Black Flag – Show List and Key Dates

This index will attempt to gather show dates and flyers for all appearances

1979

Date: January 27, 1979
Venue: Moose Lodge Hall
Location: Redondo Beach, CA
Notes: with Alleycats, Rhino 39; first advertised show

Date: February 17, 1979
Venue: Teen Post
Location: San Pedro, CA
Notes: with Alleycats, Descendents, Plugz, Reactionaries (later, Minutemen), Last

Date: June 11, 1979
Venue: Bla Bla Café
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Notes: Black Flag’s first club gig; they were also booked for the 19th, but the owner refused to let them play.

Date: June 18, 1979
Venue: Hong Kong Cafe
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Notes: with The Last

Date: June 22 and 29, 1979
Venue: Hong Kong Cafe
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Notes: with Fear, Controllers, Plugz, X

Date: June 29, 1979
Venue: Hong Kong Cafe
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Notes: with Fear, Controllers, Plugz, X

Date: July 13, 1979
Venue: The Masque
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Notes: with UXA, Smart Pills, Black Hearts

Date: July 22, 1979
Venue: Polliwog Park
Location: Manhattan Beach, CA
Notes: with Eddie and the Subtitles, Tourists, Big Wow

Date: July 30, 1979
Venue: The Church
Location: Hermosa Beach, CA
Notes: with Last, Urinals, Gears, Tourists

Date: August 11, 1979
Venue: Club 88
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Notes: with with Middle Class, Eddie and the Subtitles

Date: August 12, 1979
Venue: The Masque
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Notes: with Mau Maus, UXA, Smart Pills, Black Hearts; last show at The Masque: show was shut down, but Black Flag did play.

Date: August 27, 1979
Venue: Hong Kong Cafe
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Notes: with Tourists; Ron Reyes plays drums w/Tourists because their drummer is MIA.

Date: September 1, 1979
Venue: Mars Studio
Location: Hollywood, CA
Notes: with Plugz, Silencers, Gears; show was shut down

Date: September 2, 1979
Venue: Hong Kong Cafe
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Notes: with UXA, Red Cross

Date: September 12, 1979
Venue: Gazzarri’s
Location: West Hollywood, CA

Date: September 19, 1979
Venue: King’s Palace
Location: Hollywood, CA
Notes: with Red Cross, Gears, Mau Maus, Terminals

Date: September 22, 1979
Venue: Hong Kong Cafe
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Notes: with Germs, Middle Class

Date: September 25, 1979
Venue: Hong Kong Cafe
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Notes: Flyboys, Silencers; David Bowie in the audience (!?)

Date: September 27, 1979
Venue: Hong Kong Cafe
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Notes: with UXA, Red Cross

Date: October 9, 1979
Venue: Mabuhay Gardens
Location: San Francisco, CA
Notes: Western Front Festival 1979, with (Impatient) Youth, Feederz

Date: October 10, 1979
Venue: Mabuhay Gardens
Location: San Francisco, CA
Notes: Western Front Festival 1979, with Dead Kennedys, Feederz

Date: October 25, 1979
Venue: Pippin’s
Location: Santa Monica, CA
Notes: with Flyboys, F-15’s, Red Cross

Date: October 26, 1979
Venue: King’s Palace
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Notes: with Terminals, Audio Vidiots

Date: October 31, 1979
Venue: Hong Kong Cafe
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Notes: with Fear, Germs, Chinas Comidas

Date: November 1, 1979
Venue: Hong Kong Cafe
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Notes: with Mau Maus, Red Cross, Urinals, Spittin’ Teeth; two flyers for this show