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.
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| 13.09.1958 | Emerson Park Pavillion | Owasco Lake, NY | 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.
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| 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.
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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"
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| 01.12.1961 | Empire Casino | Binghamton, NY | USA | Advertised as "Ronnie Dio and Combo"
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| 09.02.1962 | Empire Casino | Binghamton, NY | USA | Advertised as "Ronnie Dio and Combo"
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| 30.03.1962 | Empire Casino | Binghamton, NY | USA | Advertised as "Ronnie Dio and Combo"
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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"
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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 | ||
| 11.10.1962 | Sports O Rama | Mattydale, NY | USA | Babs Tino | |
| 21.11.1962 | Visks | Snyders Corners, NY | USA | Advertised as "Ronnie Dio And His Profits".
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| 01.02.1963 | March of Dimes benefit show, Club Dickman | Auburn, NY | USA | Advertised as "Ronnie Dio and his Prophets".
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| 24.02.1963 | Domino's Restaurant | Cortland, NY | USA | "Dio At Domino's" album recordings. Ronnie Dio And The Prophets played at this venue "on every Wednesday and Sunday" but unknown when this started or ended.
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| 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. Ronnie had just married his first wife and he didn't want to leave for a long tour in Europe at the same time. 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. | |||
| ??.06-08.1963 | USA | While The Prophets were on their tour in Europe, Ronnie apparently teamed up with Bobby Comstock and played trumpet with him on "Dick Clark's Cavalcade Of Stars" tour in the USA. Exact dates, venues and cities are for this tour are not known. | |||
| 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.
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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.
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| 20.09.1963 | The Tradewinds | Endicott | USA | Advertised as Ronny Dio and the Prophets.
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| 21.09.1963 | The Tradewinds | Endicott | USA | Advertised as Ronny Dio and the Prophets.
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| 23.09.1963 | The Tradewinds | Endicott | USA | Advertised as Ronny Dio and the Prophets.
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| 24.09.1963 | The Tradewinds | Endicott | USA | Advertised as Ronny Dio and the Prophets.
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| 25.09.1963 | The Tradewinds | Endicott | USA | Advertised as Ronny Dio and the Prophets.
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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.
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| 28.09.1963 | The Tradewinds | Endicott | USA | Advertised as Ronny Dio and the Prophets.
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| 21.12.1963 | South St. Armory | Auburn, NY | USA | Carl First, The Showmen | Click
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| 07.02.1964 | Cincinnatus High School | Cincinnatus, NY | USA | ||
| 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.
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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.
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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, NY | 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.
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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 | ||
| 01.06.1964 | The Liverpool Express Show, Mancuso Theater | Batavia, NY | USA | The Searchers, Dick & Dee Dee, The Dovells, Ronnie Cochran | |
| 03.06.1964 | The Liverpool Express Show, Sports-O-Rama | Syracuse, NY | USA | The Searchers, Dick & Dee Dee, The Dovells, Ronnie Cochran | Click here for gig ad picture.
Click here for gig program picture. |
| 07.06.1964 | The Liverpool Express Show, Utica Memorial Auditorium | Utica, NY | USA | The Searchers (HL), Dick & Dee Dee, The Dovells, 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! Apparently two concerts on the same day. Bobby Comstock was going to be the opener, but he wasn't able to make it and Ronnie Dio And The Prophets got the gig instead. |
| 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.
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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. | |
| 08.05.1965 | Double-D Drag, Cortland Junior High | Cortland, NY | USA | ||
| 03.07.1965 | Hotel Onondaga | Syracuse, NY | USA | Dee Dee Sharpe | |
| 18.08.1965 | Schine's Theater Auburn | Auburn, NY | USA | Freddy Cannon (HL), The Kids | The bands performed at the movie theater at the premier of the Beatles Help! movie. There were two showings of Help! with the bands playing before both of them.
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| 20.08.1965 | Albee Hotel | Auburn, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 25.08.1965 | Albee Hotel | Auburn, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 27.08.1965 | Odd Fellows Hall | Watertown, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 04.09.1965 | Odd Fellows Hall | Watertown, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 18.09.1965 | Odd Fellows Hall | Watertown, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 11.10.1965 | Odd Fellows Hall | Watertown, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 10.11.1965 | Central High School Gymnasium | Auburn, NY | USA | Gig advertised as Ronnie Deyo and the Prophets.
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| 03.12.1965 | Odd Fellows Hall | Watertown NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 17.12.1965 | Red Carpet | Auburn, NY | USA | Advertised as Ronie Dio and the Prophets.
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| 18.12.1965 | Red Carpet | Auburn, NY | USA | Advertised as Ronie Dio and the Prophets.
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| 22.12.1965 | Odd Fellows Hall | Watertown, NY | USA | Ronnie Dio and the Prophets, The Cindells, Johnny And The Playboys and The Cavaliers played at the venue on December 22nd, 23rd, 25th, 27th, 29th and 31st, but no exact dates for the separate bands are given in the advertisement.
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| ??.??.1965 | Fayetteville Inn | Fayetteville, NY | USA | The Strangeloves | |
| 12.03.1966 | The Red Carpet | Auburn, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 25.03.1966 | Odd Fellows Hall | Watertown, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 28.03.1966 | Elbow Restaurant | Oswego, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 01.04.1966 | American Legion Hall | Oswego, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad/newspaper article picture. | |
| 11.04.1966 | Easter Seals Society benefit show, Cortland High School Bunny Hop | Cortland, NY | USA | ||
| 21.05.1966 | Central High School Gymnasium | Auburn, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 03.06.1966 | Holy Family Auditorium | Auburn, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| ??.06.1966 | Wildwood, NJ | USA | According to gig ad for April 1st, 1966 the band were going to be engaged to play at Wildwood, NJ at a famous vacation resort. June is a guess when those gigs could've taken place. | ||
| ??.07.1966 | Florida | USA | According to gig ad for August 4th, 1966 the band had returned from a tour in Florida. The tour most likely took place in July 1966. | ||
| 02.08.1966 | Cortland County Junior Fair | Cortland, NY | USA | Wool | Click here for gig ad picture. |
| 04.08.1966 | Action Teen Center | Watertown, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 26.11.1966 | Beta Chi Omicron Sorority Dance, Cortland Junior High School Gym | Cortland, NY | USA | ||
| 02.12.1966 | Action Teen Center | Watertown, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 22.12.1966 | Action Teen Center | Watertown, NY | USA | Ed Wool and the Nomads | Click here for gig ad picture. |
| 13.01.1967 | Action Teen Center | Watertown, NY | USA | Gig advertised as Ronny Dio And The Prophits.
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| 15.01.1967 | Clover Club | Ithica, NY | USA | ||
| 20.01.1967 | Action Teen Center | Watertown, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 10.02.1967 | Action Teen Center | Watertown, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 17.02.1967 | Cobleskill, NY | USA | Newspaper article advertising the concert names the band as "Ronnie Die and the Prophets".
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| 17.03.1967 | Teenage Dance Club | Rome, NY | USA | The ad claims the band had recently returned from tour of England but apparently no such tour took place.
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| 14.05.1967 | On The Move TV Show | Syracuse, NY | USA | TV broadcast on WSYR TV-3 with Windy Craig from WOLF radio station as the host. | |
| ??.08-09.1967 | USA | Ronnie Dio And The Prophets was a part of the "Gene Pitney's Cavalcade Of Stars" tour across the USA. The tour apparently took place from August to September 1967, but all the exact dates, venues and cities are unknown. | |||
| 27.09.1967 | Odd Fellows Hall | Watertown, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 06.10.1967 | Happenings | Watertown, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 11.10.1967 | Odd Fellows Hall | Watertown, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 20.10.1967 | Odd Fellows Hall | Watertown, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 22.11.1967 | Odd Fellows Hall | Watertown, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 14.12.1967 | Happenings | Watertown, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 20.12.1967 | Happening | Watertown, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 21.12.1967 | Odd Fellows Hall | Watertown, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. |
| Date | Venue | City and State | Country | Other bands | Comments |
| 27.12.1967 | Happening | Watertown, NY | USA | The band advertised as "The Electric Elves RONNIE DIO and THE PROPHETS".
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| 28.12.1967 | Happening | Watertown, NY | USA | The band advertised as "The Electric Elves - RONNIE DIO and THE PROPHETS".
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| 29.12.1967 | Odd Fellows Hall | Watertown, NY | USA | The band advertised as "Ronnie Dio and the Prophets - The Electric Elves".
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| 31.12.1967 | Happening | Watertown, NY | USA | The band advertised only as "Ronnie Dio and the Prophets".
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| 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. | |
| 21.06.1968 | St. Anthony's Gym | Watertown, NY | USA | The band was advertised as "Electric Owls - Ronnie Dio and The Prophets".
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| 26.07.1968 | St. Anthony's School Gym | Watertown, NY | USA | Band advertised as "The Electric Elves (Ronnie Dio & The Prophets)".
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| 31.05.1968 | Hullabaloo | Rome, NY | USA | ||
| 26.07.1968 | St. Anthony's School Gym | Watertown, NY | USA | Band advertised as "The Electric Elves (Ronnie Dio & The Prophets)".
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| 16.08.1968 | St. Anthony's School Gym | Watertown, NY | USA | Band advertised as "Ronnie Dio and the Prophets (The Electric Elves)".
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| 13.09.1968 | Odd Fellows Hall | Watertown, NY | USA | Band advertised as "Ronnie Dio & The Prophets (Electric Elves)
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| 29.09.1968 | St. Anthony's School Gym | Watertown, NY | USA | Band advertised as "Ronnie Dio and The Prophets (The Electric Elves)".
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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 |
| 08.04.1969 | Cortland High School Bunny Hop | Cortland, NY | USA | Date might have been April 7th instead. | |
| 15.06.1969 | Old Mill | Tonawanda, PA | USA | Crimson Sensation, Liquid Solid | Band listed on the gig poster as Ronnie Dio & Prophets. |
| 25.06.1969 | Steve Paul's Scene | New York, NY | USA | The Pazant Brothers | |
| 22.09.1969 | Gaslight | Watertown, NY | USA | Band advertised as "Ronnie Dio and the Elves formerly "The Prophets".
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| 29.09.1969 | St. Anthony's School Gym | Watertown, NY | USA | Band advertised as "Ronnie Dio and The Prophets (The Electric Elves)
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| 26.10.1969 | The Scene | Johnson City, NY | USA | Caesar & The Romans | Click here for gig ad picture. |
| 18.12.1969 | The Travesty | Binghamton, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 16.01.1970 | Watertown High School Gym | Watertown, NY | USA | Band advertised as "Ronnie Dio And The Elves"
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| 19.02.1970 | Berkshire Auditorium at Western Connecticut State College | Danbury, CT | USA | Spirit, Grass Roots | Click here for gig ad picture. |
| 17.04.1970 | Mt. Carmel | Auburn, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture.
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| 25.04.1970 | North Forty | Ithaca, NY | USA | Que Pasa | Click here for gig ad picture.
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| 07.07.1970 | North Forty | Ithaca, NY | USA | ||
| 09.07.1970 | Watertown Teen Center | Watertown, NY | USA | Band advertised as "Ronnie Dio and The Prophets".
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| 25.07.1970 | Cuba Lake Pavillion | Cuba, NY | USA | Band advertised as "Electric Elves".
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| 07.08.1970 | Sacred Heart School | Auburn, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 11.08.1970 | Junior Fair | Cortland, NY | USA | Band advertised as "Ronnie Deo and The Elves".
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| 12.08.1970 | Cortland Jr High School | Cortland, NY | USA | ||
| 13.08.1970 | Cortland Jr High School | Cortland, NY | USA | ||
| 22.08.1970 | Cuba Lake Pavillion | Cuba, NY | USA | Band advertised as "Electric Elves".
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| 11.09.1970 | Cuba Lake Pavillion | Cuba, NY | USA | ||
| 19.10.1970 | The Jailhouse | Watertown, NY | USA | Band advertised as "Ronnie Dio and The Elves".
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| 20.10.1970 | The Jailhouse | Watertown, NY | USA | Band advertised as "Ronnie Dio and The Elves".
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| 23.10.1970 | St. Anthony's School Gym | Watertown, NY | USA | Band advertised as "Ronnie Dio & The Prophets (The Elves)".
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| ??.??.1970 | Heater | Wellsville, NY | USA | Might've been in 1971 | |
| 16.01.1971 | The Jailhouse | Watertown, NY | USA | Band advertised as "Ronnie Dio & The Elves".
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| 21.02.1971 | I.H.C. Gym | Watertown, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| ??.??.1971 | Ezio Pinzo Theater | Stamford, CT | USA | Cotton Matter | Gig took place during the spring of 1971 according to a warming-up band member. |
| 27.05.1971 | The Jailhouse | Watertown, NY | USA | Band advertiseda s "Ronnie Dio And The Elves".
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| 29.05.1971 | Cuba Lake Pavillion | Cuba, NY | USA | ||
| 04.07.1971 | The Jailhouse | Watertown, NY | USA | Band advertised as "Ronnie Dio And The Elves".
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| 21.07.1971 | The Jailhouse | Watertown, NY | USA | Band advertised as "Ronnie Dio And The Elves".
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| 07.08.1971 | Cortland County Fair | Cortland, NY | USA | Raw Meat | |
| 18.08.1971 | The Jailhouse | Watertown, NY | USA | Band advertised as "Ronnie Dio And The Elves".
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| 28.08.1971 | Emerson Park Pavilion | Auburn, NY | USA | Click here for gig ad picture. | |
| 07.09.1971 | Tamaqua High School | Tamaqua, PA | USA | Click here for gig review picture (Tamaqua Evening Courier newspaer, 1971-09-10 issue) | |
| 15.09.1971 | The Jailhouse | Watertown, NY | USA | Band advertised as "Ronnie Dio And The Elves".
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| 08.10.1971 | The Jailhouse | Watertown, NY | USA | Band advertised as "Ronnie Dio And The Elves".
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| 03.11.1971 | The Jailhouse | Watertown, NY | USA | Band advertised as "Ronnie Dio And The Elves".
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| 03.02.1972 | New York State Armory | Auburn, NY | USA | The date collides with the Paramount Theater concert. Maybe two gigs on this same day?
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| 03.02.1972 | Paramount Theater | USA | Badfinger (Headliners), Bachman Turner Overdrive (first band) | The date collides with the New York State Armory concert. Maybe two gigs on this same day?
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| ??.??.???? | 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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