Gate of Horn
About Gate of Horn
The Gate of Horn was a 100-seat folk music club, located in the basement of the Rice Hotel at 755 N. Dearborn St. at the corner of Chicago Avenue, on the near north side of Chicago, Illinois, in the 1950s and 1960s. It was opened by journalist Les Brown and Albert Grossman in 1956. It was where Odetta, Bob Gibson, Roger McGuinn and others made their name. Also appearing at the club were Theodore Bikel, Josh White, Oscar Brown, Jo Mapes, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry, Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, the New Lost City Ramblers, Judy Collins, Hoyt Axton, Jim Croce and Bonnie Dobson. Bill Cosby and George Carlin also performed as comedians at the club.
On the show — 2 mentions total
In 1962, Lenny Bruce was playing at a club called the Gate of Horn. During the performance, a police officer stood up in the middle of the crowd and basically shut down the show.
from 419: No Such Thing As SpongeBob with Worms, 2022-03-25 at 00:42:06 · read transcript
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Coordinates: 41.8965, -87.6295