LKA Longhorn

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The LKA-Longhorn is a venue for concerts in the Stuttgart district of Wangen . It was founded in 1984, has a capacity of 1,500 and was one of the largest country and western clubs outside of the USA in the 1980s . Renowned artists from all areas of rock and pop music have performed there since the 1990s.

history

Entrance area
The logo of the Longhorn Country & Western Saloon with the two founders

In March 1984 the Longhorn Country & Western Saloon was opened and served the needs of the US military stationed in Stuttgart for an American-style restaurant. The name is based on the Texan variety of beef . The restaurant quickly became well known, even beyond Germany's borders. On the weekends, live bands like Truck Stop and Dave Dudley were part of the regular program. After the news channel CNN reported on the bar in June 1984, visitors from the USA traveled to Stuttgart to visit the bar.

At the end of 1984 the first public male striptease nationwide took place there . At that time, the strippers were US soldiers; no men were allowed in the audience. This event had a violent reaction at the time, according to the authorities, who imposed fines on the operators of the LKA because "non-authorized personal performances" were carried out on the premises. However, they were not impressed by it and followed the philosophy that since Male-Strip originated in the USA, US citizens in Germany also have the right to live their culture. Other typical US events followed, such as topless women's boxing , mud wrestling and the wet T-shirt contest that was particularly popular in Florida .

After the concert agencies became aware of the venue in 1987, Nina Hagen successfully used the LKA-Longhorn as a concert hall. This was followed by Bobby Womack , Neon Judgment , The Fuzztones , Johnny Guitar Watson , The Pogues , Linton Kwesi Johnson and many others.

When almost all US soldiers were withdrawn from Germany in 1992 after the Gulf War, the operators restructured the restaurant and the name was renamed to the current name. The abbreviation LKA stands for Longhorn Culture Exchange. In June 1993 the restaurant was closed for a two-month renovation. After that, the LKA-Longhorn was run as a disco , concert hall and venue for promotion parties, for example for Philip Morris or Daimler-Benz .

German and international artists performed, such as: Roger Chapman , Die Ärzte , Sonata Arctica , Asaf Avidan , Emre Aydın , Bad Religion , Ginger Baker & Jack Bruce , Bellamy Brothers , Phillip Boa , Eric Burdon , Bushido , Canned Heat , Nick Cave , Die Happy , The Princes , Mic Donet , Faith No More , Dr. Feelgood , Einstürzende Neubauten , Extrabreit , Frauenarzt , Die Goldenen Zitronen , Die Fantastischen Vier , Farmer Boys , Doc Holliday , Fehlfarben , Golden Earring , Bruce Hornsby , In Extremo , Kraftklub , Kreator , Doro , Nina Hagen, Molly Hatchet , Katatonia , Lacrimosa , Alvin Lee , Leningrad Cowboys , Living Color , New Model Army , Nirvana , Normahl , Slime , John Mayall , Monster Magnet , Alexander Marcus , The Pogues , Rollins Band , Jennifer Rostock , Sepultura , The Sisters of Mercy , Stanfour , The Sweet , Ten Years After , The Lords of the New Church , Steppenwolf , Toy Dolls , Truck Stop , Uriah Heep , WASP , Edgar Winter , Wishbone Ash , 2raumwohnung .

social commitment

Promotion of young talent in the LKA-Longhorn

In addition to a diverse concert and disco program, the LKA-Longhorn is committed to promoting young bands. In order to offer the youngsters their own platform, the Star Club or the LKA Live Club was founded in 1994 in the LKA Longhorn to support the Stuttgart music scene. Up until the beginning of 2005, Stuttgart newcomer bands were given the opportunity to make a real live performance with professional technology and guidance. The in-house organizer at the time, Thommy Mikkat, was in charge of promoting young talent until early 2005.

Newcomer festivals

For organizational reasons, the management decided not to end the issue of promoting young talent after 2005. Rather, she entered into a cooperation with various organizers in order to be able to continue to offer young artists regular competitions and to offer them a chance to stand on a stage. To date, hundreds of groups have stood on the LKA stage. Some also made it into the public eye, such as the Pforzheim group Fools Garden in 1994.

The LKA received several prizes for this special effort in the sense of pop-cultural diversity. Supported newcomer festivals and events are the Emergenza Festival and the Youngster Ball, including the band Boost Battle and the Metal festival only the tough come in the garden .

Prizes and awards

  • Club Award 2004 from the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg as Best Non-Funded Club 2004
  • Club Award 2005 from the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg as Best Non-Funded Club 2005
  • Club Award 2006 of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg as DASDING audience award
  • Gastro Award 2009 in the Club / Disco category
  • MARS Award (Music Award Region Stuttgart): In the category Best Live Location 2011

literature

  • Martin Oversohl, Inge Bäuerle: Marco Polo travel guide Stuttgart . MAIRDUMONT, Ostfildern 2006, ISBN 3-829-70105-5

Web links

  • Official website
  • Stuttg-arts.org (PDF; 801 kB) - Flyer from 2003 with LKA- Liveclub, accessed on November 18, 2012
  • Popbuero.de (PDF; 36 kB) - Article on the 25th anniversary of the LKA Longhorn, accessed on November 19, 2012
  • laut.de - Kunze crowns indie club, accessed on November 19, 2012
  • Powermetal.de - Votet for the LKA-Longhorn, accessed on November 19, 2012

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Welke: Where Countrystar meets punk rockers  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in Stuttgarter Zeitung on August 19, 2004, accessed on November 20, 2012.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.lka-longhorn.de  
  2. ↑ ozelot.tv ( Memento of the original from January 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 19, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ozelot.tv
  3. ↑ Concert archive ( Memento of the original from November 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 20, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lka-longhorn.de
  4. ↑ Emergence Festival
  5. ↑ junior Festival Youngsterball
  6. ↑ Karlsruhe.de (PDF; 99 kB) - 1st pop.forum ClubAward awarded, accessed on November 19, 2012
  7. ↑ Popbüro .: Popakademie BW: Winner of the pop.forum Club Award 2005 , retrieved on November 5, 2012
  8. ↑ nachtagenten.de: 3. pop.forum Club Award , accessed on 5 November 2012
  9. ↑ Popbüro: LKA Longhorn: wins Gastro-Award 2009 , retrieved on November 5, 2012
  10. ↑ mars-stuttgart.de: Nominees and award winners ( Memento of the original from March 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 5, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mars-stuttgart.de

Coordinates: 48 ° 46 ′ 2.2 "  N , 9 ° 15 ′ 6.4"  E