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2024

Avengers co-headline two shows with
Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds
also with Frightwig.
Jan 10 SF Great American Music Hall
Jan 11 San Jose -The Ritz

The Avengers
Benefit/Party for Music City San Francisco
Thurs. Mar. 28, 7-10:pm

Avengers play Calgary, Canada
April 13th 7pm Palomino 18+
tickets Sloth Records 40th Anniversary Party
w/DA'AT, Night Court, No Brainer, Bat Scratch, Rempel & The Rousers,
The Ex Boyfriends, Rebel Grrrlz and Fulfilment

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Avengers in Europe

April 26, D-Berlin, Wild At Heart ... tix

April 27, D-Schwerte, Rattenloch

April 28, D-Bochum, Wageni

April 29, D-Hamburg, Hafenklang

April 30, D-Helgoland - RocknRoll Butterfahrt SOLD OUT

May 2, CZ-Prague, Klub 007 Strahov ... tix

May 3, PL-Bielsko-Biala, Rude Boy

May 4, PL-Pobiedna, P D S Punkteon

May 5, PL-Mogilno, Magazyn Zbożowy GS

May 7, SK-Bratislava, Randal Club

May 8, A-Vienna, Arena Wien

May 9, D-Munich, Bürgerhaus Glockenbachwerkstatt (w/ Guitar Gangsters)

May 10, D-Bamberg, Live-Club

May 11, D-Karlsruhe, Alte Hackerei Schwein Gehabt Fest

2023

Penelope w/ Tom Heyman w/ 5 other groups tba, films, auction!
SFAI Archive fundraising Party
March 26, Sunday 2-6pm, All ages.
Mississippi Street Project, SF

The Avengers
w/ Wine Lips and Pancho & the Wizards
Wed. 5/24 Rickshaw Stop, SF. 8pm, All ages.

The Avengers
w/ No Alternative and The Vaxxines
Thurs. 5/25 The Ivy Room, Albany, CA.

The Avengers @ Punk Rock Bowling
w/ The Skulls, Venomous Pinks, Some Kind of Nightmare, Unit F
Fri. 5/26, Backstage Bar & Billiards 601 E Fremont St, Las Vegas, NV
Doors 8:30pm, 21+ Sold out

Avengers at Mosswood Meltdown!
Sunday July 2nd with Joel & Luis.
w/ Brat Mobile, Gravy Train and more

Fri. 9/22 - Long Beach CA- Alex's
w/ CH3, the Vaxxines, and Hex Code, 21+

Sat. 9/23 - San Diego CA- Adams Avenue Fair
We play at 5:30pm Casbah Rock Stage@ 33rd & Adams -
Free + All Ages!

Tues. 9/26 - Portland OR - Polaris Hall
With Yuvees and Era Bleak, 21+

Wed. 9/27 - Vancouver BC - Rickshaw Theatre
w/ The Pointed Sticks, 19+

Thurs. 9/28 - Tacoma WA - Jazzbones
w/GLU and Lysol

Sat. 9/30 - Los Angeles CA - Lodge Room
w/ Alice Bag Band - All Ages

Sat. 10/7 - Oakland CA - Fox Theater
w/ Bad Religion, Speed of Light - All Ages
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Avengers head to Japan!!
with Joel & Luis.
All dates w/ CH3 and the Vaxxines

Thurs 10/12 - Mito - Sonic

Fri 10/13 - Tokyo - Live Haus

Sat 10/14 - Osaka - Club Stomp

Sun 10/15 - Kyoto - Socrates

Tues 10/17 - Kyoto - acoustic - Pop! Pizza

Wed 10/18 - Kobe - Helluva Lounge

Thur 10/19 - Nagoya - Huck Finn

Fri 10/20 - Kanazawa - Guernica

Sat 10/21 - Tokyo - Moonstep

2022

Penelope at the Bottom of the Hill, SF, Sunday 3/20.
A memorial and benefit for Joe Sloan of Spot 1019.

Penelope Houston (with Tom Heyman) and Paul Pot.
Sat., May 7th, 7:pm The Monkey House

Avengers

Aug. 2 Tue - Philadelphia - Johnny Brenda's
w/ The Blessed Muthas, Lil Bambinos

Aug. 3 Wed - Brooklyn NY - Saint Vitus
doors@7 ** 21+ over-

Aug. 4 Thur - Asbury Park NJ - The Saint
doors@7 ** 18 + over -

Aug. 7, Sun - Avengers in the Empress Ballroom at 15:30
+ Penelope Almost Acoustic stage at 20:50
Rebellion Fest - Blackpool, UK.

G E R M A N Y

Aug. 8 Mon - Essen - Don't Panic Club

Aug 9 Tue - Hamburg - Hafenklang

Aug. 10 Wed - Cologne - Sonic Ballroom

Aug. 11 Thur - Munich - Unter Deck

Aug. 12 Fri - Stuttgart - Goldmarks

Aug. 13 Sat - Dresden - Chemiefabrik

Aug. 14 Sun - Berlin - Cassiopeia

Avengers SEPT - West Coast Tour

Wed. 9/21 Los Angeles - Zebulon
w/ Elvez Tribute to the Screamers, Rugburn

Thur. 9/22 San Diego - Casbah
w/ Elvez Tribute to the Screamers, DFMK

Fri. 9/23 - Long Beach - Alex's
w/Storm House + Cosmic Kitten, Self Improvement

Sat. 9/24 Oakland - Thee Stork Club
w/ Very Paranoia, Warp

Tue. 9/27 Seattle - El Corazon
w/ 38 Coffin

Wed. 9/28 Portland - Mississippi Studios
w/ Nasalrod & Bad Sex

Fri. 9/30 - Arcata - Humboldt Brews
doors@8:30, w/ Former Chimps

Sat. 10/1 San Jose - The Ritz
w/ The Hell Flowers

Avengers playing with X!
and the Striatjackets
Dec. 16th Los Angeles, Orpheum Theatre

 

2021

Oct 17th. Sunday 4:pm
Penelope with Tom Heyman
JOHN DOE solo
Tiny Towns Outdoor Show - 1435 Webster St. Alameda

Avengers with X!
July 25th - Stern Grove Festival SF
Doors at 12 w/DJ Omar ::: Avengers at 2pm.

Sat, Jul 24, 9:00 PM
The Avengers + Lolly Gaggers + Cut-Rate Druggist
Ivy Room • Albany, CA.
This is an indoors show - please be vaxxed and masked!

2020

TSOL, The Avengers, The Lewd
Saturday Feb 22
Colonial Theatre, Sacramento

Sunday Feb 23 at the Great American Music Hall, SF
TSOL, The Avenger, MDC, The Lewd, Kicker

and then everything closed... so sad.

2019

Sunday, Jan 20th
Penelope Houston w/ the Flesh Eaters

Friday, Feb 8th
Avengers with Mudhoney
The Independent SF CA Sold out

Sat. Feb 9th
Avengers with Mudhoney
The Ritz - San Jose, CA

Sun. Feb 10th
Avengers w/ Alice Bag!
Neighborhood Brats, The Alleycats
Alex's Bar - Long Beach, CA Sold Out

* Celebrating the Life of Jimmy Wilsey *
2 special Avengers shows with Danny Furious on drums
and Hector Penalosa on bass!

SF Bay Area: Friday May 24th
The Ivy Room, Albany
with the VKTMS and Drama.
SOLD OUT! $18 show at 9:pm share

Los Angeles: Sun. May 26th
Echoplex
Avengers / Dils / Alleycats! plus many special guests
This show will benefit Jimmy's surviving son.

Sunday June 30th - San Francisco CA
Avengers + Smokers + Cut Rate Druggists
Bottom of the Hill

2 shows with Avengers and Pansy Division
Friday July 12th Zurich - Dynamo

Sat. July 13 Bergamo, IT - Punk Rock Raduno free & all ages

Sun. July 14 Acoustic set at Punk Rock Raduno

Avengers + Summer = Festivals!
Classic line-up with Luis and Joel

Fri. July 26 -Montreal '77 Festival

Sat. July 27 NYC El Cortez

Sun. July 28 New Haven, CT Cafe Nine

Wed. July 31 Glasgow, Scotland The Hug and Pint

Thurs. Aug 1 Blackpool, UK Rebellion - Almost acoustic Stage 6:00

Fri. Aug 2 Blackpool, UK Rebellion - Opera Stage 7:40

Sat. Aug 3 London - Borderline

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Penelope(trio) with Sean Wheeler and Katie Cash
Fri. Aug 30 Albany CA - Ivy Room

Penelope(trio) Sad Bastard's Club
w/ Jill Olson and Bob Hillman
Mon - Sept 16th at the Make Out Room, SF 7:pm free!

Avengers Finally Tour US Tour
With Hector Penalosa and Dave Bach.
All shows supporting Stiff Little Fingers except*

Tue-Oct-01 Phoenix AZ - Club Red East

Wed-Oct-02 San Diego CA - House of Blues

Fri-Oct-04 Anaheim CA - House of Blues

Sat-Oct-05 Los Angeles CA - El Rey

Sun-Oct-06 San Francisco CA - Slim's

Tue-Oct-08 Seattle WA - Showbox

Wed-Oct-09 Portland OR - Hawthorne

Fri-Oct-11 Salt Lake City UT - The Depot

Sat-Oct-12 Denver CO - Gothic Theatre

Mon-Oct-14 Minneapolis MN - Fine Line

Tue-Oct-15 Madison WI - Majestic Theatre

Wed-Oct-16 Chicago IL - Bottom Lounge

Fri-Oct-18 Pittsburgh PA - Jergels

Sat-Oct-19 Philadelphia PA - Underground Arts

Sun-Oct-20 Boston MA - Brighton Music Hall

(*Avengers only) Mon-Oct-21 Bordentown NJ - Randy Now's

Tue-Oct-22 Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw

Wed-Oct-23 Washington DC - Black Cat

Fri-Oct-25 Carboro NC - Cat's Cradle

Sat-Oct-26 Atlanta GA - Masquerade Heaven

Sun-Oct-27 Nashville TN - Basement East

Tue-Oct-29 Austin TX - Barracuda

Wed-Oct-30 Dallas TX - Trees

Fri-Nov-01 New Orleans LA - House of Blues

Sat-Nov-02 Pensacola FL - Vinyl Music Hall

(*Avengers + 12 bands) Sun-Nov-03 - Gainesville FEST - High Dive

Tue-Nov-05 Tampa FL - Orpheum

Wed-Nov-06 Orlando FL - Plaza Theatre

***Avengers drive home tour***

Fri-Nov-08 San AntonioTX - Paper Tiger -
w/ Flipper! and WATA, Noogy

Sat- Nov-09 Tucson AZ - Wooden Tooth Records - share
w/ Man Hands, Anchorbaby

Avengers w/ Agent Orange
Middle-aged Queers, goof
Sat Nov 23 - Slim's, SF

2018

Penelope singing Avengers songs with The Enemy in Seattle!
Yup, I'm going to jump up for 3 songs to celebrate the
40th anniversary of The Bird (Seattle's 1st punk club)
Sat. Mar. 3rd 4-9pm at the Crocodile Back Bar
w/ The Cheaters/Shagnasty and more. All ages $7 at the door

Friday, May 18
Penelope with Tom Heyman
at the Monkey House with Jean Caffeine
playing songs from her punk memoir album.
An intimate secret music venue in Berkeley.

Monday, May 21
Penelope and Tom Heyman at the Sad Bastards Club
Makeout Room in the heart of the Mission.
Trying out new songs w/Tom Heyman + some talented bastards.

June 10th
Penelope pop-up at the Haight Street Fair
Main stage with the Jackson Saints. free!

Thursday Sept 13
Avengers headline the Riotous Outburst Fall-Fest 5 
at Alchemy, 71 Richmond St. Providence, RI
All ages, $15 Music at 8:pm.
w/ Boot Rot, Dutchguts, Los Bungalitos, Silver Screams + more!

Friday  Sept. 14
Avengers at El Cortez in Bushwick, NY
w/ Unknown Sender, LSC $20.
All ages, early show - doors at 7pm. Music 8-11. Share

Sunday Sept 16 Riotfest!! Chicago
w/ Blondie, Pussy Riot, Elvis Costello, Beck, Cat Power & 50 more bands

Avengers! 2 nights at The Ivy Room, Albany CA
Thurs. Oct 18th 8:30. SOLD OUT.
with Smokers + Neutrals

Friday Oct 19th
Smokers + Pathogens + Dreadful Children
21 + over, $15/18.

Girls Rock the Library
Avengers
Oct 20th 1:pm, free and all ages
w/ Mayya and the Revolutionary Hell Yeah

2017

Penelope with Tom Heyman
Friday, Oct 13th - at the Monkey House with a set from Tom Heyman playing songs from his new album.
An intimate secret music venue in Berkeley. BYOB
early 7-10:pm. $10-$20

Penelope with Tom Heyman
Saturday, Oct 7th - Lost Church, San Francisco, CA
with Jean Caffiene's "Sadie Saturday Nite"
65 Capp St. @7:30pm All ages, $10/15 tix

Penelope with Tom Heyman
Virginia Dare, Sarah Bethe Nelson
Sunday July 16th 7:pm Makeout Room SF

Penelope with Tom Heyman
first time at the Monkey House! with Paul Pot's Too Old
An intimate secret music venue in Berkeley. BYOB
July 8th, early 7-10:pm. $10-$20. All Ages

Penelope with Tom Heyman
with Zander Schloss and
Thur. June 29th at Thee Parkside SF

Avengers with the Sonics
Sun. May 28th - Observatory - Santa Ana, CA

Avengers play w/ Television
Fri. May 26th - Las Vegas - PunkRock Bowling at The Bunkhouse
Weirdos/ Alice Bag / Generacion Suicida / Spider

April 7-31
Penelope's oil painting series "Muzzlers"
at La Luz de Jesus Gallery Los Angeles, CA
(323) 666-7667
Check out her art at penelopehouston.com

Sat. April 29, San Francisco Art Institute
Hang out with Penelope "Backstage"
(in an installation of her own creation) as part of their 2017 Gala
The Original Disruptor
Barhop through 12 "art bars" created for this one night only
6:pm-late, $85-$350

April 7th, Friday Avengers at Slim's, SF CA
opening for Sleaford Mods

April 1st, the Joel-apalooza
Avengers at Bottom of the Hill, SF CA
for Joel's 40th birthday bash!!
w/ Pansy Division, The Plus Ones, Dr Frank

Jan. 8th
Avengers at Gilman/Lookout Fest
w/Nuisance, Cringeworthy, Black Fork, Jüke, The Jimmies

2016

Avengers at SFMOMA for the Bruce Conner exhibit opening.
Sat. Oct. 29th w/ Bruce's jugband.
Wattis Theater, SF

Thursday, August 18th Thee Parkside
Kevin Seconds / Steve Soto / Penelope (w/Tom Heyman)/ Eric Park

June 24th Mission Neighborhood Center Progressives Victory Party
with music by Tom Heyman and Penelope Houston

The Avengers Fri. April 8 - Brooklyn NY The Grand Victory
with Youthquake / Les Sans Culottes

Sat. April 9 Wash DC Damaged City Fest
Avengers Calvary Methodist Church

2015

12/3 Thurs. The Casbah, San Diego
Avengers w/ i wish i, Social Spit, The Widows
21+over.

12/4 Fri. The Bootleg Theater, Los Angeles
Avengersw/ Ausencia, FordMadoxFord

12/5 Sat. The Observatory Santa Ana
Avengersw/ The Adolescents, CH3 and The Croissants

Nov. 4 @ 7pm No Bollocks Punk panel
Penelope talks about punk and politics
w/ Jello Biafra, Nicky Garratt (UK Subs),
Michelle Cruz Gonzales (Spitboy), John Robb (the Membranes)
XOXO Nightclub 201 Broadway Oakland

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Penelope Houston & Tom Heyman
experience 2 Litquakes in 1 night
Sat. Oct 16 -

Makeout Room SF
SF Bookstore Celebration
and
Z Space, SF
Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll:
Celebrating One City One Book's 2015 Selection Season of the Witch

Avengers

Sat. Sept 26 - SF Punk Renaissance
Verdi Club - 2pm-midnight. Cheetah Chrome, The Avengers at 9:30!,
Alice Bag & Frightwig, Mutants, The Lewd, No Alternative + more

Avengers Sun. Sept 27 - Oakland - Leo's Music Club
with MyDolls from Houston TX and Modern Kicks

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Avengers NYC . UK . EURO

Tues. August 4 - Brooklyn NY The Bell House
w/ Shellshag, Surfbort and GÖzer
Share! 21+ over / door 8pm / tix $18-20

Thurs. Aug 6 - London The Garage
w/ Morgellons, Phoenix Chroi
Share! over 14s / door 7pm / tix £13

Fri. Aug 7 - NewcastleThe Cluny
w/ One More Round, Black Atom Movement
Share! over 18s / door 7:30pm / tix £11

Sat. Aug 8 - Glasgow O2ABC2

Sun. Aug 9 - Blackpool Rebellion Fest

Mon. Aug 10 - Birmingham The Institute
w/ The Badflowers, Terrorsaurs

Wed. Aug 12 - Düsseldorf Tube

Thur. Aug 13 - Hamburg Hafenklang
with Plastic Propaganda

Fri. Aug 14 - Berlin - Bi Nuu

Sat. Aug 15 - Dresden - AtomSmasher Festival
6pm Chemiefabrik

Sun. Aug 16 - Stuttgart - Zwölfzehn

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Friday, June 19th, 6-10:pm
Civic Center Plaza / free / all ages
Penelope will perform an Avengers song in the *cavalcade of stars* celebrating San Francisco City Hall's 100th
Kingston Trio / Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers / Sal Valentino (Beau Brummels)/ Tim & Nicki Bluhm / Mark Kozelek / Steve Barton (Translator) / Debora Iyall / Andy Cabic / Bill Kirchin (Commander Cody) Roy Loney / Chuck Prophet & a Sylvester tribute!

Greg and Penelope play
A Benefit for Eddy Jennings
Fri. May 29th - The Regency Ballroom SF
w/ Les Claypool, Buck Naked, Pearl Harbour, MCM,
East Bay Ray, The Mermen, Tubes and more.

Avengers play Chicago!
Hozac Blackout Fest
Sat. May 16th - the Empty Bottle

2014

Penelope Houston

Penelope Houston @ Makeout Room in SF
GIBBSMO Holiday Craptacular! with Roy Loney, Spiral Stairs,
Happy Valley Singers, Sweet Chariot, more details here
A food drive and benefit for the SF Food Bank! 
Dec 18th Thursday 7:00 pm - 11:30 pm

Penelope Houston DJ's
w/ Jello & DJ Paul Costuros @ Punker Party!
Sat Nov. 29th 10 PM
The Knockout Room
3223 Mission St SF

Friday, Nov 14th@ Elbo Room
performing with Tom Heyman
w/The Space Lady!! / Muscle Drum

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The Avengers

Dangerhouse Records Nite
Sunday Nov. 9 4:pm
Echoplex in Los Angeles, CA
The Weirdos, The Avengers
Deadbeats (w/GEZA X) + Rhino 39 + Alleycats + special guests
Part Time Punks pays tribute to legendary LA punk label.

Sat. Nov. 8 Crepe Place
Santa Cruz CA
w/ The Shes

Friday Nov. 7 Gilman Street
Berkeley CA . All Ages!
w/ Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggits
Love Songs, and Younger Lovers

PH performing with Tom Heyman at
The 13th annual Murder Ballads
music starts at 9, Tom@9:20, PH@10:20
Vaudeville style: ten bands/performers
Friday Oct 31st @ Starry Plough

$8-15 Avengers Fri Sept 19th
San Diego, CA - Casbah
/// 21+ over /// doors 8:30
w/ Hector Penelosa (Zeros)/ Touchies/ Records with Roger


Sat Sept 20th starting at Noon
Make The Music Go BANG! Fest
All Ages
The Observatory Grounds (3 stages outdoors & indoors)
3503 South Harbor Blvd, Santa Ana (Orange County, Ca)
Avengers play indoors at 6:45-7:30
The amazing lineup:
X, Los Lobos, Buzzcocks! Dave & Phil Alvin,The Avengers, Wanda Jackson, The Knitters, Junior Brown, Lee Rocker, The Paladins, Los Straitjackets, Ray Campi, James Intveld, Jamie James & The Kingbees, Kid Ramos, Victoria Williams, The Farmers, The Hula Girls, The Crowd, Sean and Zander, The Rhythm Shakers, Delta Bombers, Moonsville Collective, Vinnie & The Hooligans, Omar & The Stringpoppers, Small Wigs, The Abigails, Hi-Strungramblers, Evil Hearted You, Mary Simich, Robert Francis & many more!

Friday May 23rd 9:pm
The Chapel in San Francisco
w/ Kicker and California (ex-Jawbreaker/Green Day)
and DJs from Stranded
get tix $15 All ages!

Saturday May 24th 9:pm
The Blank Club in San Jose
w/ Kicker and Backseat Lovers get tix $10 show 21+ over

Sunday May 25th 8:pm
Observatory in Santa Ana
w/ Propagandhi (who are headlining) and Toys That Kill
tix online $20 All ages!

 

2013

Avengers Nov 1st Friday
Los Globos in Hollywood Sunset Blvd
with Mau Maus, Killroy, Sidekick, Droptank

Avengers Nov 2nd Saturday
The Uptown's with Urinals / Wild Assumptions

Penelope & the Honey Badgers
Sept 22 Sunday
SF Punk Homecoming Verdi Club
Mutants/ Penelope / Roy Loney/ Frightwig
Factrix / The Offs / The Alleycats / Winston Tong
Randy Rampage and Zippy Pinhead!
Nervous Gender / Rubber City Rebels / Deborah Iyall
Impatient Youth / Blowdryers / The Guverment et al.


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The Avengers- Sept 20th Friday
The Palomino Calgary, Canada
with Tranzmitors, The Mandates $15

Monday July 8th 7:30pm
Five Mean Years. A reading by Greil Marcus and 
performance (of Doors songs!) by Penelope & Tom
at Pegasus Books, Berkeley

Sunday June 30th
for Ruby Ray's punk photo book 
with X's John Doe. Stranded

Sunday June 23rd
at City Lights Books
in North Beach to celebrate their 60th anniversary.

Sat June 1st
Penelope and the Honey Badgers at
SFMOMA's closing marathon
24 hours of performance (we play at 9pm)

Friday May 10th
Avengers in St Paul/Minn.
Headlining the Girls Got Rhythm Fest
with Cherrie Curry!
Amsterdam Bar 21+. $20/35.
Friday night: The Avengers, Gateway District, Pinsch, Total Trash

Sunday March 3rd GAMH
Penelope and the Honey Badgers
play the Tomfest: a Tribute to Tom Mallon
with Flying Color, Toiling Midgets, members of American Music Club, The Muskrats, Frightwig, Blue Movie, Ugly Stick, Peter Case, Chuck Prophet

Penelope and the Honey Badgers
performing at 3 unusual spots:

Friday Jan 25th St Cyprian's
Nick Flynn reads from his new book
and talks with Rebecca Solnit
music by Penelope Houston
Cass McCombs

Monday Jan 28th
Roxie Theatre Benefit for Strike Debt
with Jello Biafra, comedians Nato Green, Dhaya Lakshminarayanan, Sean Keane, Kevin O'Shea, and Josh Androsky, drag star Lil' Miss Hot Mess, jazz legend Marcus Shelby, folksinger Brian Belknap

Wed Jan 30th
Pussy Riot TributeCity Lights Bookshop
playing a song or two
also readings by Frightwig, Daphne Gottlieb, Deborah Iyall,
Sophia Kumin, Michelle Tea and more.

2012

Sat. Nov. 3rd at 8:pm
Penelope and band live at SFAI Alumni Day
w/ Deborah Iyall and Karen Finley

Penelope and the HoneyBadgers
Thurs Oct.18th at 10:pm
live on KPFA 94.1 fm
The Hear and Now with Derk Richardson

Friday Oct 19th
An evening of spoken word. Awaken Cafe Oakland

Sat Oct 20th 5pm
acoustic instore at Stranded
6436 Telegraph Ave (at 65th St)

Avengers Fall mini-tour: NY * Cleveland * Chicago!

Oct 25th Brooklyn @ Littlefield
622 Degraw St, Brooklyn
The Foxxx

Oct 27th Cleveland Public Theatre
WCSB Halloween Ball 9:pm
with Obnox,Wesley Bright, Smooth Brain


Oct 28th Chicago
at the Abbey
w/ R.Ring (feat. Kelley Deal), The Hecks

Sept 15th Sat SF Punk Reunion - Shut the Fuck Up!
Avengers w/ Danny Furious on drums! and 15 other bands

Sept 16th Sun SF
Bottom of the Hill
Avengers w/ Danny Furious on drums & Craig Gray on bass!
w/The Mutants, Noh Mercy and The Urge.

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Aug 13th Mon. - Penelope & Tom Heyman
at Hook, Line and Sinker a music and story-telling series
@ Disco Volante

Return of The Avengers! European Summer Tour

July 5th Thur - DR Köln - Sonic Ballroom

July 6th Fri - DR Frankfurt - Au

July 7th Sat - DR Stuttgart - Goldmarks

July 8th Sun - DR Karlsruhe - Alte Hackerei

July 9th Mon - DR Essen - Panic Room

July 10th Tues - DR Kiel - Schaubude

July 11th Wed - NED Amsterdam - The Winston

July 12th Thur - FR Paris - Les Combustible

July 13th Fri - FR Callac - Vive Le Punk Fest

July 15th Sun - FR Limoges - Zic Zinc

July 18th Wed - IT Milano - LoFi

July 19th Thur - IT Rome - Acrobax

July 20th Fri - IT Bari - Oasi San Martino

July 21th Sat - IT Bologna - Bolognetti OpenAir

July 22nd Sun - DR Freiburg - Walfisch

July 23rd Mon - DR Munich - Feierwerk w/Adolescents

July 24th Tues - AU Vienna - Arena w/Zero Boys

July 26th Thur - DR Berlin - Crystal

July 27th Fri - DR Hamburg - Knust

July 28th Sat - FN Tampere - Puntala Fest

July 29th Sun - FN Helsinki - Kuudes Aisti Festival

 

June 23rd Sat. - Penelope & Tom Heyman
@ The Luggage Store
w/Chris Johanson, and Carlos Forstser

Avengers "Pink Album Release Me" West Coast Tour

Avengers Release Party! Friday May 18 9 PM $15 *get advance tix* Cafe du Nord 2170 Market St. San Francisco With Erase Errata and Carletta Sue Kay. 21+

May 19th Sat - Santa Cruz, The Crepe Place w/Pansy Division All Ages

May 22nd Tue - Seattle Funhouse w/PD Industry People

May 23rd Wed - Portland, Dante's w/PD

May 25rd Fri - Oakland, New Parrish 1234 Go! Fest All Ages

May 26rd Sat - LA, Alex's Bar w/ Dolly Rots, Urinals, Gay-Gays

May 27rd Sun - Las Vegas, Country Saloon w/Dickies, Agent Orange, 11pm, 21+ are separate from festival passes

Penelope at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver
May 30th In conversation with curator Steven Wolf

Penelope and band play Europe
w/ Tom Heyman, Chris Cacavas, Moe Jaksch & Florian Achatzy

April 19 Germany Berlin - Crystal
April 20 Germany Lichtentanne - St.Barbara
April 21 Germany Magdeburg - Moritzhof
April 22 Berlin- Myxa Café
April 24 Germany Offenbach - Hafen 2
April 25 Germany Miltenburg - Beavers
April 26 Germany Holzminden - Tonenburg
April 27 Germany Erfurt - Museumskeller
April 28 Germany Chemnitz -- Subway To Peter
April 29 Germany Hamburg - Knust
April 30 Germany Hannover - Café Glocksee
May 2 Germany Kassel - Schlachthof
May 3 Germany Weinheim - Café Central
May 4 Germany Stuttgart - Laboratorium
May 5 - Italy Milano - Cox18

Penelope's Record Release Party!
Mar. 29 Thurs 8:30 PM $12 get advance tix
Cafe du Nord 2170 on Market Street SF
My band features Tom Heyman, Danny Eisenberg,
Steven Strauss and Bill Shupp.
W/ Prairiedog + Carletta Sue Kay

Penelope and band on West Coast Live
March 24th Sat. 10am-noon! All ages.
We'll play 3-4 songs Yoshi's Oakland
Listen in on KALW and other stations
Here this the show streamable

Penelope at the Sad Bastards Club Makeout Room
March 19 Mon early! 7:pm *Free*
Playing a few w/Tom Heyman. w/Paula Fraser / Doug Hilsinger

Avengers in Cali
Wednesday Jan 25
Blank Club
44 S Almaden Ave, San Jose
w/ Factory Mindsand BOATS! $10

Thursday Jan 26
Bottom of the Hill
1233 17th Street, San Francisco
w/ BOATS! and Midnite Snaxx! $13

Saturday Jan 28 SOLD OUT
LA MOCA
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, CA
w/ X and the "DK"s

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2011

Avengers PNW mini-mini tour:

Aug.18th Thurs. 9:pm in Portland OR
Dante's $12
with Roxy Epoxy & the Rebound
3rd and Burnside 503.226.6630

Aug. 19th Fri. Seattle Soundfest
Neumos w/ Jello Biafra/Regan Youth/etc
All ages $25

Penelope reading poetry
@
"Beat Grrl" Round 20:
Sparring with Beatnik Ghosts
with Brenda Knight, author/scholar
of "Women of the Beat Generation," Kathleen Wood,
Beat Goddess Ruth Weiss and
Carlye Achibeque, Ariel Holden and Suzi Kaplan Olmsted
Sat July 23rd 7:pm
Art House Gallery
2905 Shattuck Ave Berkeley
$5

2010

Nov 7 Avengers The Echoplex
FRONTIER RECORDS, celebrates their 30th Anniversary
ADOLESCENTS/ T.S.O.L./ AVENGERS
MIDDLE CLASS/ THE DEADBEATS/ RIKK AGNEW
FLYBOYS/THE STAINS/THE PONTIAC BROTHERS
Michael Stock & his cohort [& Punky Reggae partner], David Orlando]!

Penelope
July 22 Great American Music Hall
Farewell show for Jimmy Sweetwater
I'll be playing with Pat Johnson.
The line up includes Patrick Winningham

The Avengers NE and Canadian Tour!

Wed. July 28th As220
Providence RI
w/ Grass Widow and Hot Box
Thur. July 29th TT the Bear's
Cambridge, MA w/Grass Widow, Doomstar!
and The Pleasure Kills. Fri. July 30th, Bell House Brooklyn NY.
headlining the Big Takeover 30th Anniversary Fest.
6 bands incl: Channel 3, Visqueen, Springhouse
Sat. July 31st Café Nine
New Haven CT with Lost Generation, The Pleasure Kills
Sun. Aug 1st Les Katacombes
Montreal QB Mon. Aug 2nd, Horseshoe Tavern Toronto Ont
Tues. Aug 3rd, This Ain't Hollywood Hamilton Ont
Wed. Aug 4th, The Bug Jar Rochester NY
Thur. Aug 5th, Brighton Bar Long Branch NJ

Had so much fun reading poetry...
I'm going to read a bit more at
The Nervous Breakdown Literary Experience
May 25 Makeout Room, 7pm $5
Hosted by Tony DuShane
Readers: Penelope Houston, Stephen Elliott, Johnny Genocide, Paul Clayton, Thomas Wood, Lauren Becker

my spoken word world premier!
@ LITpunk 2
Friday, Apr 2 early! 7:30p to 9:30p
at The Makeout Room,
Penelope Houston, lead singer of the legendary AVENGERS, will be headlining, reading poetry, prose, and singing. John Shirley, Bram Stoker Award winner and author of Bleak History (Simon & Schuster), and formerly lead singer of SadoNation will perform; Punk Rock Goddess "Jennifer Blowdryer", Eddie Jetson of Ice 9, Johnny Genocide, Michael Layne-Heath and special guests.

2009

See Penelope's collection of punk photos, posters, record covers and ephemera in the Punk Passages exhibit at the SF Public Library 100 Larkin St. SF
Sept 12-Dec 9 2009. Free and all ages.

Penelope and Lout
Oct 12, Monday $15 all ages! 8PM at the On Broadway
435 Broadway SF.
w/ Johnny Strike and Hank Rank of Crime, Lynn Breedlove, Oran Canfield, Rozz (Negative Trend), Bucky Sinister and more
Launch party for the punk oral history: Gimme Something Better
by Jack Boulware & Silke Tudor

Penelope and the Birdboys
Oct 31 9:00 PM at Starry Plough
Annual Murder Ballads Bash!!!
3101 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley 94705
Halloween! $10
The Birdboys line-up with Steven Strauss, Mel Peppas, Pat Johnson playing a short set of Murder Ballads with many local talents.

Avengers west coast tour
We're headlining this great triple-bill!
all shows with Paul Collins' Beat & Pansy Division in the middle.

SEPTEMBER 2009

FRI 9.11 SEATTLE WA
The Funhouse

SAT 9.12 PORTLAND OR
Dante's

SUN 9.13 MEDFORD OR
Musichead

WED 9.16 SANTA CRUZ CA
Blue Lagoon
SEPTEMBER 2009

THU 9.17 OAKLAND CA
The Uptown
1928 Telegraph Ave (510) 451-8100 tix $12 age 21+

FRI 9.18 SAN FRANCISCO CA
Bottom of the Hill
1233 17th St 415-621-4455 tix $12 all ages

SAT 9.19 SANTA ANA CA
Galaxy Theatre
3503 S Harbor Blvd (714) 957-0600 tix $15 all ages

SUN 9.20 LOS ANGELES CA
The Echo
1822 Sunset Blvd. (Echo Park) (213) 413-8200 age21+

Penelope and the Birdboys
Aug 2,Sunday BBQ 1PM show at Bottom of the Hill
1233 17th St SF CA 415-621-4455 tix $8/10 all ages
A semi-Birdboys reunion show with SPOT 1019 and YARDSALE
with Steven Strauss, Mel Peppas, Kurt Stevenson,
Josef Brinckmann and Fede Gil Sola

Avengers
Jan 31st The Uptown
Oakland CA
w/ The Disciples
Pleasure Kills

Avengers
Secret Gilman show
Jan 30th for Punk Rock Joel's birthday

2008

Cafe Du Nord
Mon. Sept 8th 2008
A Benefit for Music in Schools
Penelope and Band @ 10:30
with Colin Gilmore @ 9:30
21+ doors @ 8:30
$12
tix online

The Avengers back at the Fillmore
Saturday, July 26 2008
doors at 7:PM All ages! $25
Pioneers Of Punk
Flipper at 12:am
The Avengers at 10:50:pm
The Mutants at 9:50:pm
Negative Trend at 9:pm
Target Video at 8:pm
with
MC Neil Hamburger
Target Video: (They haven't announced what they will show yet, but we know they have footage of Cramps at Napa, the Mutants at the School for the Deaf, Crime at San Quentin prison, Avengers, Dils, Dead Kennedys, Germs, Circle Jerks, Weirdos, Black Flag, Flipper, Diamanda Galas, X, Survival Research Labs (S.R.L/Mark Pauline) Gun Club, Screamers, Bad Brains, Dead Kennedys, Bauhaus and more)

July 17th 2008
Great American Music Hall
Penelope and band
Playing at 8:PM sharp!
Stan Ridgeway (Wall of Voodoo)
859 OFarrell St, SF CA
doors at 7:30, Ages 6+ $25
***
June 19th 2008
Hotel Utah 100 year celebration!
Penelope w/Pat Johnson (at 11:pm)
also Durocs, Paula Frazer, Bart Davenport, Jesse DeNatale, Colossal Yes, Beth Lisick, Connie Champagne, Pattty Spiglanin, Danny Pearson, Greg Ashley, Blag Dahlia, Persephone's Bees & more!
FREE HAPPY HOUR/RECEPTION BEGINS AT 7:0O PM!
Show: 9:00pm $8

Friday February 15, 2008
Penelope with a full band at the de Young Museum, SF CA
Free and all-ages...
6:00–7:00 p.m.
San Francisco DJ Kristen Rice, a.k.a. “the Operator.”
7:00 p.m.
Spoken-word performance by Jello Biafra
7:30–8:30 p.m.
Live music by Penelope Houston & Lout.
Some brand new songs, mid-period songs and a few Avengers songs.

Friday Jan 18th
Avengers at 924 Gilman St, Berkeley
w/Pansy Division/and more
8:pm All ages $7
it is Punk Rock Joel's Birthday bash!

2007