Events featuring American performers that were recorded in The Birmingham Mercury, The Brighton Herald, The Bristol Gazette, The Bristol Journal, The Bristol Mercury, The Era, The Newcastle Chronicle, The Nottingham Mercury and Theatrical Journal in 1849. Some references also come from documents found in the British Library and the Portsmouth Public Library:

• February 26, 28, March 2: Vocal Entertainments by Henry Russell at the Assembly Rooms, Bristol.
• February 27: Henry Russell appears in Thornbury.
• c. March 19-24: Henry Russell again makes an appearance, this time at the Corn Exchange, Birmingham.
• March 27: Henry Russell performs in Weston.
• c. April 2-7: Entertainments at the Polytechnic Music Hall, Salford include “Henry Russell’s most celebrated compositions”.
• April 9-14: Young Hernandez performs at Astley’s Amphitheatre, London.
• April 23: Henry Russell gives a vocal entertainment at the Town Hall, Brighton.
• c. May 11-23: Exhibition of Risley’s “American Panorama” at the American Hall, Leicester Square (London).
• c. May 25-30: The variety bill at the Standard, London includes “an enormous Panorama” of “points of public attraction in the New World.”
• c. June 11-23: Equestrian performances by Hernandez at Vauxhall Gardens, London.
• c. July 2-7: Tom Thumb is amongst the acts in entertainments at Rosherville Gardens.
• July 16, 20: Henry Russell gives vocal entertainments at the Theatre Royal, Bristol.
• July 24: Hernandez appears as part of a Circus at the Theatre Royal, Portsmouth.
• August 20-25: Performances by Tom Thumb at The Bristol Zoological Gardens.
• September 11: Tom Thumb impersonates Grecian Statues as part of a benefit entertainment at Cremorne Gardens, London.
• September 24, 28: Hernandez performs as part of Franconi’s troupe. Location unknown.
• c. October 3: Vocal Entertainments by Henry Russell at the Old Ship Assembly Rooms, Brighton. (date uncertain, also listed as December 3.)
• c. October 29-November 3: Hernandez’s scheduled performances at the Rotunda Theatre, Dublin cancelled because of a knee injury.
• November 6: Henry Russell gives his “Farewell Entertainment” at the Nottingham Mechanics’ Hall.
• December 3 & 5: Henry Russell performs at the Newcastle Music Hall.

Note: Events listed here are those in which American performers DID NOT perform acts relevant to the representation of African/African Diasporic identity or American Slave Culture. Several other performances by Americans (in which the individuals did participate in race-related acts can be found throughout the Events section of this database.