Thanksgiving Week Hours: 11/27 9am–5pm • 11/28 Closed • 11/29 1–6pm

Author Talk: Lon Ballinger

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Author Talk

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Adults
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Lon Ballinger discusses his new book–Party Boys: How the Ballinger Brothers Built the Best Nightclubs in the World.

Party Boys is the amazing true story of how a family from a small farm town in Canada built an entertainment empire in New York City. Lon Ballinger was a leader and innovator in the nightclub industry for more than 40 years, opening and operating Webster Hall, Ballinger's, Heartbreak Hotel, the Boom Boom Room and other venues that drew 40 million people, including Mick Jagger, Prince, Bill and Hillary Clinton, and Lady Gaga. 

Watch this video of Webster Hall

Listen to the interview: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/lon-ballinger-party-boys-webster-hall-1.7371188