Cavern Club, Liverpool, England

( video 1994, Liverpool, England). The Cavern Club is a rock and roll club at 10 Mathew Street, Liverpool, England. Opened on Wednesday 16 January 1957, the club is where Brian Epstein was introduced to The Beatles on 9 November 1961.
Alan Sytner opened the club having been inspired by Paris's Jazz district where there were a number of clubs in cellars. Sytner returned to Liverpool and wanted to open a club similar to Le Caveau in Paris. He eventually found a perfect cellar for his club, one which had been used as an air raid shelter during the war.

What started as a jazz club, eventually became a hangout for skiffle groups. Sytner ended up selling the Cavern Club to Ray McFall in 1959, after moving to London. Blues bands and Beat groups began to appear at the club on a regular basis in the early 1960s. The first Beat night was held on 25 May 1960 and featured a performance by Rory Storm and the Hurricanes (which included Ringo Starr as drummer). By early 1961, Bob Wooler had become the full-time compère and organiser of the lunchtime sessions.

The Cavern Club is still open as one of the UK's most famous venues. It has around 40 live bands performing every week; both tribute and original bands, although the majority perform their own material. The back room of the Cavern is the most frequently used location for live bands and this mainly plays host to young up and coming groups playing original material.

The front room of the Cavern is the main tourist attraction, where people come to have their photograph taken on the famous Cavern stage, with the names of the bands who played there written on the back wall. This room hosts live acoustic music from 4pm to 6:30pm on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays with various acts playing famous songs from the 60s. Every other Sunday an event called Mersey Rats is hosted there featuring 50s and 60s cover bands.

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[Ryan50096]

just recently visited this place, it was amazing. there was a live band playing beatles tracks called 'the shakers' they were brilliant too.

[GTM59]

Weird???....Cavern club where The Beatles played and yet it's Rolling Stones music being played....whats with that???

[beatlettese]

WOW!!! COOL!!! The Cavern Club is a really extraordinary local! I would like to go there (sigh!) It would be wonderful if i had lived my 20 years at the time when the fab 4 were performing there! BEATLES FOREVER ♥