For anyone who lived through it, the Cactus Club wasn’t just a venue—it was a movement. The Story of the Cactus Club captures the spirit of a tight-knit community that helped turn San Jose into a legitimate music city, even when local politics pushed back. Known as “the little rock club that could,” the Cactus Club stood for people over politics, music over money, and rock and roll over everything else.
The story features interviews with Lex Van Den Berghe of Frontier Wives and Survivor: Africa fame, Greg Camp, founding guitarist of Smash Mouth, along with countless regulars who made the club legendary.
Whether you were a fan, musician, employee, or just part of the scene, the Cactus Club represents a golden era when San Jose’s music scene was loud, alive, and unapologetic.
