 The historic sign of Cain's Ballroom | |
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| Address | 423 North Main Street |
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| Location | Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States |
| Capacity | 1,800 |
| Opened | 1924 |
| Website | |
| cainsballroom | |
Cain's Dancing Academy | |
| Coordinates | 36°9′38.46″N 95°59′35.31″W / 36.1606833°N 95.9931417°W |
| Architectural style | Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements |
| NRHP reference No. | 03000874[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 4, 2003 |
Cain's Ballroom is a historic music venue in Tulsa, Oklahoma that was built in 1924 as a garage for W. Tate Brady's automobiles. Madison W. "Daddy" Cain purchased the building in 1930 and named it Cain's Dance Academy.[2]
In 2021, Pollstar ranked Cain's Ballroom at number 13 worldwide for ticket sales at club venues.[3]
The venue played a prominent role in the development of western swing in the 1930s and 1940s, when Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys broadcast a near-daily show and performed live weekly.[4][5]
Leon Russell and his band were regularly booked at Cain's when it was owned by Larry Shaeffer.
It is also notable as one of only seven venues played by the Sex Pistols in 1978 during their only North American tour. The band appeared 11 January 1978. After the show, a frustrated Sid Vicious punched a hole in the drywall of the green room. The wall section with the hole has since been removed and is preserved and on display at Cain’s.[6]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "Buildings on the National Register of Historic Places | Tulsa Preservation Commission". Archived from the original on February 12, 2007. Retrieved May 22, 2007.
- ^ "Top 100 Club Venues" (PDF). Data.pollstar.com. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
- ^ "Wills, James Robert | The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture". Okhistory.org. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
- ^ Logsdon, Guy (1982). "Western Swing". Festival of American Folklife 1982. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
- ^ "The Sex Pistols played Cain's Ballroom 42 years ago — see pictures of that Jan. 11, 1978 show". Tulsa World. Retrieved June 3, 2022.