List of Dead Kennedys live performances

Dead Kennedys are an American hardcore punk band from San Francisco, California. Below is a list of their live performances.

1978

Date Venue City Country Other bands Shows total Shows this year Flyer Tour
July 19 Mabuhay Gardens San Francisco, CA USA Negative Trend, The Offs, DV8 1 1 1

2

?
August 2 The Weirdos, X 2 2 ?
August 13 The Offs, The Eaters 3 3 1
August 20 Sproul Plaza Berkeley, CA The Zeros 4 4 ?
August 26 The Rio Rodeo, CA Sleepers, Permanent Wave, The Offs, P.P. 5 5 1

2

August 30 Mabuhay Gardens San Francisco, CA Kid Courage, Contraband 6 6 ?
September 1 Crime, Negative Trend, Ogden Edsel 7 7
September 2 The Mutants, Yoel, The Screamers 8 8 1

2 3

September 4 Dils, The Mutants 9 9 1

2 3

September 16 The Dogs, Fear 10 10 1
September 22 Community Centre Negative Trend, Savage 11 11 ?
September 23 Aitos Berkeley, CA The Mutants, Rad Command 12 12 1
Mabuhay Gardens San Francisco, CA The Enemy, The Telepaths 13 13 1
September 28 The Mutants, The Plugz 14 14 1
October 5 The Weirdos, The Feederz 15 15 ?
October 22 The Zeros, The Young Adults 16 16 1

2

October 28 Aitos Berkeley, CA The Young Adults, The Avengers, Sudden Fun 17 17 1

2

November 4 Mabuhay Gardens San Francisco, CA Germs, The Red Products, The Imposters 18 18 1

2 3 4

November 22 Subhumans, Blow Up, Young Canadians, Private School 19 19 1

2 3 4 5 6

November 25 Aitos Berkeley, CA The Controllers, The Young Adults 20 20 1

2

December 1 S.F. Art Institute San Francisco, CA The Dils 21 21 1
December 15 Mabuhay Gardens The Offs, Zero Factor 22 22 1
December 16 330 Grove St. The Avengers, The Mutants 23 23 1

2 3

December 19 Campolindo High School Moraga, CA The Liars, The Zeros 24 24 ?

1979

Month/Day Venue City Country Other bands Shows total Shows this year Flyer Tour
January 12 New Masque San Francisco, CA USA The Germs 25 1 1 ?
January 13 26 2
January 20 La Plaza Cotati, CA The Imposters, The Variables 27 3 ?
January 26 The Pit San Francisco, CA The Mutants, K.G.B. 28 4 1
February 24 Mabuhay Gardens The VIPs, The Runz 29 5 ?
March 3 The Deaf Club Germs 30 6 1

2

April 6 Mabuhay Gardens Situations, William Talon 31 7 ?
April 7 10th Street Berkeley, CA The Mutants, D.O.A. 32 8 1
April 19 The Temple San Francisco, CA The Neo Boys, The Urge 33 9 1

2 3

April 20 Mills College Student Union Oakland, CA The Queers, Negative Trend 34 10 1
April 27 Mabuhay Gardens San Francisco, CA Germs 35 11 1
May 18 Bags, Units 36 12 1

2 3

May 26 The Temple D.O.A., The Offs, Middle Class 37 13 1
June 5 Hurrah New York City, NY Chain Gang 38 14 1 1979 East Coast Tour
June 6 The Hot Club Philadelphia, PA Pink Section, China Comidas 39 15 1
June 7 Max's Kansas City New York City, NY Voodoo Shoes 40 16 1
June 13 The Rat Boston, MA Chinas Cortinas 41 17 ?
June 14 Tomato New York City, NY ? 42 18 1
June 30 The Temple San Francisco, CA Zeros, Eaters, Bus Stop, Ready Mades, Exxploding, Pintos, Roy, Loney, Phantom Movers, Space Trash, Shashi, X-M Rhythm, Casselbury Dupres, Magic, Hyway, Fleshapoids, Ivy, X-Isles, Monica, DuPont Blues Band, Mondellos, SVT, Eye Protection, Snuky Tate 43 19 1 ?
July 4 Mabuhay Gardens Vs., Units 44 20 1

2

July 7 Washington Hall Seattle, WA Ice-9 45 21 1

2

1979 Pacific Northeast Tour
July 11 The Long Goodbye Portland, OR The Fit, Ziplocs 46 (7:00 PM) 22 1

2

47 (10:00 PM) 23
July 12 Smilin' Buddha Vancouver, BC CAN The Modernettes, Braineaters 48 24 1

2

July 13 49 25
July 14 50 26
July 15 Vancouver East Cultural Center ? 51 27 ?
July 24 Mabuhay Gardens San Francisco USA The Punts, The V.I.P.s, The Rotters 52 28 1

2

?
July 28 The Temple Crime, Zeros 53 29 1

2

August 3 Bear's Lair, University of California Berkeley, CA SVT 54 30 ?
August 16 Hong Kong Café Los Angeles, CA Vs. 55 (9:00 PM Show) 31 1
56 (11:00 PM Show) 32
August 17 57 (9:00 PM Show) 33
58 (11:00 PM Show) 34
August 24 Mabuhay Gardens San Francisco, CA The Go-Go's, The Penetrators 59 35 1
September 3 Symptoms, Anti-Bodies, Eye Protection, Vs., Jars, Contractions, Pink Section 60 36 1

2

September 8 The Silencers, Anko-Ku Botu 61 37 1
September 11 Slick Willy's Sacramento, CA The Nervebreakers, Pressure 62 38
October 6 The Temple San Francisco, CA Alley Cats, The Bags 63 39 1

2 3 4

October 10 Mabuhay Gardens Black Flag, The Feederz, The Insults 64 40 1

2 3

October 19 Center for Independent Living Berkeley, CA The Jars, The Insults 65 (7:30 PM Show) 41 1

2

66 (11:00 PM Show) 42
October 21 The Jars 67 (7:30 PM Show) 43 1
Sudden Fun, The Tools, The Jars, C.I.A. 68 (11:00 PM Show) 44 1

2

October ?? The Squeeze Riverside, CA Pearl Harbor and the Explosions 69 45 1
October 25 Old Waldorf San Francisco, CA The Members 70 46 ?
October 26 The Temple The Offs, The Plugz 71 47 1

2

October 30 The Pauley Ballroom Berkeley, CA The Mutants, The Zeros, Vkims, No Sisters 72 48 1

2

October 31 Mabuhay Gardens San Francisco, CA The Next, Crime, Pearl Harbor and the Explosions 73 49 1

2

November 2 Middle Class, The Urge 74 50 ?
November 11 Whiskey A-Go-Go Los Angeles, CA 391 75 51 1

2

November 19 The Earth Portland, OR Smegma, The Rubbers 76 (7:00 PM Show) 52 1

2 3

77 (10:00 PM Show) 53
November 22 Legion Hall Vancouver, BC CAN Subhumans, Young Canadians 78 54 ?
November 30 Mabuhay Gardens San Francisco, CA USA Madness, The Dishrags 79 55 1
December 2 The Mutants, K.G.B. 80 56 1
December 7 Whiskey A-Go-Go Los Angeles, CA Sham 69 81 57 ?
December 8 82 58
December 15 The Temple San Francisco, CA Buzzcocks, Pointed Sticks 83 59 1

2 3 4

December 17 Mabuhay Gardens Push Ups, Times Five, Contractions, Room-mates 84 60 1

1980

Month/Day Venue City Country Other bands Shows total Shows this year Flyer Tour
February 1 Mabuhay Gardens San Francisco, CA USA Mutants 85 1 1 ?
February 9 8 Eyed Spy, Zey 86 2 ?
March 7 Whiskey A-Go-Go Los Angeles, CA Legonnaires' Disease 87 3 1

2 3a 3b

March 8 Wall of Voodoo 88 4
March 22 The Temple San Francisco, CA Mutants, Alley Cats, Soul Rebels, No Alternative 89 5 1
March 25 Warfield Theater (The Bay Area Music Awards) ? 90 6
April 4 Mabuhay Gardens No Alternative, Social Unrest 91 7
April 5 Soul Rebels, VKTMS 92 8 1
April 11 S.F. Art Institute Romeo Void, Dickheads, Ultrasheen 93 9 1
April 19 Ft. Mason, Building C Das Block, Confession, Little Death 94 10 1
April 20 Savoy Tivoli ? 95 11 ?
April 25 Barrington Hall Berkeley, CA The Zeros, The Decadents 96 12 1
April 26 China Wagon Sacramento, CA Flipper 98 14 1
June 7 Somona State University Commons Rohnert Park, CA Tattooed Vegetables, Regime 99 15 ?
June 13 Mabuhay Gardens San Francisco, CA Subhumans, Black Flag, Doorways 100 16 1

2

June 14 Bent, Subhumans, See Spot 101 17
June 20 609 South Lincoln Street Stockton, CA F.O.C., Society Dog, Terminal Boredom 102 18 1
June 21 The Dew Drop Inn Berkeley, CA Neutrinoz, Vs. 103 19 1

2

June 26 American Indian Center San Francisco, CA Speedboys 104 20 1
June 27 Whiskey A-Go-Go Los Angeles, CA Middle Class 105 21 1

1b.1 1b.2

June 28 BPeople 106 22
July 3 The Fleetwood Redondo Beach, CA Chiefs, Red Cross, Stains 107 23 1

2

July 4 The Lions Club San Diego, CA Flipper, Buffy's Ghost 108 24 1

2

July 9 Belmont Ballroom Fresno, CA The Subtractions, The Short Order Cooks 109 25 1

2

July 12 California Hall San Francisco, CA The Mutants, Society Dog, The Offs 110 26 1

2

August 7 The Topper Annex Sacramento, CA Sans Figures 111 27 1
August 9 Mabuhay Gardens San Francisco, CA Flipper, Circle Jerks 112 28 1
August 15 Santa Monica Civic Santa Monica, CA The Cramps, X, Chelsea 113 29 1

2

August 19 Whiskey A-Go-Go Los Angeles, CA Circle Jerks 114 30 1

2 3 4

August 23 Thatcher's Santa Cruz, CA ? 115 31 ?
August 25 Mabuhay Gardens San Francisco, CA Dirk Dirksen, Wasp Women, Ultrasheen, Zev 116 32 1
September 12 Sick Kidz 117 33 ?
September 25 Taboo Scarborough, ENG GBR U.K. Decay 118 34 1980 Europe Tour
September 26 Caird Hall Dundee, Scotland 119 35
September 27 Night Club Edinburg, Scotland 120 36
September 29 Brady's Liverpool, ENG 121 37 1
September 30 The Boat Club Nottingham, ENG 122 38 ?
October 1 The Paddock Northampton, ENG 123 39
October 3 The Leadmill Sheffield, ENG 124 40 1
October 4 Manchester Poly Manchester, ENG 125 41 ?
October 5 King George's Hall Blackburn, ENG 126 42
October 8 Music Machine London, ENG 127 43 1

2 3 4 5

October 10 Lanchester Poly Coventry, ENG 128 44 ?
October 11 The Pavilion West Runton, ENG 129 45
October 12 Jenkinson's Brighton, ENG 130 46 1

2

October 15 Rheinterasse Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia GER ? 131 47 ?
October 16 SO36 Berlin, GER 132 48 1
October 17 Realschule Rothenburg, Bavaria 133 49 1
October 18 Scala Herford, North Rhine-Westphalia 134 50 ?
October 29 The Hayloft San Francisco, CA USA 135 51 1 ?
December 12 Mabuhay Gardens VKTMS, Wounds 136 52 1

2

1981

Month/Day Venue City Country Other bands Shows total Shows this year Flyer Tour
March 15 Hotel Saint Claire Ballroom San Jose, CA USA Social Unrest, Retorts 137 1 1

2

?
March 20 Mabuhay Gardens San Francisco, CA Middle Class, Wounds 138 2 1
March 22 V.F.W. Hall Reno, NV D.O.A., 7 Seconds, Thrusting Squirters, Section 8 139 3 1

2

April 3 Mabuhay Gardens San Francisco, CA U.K. Decay, Fried Abortions 140 4 1

2?

April 4 U.K. Decay, Red Rockers 141 5 1

2

April 9 The Channel Boston, MA ? 142 6 ? 1981 U.S. Tour
April 10 Simon's Downtown Pawtucket, RI The Probers, The D.C. Tenz 143 7 1
April 15 9:30 Club Washington, DC Half Japanese 144 (8:00 PM Show) 8 1

2

145 (11:00 PM Show) 9
April 16 The Marble Bar Baltimore, MD Black Market Baby 146 10 1

2 3

April 17 Omni's Philadelphia, PA ? 147 11 ?
April 18 City Gardens Trenton, NJ Sic F*cks 148 12 1

2

April 23 Zappa's New York City, NY Xdavis 149 13 1

2

April 24 Club 57 The Undead 150 14 1

2 3 4b

April 26 The Sirens 151 16
April 29 Bad Brains 152 17
April 25 Sic Kidz 153 15
April 30 The Rusty Nail Sunderland, MA ? 154 16 1

2 3

May 1 Stage West Hartford, CT Dead Fabulous 155 17 1

2

May 2 Emerson College Boston, MA ? 156 18 ?
May 29 10th Street Hall San Francisco, CA Circle Jerks, No Alternative, Naked Lady Wrestlers, Warzone 157 19 1

2 3 4 5 6

?
June 6 The Elite Club 1313, Lydia Lunch, Lockjaw 158 20 1

2 3 4

June 26 American Indian Center Speedboys, Big Boys 159 21 1
June 28 Dwinelle Hall Berkeley, CA Fipper, No Alternative 160 22 ?
July 2 Mabuhay Gardens San Francisco, CA Stains, Dicks 161 23 1
July 4 The Belmont Ballroom Fresno, CA 7 Seconds, The Fix, Capital Punishment 162 24 1
July 10 The Commodore Ballroom Vancouver, BC CAN D.O.A., Toxic Reasons 163 25 1

2 3

July 12 The Showbox Seattle, WA USA ? 164 26 1
July 20 Mabuhay Gardens San Francisco, CA Pointed Sticks 165 27 1
July 31 Hüsker Dü, Toxic Reasons, Church Police 166 28 1

2 3

August 6 Lewd, Crucifix 167 29 1 (Minor Threat/Youth Brigade didn't play)

2

August 24 Social Unrest, Church Police, Naked Lady Wrestlers 168 30 1

2

September 4 Fairmount Hall San Diego, CA Bad Religion, The Men of Clay 169 31 1
September 5 The Florentine Gardens Los Angeles, CA T.S.O.L., 45 Grave 170 32 1
September 6 Circle Jerks, Mission of Burma 171 33 1

2 3

September 12 The Elite Club San Francisco, CA Non, Flipper, Meat Puppets 172 34 1

2 3

September 17 The C.O.D. Lounge Chicago, IL Hüsker Dü, Naked Raygun, The Effigies, Strike Under 173 35 1

2 3

September 18 174 36
September 25 The Concert Hall Toronto, ON CAN Screamin' Sam and the Problems, L'Etranger 175 37 1
September 29 Tiffany's Glasgow, UK GBR ? 176 38 1 1981 Europe Tour
September 30 Royal Court Theater Merseyside, UK 177 39 ?
October 1 The Mayflower Manchester, UK 178 40 1
October 2 The Imperial Cinema Birmingham, UK 179 41 1
October 4 The Lyceum London, UK Anti-Nowhere League, D.O.A. 180 42 1

2 3 4

October 8 Much More Rome ITA ? 181 43 1
October 9 The Quasar Perugia, Umbria 182 44 ?
October 10 Palasport Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia 183 45
October 12 The Arena Vienna AUT 184 46 1
October 14 Tavastia Club Helsinki FIN 185 + 186 47 + 48 ?
October 15 The Roxy Tampere 187 49
October 16 Kisasuoja Saarijarvi, Central Finland 188 50 1
October 17 Underground Stockholm SWE The Imps 189 51 1
October 19 190 52
October 20 Les Bains-Douche Paris FRA ? 191 53 1
October 21 192 54 2
December 4 The Elite Club San Francisco, CA USA 193 55 1

2 3

?
December 14 Mabuhay Gardens Toxic Reasons, Fried Abortions, Angst 194 56 1
December 24 Bards Apollo Los Angeles, CA China White, Black Flag, Wasted Youth, Red Cross, CH3, The Crowd, Social Distortion, D.O.A., Circle Jerks, Shattered Faith, 45 Grave, Minutemen, T.S.O.L., Bad Religion, Saccharine Trust, Youth Gone Mad, Stains 195 57 1
December 31 The Factory San Francisco, CA Flipper, Anti-Pasti, The Effigies, The Fix 196 58 1

2

1982

Month/Day Venue City Country Other bands Shows total Shows this year Flyer Tour
March 6 Veterans Memorial Walnut Creek, CA USA (Impatient) Youth, Half Church, Church Police 197 1 1

2

?
March 13 Danceland Bruce Hall San Jose, CA ? 198 2 ?
March 20 The Elite Club San Francisco, CA Bad Brains, 7 Seconds, T.S.O.L., Domino Theory 199 3 1

2 3

April 23 Veteran's Hall Cotati, CA No Alternative, Soldiers of Fortune 200 4 1
April 28 On Broadway San Francisco, CA M.D.C., Rebel Truth, Bad Posture 201 5 1

2 3

April 29 Christian Death, God, Hellations 202 6 1

2

May 7 American Legion Hall Sacramento, CA Rebel Truth, Karnage, Square Cools 203 7 1

2 3 4

May 29 10th Street Hall San Francisco, CA Naked Lady Wrestlers, Warzone, No Alternative 204 8 1 (C.J. didn't play)
June 11 609 South Lincoln St. Stockton, CA The Authorities, The Frigidettes, Young Pioneers 205 9 1

2

June 22 On Broadway San Francisco, CA Flipper, Sleepers, Bad Posture, Women of Borneo 206 10 1
June 25 Minor Threat, Fifth Column, Free Beer, Personality Crisis 207 11 1

2

June 26 Flipper, Naked Lady Wrestlers, Fang 208 12 1
July 1 Fairmont Hall San Diego, CA Battalion of Saints, Big Boys 209 13 1
July 2 The Barn Torrance, CA Bad Religion, Descendants 210 14 1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

July 3 Minor Threat, M.D.C., Detonators, Zero Boys 211 15 1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

July 4 Whiskey A Go-Go Los Angeles, CA T.S.O.L., Butthole Surfers 212 16 ?
July 15 Terminal 406/Club Banned Baltimore, MD Scream, ? 213 17 1982 U.S. Tour

(Schedule)

July 16 The Paramount New York City, NY D.O.A., Kraut, S.S. Decontrol, Flipper 214 18 1

2 3 4 5 6 7

July 17 The Starlite Ballroom Philadelphia, PA Autistic Behavior, Informed Sources, Sic Kidz 215 19 1

2 3 4

July 18 City Gardens Trenton, NJ Flipper, Autistic Behavior, Adrenalin 216 20 1

2 3

July 22 G.W.U. Marvin Center Washington, DC Government Issue, Double O, Faith 217 21 1

2 3

July 23 Casablanca Richmond, VA White Cross, Void, Front Line 218 22 1

2 3 4 5

July 25 Cyclorama Building Boston, MA S.S. Decontrol, Flipper 219 23 1

2 3 4 5

July 26 9 Lansdowne St. Freeze, The F.U.'s 220 24 ?
July 28 The Concert Hall Toronto, ON CAN Youth Youth Youth, Young Lions 221 25 1
July 29 Clutch Cargo's Detroit, MI USA Necros, Negative Approach, Blight, The Crucifucks 222 26 1

2

July 30 Club C.O.D. Chicago, IL Necros, Subverts 223 27 ?
July 31 Toxic Reasons, Trial By Fire, Six Feet Under 234 28 1
August 3 Top of the Hill Milwaukee, WI Die Kreuzen, Sacred Order 235 29 1

2

August 4 Mississippi Nights St. Louis, MO Rude Pets, Avon Ladies 236 30 1

2 3 4

August 5 The Beat Exchange New Orleans, LA ? (Possibly cancelled) 237 31 ?
August 6 Studio D Dallas, TX M.D.C., Stickmen With Rayguns, The Hugh Beaumont Experience 238 32 1
August 7 The Ritz Austin, TX M.D.C., Dicks, The Offenders, Stains 239 33 1

2 3 4 5

August 8 Houston Room M.D.C., Dicks, The Offenders 240 34 1
August 10 The Calderon Ballroom Pheonix, AR J.F.A., The Feederz 241 35 1
August 12 The Mercury Cafe Denver, CO Massacre Guys 242 36 1

2

August 13 The Indian Centre Salt Lake City, UT 243 37 1

2 3

August 14 On Broadway San Francisco, CA Fang, Code of Honor, Domino Theory, Mad, NBJ, Ribsy, Impatient Youth, Karnage 244 38 1

1983

1984

Month/Day Venue City Country Other bands Shows total Shows this year Flyer Tour
June 16 On Broadway San Francisco, CA USA Black Athletes, Freeze, Witnesses, Naked Lady Wrestlers 1 ?

1985

1986

Month/Day Venue Location Other bands Shows total Shows this year Flyer Tour
February 16 The Stone San Francisco, CA, USA 7 Seconds, Gang Green, Rhythm Pigs 1 None
February 17 7 Seconds, Whipping Boy 2
February 21 Freeborn Hall Davis, CA, USA 7 Seconds, Mojo Nixon, Phranc 3 1

2

[1] (Shows + Flyers)

References

  1. ^ "Metallipromo Dead Kennedys page". Metallipromo. December 15, 2025. Retrieved December 15, 2025.

See also

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