Cain’s Dancing Academy (1930-)

<p>Cain's Dace Academy (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.<p>

<p>In 2021, Pollstar ranked Cain's Ballroom at number 13 worldwide for ticket sales at club venues.<p>

<p>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.<p>

<p>Leon Russell and his band were regularly booked at Cain's when it was owned by Larry Shaeffer.<p>

<p>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.<p>