text: Sporting events, such as wrestling, boxing, gymnastics, fencing, judo, and weightlifting, took place at the fair. Some of these events were presented as part of the 1964 Summer Olympics tryouts in New York City. The Dick Button's Ice-Travaganza ice-skating show was hosted at the New York City Pavilion. The Auto Thrill Show was hosted in the Transportation Area. A parade traveled across the fairground every day, and there were fireworks and water shows at the Pool of Industry. Some shows, like To Broadway With Love and the Ice-Travaganza, closed within a few months of the fair's opening. The evangelist Billy Graham gave sermons every day at the Billy Graham Pavilion.
  Music and film
  The fairground itself did not emphasize music, although a "World's Fair Festival" did take place at Lincoln Center in Manhattan. Popular and classical music was broadcast from 800 lampposts on the fairground. The fair also had an official band: Cities Service's World's Band of America, a 50-piece ensemble headed by conductor Paul Lavalle. Other ensembles performed throughout the fair, including Guy Lombardo, the United States Marine Band, and the United States Navy Steel Band. During 1964, the amusement area hosted rock-and-roll concerts that were popular among local youth; Moses, who abhorred the genre, canceled these concerts when he learned about them.
  The fairground contained about 40 theaters, most of which were housed within pavilions. Fifty films were produced for these pavilions. There were several religious films including Parable at the Protestant and Orthodox pavilion; Man in the 5th Dimension at the Billy Graham pavilion; and Man's Search for Happiness at the LDS pavilion. The Johnson's Wax pavilion screened a film titled To Be Alive!, which later won an Academy Award, The WFC also produced a film promoting the fair in seven languages in 1964.