The Outhouse, Lawrence

The Outhouse was a hardcore punk music venue located east of Lawrence, Kansas, on 15th Street (known as 1500 Road in the farmland). Original shows listed the venue as Past the Pavement Hall, being as the county pavement ended about 3/4 of a mile from the building. It hosted many acts from the time it was initially leased for fraternity parties and biker bashes in 1985 until it was discovered by young rock bands desperate for a place to perform. The first hardcore/alternative rock shows to play at The Outhouse were in the late summer/fall of 1985. Its doors were permanently closed in 1998. The growing mainstream popularity of pop punk music in the early 1990s was already leading to the decline of the Outhouse, but what ultimately led to its closing was the Great Flood of 1993. The building once known as the Outhouse is now a BYOB strip club that uses the same name.