Kaiserkeller

The Kaiser Keller is a music club in Hamburg in the St. Pauli district. It is part of the music club Große Freiheit 36 ​​and its basement.

Bruno Koschmider (* 1926, † 2000), a former trapeze artist, opened in 1950 in Hamburg, Grosse Freiheit small strip club Indra. In October 1959 he opened in Grosse Freiheit 36 the much larger Kaiser cellar with space for 550 guests (not seating).

Rock music, there was at that time only by the British Forces Broadcasting Service BFBS and Chris Howland with his Saturday Club in the WDR. The Kaiser Keller was the first club in Germany regularly Rock live on stage. The first group was Tony Sheridan with his group The Jets. Allan Williams from Liverpool mediated Koschmider low English bands. So later groups like Rory Storm & the Hurricanes, Howie Casey and Derry Wilkie & the Seniors and the Beatles arrived in the Kaiser cellar. Initially, there were bands, acting out the strange hits.