Info from venue website
Phil Isley Enterprises opened the Granada Theater, its first in the Dallas market on January 16, 1946 with the film, “Mildred Pierce”. The theater’s exterior is adorned to this day, with a luminous spectacle of neon lights reminiscent of 1940’s Hollywood glitz. Located throughout the building is a heavy presence of Golden-Era art deco designs featuring rounded corners and linear accents. Once inside the theater’s main hall, you will see original, untouched art murals designed by the same artists who helped design Los Angeles’ famed Grauman’s Chinese Theater. The grand scale murals depict different genres of film with the ceiling feature depicting a mythological “film goddess” standing over a reel of film.
2002
New operators refurbished the Granada taking it back to live concerts including Bob Dylan, Dolly Parton, Steve Winwood, and Peter Tork of the Monkees. The theater held football viewing events, Oscar parties, and even brought cinema classics back. As the theater was approaching its 70th anniversary, it was just as vibrant an entertainment spot intertwined with its neighborhood as when it had opened. The Granada proved to be quite the survivor in Dallas’ entertainment history.
2004
Current owners Mike Schoder and Julia Garton have channeled their love of live music into one of Dallas’ most diverse and intimate music venues, just recently named one of the top 50 venues in the country.