Zappa Plays Zappa Tour Dates

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Tour dates have been announced for this year’s Zappa Plays Zappa tour, featuring Dweezil Zappa playing the music of his father, Frank Zappa

The tour follows the recent release of a live DVD shot during the course of last year’s tour. Details are available at zappa.com.

Dates are as follows:

July: 18 - Winnipeg, Manitoba - Centennial Concert Hall; 19 - Detroit Lakes, MN - 10,000 Lakes Festival; 20 - Chicago, IL - Centennial Concert Hall; 21 - Milwaukee, WI - The Rave; 22 - Indianapolis, IN - Egyptian Room; 24 - Cincinnati, OH - Moonlite Gardens; 25 - Erie, PA - Warner Theatre; 26 - Columbus, OH - LC Pavilion; 27 - Detroit, MI - Meadow Brook Festival; 28 - Cleveland, OH - Cain Park; 30 - Toronto, Ontario - Hummingbird; 31 - Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis

August: 1 - Quebec City, Quebec - Albert Rousseau Hall; 2 - Hampton Beach, NH - Hampton Beach Casino; 4 - Boston, MA - Fleet Boston Pavilion; 5 - Red Bank, NJ - Count Basie Theatre; 6 - Westbury, NY - North Fork Theatre at Westbury; 8 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory; 9 - Baltimore, MA - Ram’s Head Tavern; 10 - Norfolk, VA - NorVa; 11 - Asheville, NC - Thomas Wolfe Auditorium; 13 - Tulsa, OK - Cain’s Ballroom; 15 - Albuquerque, NM - Kiva Auditorium; 16 - Tucson, AZ - Fox Theatre; 17 - Phoenix, AZ - Dodge Theatre; 18 - Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues; 20 - Berkeley, CA - Berkeley Community Theatre; 21 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues; 22 - Anaheim, CA - House of Blues; 23 - Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern Theatre

September: 25 - London, UK - Shepherds Bush Empire; 26 - Tilburg, Netherlands - Koncerthus; 27 - Amsterdam, Netherlands- New Melkweg; 29 - Fribourg, Switzerland - Le Fri-Son; 30 - Munich, Germany Circus Krone

October: 1 - Frankfurt, Germany - Jahrhunderthalle; 3 - Stuttgart, Germany - Beethovensaal; 4 - Erfurt, Germany - Messehalle; 5 - Paris, France - Grand Rex; 6 - Antwerp, Belgium - Elisabeth Hall; 8 - Arhus, Denmark - The Music House; 9 - Stavanger, Norway – Koncerthus; 10 - Bergen, Norway - Peer Gynt; 12 - Oslo, Norway - Sentrum Scene; 13 - Lund, Sweden - Olympen; 14 - Stockholm, Sweden - Cirkus



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