In the 1930s (and perhaps as early as the twenties) one of the most anticipated events in Pompano was the annual arrival of Silas Green from New Orleans. An all-black show that combined comedy, music and dancing, Silas Green toured the South from 1907 to well into the 1950s.

Silas Green always played to a packed house (actually a tent) in Pompano, and attracted an audience of both black and white residents, although each race was seated in separate sections of the tent.

Do you have any memories of Silas Green's performances in Pompano? If so, we'd like to hear them. Email us at info@pompanohistory.com.

UPDATE: Bud Garner reminded us that Silas Green's shows in Pompano were performed "open air" style. At first the shows were held in the vacant field behind what is today the Pompano Super Market (east of Flagler and south of NE 4th Street), but later moved to a vacant lot where the Pompano Beach City Hall sits today.