1983 Tour Dates
These dates came from MF’s complete gig calendar, updated on the road.
1983
January
1/5 MF interview at Ojai, CA office
1/9 Band arrives in Ojai, CA
1/10 -11 Rehearsals at Ojai Elementary School
1/12 Pasadena, CA Pasadena High School
(Per newsletter)
Set I
Blue Birdland
Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough
Fireshaker
For Your Eyes Only
Take the A Train
Bebop Buffet
Set II
South 21st Shuffle
Coconut Champagne
Hit Medley
Rocky
1/13 Ojai, CA Nordhoff High School
1/14 San Diego, CA Clairmont High School
1/15 Corono, CA Corona High School
1/16 Santa Cruz, CA Coconut Grove
1/17 Off
1/18 Rocklin, CA Sierra College
1/19 Hayward, CA Chabot College
1/20 Palo Alto, CA Hyatt Hotel
1/21 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
1/22 Fresno, CA Fresno High School
1/23 Costa Mesa, AZ Orange Coast College
1/24 Hemet, CA Hemet High School
1/25 Off
1/26 San Diego, CA Escondido HS,
Blue Birdland
Birdland
Fireshaker
Take the A Train
For Your Eyes Only
Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough
South 21st Shuffle (Original longer version)
Coconut Champagne
Sesame Street
As Time Goes By
MF Hit Medley
1/27 Yuma, AZ Post Auditorium
1/28 Tucson, AZ Palo Verde High School
1/29 El Paso, TX J.M. Hanks High School
1/30 Clovis, NM Marshall High School
1/31 Travel Day
February
2/1 Travel Day
2/2 Baltimore, MD Kenwood Senior High School
2/3 Clarion, PA Clarion College (Snowed Out, moved to 2/14)
2/4 Alfred, NY SUNY
2/5 Off
2/6 Dix Hills, NY Half Hallow Hills High School
2/7 Warwick, RI Veterans Memorial High School
2/8 Vernon, CT Vernon Center Middle School
2/9 Ramsey, NJ Don Bosco High School
2/10 Rochester, NY Bishop Kearney High School
2/11 Erie, PA Iroquois High School
2/12 Akron, OH Breakaway’s
2/13 Toledo, OH Rusty’s
2/14 Clarion, PA Clarion College
MF interview w/ Jim Windale
2/15 Off, MF interview w/ Denis Cox re Gramm2/16
2/16 Monroeville, PA Holiday House
MF interview w/ Tony Dill, NBC Radio
2/17 Avondale, MI Auburn Heights High School
2/18 Mt. Pleasant, MI Central Michigan University
2/19 Lansing, MI Lansing High School
2/20 Cincinnati, OH Bogart’s
2/21 Off
2/22 Atlanta, GA Moonshadows
2/23 -24 Off
2/25 Ferrum, VA Ferrum College
2/26 Ocean City, MD Fenwick Inn
2/27 Open
2/28 Rockville, MD Harlequin Dinner Theatre
March
3/1 Off
3/2 Winchester, VA John Hanley High School
3/3 Freehold, NJ Freehold Township High School
3/4 E. Islip, Long Island, NY Key Largo
3/5 Wilmington, MA Shriners Auditorium
Blue Birdland
Birdland
Fireshaker
BeBop Buffet
Portuguese Love
South 21st St Shuffle
Ganesha
MF hit Medley
As Time Goes By
3/6 New Haven, CT Toads
3/7 Montreal, Quebec, Canada St. Denis Theatre
3/8 Open
3/9 Moira, NY Tralfamadore Music Hall
3/10 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Heritage Theatre
3/11 Beaver Falls, PA Blackhawk High School
3/12 Adrian, MI Siena Heights College
3/13 Tinley Park, IL Tinley Park High School
3/14 Rolling Meadows, IL Rolling Meadows High School
3/15 Dubuque, IA Loras College
3/16 Off
3/17 Tipton, IN Tipton High School
3/18 Henderson, KY High School
3/19 Cape Girardeau, MO Central High School
3/20 Union, MO Union High School
3/21 Fayette, MO Central High School
3/22 Off
3/23 Stillwater, OK Oklahoma State University
3/24 Springfield, MO
3/25 Off
3/26 Fort Wayne, IN Fort Wayne High School
3/27 Chicago, IL Illinois Institute of Technology (Tour ends)
3/28 Fly home
3/29 – April 10 Vacation
April
4/11 Fly to Chicago, drive to Kokomo, IN
4/12 Kokomo, IN Hayworth High School
4/13 Columbus, OH Whitehall High School
4/14 Dayton, OH Rehearsal at Gilly’s
4/15 Dayton, OH Gilly’s
4/16 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green State University
4/17 Novi, MI Sheraton
4/18 Brooklyn, OH Brooklyn High School
4/19 Lewisburg, WV Greenbriar High School
4/20 Travel Day
4/21 Atlanta, GA Georgia World Congress Center
4/22 Florence, AL North Alabama University
4/23 Detroit, MI MF solos at football game
4/24 MF flies to New Orleans, LA (a.m.)/ Kenner, LA Richie’s 3-D Club
4/25 Jackson, MI Municipal Auditorium
4/26 Off
4/27 Houston, TX Rockefellers (2 shows)
Late show: https://youtu.be/hDqgnHbglIA
Birdland
Coconut Champagne
South 21st Shuffle
Bebop Buffet
As Time Goes By
MF Hit Medley
Rocky
4/28 Dallas, TX Jesuit High School
4/29 Texarkana, AR Perot Theatre
4/30 Off
May
5/1 Austin, TX University of Texas
5/2 Odessa, TX Odessa College
5/3 Lubbock, TX Lubock Christian College
5/4 Weatherford, TX
5/5 Jasper, TX Jasper High School
5/6 Crowley, LA Crowley High School
5/7 Pineville, LA Louisiana College
5/8 Off
5/9 Off/Rehearsal
5/10 Lincoln, AR Lincoln High School
5/11 Raytown, MO Raytown Senior High School
5/12 Cedar Rapids, IA Kirkwood Community College
5/13 Cedar Rapids, IA Kirkwood Community College
5/14 Off
5/15 Loveland, CO Thompson Valley High School
5/16 Rock Springs, WY Rock Springs High School
5/17 Salt Lake City, UT Hotel Utah
5/18 Ogden, UT Bonneville High School
5/19 Price, UT Carbon High School
5/20 Blackfoot, ID Civic Auditorium
5/21 Off
5/22 Pasco, WA
5/23 Tumwater, WA Tumwater High School
5/24 Portland, OR Starry Night
5/25 Eagle Point, OR
5/26 Rehearsal for recording
5/27 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
3 sets, Live From San Francisco album tracks below:
Fireshaker
Coconut Champagne
Lush Life
South 21st Shuffle
Bebop Buffet
On the Sunny Side of the Street
Ganesha
Hit Medley
Rocky
5/28 Anaheim, CA Disneyland
Set I
Blue Birdland
Birdland
Fireshaker
Coconut Champagne
Bebop Buffet
Set II
Blue Birdland
Hollywood
South 21st Shuffle
As Time Goes By
MF Hit Medley
Rocky
Set III
Ganesha
Sesame Street
5/29 Anaheim, CA Disneyland (Tour ends)
5/30 Off
June
6/1 Off
6/2 – 3 Album mixing
6/4 MF flies to El Paso, TX
6/5 El Paso, TX MF solo appearance
6/6 – 6/15 Vacation
6/16 MF flies to Boston, MA
6/17 -18 Beverly, MA North Shore Music Fair
6/19 West Dennis, MA Columns
6/20 Off
6/21 Endicott, NY The Lodge
6/22 Off
6/23 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Ontario Place
6/24 Youngstown, OH Idora Park
6/25 Erie, PA Perry Square
6/26 Mt. Clemens, MI Macomb Community College
6/27 Oak Park, IL Oak Park Mall
6/28 Off
6/29 Off
6/30 Bloomington, IN 2nd Story
July
7/1 Evansville, IN Mesker Music Theatre
7/2 Cincinnati, OH Fountain Square
7/3 Off
7/4 Cleveland, OH Pirate’s Cove TV Interview
7/5 Toronto, Ontario, Canada ‘Jazz Alive’ (TV rehearsal), Ryerson Auditorium TV Interview
7/6 Toronto, Ontario, Canada ‘Jazz Alive’ TV Taping, Ryerson Auditorium Video
MF performs
Take the A-Train
Sesame Street
and Apple Honey with
Woody Herman and the Boss Brass
7/7 Off, fly to Milwaukee, WI
7/8 Milwaukee, WI Summerfest
7/9 Milwaukee, WI Summerfest
7/10 Chicago, IL Jazz Showcase
7/11 Detroit, MI Pontchartrain Hotel
7/12 Cheswick, PA Harmar House
7/13 -14 NY, NY The Bottom Line
7/15 Off
7/16 Baltimore, MD Pier 6
7/17 Dundee, NY Glendora Wine Cellar
7/18 Off
7/19 Cherry Hill, NJ Cinelli’s
7/20 New London, CT Symphony Hall
7/21 Bristol, CT Lake Compounce
7/22 Moira, NY
7/23 Purchase, NY SUNY
7/24 Off
7/25 – 30 Washington, DC Blues Alley
7/31 Seattle, WA Mary Moore Park
August
8/1 Fly to Japan
8/2 Off
8/3 – 8/7 Madarao, Japan (Tour ends)
Madaro-Newport Jazz Festival 1983 (one of the above dates)
Blue Birdland
Portuguese Love
As Time Goes By
Bebop Buffet
Gonna Fly Now
8/9 MF and Flo fly to India
September
9/24 Millersville, PA State College (Start of tour?)
9/25 Endicott, NY The Lodge
9/26 Off?
9/27 Willowdale, Candada Seneca College
9/28 London, Canada Bumper’s Restaurant
9/29 Off?
9/30 Akron, OH The Breakaway
October
10/1 Akron, OH The Breakaway
10/2 -3 Off?
10/4 Norfolk, NE City Auditorium
10/5 Off?
10/6 Minot, ND Municipal Auditorium
10/7 Off?
10/8 Bloomington, MN Carlton Club
10/9 Louisville, KY Kool Jazz Festival
10/10 Centerville, OH Centerville High School
10/11 Off?
10/12 DeKalb, IL Duke Ellington Ballroom (poster)
10/13 Off? (newsletter shows DeKalb gig on this date)
10/14 Off?
10/15 Ames, IA Iowa State University
10/16 Ft. Madison, IA Aquinas High School
10/17 Skokie, IL Niles West High School
10/18 Perry, OH Perry High School
10/19 Off? or Summersville, WV
10/20 Summersville, WV
10/21 Raleigh, NC Memorial Auditorium
10/22 Raleigh, NC Memorial Auditorium
10/23 Charlotte, NC P.B. Scott’s
10/24 Harrisonburg, PA Eastern Mennonite College
10/25 Off
10/26 Glenelg, MD Glenelg High School
10/27 Travel Day
10/28 Worcester, MA E.M. Loews Plymouth Theatre
10/29 Gloversville, NY Gloversville High School
10/30 Reading, PA Reading Senior High School
November
11/1 Cambridge, MA The Club
11/2 Oneonta, NY SUNY
11/3 York, PA Strand Capitol Theatre
11/4 Off
11/5 Travel to NYC
11/6 NY, NY Radio City Music Hall, Miles Davis Tribute (MF only)
11/7 – 8 NY, NY The Bottom Line
11/9 Off, MF interviews all day TV Interview
11/10 Ithaca, NY Ithaca College
11/11 Poughkeepsie, NY Last Chance Saloon
11/12 Buffalo, NY Tralfamadore
11/13 Tecumseh, MI Tecumseh High School (See Toledo Blade article online)
11/14 Lebanon, OH Lebanon High School
11/15 Franklin Park, IL East Leydon High School
11/16 Off
11/17 West Allis, WI Nathan Hale High School
11/18 Deluth, MN North Shore Theatre
11/19 St. Paul, MN O’Shaughnessey’s
11/20 Litchfield, MN Litchfield High School
11/21 Chippewa Falls, Chippewa Falls High School
11/22 Ashwaubenon, WI Ashwaubenon High School
11/23 Washington, IL Washington High School
11/24 Travel Day
11/25 Natchez, MS Natchez Eola Hotel
11/26 Lafayette, LA Hilton
11/27 Houston, TX Rockefellers
11/28 Ft. Worth, TX Texas Christian University
11/29 Off
11/30 Branson, MO Branson High School
December
12/1 Omaha, NE Nebraska School of Nursing
12/2 Onawa, IA West Monona High School
12/3 Urbandale, IA Urbandale Senior High School
12/4 Sheffield, IA Sheffield High School
12/5 Sioux Falls, SD Nite City
12/6 Off
12/7 Chicago, IL Jazz Showcase (Tour ends)
12/8 Fly Home
12/17 Orlando, FL Citrus Bowl (MF only) ‘Rocky’
12/31 Dearborn, MI Hyatt Regency
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