones New York show! |
| 03.07.1964 | 18th Annual Old Home Days | Syracuse, NY | USA | ||
| 28.07.1964 | Roof Garden Ballroom | Arnolds Park, IA | USA | Johnny Tillotson & Bernadette Carol | |
| 02.08.1964 | Surf Ballroom | Clear Lake, IA | USA | Johnny Tillotson & Bernadette Carol | Click here for gig ad picture. |
| 26.08.1964 | State Theatre | Cortland, NY | USA | The band played between showings of The Beatles' "Hard Day's Night" movie.
Click here for gig ad picture. |
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| 31.01.1965 | The Jacinta Lounge | Endwell, NY | USA | Pierre and the Citations | |
| 12.03.1965 | Gene's Inn | Glen Park | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 13.03.1965 | Gene's Inn | Glen Park | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 14.03.1965 | Gene's Inn | Glen Park | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
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| 08.05.1965 | Double-D Drag, Cortland Junior High | Cortland, NY | USA | ||
| 01.04.1966 | American Legion Hall | Oswego, NY | USA | ||
| 11.04.1966 | Easter Seals Society benefit show, Cortland High School Bunny Hop | Cortland, NY | USA | ||
| 26.11.1966 | Beta Chi Omicron Sorority Dance, Cortland Junior High School Gym | Cortland, NY | USA | ||
| 15.01.1967 | Clover Club | Ithica, NY | USA |
Currently no known performances, although they certainly played lots of gigs under this name too.
The Elves played often at Lower Level or St. Joseph Auditorium in Hazelton, PA. Elves also warmed up for The Who at some gigs around 1969-1970, possibly around the east coast of the USA.
| Date | Venue | City and State | Country | Other bands | Comments |
| 07.02.1968 | ? | Waterbury, CT | USA | ||
| 08.02.1968 | ? | Waterbury, CT | USA | ||
| 09.02.1968 | ? | Waterbury, CT | USA | ||
| 10.02.1968 | ? | Waterbury, CT | USA | ||
| 11.02.1968 | ? | Waterbury, CT | USA | The last show before the car crash which killed Nick Pantas. | |
| 08.04.1969 | Cortland High School Bunny Hop | Cortland, NY | USA | ||
| 25.06.1969 | Steve Paul's Scene | New York, NY | USA | The Pazant Brothers | |
| 25.07.1970 | Cuba Lake Pavillion | Cuba, NY | USA | ||
| 22.08.1970 | Cuba Lake Pavillion | Cuba, NY | USA | ||
| 11.09.1970 | Cuba Lake Pavillion | Cuba, NY | USA | ||
| ??.??.1970 | Heater | Wellsville, NY | USA | Might've been in 1971 | |
| 29.05.1971 | Cuba Lake Pavillion | Cuba, NY | USA | ||
| 03.02.1972 | Paramount Theater | USA | Badfinger (Headliners), Bachman Turner Overdrive (first band) | Click here for gig poster picture. | |
| ??.??.???? | The Shack | Waterbury, CT | USA | The band played here several times at least when they were called "The Elves" | |
| ??.??.???? | The State Armory | Waterbury, CT | USA | The band played here several times at least when they were called "The Elves" | |
| ??.??.???? | Hamilton Park Pavillion | Waterbury, CT | USA | The band played here several times at least when they were called "The Elves" | |
| ??.??.???? | Kennedy High School | Waterbury, CT | USA | The band played here several times at least when they were called "The Elves" | |
| ??.??.???? | St. Lucy's School | Waterbury, CT | USA | The band played here several times at least when they were called "The Elves" | |
| ??.??.???? | St. Peter And Paul School | Waterbury, CT | USA | The band played here several times at least when they were called "The Elves" | |
| ??.??.???? | Wolcott High School | Waterbury, CT | USA | The band played here several times at least when they were called "The Elves" |
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The page has been updated on 01.06.2010
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