Shows

1960s
		Date	City		Venue	Notes	Audio	Video
1966 The Red Crayola formed
🇺🇸		1966	Houston	TX	Living Eye	first show
🇺🇸			Houston	TX	Love	multiple shows
🇺🇸			Channelview	TX	Channelview High School
🇺🇸			Houston	TX	The Catacombs	supporting The Gentrys
🇺🇸			Houston	TX	University of Houston	Jeffrey House dormitory dance
🇺🇸			Houston	TX	The Cheetah
🇺🇸			Houston	TX	The Cellar	supporting The American Blues
🇺🇸			Houston	TX	Louisiana Gallery	art opening
🇺🇸			Houston	TX	Dreyer Galleries	art opening
🇺🇸		1966-12-16	Baytown	TX	Lee College Gymnasium	Christmas dance
🇺🇸		1966-12-31	Houston	TX
🇺🇸		1967-01-14	Houston	TX	Bill Bennett's Restaurant
🇺🇸		1967-03-23	Houston	TX	Gulfgate Shopping City	KNUZ Swingin' Festival
		1967-03-24	Houston	TX	Gulfgate Shopping City	KNUZ Swingin' Festival
		1967-03-25	Houston	TX	Gulfgate Shopping City	KNUZ Swingin' Festival
		1967-03-26	Houston	TX	Gulfgate Shopping City	KNUZ Swingin' Festival
🇺🇸		1967-03-31	Houston	TX	La Maison	Rice University's Archi-Arts Ball
🇺🇸		1967-06-03	Houston	TX	Love Street Light Circus	grand opening; with Lost and Found
1967-06 The Parable of Arable Land released
🇺🇸		1967-06-29	Los Angeles	CA	Venice Pavillion/Hotel	Angry Arts Festival	🎵
🇺🇸		1967-07-02	Berkeley	CA	Pauley Ballroom	Berkeley Folk Music Festival	🎵	🔍
🇺🇸		1967-07-03	Berkeley	CA		Berkeley Folk Music Festival	🎵
🇺🇸		1967-07-04	Berkeley	CA		Berkeley Folk Music Festival	🎵
🇺🇸		1967-07-09	Berkeley	CA	New Orleans House	supporting John Fahey
🇺🇸		1968	Houston	TX	St. Thomas University	Peace Vigil
1968-05 God Bless the Red Krayola and All Who Sail With It released
1970s
		Date	City		Venue	Notes	Audio	Video
1972 The Rockin' Blue Diamonds
1978-10 Hurricane Fighter Plane flexidisc released
1978-10-13 Wives in Orbit / Yik-Yak released
🇬🇧		1978-10-13	London		Hope and Anchor	Radar Special
		1978-10-14	London		Hope and Anchor	Radar Special
🇬🇧		1978-11-16	London		Chislehurst Caves	UK Ubu Dance Party tour
🇬🇧		1978-11-18	London		Acklam Hall		?
🇬🇧		1978-11-22	Cambridge		Lady Mitchell Hall	UK Ubu Dance Party tour
🇬🇧		1978-11-24	Manchester		The Factory	UK Ubu Dance Party tour
🇬🇧		1978-11-25	Liverpool		Eric's	UK Ubu Dance Party tour
🇬🇧		1978-11-27	Birmingham		Barbarella's	UK Ubu Dance Party tour
🇬🇧		1978-11-28	London		Electric Ballroom	UK Ubu Dance Party tour
🇬🇧		1978-11-29	Plymouth		Metro	UK Ubu Dance Party tour
🇧🇪		1978-12-12	Brussels		Theatre 140	Red Ubu tour
🇫🇷		1978-12-13	Paris		Bataclan	Red Ubu tour	🎵
🇳🇱		1978-12-14	Rotterdam		Eksit Club	Red Ubu tour
🇳🇱		1978-12-15	Amsterdam		Paradiso	Red Ubu tour
🇩🇪		1978-12-17	Düsseldorf		Ratinger Hof	Red Ubu tour
🇩🇪		1978-12-18	Hamburg		Uncle Po's	Red Ubu tour
1979-03 Soldier-Talk released
🇬🇧		1979-03-23	Nottingham		Sandpiper	Soldier-Talk tour with Scritti Politti
🇬🇧		1979-03-24	Cheltenham		The Plough	Soldier-Talk tour with Scritti Politti
🇬🇧		1979-03-26	Rugby		Railway Club	Soldier-Talk tour with Scritti Politti
🇬🇧		1979-03-28	Altringham		Bowdon Vale Club	Soldier-Talk tour with Scritti Politti
🇬🇧		1979-03-29	Oxford		Caribbean Club	Soldier-Talk tour with Scritti Politti
🇬🇧		1979-03-30	London		Acklam Hall	Soldier-Talk tour with Scritti Politti
🇬🇧		1979-03-31	Manchester		The Factory (Russell Club)	Soldier-Talk tour with Scritti Politti
🇬🇧		1979-04-02	Landcaster		Catholic Club	Soldier-Talk tour with Scritti Politti
🇬🇧		1979-04-03	Birmingham		Birmingham Co-Op (Festival-Rooms)	Soldier-Talk tour with Scritti Politti
🇬🇧		1979-04-04	York		The Pop Club	Soldier-Talk tour with Scritti Politti
🇬🇧	File:Shows-1979-03-30-listing.webp	1979-04-05	London		Acklam Hall	Soldier-Talk tour with Scritti Politti
🇩🇪		1979-04-07	Berlin		SO36	Soldier-Talk tour with Scritti Politti
🇩🇪		1979-04-08	Düsseldorf		Ratinger Hof	Soldier-Talk tour with Scritti Politti
🇩🇪		1979-04-10	Köln		GROB	Soldier-Talk tour with Scritti Politti
🇨🇭		1979-04-12	Zürich		Drahtschmidli	Soldier-Talk tour with Scritti Politti
🇬🇧		1979-08-05	London		Prince of Wales Conference Center	with Scritti Politti
🇬🇧		1979-09-01	London		The Nashville Room
🇺🇸		1979-09-21	San Francisco	CA	Mabuhay Gardens	cancelled
🇺🇸		1979-09-22	Berkeley	CA	Pauley Ballroom	supporting the B-52's; cancelled
🇺🇸		1979-09-23		CA	Deaf Club	cancelled
1979-10-05 Micro-Chips & Fish released
🇬🇧		1979-10-04	Bournemouth		Grand Hall/Town Hall	supporting Swell Maps
🇬🇧		1979-10-20	Liverpool		Eric's	supporting Swell Maps
🇬🇧		1979-11-08	Guildford		The Civic Hall	supporting Gang of Four
🇬🇧		1979-11-10	Aylesbury		Maxwell Hall	supporting Gang of Four
🇬🇧		1979-11-11	Bristol		Locarno	supporting Gang of Four
🇬🇧		1979-11-12	Canterbury		College of Art	supporting Gang of Four
🇬🇧		1979-11-14	Southampton		Southampton University	supporting Gang of Four
🇬🇧		1979-11-22	Bournemouth		Grand Hall/Town Hall	supporting Gang of Four
🇬🇧		1979-11-23	London		Electric Ballroom	supporting Gang of Four
🇬🇧		1979-11-30	Cambridge		Corn Exchange	supporting Gang of Four
🇬🇧		1979-12-01	Portsmouth		Locarno	supporting Gang of Four
1980s
		Date	City		Venue	Notes	Audio	Video
🇬🇧		1980-05-01	London		Clarendon Hotel Ballroom
🇩🇪		1980-06-06	Krefeld		Haus Blumenthal		🔍
July-August 1980 Pere Ubu: The Art of Walking tour
🇩🇪		1980-12-06	Hamburg				🔍
February-March 1981 Pere Ubu: The Art of Walking Europe tour
1981-05 Kangaroo? released
🇦🇹		1981-06-12	Vienna
🇨🇭		1981-06-16	Zürich		Rote Fabrik
🇬🇧		1981-0	London		Moonlight Club
1981-12 Pere Ubu: Bailing Man tour
🇬🇧		1982-10-07	London		The Venue
🇨🇭		1982-10-09	Zürich		Rote Fabrik	Musik Ausser Kontrolle Festival	🔍
🇩🇪		1982-10-14	Frankfurt		Batschkapp	Rock-Avantgarde-Tage	🎵
🇩🇪		1982-10-15	Aachen		UKW
🇩🇪		1982-10-16	Hamburg		Versuchsfeld
🇩🇪		1982-10-17	Berlin
🇩🇪		1982-10-19	Düsseldorf		Ratinger Hof
🇨🇭		1982-10-30	Basel		Totentanz		🔍
1983 Black Snakes released
🇨🇭		1983-09-03	Winterthur		Winterthurer Musikfestwochen
🇨🇭		1985-06-04	Zürich		Rote Fabrik?
🇩🇪		1985-06-16	Hamburg		Israel Halle	Neu-Konservatiw day 2
🇬🇧		1986-04-17	London		Bay 63
1990s
		Date	City		Venue	Notes	Audio	Video
🇩🇪		1990-10-02	Köln			Cowws Quintett with Mayo Thompson
🇨🇭		1991-11	Zürich			Cowws Quintett with Mayo Thompson	🎵
🇩🇪		1991-12	Stuttgart			Cowws Quintett with Mayo Thompson	🎵
🇦🇹		1993-03-23	Graz		Forum Stadtpark		🎵	📹
🇩🇪		1993-08-05	Hamburg		Knust	Mayo Thompson solo
🇺🇸		1994-01-08	New York City	NY	Thread Waxing Space	The Drag City Three-Peat
1994-03-21 14 / Stink Program released
1994-09-19 The Red Krayola released
🇺🇸		1994-09-15	Chicago		Lounge Ax
🇯🇵		1994-10-04	Tokyo		Shimokitazawa Shelter	Japan tour 1994	🎵	📹
🇯🇵		1994-10-05	Tokyo		Shimokitazawa Shelter	may be duplicate; Japan tour 1994
🇯🇵		1994-10-07	Tokyo		P3 Art and Environment	symposium on music and art; Japan tour 1994
🇯🇵		1994-10-20	Osaka		Namba Bears	Japan tour 1994
🇯🇵		1994-10-21	Osaka		Fandango	Japan tour 1994
🇯🇵		1994-10-23	Kobe		Club Sonne	Japan tour 1994
🇯🇵		1994-10-24	Kyoto		Marutamachi Other Side	Japan tour 1994
🇺🇸		1995-01-04	Cambridge	MA	Middle East	US tour 1995
🇺🇸		1995-01-06	Los Angeles	CA	Jabberjaw	US tour 1995
🇺🇸		1995-01-07	Hoboken	NJ	Maxwells	US tour 1995
🇺🇸		1995-01-11	St. Louis	MO	Cicero's	US tour 1995
🇺🇸		1995-01-13	Chicago	IL	Lounge Ax	US tour 1995
🇺🇸		1995-03-04	Chicago	IL	Chicago Filmmakers
🇺🇸		1995-05-25	Santa Monica	CA	Alligator Lounge
1995-06-13 Amor and Language released
🇺🇸		1995-08-02	Portland	OR	Satyricon		🎵
1996-01-30 Chemistry / Farewell to Arms released
1996-12-10 Hazel released
🇺🇸		1997-04-10	Chicago	IL	Empty Bottle	with Gastr del Sol
🇺🇸		1997-04-21	Cambridge	MA	Middle East	with Gastr del Sol
🇺🇸		1998-03-17	Los Angeles	CA	Spaceland	Tony Conrad record release
🇺🇸		1998-08-26	San Francisco	CA	Bottom of the Hill
🇺🇸		1998-08-29	Seattle	WA	The Breakroom
🇨🇦		1998-08-30	Vancouver	BC	Starfish Room
1999-06-08 Fingerpainting released
🇺🇸		1999-08-25	Los Angeles	CA	LunaPark
🇯🇵		1999-08-29	Tokyo		Club Quattro	Fingerpainting Japan tour '99
🇯🇵		1999-08-30	Tokyo		Tower Records	Fingerpainting Japan tour '99
🇯🇵		1999-08-30	Tokyo		Loft	Fingerpainting Japan tour '99
🇯🇵		1999-08-31	Osaka		Bayside-Jenny	Fingerpainting Japan tour '99
2000s
		Date	City		Venue	Notes	Audio	Video
🇺🇸		2000-01-15	New York City	NY	Knitting Factory
🇺🇸		2000-04-21	Atlanta	GA	The Earl	WREK FM 32nd anniversary	🎵	📹
2000-10-09 Blues, Hollers and Hellos released
2004-07-20 Singles released
🇫🇷		2004-09-03	Paris		Le Forum des Images	L'Etrange Festival
🇺🇸		2004-09-11	Chicago	IL	Empty Bottle
🇺🇸		2004-09-20	New York City	NY	The Knitting Factory		🎵
🇺🇸		2004-10-07	San Francisco	CA	Great American Music Hall
🇺🇸		2004-10-08	Los Angeles	CA	El Rey Theatre
🇯🇵		2005-03-10	Tokyo		O-Nest	Japan tour 2005
🇯🇵		2005-03-11	Yokohama		Thumbs Up	Japan tour 2005
🇯🇵		2005-03-13	Fukuoka		VooDooLounge	Japan tour 2005
🇯🇵		2005-03-14	Okayama		Pepper Land	Japan tour 2005
🇯🇵		2005-03-15	Osaka		Noon	Japan tour 2005
🇯🇵		2005-03-17	Nagoya		Tokusan	Japan tour 2005
🇯🇵		2005-03-18	Kyoto		Crucifixion	Japan tour 2005
🇯🇵		2005-03-20	Tokyo		StarPine's Cafe	Japan tour 2005	🎵
🇯🇵		2005-03-21	Tokyo		O-Nest	Japan tour 2005	🔍
🇮🇹		2005-04-29				Indie Rocket Festival 2005
🇮🇹		2005-04-30	Verona		Interzona
🇺🇸		2005-09-21	Chicago	IL	Empty Bottle	Adventures in Modern Music 2005
2006-04-18 Introduction released
🇺🇸		2006-04-29	Los Angeles	CA	J Paul Getty Museum
🇺🇸		2006-08-02	New York City	NY	Knitting Factory
🇺🇸		2006-08-03	Philadelphia	PA	International House
🇺🇸		2006-08-06	Buffalo	NY	Soundlab		🎵
🇯🇵		2006-10-15	Tokyo		Shibuya O-Nest	Japan tour 2006	🎵
🇯🇵		2006-10-18	Ooita		AT Hall	Japan tour 2006
🇯🇵		2006-10-20	Osaka		Bridge	Japan tour 2006
🇯🇵		2006-10-21	Kyoto		Daigaku	Japan tour 2006
🇯🇵		2006-10-22	Tokyo		Shibuya O-Nest	Japan tour 2006
🇯🇵		2006-10-23	Tokyo		Shibuya O-Nest	Japan tour 2006
2006-11-14 Red Gold released
🇫🇷		2006-12-13	Paris		Point Éphémère		🔍
🇵🇹		2006-12-16	Braga		Theatro Circo
🇳🇱		2006-12-17	Amsterdam		Paradiso
🇪🇸		2007-05-12	Barcelona		Pocket Club
2007-09-25 Sighs Trapped By Liars released
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿		2008-07-06	Edinburgh		St. Cecilia’s Hall	Three Blows
🇬🇧		2008-07-20	London		Somerset House	supporting Joanna Newsom
🇫🇷		2008-09-26	Toulouse		École des Beaux Arts
🇦🇹		2009-06-05	Graz		Kunsthaus Graz
🇦🇹		2009-11-10	Vienna
🇬🇧		2009-11-19	London		Institute of Contemporary Arts			📹
2010s
		Date	City		Venue	Notes	Audio	Video
2010-01-26 Five American Portraits released
🇩🇪		2011-09-30	Hamburg		Kampnagel
🇩🇪		2011-11-01	Berlin		Hebbel Am Ufer
🇺🇸		2012-04-13	New York City	NY	Whitney Museum of Modern Art	Whitney Biennial 2012; with The Familiar Ugly
🇺🇸		2012-04-14	New York City	NY	Whitney Museum of Modern Art	Whitney Biennial 2012; selections from Victorine
🇫🇷		2013-04-19	Paris		Église Saint-Merry		🎵	📹
🇺🇸		2013-09-28	Louisville	KY	American Turners Club	Corky's Debt to His Father live; Cropped Out	🎵	📹
🇺🇸		2015-11-07	Los Angeles	CA	Redcat	Corrected Slogans live		📹
🇺🇸		2016-11-04	New York City	NY	The Kitchen
🇺🇸		2016-11-05	New York City	NY	The Kitchen
🇺🇸		2017-10-20	San Francisco	CA	The Lab	recording Born in Flames II (single); cancelled
🇺🇸		2019-10-24	New York City	NY	Lisson Gallery	Letters to The Jackson Pollock Bar...
🇺🇸		2019-12-08	New York City	NY	(Le) Poisson Rouge	Corky's Debt to His Father live
2020s
		Date	City		Venue	Notes	Audio	Video
🇺🇸		2020-01-09	Los Angeles	CA	Hammer Museum	Corky's Debt to His Father live	🎵
🇺🇸		2020-03-25	Chicago	IL	Constellation	Corky's Debt to His Father live; cancelled