1985 - The Year's Events      Back to Index DATE EVENT Attendance       01/02 Mariners vs. Moncton 2458 01/04 - 05 Downeast Hockey Classic 3967 01/05 Mariners vs. Sherbrooke 3216 01/06 Public Skating 358 01/12 Mariners vs. Rochester 5044 01/16 Mariners vs. Springfield 2734 01/19 Mariners vs. Binghamton 4102 01/22 - 24 Downeast Commercial Fish Show 3000 01/26 Mariners vs. New Haven 3990 01/27 Mariners vs. Fredericton 2878 02/02 Mariners vs. Fredericton 4355 02/03 Mariners vs. Springfield 6893 02/09 Mariners vs. Moncton 3804 02/10 Mariners vs. Moncton 3783 02/12 - 13 Maine Water Utilities Convention 2000 02/14 REO Speedwagon [SEE PHOTO] w/Survivor 9500 02/15 Ricky Skaggs 1978 02/16 Mariners vs. Nova Scotia 4524 02/17 Mariners vs. Nova Scotia 3727 02/20 - 24 Ice Capades (10 shows) 45589 02/26 High School Hockey Tournament 1390 02/27 Mariners vs. Springfield 5765 02/28 High School Hockey Tournament 1776 03/01 Western ME Class A Basketball 4715 03/02 Western ME Class A Basketball 4006 03/02 Mariners vs. Adirondack 6194 03/03 Mariners vs. Moncton 3656 03/05 State Hockey Championship 2746 03/06 Hall & Oates 7483 03/08 Western ME Class A Basketball 8026 03/09 Western ME Class A Basketball 5260 03/10 Mariners vs. Hershey 3129 03/13 Mariners vs. Rochester 2815 03/16 Mariners vs. Sherbrooke 4853 03/17 Mariners vs. Adirondack 3296 03/20 - 24 Maine Boat Show 9640 03/27 Mariners vs. Baltimore 2771 03/30 Mariners vs. St. Catherines 3984 3/31 - 4/01 Grateful Dead (2 shows) 19000 04/06 Mariners vs. Binghamton 4703 04/07 Sammy Hagar 6462 04/09 - 10 Maine Food & Lodging Show 3207 04/11 Mariners vs. Nova Scotia 2762 04/12 - 13 Downeast Direct Distributors 6000 04/14 Mariners vs. Nova Scotia 3618 04/14 - 17 Shrine Circus (7 shows) 33262 04/19 Triumph 6699 04/20 Mariners vs. Nova Scotia 4306 04/26 - 28 Grand National Motor Spectacular (4 shows) 10930 05/01 Mariners vs. Sherbrooke (playoff) 3006 05/02 Eric Clapton [SEE PHOTO] 5998 05/04 Mariners vs. Sherbrooke 4823 05/05 Garage Sale 150 05/08 Mariners vs. Sherbrooke (playoff) 2708 05/11 USM Graduation 5800 05/23 Iron Maiden 4634 05/30 Sports Spectacular IV 1771 06/08 WCSH Garage Sale 7000 06/09 Windham H.S Graduation 1750 06/12 So. Portland H.S. Graduation 2500 06/19 Dan Fogelberg 5637 06/20 Willie Nelson 7099 06/25 All-Star Wrestling 2134 07/10 Jimmy Buffett [SEE PHOTO] 3985 07/11 Air Supply 4278 07/17 Huey Lewis & the News [PHOTOS: 1, 2] 9500 07/26 Tina Turner 8462 07/27 Barry Manilow 7186 07/28 McEnroe vs. Gerulaitis 3381 07/30 Foreigner 9500 08/17 WCSH Sidewalk Art Festival 500 08/20 R.E.M. [ SEE PHOTO ] 3175 09/04 Heart [SEE PHOTOS: 1, 2] w/Cheap Trick [SEE PHOTOS: 1, 2] 6267 09/05 - 08 Carol Reed Ski Bonanza 3500 09/09 Ronnie James Dio 4243 09/31 The Judds 953 09/18 UB40 2657 09/20 - 22 Shop n Save Food Festival 12000 09/26 James Taylor 6194 09/28 - 29 United Sports of America Motor Spectacular 7385 10/03 - 06 Sesame Street Live 17725 10/07 Dire Straits [SEE PHOTOS: 1, 2] 7581 10/08 Ratt / Bon Jovi 8059 10/12 Mariners vs. Nova Scotia 4344 10/13 Celtics vs. N.J. Nets 7942 10/16 - 17 Maine Municipal Association 1121 10/18 Supertramp / The Motels 4307 10/19 Mariners vs. Moncton 3509 10/23 - 24 Maine Business Show 2700 10/25 Peter, Paul & Mary [SEE PHOTO] 3698 10/26 Mariners vs. Sherbrooke 3799 10/30 Mariners vs. St. Catherines 2289 11/01 Bill Gaither Trio 6301 11/02 Mariners vs. Sherbrooke 3652 11/09 Mariners vs. Baltimore 4225 11/15 Stevie Ray Vaughan 1984 11/16 Chili & Chowder Competition 1000 11/16 Mariners vs. St. Catherines 3761 11/17 Starship [SEE PHOTO] w/ Nightranger 7482 11/22 John Cougar Mellencamp [PHOTO] 8208 11/23 Mariners vs. Hershey 4711 11/25 AC/DC [SEE PHOTOS: 1, 2] 9500 11/27 Mariners vs. Springfield 5910 11/30 Mariners vs. New Haven 3869 12/04 Rush [SEE PHOTOS: 1, 2] 6507 12/06 Her Majesty's Royal Marines & Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 4442 12/07 Mariners vs. Moncton 3746 12/11 Mariners vs. Adirondack 2840 12/14 Mariners vs. Baltimore 3249 12/21 Mariners vs. Adirondack 3480 12/28 Mariners vs. Fredericton 3811 12/30 Mariners vs. Fredericton 2694

BELOW: On the strength of their ground-breaking "Money for Nothing" video, Dire Straits was the biggest band of 1985 when they stopped in Portland in October of that year. Here's a shot of band leader Mark Knopfler on stage at the Civic Center. Lucky Clark photo BELOW: One of the highlights of 1985 was the sold out Reo Speedwagon show on Valentine's Day, with opening act Survivor. Here, REO Speedwagon founders and guitarists Kevin Cronin (left) and Gary Ricrath trade licks on the Civic Center stage during that show. Click here to enlarge. Lucky Clark photo