Cain's Ballroom

Cain's Ballroom is a music venue is Tulsa, OK. It was built in 1924 to serve as a garage for one of Tulsa's founders, Tate Brady. Madison W. "Daddy" Cain purchased the building in 1930 and named it Cain's Dance Academy where he charged $0.10 for dance lessons. The academy was the site of the Texas Playboys' first regular radio broadcast where they continued to play regularly. In 1976, Larry Schaeffer purchased the building, refurbished it, and reopened it with the current name, Cain's Ballroom. In 1978, Cain's Ballroom was one of only a few venues to host the Sex Pistols in their only American tour. This show put the Ballroom on the rock and roll map. Cain's was famous for hosting acts before they became internationally famous such as The Police, Pat Benatar, INXS, Huey Lewis and the News, and Van Halen.

Other bands of note to have played Cain's: Robert Plant, Elvis Costello, Talking Heads, Morrissey, George Clinton & Parlaiment Funkadelic, Leon Russell, Wilco, 311, Nine Inch Nails, the Wailers, Gov't Mule, the Roots, Incubus, Marilyn Manson, Frank Black, Ted Nugent, Ministry, the Strokes, Beck, Sonic Youth, Foo Fighters, Korn, Limp Bizkit, the Killers, Primus, the Dandy Warhols, Tommy Lee, Melissa Etheridge, Gwar, Vanilla Ice, Type O Negative, the Deftones, Death Cab For Cutie, Brooks & Dunn, moe., Los Lonely Boys, T.I., Bone Thugs & Harmony, Corrosion of Conformity, the Cult, Thursday, Cross Canadian Ragweed, the Crystal Method, Sevendust, O.A.R., the Bravery, Dredg, Pillar, Opeth, Mute Math, Slightly Stoopid, Flyleaf, P.O.D., Rancid, Westside Connection, Built To Spill, Galactic, Mudvayne, Disturbed, Ween, Jason Mraz, Howie Day, Kottonmouth Kings, Eagles of Death Metal, KMFDM, Powerman 5000, Lamb of God, Fear Factory, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Particle, Napalm Death, Buckethead, Mountain, Rammstein, Pigface, Staind, Steel Train, Umphrey's McGee, In Flames, Reverend Horton Heat, the Toadies, Blues Traveler, Lifehouse, Underoath, 30 Seconds to Mars, Yonder Mountain String Band, Static X, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Caroline's Spine, Seether, Atmosphere, G. Love & Special Sauce, the Fray,