Frank Zappa Concerts 1960s

1963

1963/05/19 Los Angeles CA US Mount St. Mary's College

1964

64/ Fontana CA US Shack

64/ Los Angeles CA US Brave New World

64/ Norwalk CA US

64/ Pomona CA US Broadside

64/ Torrance CA US Tom Cat

64/05/10 Pomona CA US Broadside

64/65 Pomona CA US Red Flame

1965

65/ Los Angeles CA US Cafe Unicorn Lenny Bruce

65/ Los Angeles CA US Canter's Delicatessen

65/ Los Angeles CA US Cosmo Alley Cafe

65/ Los Angeles CA US The Action

65/ Los Angeles CA US The Trip

65/ Los Angeles CA US Vito's studio

65/ New York NY US Whisky A Go-Go

65/ HI US

65/11/ Los Angeles CA US Whisky A-Go-Go

65/11/06 San Francisco CA US Longshoremen's Hall Charlatans (headliners)

65/12/ Los Angeles CA US Whisky A-Go-Go

1966

66/ San Francisco CA US Avalon Ballroom

66/02-03/ TX US

66/03-04/ Los Angeles CA US

66/04/07-16 Waikiki HI US Da Swamp

66/05/ San Diego CA US

66/05/ Seattle WA US

66/05/03-05 Los Angeles CA US The Trip The Velvet Underground

66/05/06-12 Hayward CA US Frenchy's

66/05/27-29 San Francisco CA US Fillmore Auditorium	The Velvet Underground

66/06/03-04 San Francisco CA US Fillmore Auditorium	Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Grateful Dead

66/06/24-25 San Francisco CA US Fillmore Auditorium	Lenny Bruce

66/07/ Bethesda MD US Kerby Scott Dance Party

66/07/ Dallas TX US TV Show

66/07/ Detroit MI US TV Show

66/07/ Warren MI US Motor City Roller Rink

66/07/ Washington DC US Roundtable Restaurant

66/07/12 Windsor Ontario Canada Swingin' Time

66/07/23 Los Angeles CA US Danish Center	Sound Machine, The Factory

66/07/23 Southfield MI US Club 1270

66/08/13 Los Angeles CA US Shrine Exposition Hall

66/09/ Los Angeles CA US Lindy Opera House

66/09/09 San Francisco CA US Fillmore Auditorium	Oxford Circle

66/09/10 San Francisco CA US Scottish Rites Temple	Oxford Circle

66/09/17 Los Angeles CA US Shrine Exposition Hall	Little Gary Ferguson, Factory, Count V, West Coast Pop Experimental Band

66/09/27 Los Angeles CA US Whisky A-Go-Go

66/10/02 Los Angeles CA US Whisky A-Go-Go

66/10/29 Santa Barbara CA US Earl Warren Showgrounds

66/11/ Detroit MI US

66/11/ Long Beach CA US Beach House

66/11/23-26 New York NY US Balloon Farm

66/12/02-03 New York NY US Balloon Farm

66/12/09 East Lansing MI US Michigan Union

66/12/16-17 New York NY US Balloon Farm

66/12/23-31 New York NY US Balloon Farm	Tim Buckley

1967

67/ Los Angeles CA US Whisky A-Go-Go

67/01/ Los Angeles CA US

67/01/07-21 Montreal Quebec Canada New Penelope

67/02/03-04 Los Angeles CA US Lindy Opera House

67/02/14 New York NY US Waldorf-Astoria Hotel

67/02/17-19 San Francisco CA US Fillmore Auditorium	Blues Project, Canned Heat

67/03/03-05 San Francisco CA US Fillmore Auditorium	Otis Rush, Morning Glory

67/03/23-04/03 New York NY US Garrick Theatre	2 shows weeknights, 3 shows weekends	Tim Buckley, Richie Havens

67/04/ MD US University Of Maryland

67/04/06-19 New York NY US Garrick Theatre

67/04/24-05/01 New York NY US Garrick Theatre

67/05/ Boston MA US Psychedelic Supermarket

67/05/ Toronto Ontario Canada

67/05/02 Buffalo NY US	Tom & Jerry

67/05/02-21 New York NY US Cafe Au Go Go	2 shows weeknights, 3 shows weekends

67/05/20 New York NY US Village Gate

67/05/24-09/05 New York NY US Garrick Theatre	2 shows Su/Tu/W/Th, 3 shows F/Sa.

67/06/28 New York NY US Village Theater	The Fugs, Allen Ginsberg, Left Bank, Tim Buckley, et al.

67/07/15-16 Northridge CA US Devonshire Meadows	Jefferson Airplane, The Doors, Grass Roots, Country Joe & The Fish, Bfd. Bls. Band, Solid State; Iron Butterfly, Powers of Evil, Canned Heat, Kaleidoscope, et al.

67/09/ Buffalo NY US	Tom & Jerry

67/09/ Cincinnati OH US

67/09/ Detroit MI US

67/09/ Essen Germany Grugahalle

67/09/ Miami FL US

67/09/ New York NY US Town Hall

67/09/23 London UK Royal Albert Hall

67/09/24 Amsterdam Netherlands Concertgebouw	Groep 1850

67/09/25 Hamburg Germany

67/09/27 Copenhagen Denmark Falkoner Theatret

67/09/29 Gothenburg Sweden Konserthallen, Liseberg

67/09/30 Stockholm Sweden Konserthuset

67/10/ London UK Royal Albert Hall

67/10/ London UK The Speakeasy

67/10/ New York NY US Garrick Theatre

67/10/01 Copenhagen Denmark Falkoner Theatret

67/10/02 Lund Sweden Olympen

67/10/28 Rochester NY US War Memorial Theater

67/11/ Hamilton NY US Colgate University

67/11/ New Haven CT US Yale University

67/11/ Providence RI US

67/11/03 Baltimore MD US Eastern High School

67/11/24-25 Boston MA US Psychedelic Supermarket

67/12/ Buffalo NY US

67/12/ Chicago IL US International Amphitheater

67/12/ MI US

67/12/01 Detroit MI US Ford Auditorium

67/12/02-03 Ann Arbor MI US Fifth Dimension	2 shows 12/02. Amboy Dukes

67/12/09 Pasadena CA US Civic Auditorium	Tim Buckley

67/12/14 San Francisco CA US Fillmore Auditorium	Tim Buckley, Chambers Brothers

67/12/15-16 San Francisco CA US Winterland

67/12/22-23 New York NY US Town Hall	Ruth Underwood + accordion + violin

67/12/26-31 Philadelphia PA US Trauma

67/68 Portland OR US Crystal Ballroom

1968

68/ Syracuse NY US War Memorial Theater

68/01/ Louisville KY US

68/01/ Miami Beach FL US Thee Image

68/01/ New York NY US Town Hall

68/01/28 Toronto Ontario Canada Convocation Hall, University Of Toronto

68/02/ Birmingham UK

68/02/01 Boston MA US Boston Tea Party

68/02/01 London UK Royal Albert Hall

68/02/18 Fall River MA US Durfee Theatre	Vanilla Fudge, Charles Lloyd

68/02/29 New York NY US Hilton Hotel

68/03/ Berkeley CA US Community Theater

68/03/ Boston MA US Psychedelic Supermarket

68/03/04 Fullerton CA US

68/03/15-16 Miami Beach FL US Thee Image	Blues Image, The Kollektion

68/03/17 Louisville KY US Kaleidoscope

68/03/22-24 Philadelphia PA US Electric Factory	2 shows 03/24	Nova Local

68/04/ Philadelphia PA US Arena

68/04/ Sacramento CA US Memorial Auditorium

68/04/09 Chicago IL US International Amphitheatre

68/04/10 Detroit MI US Grande Ballroom

68/04/19-20 New York NY US Fillmore East	2 shows each night	James Cotton Blues Band

68/04/26 Cincinnati OH US Taft Auditorium	2 shows

68/04/27 Boston MA US War Memorial Auditorium

68/04/27 Chicago IL US Coliseum	Cream (headliners)

68/04/28 Detroit MI US Grande Ballroom	2 shows	Psychedelic Stooges, Charging Rhinoceros of Soul, MC5, Carousel

68/05/ Berkeley CA US Community Theater

68/05/ Louisville KY US

68/05/ Miami Beach FL US Thee Image

68/05/03 Denver CO US The Dog

68/05/04 Phoenix AZ US Star Theatre

68/05/10-11 Los Angeles CA US Shrine Exposition Hall	Charley Musselwhite Blues Band, Sweetwater

68/05/18 Hallandale FL US Gulfstream Park	Jimi Hendrix, Arthur Brown, Blue Cheer

68/05/19 Hallandale FL US Wreck Bar

68/05/25 Fresno CA US Selland Arena	Electric Flag

68/05/25 CA US Santa Clara Co. Fairgrounds

68/05/29 Farmington UT US Lagoon	Youngbloods

68/06/ Phoenix AZ US Veterans Memorial Coliseum

68/06/ San Bernardino CA US Swing Auditorium

68/06/ Santa Barbara CA US

68/06/ Seattle WA US

68/06/ Tucson AZ US

68/06/ Vancouver BC Canada Agrodome

68/06/01 San Diego CA US Community Concourse

68/06/03 Los Angeles CA US Shrine Exposition Hall

68/06/06 San Francisco CA US Fillmore West	B. B. King, Booker T & MGs

68/06/07-08 San Francisco CA US Winterland

68/06/21 San Jose CA US Civic Auditorium

68/06/22 Sacramento CA US Memorial Auditorium	Chambers Brothers

68/06/27 Los Angeles CA US Wrigley Stadium	Shirelles, Bo Diddley, Mark Lindsey, Murray Roman, Grass Roots

68/06/28-30 Los Angeles CA US Cheetah	Sweetwater, A. B. Skhy

68/07/ Santa Monica CA US

68/07/14 Los Angeles CA US Cheetah	Kaleidoscope, Holy Modal Rounders, et al.

68/07/23 Los Angeles CA US Whisky A-Go-Go

68/08/ Baltimore MD US

68/08/ Elgin IL US

68/08/ Lake Geneva WI US Playboy Club

68/08/ Miami Beach FL US Thee Image

68/08/ Phoenix AZ US Celebrity Theater

68/08/ US Joey Bishop TV Show

68/08/ US Steve Allen TV Show	Godfrey Cambridge and Ed Begley (Hungry Freaks, Daddy, King Kong, America Drinks And Goes Home)

68/08/03 New York NY US Wollman Rink, Central Park	2 shows	Buddy Guy

68/08/09-10 Milwaukee WI US The Scene

68/08/14-15 Chicago IL US Electric Theater	Brian Auger/Julie Driscoll/Trinity

68/08/24 Seattle WA US Seattle Center Arena

68/08/25 Vancouver BC Canada Kerrisdale Arena

68/08/30 Dallas TX US Memorial Auditorium

68/08/31 Houston TX US The Catacombs	Country Joe & Fish, Canned Heat, Moving Sidewalks

68/09/ Los Angeles CA US Pandora's Box

68/09/15 Pasadena CA US Rose Bowl	Joan Baez, Everly Brothers, Big Brother, Byrds, Country Joe & Fish, Jr. Wells & Buddy Guy, Buffy St. Marie, Wilson Pickett

68/09/17 Los Angeles CA US

68/09/27 Bremen Germany

68/09/28 Essen Germany Grugahalle	The Fugs, Tim Buckley, Driscoll/Auger Trinity, Tangerine Dream, et al.

68/09/29 Frankfurt Germany Kongresshalle

68/10/01 Stockholm Sweden Konserthuset

68/10/03 Copenhagen Denmark Tivoli Gardens

68/10/05 Hamburg Germany Musikhalle

68/10/06 Bremen Germany Beat Club

68/10/09 Munich Germany Deutsches Museum Kongressaal

68/10/10 Paris France Olympia

68/10/12 Vienna Austria Konzerthaus	2 shows

68/10/16 Berlin Germany SportPalast

68/10/20 Amsterdam Netherlands Concertgebouw	2 shows	saw player

68/10/23 London UK Colour Me Pop, BBC2 TV show

68/10/25 London UK Royal Festival Hall	2 shows

68/10/26 Paris France Olympia

68/11/ Toronto Ontario Canada

68/11/08 Fullerton CA US Cal State Fullerton Gymnasium	Alice Cooper

68/11/29 Phoenix AZ US Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Chambers Brothers, Ranger

68/11/30 Berkeley CA US Community Theater

68/12/ Philadelphia PA US Spectrum Theater

68/12/01 Berkeley CA US Community Theater

68/12/06-07 Los Angeles CA US Shrine Exposition Hall	Easy Chair/Ethiopia, GTO's, Wild Man Fischer, Alice Cooper

68/69/70 Hartford CT US University of Hartford

1969

69/ Denmark

69/ France

69/ Germany

69/ Netherlands

69/01/17-18 San Francisco CA US Winterland	Sir Douglas Quintet, Pacific Gas & Electric, Peter Albin

69/01/24-25 Los Angeles CA US Shrine Exposition Hall	2 shows each night? Sir Douglas Quintet, Fleetwood Mac, Black Pearl

69/01/31 Boston MA US War Memorial Auditorium	Roland Kirk, Dave Brubeck and Gerry Mulligan

69/02/07-08 Miami Beach FL US Thee Image

69/02/11-12 Philadelphia PA US Electric Factory	Gun

69/02/13 New York NY US The Factory

69/02/14 New York NY US McMillin Theater, Columbia University	2 shows	Meat

69/02/15 Madison NJ US Drew University

69/02/16 Stratford CT US Ballroom	2 shows	Lucifer Cobalt

69/02/21-22 New York NY US Fillmore East	2 shows each night	Buddy Miles Express, Chicago Transit Authority

69/02/23 Toronto Ontario Canada Rock-Pile	2 shows	Crazy Horse

69/03/ Allentown PA US

69/03/ Baltimore MD US

69/03/ Boston MA US

69/03/ Chicago IL US

69/03/ Hartford CT US Hartford Ballroom

69/03/ Montreal Quebec Canada

69/03/ Providence RI US

69/03/ Rochester NY US War Memorial Theater

69/03/ Syracuse NY US

69/03/ Toronto Ontario Canada Convocation Hall

69/03/01 Westbury NY US Westbury Music Fair	Vanilla Fudge (headliners)

69/03/02 Philadelphia PA US Arena	Vanilla Fudge (headliners?), Soul Survivors

69/03/15 Fullerton CA US Cal State University	Alice Cooper

69/03/31 Los Angeles CA US Aquarius Theatre	Beefheart, Jethro Tull, Chicago, Buddy Miles, Linda Ronstadt, Dillard & Clark, et al.

69/04/ Boston MA US War Memorial Auditorium

69/04/ NY US Long Island

69/04/12 San Diego CA US Community Concourse	Country Joe and the Fish

69/04/18 Vancouver BC Canada Agrodome	Guess Who, Alice Cooper

69/04/19 Seattle WA US Seattle Center Arena	Guess Who, Alice Cooper

69/04/25 New York NY US Colden Center, Queens College	Jerry Jeff Walker

69/04/26 Allentown PA US Memorial Hall, Muhlenberg College

69/04/27 Baltimore MD US Civic Center	Buddy Miles Express, Country Joe & The Fish, Ten Years After

69/05/17 Detroit MI US Ford Auditorium

69/05/19 Toronto Ontario Canada Massey Hall

69/05/23 Appleton WI US Memorial Chapel, Lawrence University

69/05/24 Toronto Ontario Canada Rock Pile	2 shows

69/05/30 Birmingham UK Town Hall	2 shows

69/05/31 Newcastle UK City Hall	2 shows

69/06/01 Manchester UK Palace Theatre	2 shows

69/06/03 Bristol UK Colston Hall	2 shows	jugglers

69/06/05 Portsmouth UK Guild Hall	2 shows

69/06/06 London UK Royal Albert Hall

69/06/07 Paris France Olympia

69/06/13-14 New York NY US Fillmore East	2 shows each night	Chicago, Youngbloods

69/06/27 Denver CO US Mile High Stadium	Jimi Hendrix, Creedence, Johnny Winter, Iron Butterfly, Three Dog Night, Big Mama Thornton, Tim Buckley, Joe Cocker, Poco, Zephyr, et al.

69/06/28 Charlotte NC US Coliseum	Duke Ellington, Hugh Masekela, et al.

69/06/29 Miami FL US Jai Alai Fronton	Roland Kirk, [ Duke Ellington, Gary Burton, Hugh Masekela, et al.

69/07/05 Newport RI US Festival Field	Gary Burton, Miles Davis, John Mayall, et al.

69/07/08 Boston MA US The Ark	Wild Things

69/07/11 Philadelphia PA US Spectrum Theater	Sly And The Family Stone, Ten Years After, Jeff Beck, Savoy Brown

69/07/12 Laurel MD US Laurel Race Track	Guess Who, Jeff Beck, Sly & Family Stone, Ten Years After

69/07/13 Minneapolis MN US Tyrone Guthrie Theater

69/08/ Chicago IL US Aragon Ballroom

69/08/ Minneapolis MN US Tyrone Guthrie Theater

69/08/ SC US

69/08/ WI US

69/08/02 New York NY US Wollman Rink, Central Park	2 shows	Buddy Guy

69/08/03 Atlantic City NJ US Atlantic City Race Track	Janis, Airplane, CCR, Santana, Joni, Cocker, Tim Buckley, Arthur Brown, et al.

69/08/06 Highland Park IL US Ravinia Outdoor Music Center

69/08/08 Framingham MA US Carousel Theater	Ten Years After

69/08/10 Warrensville Heights OH US Musicarnival

69/08/13 London Ontario Canada Wonderland Gardens	Alice Cooper, Arthur Brown (unconfirmed), Cat Mother

69/08/15 Ottawa Ontario Canada National Arts Center	2 shows

69/08/16-18 Montreal Quebec Canada International Bandshell, Expo	2 shows 08/16 and 08/17

69/08/19 Ottawa Ontario Canada CJOH-TV show

69/10/24-28 Amougies Belgium Festival d'Amougies	Pink Floyd, Archie Shepp, Aynsley Dunbar's Retaliation, Caravan, Black Cat Bones, Blossom Toes, Sam Apple Pie, Captain Beefheart

69/11/ London UK Speakeasy	Juicy Lucy

69/11/28-29 Los Angeles CA US Thee Experience

70/ Jacksonville FL US Auditorium