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7 unusual facts about Tivoli Gardens


Charles Jane Ashley

In the latter part of his life he was for some seasons manager of the Tivoli Gardens at Margate, where he died on 29 August 1843.

Even in the Quietest Moments...

Most of the song "Even in the Quietest Moments" was written during the sound check for a show at the Tivoli Gardens (in Copenhagen).

Gudmund Nyeland Brandt

Fountain Terrace, Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen (1943) Tivoli fountain terrace (1943)

Hercules Pavilion

Around 1840, the popularity of the gardens experienced a boost when Georg Carstensen and composer Hans Christian Lumbye of Tivoli Gardens fame became responsible for entertainment at the pavilion.

Tivoli Gardens, Kingston

Patrick Callum, was born in 1973 and he is the President of the New York Chapter of G2K (Generation 2000), which is headquartered in Jamaica, West Indies.

Desmond McKenzie, born here into poverty in 1952; his father abandoned the family, and he was raised by his mother and stepfather, both important influences.

Tivoli Gardens, a political Garrison, is a West Kingston neighbourhood in Kingston, Jamaica.


1843 in Denmark

August 15 – Georg Carstensen Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen are inaugurated with 3.615 visitors on the opening day.

Assia Zlatkowa

During her first piano recital in the Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, August 1975 she swept the classical music world of Denmark off her feet, which resulted in several invitations as a soloist for the most prominent of Danish Symphony Orchestras.

Birthe Wilke

When she was in her teens, she won a talent competition at the National Scala Theatre in Copenhagen, sang as soloist with Bruno Henriksen's Orchestra at Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, made her first recording, and was named "Denmark's Doris Day" and recorded "Que sera sera" in 1956.

Dame Walters

Walters never settled in England, and never played a first team game with Orient, returning home to Jamaica to play for Tivoli Gardens in the Jamaican National Premier League in 2002.

Keammar Daley

Keammar Rudolph Daley (born 18 February 1988) is a Jamaican footballer who is currently plays for Tivoli Gardens.

Ricardo Fuller

Fuller started his football career with Jamaican side Tivoli Gardens, before he moved to England with Crystal Palace in February 2001.


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