- Feb 2 3 men dance Charleston for 22 hours
- Feb 8 Sean O'Casey's "Plough & Stars" opens at Abbey Theater Dublin
- Mar 17 Richard Rodgers & L Hart's musical "Girl Friend" premieres in NYC
Music Premiere
Apr 25 Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot" premieres in Milan
Giacomo Puccini
Music Premiere
May 12 Dmitri Shostakovich's 1st Symphony premieres in Leningrad
Dmitri Shostakovich
- May 22 "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue" by Gene Austin hits #1
- Nov 8 George Gershwin's musical "Oh, Kay" premieres in NYC
- Dec 12 Dmitri Shostakovich's 1st Piano concert premieres in Leningrad
- Dec 16 Darius Milhauds opera "Le Pauvre Matelot" premieres in Paris