Old Town Music Hall

Old Town Music Hall is a historic theatre located at 140 Richmond St., El Segundo, CA. It was founded in 1921.

The theatre opened as El Segundo State Theater in 1921, a 188-seat venue that hosted live performances for the employees of the nearby Standard Oil Refinery.^[1][2] It was designed by Edward L. Mayberry Jr., who converted an existing structure into the theatre.^[3] The theatre was upgraded for motion picture viewing and continued to serve this purpose until the mid-1930s when it experienced a closure until 1944, reopening as the El Segundo Theatre. In 1957, the name State Theatre was restored and the venue remained active through the mid-1960s.^[4] At this juncture, two musicians, Bill Coffman and Bill Field, purchased a 2,600-pipe Mighty Wurlitzer organ from the Fox West Theater in Long Beach, CA, and found a home for it at the State. They reopened the State as Old Town Music Hall in November 1968,^[5][6] specializing in concerts, films from Hollywood’s Golden Age, and silent films, accompanied by the organ.^[7] Since 1990, the theater has operated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.^[8]