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Cain's Ballroom, Tulsa, OK

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Cain's Ballroom

See a concert on the spring-loaded maple dance floor of the 1924 Tulsa hall known as the Home of Bob Wills.

423 N Main St · Tulsa, OK

About Cain's Ballroom

Built in 1924 by Tate Brady as a garage and later a dance academy, Cain's became the home base of Bob Wills from 1935 to 1942, when western swing took shape here. Today it is a concert hall booking country, rock, folk and pop acts, and most shows welcome all ages. You stand on a spring-loaded maple dance floor under a four-foot neon star and a disco ball, with oversized portraits of Wills, Hank Williams and Ernest Tubb on the walls. The Sex Pistols played here in 1978.

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