The Star-Club was a music club in Hamburg, Germany, that opened on Friday 13 April 1962, and was initially operated by Manfred Weissleder and Horst Fascher.

The club closed on 31 December 1969 and the building it occupied was destroyed by a fire in 1987.

The address of the club was Große Freiheit 39 in the St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg.

[1] The club achieved worldwide renown through the performances of the Beatles, who played three residencies there between April and December 1962.

Loch persuaded Manfred Weissleder, the manager of Star-Club, to give him permission to set up recording equipment in the club.