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 |
| February-June | 7c | recordings in circulation |
| Date | City | State | Country | Venue | Shows | Status | Other acts | Comments | Sources |
| 88/02/02 | Albany | NY | Palace Theater | CONFIRMED | ticket stub | bl, jn, pb, mtrpc, gr | |||
| 88/02/04-06 | New York | NY | Beacon Theatre | CONFIRMED | review, ticket stubs for all nights. | bl, jn, pb, pz, frd, mtrpc, klpc, gr | |||
| 88/02/08-10 | Washington | DC | Warner Theatre | bl, jn, pb, rlfpc, gr | |||||
| 88/02/12-14 | Upper Darby | PA | Tower Theatre | CONFIRMED | ticket stubs for all nights. | bl, jn, vd, pb, frd, mtrpc, kewpc, gr | |||
| 88/02/16-17 | Hartford | CT | Bushnell Memorial Hall | CONFIRMED | ticket stubs for both nights. | bl, jn, vd, pb, rbupc, frd, mtrpc, gr | |||
| 88/02/19-20 | Boston | MA | Orpheum Theater | CONFIRMED | ticket stubs for both nights. | bl, jn, vd, pb, mtrpc, gr | |||
| 88/02/23 | Poughkeepsie | NY | Mid Hudson Civic Center | CONFIRMED | ticket stub. | bl, jn, pb, mtrpc, gr | |||
| 88/02/25 | Pittsburgh | PA | Syria Mosque | bl, jn, pb, gr | |||||
| 88/02/26-28 | Royal Oak | MI | Royal Oak Music Theatre | CONFIRMED | near Troy and Detroit. ticket stubs for 02/28. newspaper review of 02/26 mentioning all three dates. | bl, jn, vd, mbeapc, rompc, gr | |||
| 88/03/01 | Muskegon | MI | Frauenthal Theatre | CONFIRMED | ticket stub. | bl, jn, vd, pb, jsmpc, gr | |||
| 88/03/03-04 | Chicago | IL | Auditorium Theatre | CONFIRMED | ticket stubs for both nights. | bl, jn, pb, jprpc, frd, gr | |||
| 88/03/05 | Cleveland | OH | Music Hall | CONFIRMED | ticket stubs. | bl, jn, pb, jprpc, btseb, frd, gr | |||
| 88/03/06 | Columbus | OH | Veterans Memorial Auditorium | CONFIRMED | review. | bl, jn, pb, pbpc, CD, gr | |||
| 88/03/08 | Pittsburgh | PA | Syria Mosque | bl, jn, pb, gr | |||||
| 88/03/09 | Buffalo | NY | Shea's Theater | CONFIRMED | ticket stub. venue officially known as Shea's Buffalo Center for the Performing Arts. | bl, jn, pb, jdpc, frd, gr | |||
| 88/03/11 | Rochester | NY | War Memorial Auditorium | CONFIRMED | ticket stub. | bl, jn, pb, frd, gr | |||
| 88/03/12 | Burlington | VT | Memorial Auditorium | CONFIRMED | ticket stubs show date and artist, no venue or city. | bl, jn, pb, mtrpc, frd, sfgpc, gr | |||
| 88/03/13 | Springfield | MA | Civic Center | CONFIRMED | poster and ticket stubs. | bl, jn, pb, mtrpc, pz144, frd, sfgpc, gr | |||
| 88/03/15 | Portland | ME | Cumberland County Civic Center | CONFIRMED | ticket stub. from ccccws: attendance = 3196. not OR. | bl, jn, vd, pb, klpc, ccccws, sfgpc, gr | |||
| 88/03/16 | Providence | RI | Civic Center | CONFIRMED | ticket stub. | bl, jn, pb, mtrpc, gr | |||
| 88/03/17 | Binghamton | NY | Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena | bl, jn, pb, grpc, gr | |||||
| 88/03/19 | Allentown | PA | Memorial Hall, Muhlenburg College | CONFIRMED | ticket stub. | bl, jn, pb, frd, gr | |||
| 88/03/20 | Hackensack | NJ | Rothman Center, Fairleigh Dickinson University | CONFIRMED | ticket stub. university spelling from their own website. campus spans city limits, but venue is not in Teaneck. | bl, jn, pb, mtrpc, kewpc, gr | |||
| 88/03/21 | VA | CANCELED | = 03/23 Fairfax? | ||||||
| 88/03/21 | Syracuse | NY | Landmark Theater | bl, jn, pb, gr | |||||
| 88/03/23 | Fairfax | VA | Patriot Center, George Mason University | CANCELED | near Washington, DC. | jampc, PBP, gr | |||
| 88/03/23 | Towson | MD | Towson Center | CONFIRMED | ticket stub. | bl, jn, pb, gmpc, gr | |||
| 88/03/24 | Philadelphia | PA | Spectrum Theater | CANCELED | canceled | bl, vd, gr | |||
| 88/03/25 | Uniondale | NY | Nassau Coliseum | CONFIRMED | Hot Tuna (acoustic) | poster and ticket stub. | bl, jn, pb, frd, pz130, mtrpc, gr | ||
| 88/04/09 | Bourges | France | Le Stadium | CONFIRMED | Didier Lockwood | ticket stub. | bl, jn, pb, frd, pbpc, gr | ||
| 88/04/10 | Ghent | Belgium | Sportpaleis | CONFIRMED | ticket stub. | bl, jn, vd, pb, pdspc, frd, gr | |||
| 88/04/12 | Berlin | Germany | Deutschlandhalle | CONFIRMED | ticket stubs. | bl, jn, pb, fcbpc, frd, gr | |||
| 88/04/13 | Offenbach | Germany | Stadthalle | CONFIRMED | ticket stub. | bl, jn, vd, pb, jnpc, frd, gr | |||
| 88/04/14 | Cologne | Germany | Sporthalle | CONFIRMED | poster and ticket stub. | bl, jn, pb, pz, jnpc, frd, gr | |||
| 88/04/16 | Brighton | UK | Brighton Centre | CONFIRMED | ticket stub and poster. | bl, jn, pb, frd, gr | |||
| 88/04/18-19 | London | UK | Wembley Arena | CONFIRMED | ads, poster, ticket stubs for both dates. | bl, jn, vd, pb, frd, dcjtaffz, mdfws, gr | |||
| 88/04/20 | Birmingham | UK | National Exhibition Centre | CONFIRMED | poster and ticket stub. | bl, jn, vd, pb, fdi, frd, gr | |||
| 88/04/22 | Wuerzburg | Germany | Carl-Diem-Halle | CONFIRMED | ticket stub. | bl, jn, vd, pb, jnpc, jprpc, frd, gr | |||
| 88/04/24 | Bremen | Germany | Stadthalle | CONFIRMED | poster and ticket stub. | bl, jn, pb, uspc, gr | |||
| 88/04/25 | Copenhagen | Denmark | Falkoner Teatret | CONFIRMED | ticket stubs. | bl, jn, pb, pz, frd, kkvpc, bhdws, gr | |||
| 88/04/26 | Lund | Sweden | Olympen | CONFIRMED | ticket stub and poster. | bl, jn, pb, pz, frd, jdpc, gr | |||
| 88/04/27 | Lillestrom | Norway | Skedsmohallen | CONFIRMED | ticket stub. near Oslo. | bl, jn, pb, pz, ebpc, frd, gr | |||
| 88/04/29 | Helsinki | Finland | Jaeaehalli | CONFIRMED | reviews and ticket stub. | bl, jn, vd, jnpc, pb, juhpc, gr | |||
| 88/05/01 | Stockholm | Sweden | Johanneshovs Isstadion | CONFIRMED | ticket stubs. | bl, jn, pb, uhpc, pz, frd, gr | |||
| 88/05/03-04 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | The Ahoy | CONFIRMED | ticket stubs for both nights. | bl, jn, pb, jlspc, jjpc, hhfpc, frd, gr | |||
| 88/05/05 | Dortmund | Germany | Westfalenhalle | CONFIRMED | ticket stub. | bl, jn, vd, pb, hhfpc, gr | |||
| 88/05/06 | Hamburg | Germany | Congress Centrum Hamburg | CONFIRMED | ticket stubs. ohpc says the venue was Muzikhalle, but ticket stubs say CCH Saal 1. | bl, jn, pb, frd, ohpc, rgopc, gr | |||
| 88/05/08 | Vienna | Austria | Stadthalle | CONFIRMED | poster. | bl, jn, pb, bsa, gr | |||
| 88/05/09 | Munich | Germany | Rudi-Sedlmeyer-Halle | CONFIRMED | ticket stub | bl, jn, pb, jnpc, gr | |||
| 88/05/11 | Zurich | Switzerland | Hallenstadion | CONFIRMED | ticket stub. | bl, jn, pb, jnpc, jprpc, frd, gr | |||
| 88/05/13 | Bilbao | Spain | Pabellon de los Deportes de La Casilla | CONFIRMED | ticket stub. venue from Luis Ruiz (via rgapc). not Velodrome. not San Sebastian. | bl, jn, vd, pb, rgapc, hpspc, gr | |||
| 88/05/14 | Madrid | Spain | Auditorio de la Casa de Campo | CONFIRMED | Mermelada, Burning | ticket stub. venue aka Rockodromo. not "Palacio de Desportes" (which is not even Spanish). other acts from attendee smopc. FZ went second. Burning may not have played. | bl, jn, vd, pb, grpc, frd, rgapc, pbpc, smopc, gr | ||
| 88/05/15 | Seville | Spain | Auditorio Municipal Prado de San Sebastian | CONFIRMED | ticket stub. | bl, jn, pb, jampc, gr | |||
| 88/05/17 | Barcelona | Spain | Palacio de los Deportes | CONFIRMED | ticket stub. | bl, jn, pb, grpc, jampc, gr | |||
| 88/05/18 | Montpellier | France | Le Zenith | CONFIRMED | ticket stub. | bl, jn, pb, frd, gr | |||
| 88/05/19 | Grenoble | France | Le Summum | CONFIRMED | ticket stubs. not Le Summun. | bl, jn, pb, pjpc, frd, gripc, gr | |||
| 88/05/20 | Paris | France | Le Zenith | CONFIRMED | and not 05/21? pjpc says he saw FZ at Paris-Zenith two days in a row. | bl, jn, vd, pb, pcpc, frd, gr | |||
| 88/05/21 | Paris | France | Le Zenith | SPURIOUS | vd, pcpc, gr | ||||
| 88/05/23 | Strasbourg | France | Hall Tivoli | CONFIRMED | ticket stub. | bl, jn, pb, pz, jnpc, frd, gr | |||
| 88/05/24 | Stuttgart | Germany | Beethovensaal, Liederhalle | CONFIRMED | ticket stubs. not Martin Schleyer Halle. | bl, jn, vd, jnpc, mvpc, pb, gabspc, gr | |||
| 88/05/25 | Mannheim | Germany | Rosengarten/Mozartsaal | CONFIRMED | ticket stub. | bl, jn, pb, jnpc, hpbpc, gr | |||
| 88/05/26 | Fuerth | Germany | Stadthalle | CONFIRMED | ticket stub. | jn, vd, pb, mstpc, gr | |||
| 88/05/28 | Linz | Austria | Sporthalle | CONFIRMED | ticket stub. | bl, jn, pb, hspc, gr | |||
| 88/05/29 | Graz | Austria | Eishalle Liebenau | bl, jn, pb, gr | |||||
| 88/05/30 | Udine | Italy | Palasport Primo Carnera | gr has 05/31, but attendee wrote 5/30 on his photo of the show. | bl, jn, pb, mapc, gr | ||||
| 88/06/01 | Padua | Italy | Palasport | CONFIRMED | ticket stub. | bl, jn, pb, gripc, gr | |||
| 88/06/02 | Milan | Italy | Palatrussardi | ticket stub shows no city, venue, day, or date. but it's definitely for FZ, Italy, 1988. | bl, jn, pb, frd, gr | ||||
| 88/06/03 | Turin | Italy | Palasport | bl, jn, pb, gr | |||||
| 88/06/05 | Modena | Italy | Palasport | ticket stub shows no city, venue, day, or date. but it's definitely for FZ, Italy, 1988. | bl, jn, pb, frd, gr | ||||
| 88/06/06 | Florence | Italy | Palasport | bl has Genova | bl, jn, vd, pb, gr | ||||
| 88/06/07 | Rome | Italy | PalaEur | bl, jn, pb, gr | |||||
| 88/06/09 | Genoa | Italy | Palasport | bl has Florence | bl, jn, vd, pb, gr |
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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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