Opened by The Beatles' first manager, Allan Williams, in 1958,[1] it played a key role in launching the band's early careers and provided a stage for local acts like Gerry and the Pacemakers & Rory Storm and The Hurricanes.

It was also to become the gateway to international attention for many local artists, with Williams organising a series of tours of Hamburg for several acts including Derry and the Seniors following a successful pathfinding visit by Woodbine in 1960.

[4] Among those who became regulars at The Jacaranda were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Stuart Sutcliffe, who approached Allan Williams for a chance to rehearse and perform at the venue.

Leaving the club in a van driven by Lord Woodbine and Williams for a career-defining first tour of Hamburg in 1961, it was also the venue where the act first announced changing its name to The Beatles.

[7] Even after the relationship with Williams ended, The Beatles recruited the drummer of Jacaranda regulars Rory Storm and the Hurricanes' - soon to be known as Ringo Starr - to replace Best and ultimately signed another frequent club visitor Brian Epstein as the manager who would take them on to global fame.