Shows

The Red Krayola Shows
1966, 1967, 1968			1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975
1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985
1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Live recordings

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
🇺🇸		1999-10-09	Chicago	IL	Empty Bottle
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