The Cactus Club was a nightclub in the South of First Area (SoFA) of Downtown San Jose, California.
It was Producer/Promoter Ric Hines who made the opening of the Cactus Club possible with his business experience and professional network.
Emphasizing music, the club featured many local and national touring acts as well as themed dance nights.
Among the San Francisco Bay Area bands that got some of their start from playing the Cactus Club are Terror Toys, No Use For A Name, Smash Mouth, The Donnas, Papa Roach, Insolence, Green Day, Alien Ant Farm, Carbonation, Concerning Eye, Sloe, and The Odd Numbers.
Major touring acts such as Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Korn, Queens of the Stone Age, Deftones, MC Hammer, Pigeon Project, Dropkick Murphys, Flogging Molly, Alanis Morissette, Mother Love Bone, Incubus, System of a Down, A Perfect Circle, Rage Against the Machine and Weezer have all played the Cactus Club.