title: Joe Brown (impresario)
text: # Joe Brown (impresario)
  
  Andrew Joseph Francis Brown BEM (3 October 1907 – 23 August 1986) was a New Zealand mechanic, entrepreneur, entertainment promoter, businessman and racehorse owner. He was born in Naseby, in the Maniototo, New Zealand on 3 October 1907.
  
  In the 1970 New Year Honours, Brown was awarded the British Empire Medal for services to the community as an entertainment promoter.
  
  