LKA Longhorn, Cultural center in Wangen district, Stuttgart, Germany
LKA Longhorn is a 1,500-capacity concert and disco venue in Stuttgart's Wangen district. Its facade carries an illuminated "LKA LONGHORN" sign above a dark entrance, next to yellow lettering for the Familienbrauerei Dinkelacker. Inside, the hall hosts rock, pop and other genres; the name LKA stands for Longhorn-Kultur-Austausch.
The location opened in 1984 as a country salon and initially served American military personnel stationed in Stuttgart. It later became an important venue for live music of many different styles across the city.
The venue transformed from a country-western saloon into a central performance space, hosting international artists like Nirvana, Blue Öyster Cult, and Faith No More.
The venue is reachable by subway lines U-13 and U-9; Hedelfinger Straße station is the nearest exit point. From there, it takes about six minutes to walk to the venue.
In late 1984 the club hosted Germany's first public male striptease, performed by US soldiers with no men in the audience. Authorities fined the operators for unlicensed performances, but they argued that since the genre originated in the USA, US citizens in West Germany had the right to practise their culture.
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