Version 11/12/13
This is a work in progress. Corrections and additions are welcome.
Frank Zappa Gig List: 1965-1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1988
Shows with SPURIOUS or CANCELED in the Status field did not happen.
Shows with QUESTIONABLE in the Status field or "conflicts with xxx" in the Comments field may not have happened.
| Date | Line-up | Concert recordings |
| January-December | 1 | recordings in circulation |
| Date | City | State | Country | Venue | Shows | Status | Other acts | Comments | Sources |
| 67-73/ | Portland | ME | Gorham State College | correct date is 70/11/15 Gorham. | bprc | ||||
| 67-74/ | VT | before 74/09/14. | bprc | ||||||
| 67/ | Fall River | MA | Brown Theatre | mmonews | |||||
| 67/ | Los Angeles | CA | Whisky a Go Go | = 66/10/02 ? not listed in rarrws. | kb, rarrws | ||||
| 67/01/ | Los Angeles | CA | kb | ||||||
| 67/01/07-21 | Montreal | Quebec | Canada | New Penelope | CONFIRMED | newspaper ads and review. | bl, vd, ns, fo, ccpc, rf, gr | ||
| 67/02/03-04 | Los Angeles | CA | Lindy Opera House | CONFIRMED | ad. | bl, ns, fo, kb, dgrpc, rorws, LAFP, gr | |||
| 67/02/14 | New York | NY | Waldorf-Astoria Hotel | QUESTIONABLE | ns says Ninth Grammy Awards Ceremony. gr says one of four pre-Grammy dinners. kb has 68/04/12. cf. 68/02/29. | ns, kb, gr | |||
| 67/02/16 | Sacramento | CA | MOI (with Jim Fielder) were photographed in Sacramento. This is the most likely date for a gig. | jamzt | |||||
| 67/02/17-19 | San Francisco | CA | Fillmore Auditorium | CONFIRMED | Blues Project, Canned Heat | dates from poster. | bl, ns, mpdpc, gl, dfpc, pz, gr | ||
| 67/03/03-05 | San Francisco | CA | Fillmore Auditorium | CONFIRMED | Otis Rush, Morning Glory | dates from poster | bl, ns, mpdpc, gl, pz, gr | ||
| 67/03/23-04/03 | New York | NY | Garrick Theatre | 2 shows weeknights, 3 shows weekends | CONFIRMED | Tim Buckley (03/23-29), Richie Havens (03/30-04/3) | original ads said 03/23-04/01, but additional ads show that it was held over for two more days. | bl, vd, ns, fo, kb, fdi, rf, EVO, VV, cagws, gr | |
| 67/04/ | MD | University Of Maryland | "college circuit audition". according to JCB. = 08/13-16? | kb, kbpc, bcws | |||||
| 67/04/06-19 | New York | NY | Garrick Theatre | CONFIRMED | not continuously? ad 04/17 says "re-opens tonite". no ad in VV 04/13. | bl, vd, ns, fo, kb, fdi, rf, VV, cagws, gr | |||
| 67/04/20-23 | Boston | MA | Commonwealth Armory | CONFIRMED | Jefferson Airplane, Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Siegal-Schwall Band | American Festival Of Music. preview article in BSH. venue from TT. | arpc, fieb, BSH, TT | ||
| 67/04/24-05/01 | New York | NY | Garrick Theatre | CONFIRMED | Easter weekend (04/24-26). no ad in VV 04/20, but ad 04/27 says nothing about re-opening. | vd, fo, kb, VV,cagws, gr | |||
| 67/04/28 | New York | NY | Infinite Poster | CONFIRMED | Dave Van Ronk, Ian + Sylvia | handbill. next door to Garrick Theatre. | lmpc | ||
| 67/04/29 | London | UK | Alexandra Palace | CANCELED | 14-Hour Technicolor Dream | ns, fopc | |||
| 67/05/ | Boston | MA | Psychedelic Supermarket | SPURIOUS | according to JCB. wrong date or venue, since Psychedelic Supermarket didn't open until 67/09/. | kb, bafpc, kbpc, capc | |||
| 67/05/ | Toronto | Ontario | Canada | according to JCB. | kb, kbpc | ||||
| 67/05/02 | Buffalo | NY | Clark Gymnasium, SUNY Buffalo | SPURIOUS | Tom + Jerry | correct date is 69/05/02. | fo, bj, ghapc, atuws, cfnws, atpc, jampc, SBS, gr | ||
| 67/05/02-21 | New York | NY | Cafe Au Go Go | 2 shows weeknights, 3 shows weekends | CONFIRMED | Joe Beck Ensemble (05/21) | Garrick Theatre renamed. ads in VV 05/04-05/18. not advertised in EVO 5/1-15. undated tickets. | bl, vd, ns, fo, kb, frd, rf, cagws, gr | |
| 67/05/20 | New York | NY | Village Gate | CONFIRMED | 12 Annual Village Voice Off-Broadway Awards (Obies). review. | VV | |||
| 67/05/24-09/05 | New York | NY | Garrick Theatre | 2 shows Su/Tu/W/Th, 3 shows F/Sa. | CONFIRMED | Eric Andersen (06/04), Luke + The Apostles (06/04), Meredith Monk + Don Preston (67/07/) | ticket stub for 05/25. ads in VV 05/25-7/27 (at least). ads (as Garrick Theatre) in EVO 6/15-10/1. but they were definitely in London 09/23. review of 05/24/ in LISJ. | bl, vd, ns, fo, kb, frd, rf, EVO, cagws, jampc, LISJ, gr | |
| 67/06/11 | Copenhagen | Denmark | SPURIOUS | perhaps FZ did a press conference on this date, without the MOI. | kb, jlpc | ||||
| 67/06/28 | New York | NY | Village Theater | CONFIRMED | Fugs, Allen Ginsburg, Left Bank, Tim Buckley, et al. | Bread For Heads Festival. ad. | bl, fo, rf, gr | ||
| 67/07/15-16 | Northridge | CA | Devonshire Meadows | CANCELED | Jefferson Airplane, Doors, Grass Roots, Country Joe + Fish, Butterfield Blues Band, Solid State, Iron Butterfly, Canned Heat, Kaleidoscope, et al. | Fantasy Faire and Magic Music Festival. ad, photograph of schedule. Mothers and several other advertised bands did not appear. | OSC, OpC, rhapc | ||
| 67/08/13-16 | College Park | MD | University of Maryland | Blues Project, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Youngbloods, Bill Evans, New Lost City Ramblers | 20th National Student Congress | bcws, bcpc | |||
| 67/08/17 | London | UK | Speakeasy | Cream | FZ introduced Cream and played WOIIFTM demo, but did not perform. | pbipc, IT | |||
| 67/09/ | Cincinnati | OH | bl, vd, ns, fo, kb, gr | ||||||
| 67/09/ | Detroit | MI | QUESTIONABLE | newspaper story 67/12/01 suggests that's their first Detroit appearance. | vd, ns, fo, rf, gr | ||||
| 67/09/ | Essen | Germany | Grugahalle | FZ said on 82/06/10 that his first European concert had been at the same venue. venue spelling from their own website. | pbpc | ||||
| 67/09/ | Buffalo | NY | Clark Gymnasium, SUNY Buffalo | SPURIOUS | Tom + Jerry | correct date is 69/05/02. | fo, bj, ghapc, atuws, cfnws, atpc, jampc, SBS, gr | ||
| 67/09/ | Lund | Sweden | SPURIOUS | correct date is 67/10/02. | vd, fjpc | ||||
| 67/09/ | Miami | FL | bl, vd, ns, fo, kb, gr | ||||||
| 67/09/ | New York | NY | Town Hall | fo, kb, gr | |||||
| 67/09/09-10 | San Francisco | CA | Fillmore Auditorium | SPURIOUS | correct year is 1966. | bl, fo, mpdpc, gl, gr | |||
| 67/09/10 | Los Angeles | CA | Hollywood Bowl | SPURIOUS | correct year is 1972. | ns | |||
| 67/09/23 | London | UK | Royal Albert Hall | CONFIRMED | ad, poster, and review. | vd, ns, fo, kb, rf, ghws, pz124, gr | |||
| 67/09/24 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Concertgebouw | CONFIRMED | Groep 1850 | ad and review. not 09/25. | vd, ns, fo, kb, jlspc, Hw, hhfpc, gr | ||
| 67/09/25? | Hamburg | Germany | jlpc says they played Hamburg between 09/24 Amsterdam and 09/27 Copenhagen. It could just as likely have been 67/09/26. | jlpc | |||||
| 67/09/27 | Copenhagen | Denmark | Falkoner Theatret | jlpc says they played the Falkoner on two dates in 1967. pmpc says that the earlier visit was for promotional purposes, with no concert. | ns, fo, fjpc, jlpc, pmpc, gr | ||||
| 67/09/29 | Gothenburg | Sweden | Konserthallen, Liseberg | CONFIRMED | review. not Konserthuset. | vd, ns, fo, fjpc, kb, mdpc, gr | |||
| 67/09/30 | Stockholm | Sweden | Konserthuset | CONFIRMED | Hansson + Karlsson | poster. | jn, vd, ns, fo, fjpc, kb, jdpc, gr | ||
| 67/10/ | Copenhagen | Denmark | Tivoli | SPURIOUS | wrong year or venue. cf. 68/10/03; 67/09/27, 67/10/01. | vd, fo, jlpc | |||
| 67/10/ | London | UK | The Speakeasy | QUESTIONABLE | kbpc suggests that FZ patronized club but did not perform. | vd, fo, gr, kbpc | |||
| 67/10/ | London | UK | Royal Albert Hall | QUESTIONABLE | = 9/23? | vd, gr | |||
| 67/10/ | New York | NY | Garrick Theatre | reported in Intro, 10/28. Not advertised in EVO for 10/1-15 or 10/15-11/1. | ns, EVO | ||||
| 67/10/01 | Copenhagen | Denmark | Falkoner Theatret | 2 shows | CONFIRMED | Cadentia Nova Danica, The Maxwells | review and ticket stubs for 4:00 show. jlpc says they played the Falkoner on two dates in 1967. | jn, ns, fo, kb, jlpc, pmpc, bhdws, gr | |
| 67/10/02 | Lund | Sweden | Olympen | venue = Akademiska Foereningen? not 67/09/. | fo, fjpc, kb, gr | ||||
| 67/10/28 | Rochester | NY | War Memorial Theater | CONFIRMED | poster. cf. 68/ Syracuse, 68/69 Rochester | pnpc, pz77 | |||
| 67/11/ | Hamilton | NY | Colgate University | kb lists with question mark. according to JCB. Art Tripp mentioned it as one of his first gigs, so perhaps it was 67/12/, or even 68/01/. | kb, kbpc, at75, at97 | ||||
| 67/11/ | New Haven | CT | Yale University | QUESTIONABLE | kb lists with question mark. according to JCB. see 69/02/13. | kb, kbpc, ab | |||
| 67/11/ | Providence | RI | according to JCB. | kb, kbpc | |||||
| 67/11/03 | Baltimore | MD | Eastern High School | CONFIRMED | ticket stub. | fopc, frd | |||
| 67/11/17 | Detroit | MI | Masonic Temple | SPURIOUS | this show featured Beach Boys, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Buffalo Springfield, and Soul Survivors, but not FZ/MOI. check 68/11/17. | bl, fo, rf, gr | |||
| 67/11/24-25 | Boston | MA | Psychedelic Supermarket | CONFIRMED | poster gives no year or day of week, but mentions Verve and has photo of FZ from Absolutely Free. poster mentions Thanksgiving, which would have been 67/11/23. dpepc says Saturday or Sunday after Thanksgiving. kb lists with question mark--according to JCB. | fdi, kb, kbpc, dpepc, pz98 | |||
| 67/12/ | MI | Ted Nugent in Guitar Player: "I drove the Mothers of Invention all across Michigan in the Amboy Dukes van during their 1967 tour." Could be late November or early December. | tngp | ||||||
| 67/12/ | Buffalo | NY | QUESTIONABLE | kb lists with question mark. cf. 69/05/02. | kb | ||||
| 67/12/ | Chicago | IL | International Amphitheater | Community Defense Budget benefit. not advertised in Chicago Seed. | bl, fo, CS, gr | ||||
| 67/12/ | Ithaca | NY | mentioned by Art Tripp as one of his first gigs. | at75, at97 | |||||
| 67/12/01 | Detroit | MI | Ford Auditorium | CONFIRMED | ad in Detroit Fifth Estate 11/15/67. two newspaper preview articles. ticket stubs. | bl, fo, grpc, rf, rompc, gr | |||
| 67/12/02-03 | Ann Arbor | MI | Fifth Dimension | 2 shows 12/02. | CONFIRMED | Amboy Dukes | ad. | bl, jn, fo, kb, rf, gr | |
| 67/12/09 | Pasadena | CA | Civic Auditorium | CONFIRMED | Tim Buckley | poster, schedule, and review. not 12/08. | bl, fo, jnpc, pz132, rf, fdi, OpC, gr | ||
| 67/12/14 | San Francisco | CA | Fillmore Auditorium | CONFIRMED | Tim Buckley, Chambers Brothers | tickets stub, poster. | bl, mpdpc, gl, jnpc, pz, frd, rhapc, gr | ||
| 67/12/15-16 | San Francisco | CA | Winterland | CONFIRMED | Tim Buckley, Chambers Brothers | ticket stubs for both nights, poster. | bl, mpdpc, gl, jnpc, pz, frd, rhapc, gr | ||
| 67/12/20 | New York | NY | Mineola Theatre | 2 shows | CONFIRMED | Tim Buckley | ticket stub and program. | bmcpc, jampc | |
| 67/12/22-23 | New York | NY | Town Hall | CONFIRMED | Ruth Underwood + accordion + violin | ticket stub for 12/23, poster. | bl, frd, pz, dpws | ||
| 67/12/26-31 | Philadelphia | PA | Trauma | CONFIRMED | Mandrake Memorial | ad says two shows 8 and 10, but listing says 1 show 9pm each night. | bl, fo, kb, rf, klpc, gr | ||
| 67/68 | Portland | OR | Crystal Ballroom | between 67/01/ and 68/07. possibly just FZ sitting in with someone else. | pnpc, cbws |
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Frank Zappa Gig List: 1965-1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1988
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