ZAPPA GIGS

Watermelon In Easter Hay

71 performances on 69 nights · 1978–1988

Frank Zappa played “Watermelon In Easter Hay” live 71 times, from 3 February 1978 at Stadthalle, Vienna to 29 May 1988 at Eishalle Liebenau, Graz. It opened a show 20 times and closed one 29 times. It was most often followed by “Teen-age Wind”.

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Quotes inside it

  • Hold The Line×1

Quoted during

Every documented performance

1978×12

  1. FEB 3, 1978Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria
  2. FEB 5, 1978Festhalle, Bern, Switzerland
  3. FEB 5, 1978Parc des Expositions, Colmar, France
  4. FEB 6, 1978Pavillon de Paris, Porte de Pantin, Paris, France
  5. FEB 7, 1978Pavillon de Paris, Porte de Pantin, Paris, France
  6. FEB 13, 1978The Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands
  7. FEB 17, 1978Falkoner Theatret, Copenhagen, Denmark
  8. FEB 24, 1978Rhein-Neckar-Halle, Eppelheim, Germany
  9. FEB 25, 1978Hemmerleinhalle, Neunkirchen am Brand, Germany
  10. SEP 15, 1978Jai Alai Fronton, Miami, United States
  11. OCT 29, 1978Palladium, New York, United States
  12. OCT 31, 1978Palladium, New York, United States

1979×7

  1. FEB 23, 1979Nouvel Hippodrome, Porte de Pantin, Paris, France
  2. FEB 24, 1979Nouvel Hippodrome, Porte de Pantin, Paris, France
  3. FEB 27, 1979The Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands
  4. FEB 28, 1979Congress Centrum Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
  5. MAR 12, 1979Palais des Sports, Montpellier, France
  6. MAR 14, 1979Pabellon de Deportes del Real Madrid, Madrid, Spain
  7. MAR 21, 1979Rhein-Neckar-Halle, Eppelheim, Germany

1980×24

  1. MAR 25, 1980Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, United States
  2. MAR 25, 1980Rainbow Tavern, Seattle, United States
  3. MAR 27, 1980McArthur Court, University Of Oregon, Eugene, United States
  4. APR 4, 1980Sports Arena, San Diego, United States
  5. APR 5, 1980Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, United States
  6. APR 6, 1980Sports Arena, Los Angeles, United States
  7. APR 8, 1980Celebrity Theatre, Phoenix, United States
  8. APR 11, 1980Henry Levitt Arena, Wichita State University, Wichita, United States
  9. APR 13, 1980Soldiers And Sailors Memorial Hall, Kansas City, United States
  10. APR 15, 1980Saenger Performing Arts Center, New Orleans, United States
  11. APR 17, 1980Jai Alai Fronton, Tampa, United States
  12. APR 18, 1980Sunrise Musical Theatre, Sunrise, United States
  13. APR 18, 1980Sunrise Musical Theatre, Sunrise, United States
  14. APR 20, 1980Fox Theatre, Atlanta, United States
  15. APR 26, 1980Fieldhouse, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, United States
  16. APR 27, 1980Stabler Arena, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, United States
  17. APR 29, 1980Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, United States
  18. MAY 3, 1980Music Hall, Boston, United States
  19. MAY 9, 1980Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, United States
  20. MAY 10, 1980Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, United States
  21. MAY 31, 1980Drammenshallen, Drammen, Norway
  22. JUL 1, 1980sous chapiteau [=under a tent], Mulhouse, France
  23. OCT 13, 1980Celebrity Theatre, Phoenix, United States
  24. OCT 31, 1980Palladium, New York, United States

1981×4

  1. OCT 30, 1981Palladium, New York, United States
  2. NOV 7, 1981Case Center, Boston University, Boston, United States
  3. NOV 17, 1981Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Columbus, United States
  4. NOV 17, 1981Ritz, New York, United States

1982×5

  1. MAY 5, 1982Vejlby-Risskov Hallen, Aarhus, Denmark
  2. MAY 11, 1982Brondby-Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
  3. MAY 14, 1982Vorst Nationaal, Brussels, Belgium
  4. MAY 17, 1982Nouvel Hippodrome de Paris, Porte de Pantin, Paris, France
  5. MAY 19, 1982Nouvel Hippodrome de Paris, Porte de Pantin, Paris, France

1984×4

  1. JUL 20, 1984Palace Theater, Los Angeles, United States
  2. AUG 16, 1984Jones Beach Theatre, Wantagh, United States
  3. OCT 16, 1984Teatro Tenda Pianeta, Rome, Italy
  4. OCT 26, 1984Civic Center, Providence, United States

1988×15

  1. FEB 6, 1988Beacon Theatre, New York, United States
  2. FEB 13, 1988Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, United States
  3. FEB 17, 1988Bushnell Memorial Hall, Hartford, United States
  4. FEB 28, 1988Royal Oak Music Theatre, Royal Oak, United States
  5. MAR 1, 1988Frauenthal Theatre, Muskegon, United States
  6. MAR 9, 1988Shea's Theater, Buffalo, United States
  7. MAR 20, 1988Rothman Center, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Hackensack, United States
  8. MAR 20, 1988Rothman Center, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Hackensack, United States
  9. APR 10, 1988Sportpaleis, Ghent, Belgium
  10. APR 13, 1988Stadthalle, Offenbach, Germany
  11. MAY 5, 1988Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany
  12. MAY 13, 1988Pabellon de los Deportes de La Casilla, Bilbao, Spain
  13. MAY 17, 1988Palacio de los Deportes, Barcelona, Spain
  14. MAY 23, 1988Hall Tivoli, Strasbourg, France
  15. MAY 29, 1988Eishalle Liebenau, Graz, Austria