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

June 3-4, 1966 Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA (supporting Quicksilver Messenger Service & The Grateful Dead)

June 24-25, 1966 Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA (supporting 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

September 9, 1966 Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA (supported by Oxford Circle)

September 10, 1966 Scottish Rites Temple, San Francisco, CA (supported by 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

December 14, 1967 Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA (supported by Tim Buckley & Chambers Brothers)

December 15-16, 1967 Winterland, San Francisco, CA (supported by Tim Buckley & Chambers Brothers)

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

June 6, 1968 Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA (supported by B.B. King, Booker T. & The MG's)

June 7-8, 1968 Winterland, San Francisco, CA (supported by B.B. King, Booker T. & The MG's)

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

November 30, 1968 Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley, CA

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

March 31, 1969 Aquarius Theatre, West Hollywood, CA (Benefit for Los Angeles free clinic)

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