1986

=== January ===
* A double vinyl edition of Eskimo is sent to mail order Ralph customers, Miniatures is released in Italy, George & James is re-released.
* 9th: The Residents perform at The 688 Club, Atlanta, Georgia
* 9th: The Residents perform at The 688 Club, Atlanta, Georgia
* 10th: The Residents perform at The Trenton Club, New Jersey
* 16th: The Residents perform at The Ritz Club, New York City, New York. This show was recorded and released as "13th Anniversary Show - Ritz NY - Jan 16, 1986". Andy Warhol was at this show.
*17th: The Residents perform at The Ritz Club, New York City, New York
* 20th: The Residents perform at The Channel Club, Boston, Massachusetts
* 22nd: The Residents perform at Le Spectrum Club, Montreal, Québec, Canada
* 24th: The Residents perform at The Toronto Music Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
* 25th: The Residents perform at The Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, Michigan
* 27th: The Residents perform at Peabody's Down Under, Cleveland, Ohio. This show was recorded and released as "The 13th Anniversary Show - Cleveland - Featuring Snakefinger"
*28th: The Residents perform at Peabody's Down Under, Cleveland, Ohio
* 29th: The Residents perform at The Graffiti, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
* 31st: The Residents perform at The Lisner Auditorium, Washington, DC
=== February ===
* 7th: The Residents perform at The Vic Theatre, Chicago, Illinois
* 8th: The Residents perform at The Palms, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
* 10th: The Residents perform at First Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota. This was recorded and released as "Live In The USA! 13th Anniversary Tour - Featuring Snakefinger"
* 12th: The Residents perform at Cogburn's, Lawrence, Kansas
* 14th: The Residents perform at Arcadia, Dallas, Texas
* 16th: The Residents perform at The Cullen Auditorium, Houston, Texas
* 21st: The Eyeball Show (Live In Japan) is released in Japan.
=== April ===
* Buy Or Die #12 is released, the booklet announces the release of the 13th Anniversary Show cassettes, Live in Japan and Live in the USA, the Kaw Liga / Stars & Stripes Forever single plus the Heaven / Hell CDs.
*Live In The USA! 13th Anniversary Tour - Featuring Snakefinger is realeased as a double cassette. It would be The Residents' first double album.
=== June ===
* 1st: The soundtrack to Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers is released, as well as "The Cryptic Guide to The Residents" 
*13th Anniversary Show - Live In Japan - Featuring Snakefinger is released in the US
=== July ===
* 4th: Run-DMC release their cover of 'Walk This Way' perhaps due to the popularity of the single, Snakefinger to incorporates the riff into live versions of Kaw-Liga.
=== August ===
* 3rd: 13th Anniversary Show - Live In Japan - Featuring Snakefinger is released in Australia, to promote the live show. 
* 4th: The Residents perform at Tivoli, Sydney, Australia
* 5th: The Residents perform at Tivoli, Sydney, Australia
* 6th: The Residents perform at Tivoli, Sydney, Australia
* 7th: The Residents perform at Tivoli, Sydney, Australia
* 8th: The Residents perform at Easts, Brisbane, Australia
* 9th: The Residents perform at The Jet club, Brisbane, Australia
* 10th: The Residents perform at The Art Factory, Baron Bay, Australia. Whilst in the Baron Bay, The Residents & Snakefinger visit AIM headquarters, their Australian record label. Here they record the Jailhouse Rock single.
* 11th: The Residents perform at The Red Parrot, Perth, Australia
* 13th: The Residents perform at Tivoli, Adelaide, Australia
* 14th: The Residents perform at Tivoli, Adelaide, Australia
* 15th: The Residents perform at Seaview Ballroom, Melbourne, Australia
* 16th: The Residents perform at Seaview Ballroom, Melbourne, Australia
* 17th: The Residents perform at Seaview Ballroom, Melbourne, Australia
* 19th: The Residents perform at The Canberra labour club, Canberra, Australia
* 20th: The Residents perform at The Hills Inn, Sydney, Australia
* 21st: The Residents perform at Tivoli, Sydney, Australia
* 22nd: The Residents perform at The Christchurch Town Hall, Christchurch, New Zealand
* 23rd: The Residents perform at Galaxy, Auckland, New Zealand
* 26th: The Residents perform at Wellington, New Zealand
* 28th: The Residents perform at Selinas, Sydney, Australia
=== October ===
* 3rd: The Residents perform at The Ungdomens Hus, Tromsoe, Norway. This show is recorded and released as "Tromsø, Inconvenienced, 1986" on Fingerprince & Duck Stab / Buster & Glen pREServed Editions. The Residents equipment doesn't show up at this show, being left in a storage unit, resulting in the group having to quickly borrow and improvise Instruments and Disguises.
* 4th: The Residents perform at The Falkoner Teatret, Copenhagen, Denmark
* 5th: The Residents perform at The Norske Opera, Oslo, Norway. This show is partially filmed for Television, and broadcast for Radio.
* 6th: The Residents perform at Fryshuset, Stockholm, Sweden
* 8th: The Residents perform at Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany
* 9th: The Residents perform at Zeche, Bochum, Germany
* 10th: The Residents perform at Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany
* 11th: The Residents perform at Theaterfabric, Munich, Germany
* 12th: The Residents perform at Posthof, Linz, Austria
* 13th: The Residents perform at Sofiensale, Vienna, Austria
* 15th: The Residents perform at Maison de la Culture, Rennes, France
* 16th: The Residents perform at Maison de la Culture, Rennes, France
* 17th: The Residents perform at Chapiteau de la Pepiniere, Nancy, France
* 20th: The Residents perform at Salle de la E.N.T.P.E, Lyon, France,
* 21st: Stars & Hank Forever is released worldwide, also The Residents perform at Geneva, Switzerland. Line - Der Sampler 13, a sampler which contains 'Kaw-Liga' is likely released around this time.
* 22nd: Kaw-Liga (Dancemix) is released in the Netherlands to promote the 13th Anniversary Show, along with the Torso pressing of 13th Anniversary Show - Live In Japan - Featuring Snakefinger, which is also released in Greece. 
* 23rd: The Residents perform at Nighttown, Rotterdam, Netherlands
* 24th: The Residents perform at Hof Ter Lo, Antwerp, Belgium
* 25th: The Residents perform at Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands
** This show was recorded and released as "13th Anniversary Show - Live In Holland - Featuring Snakefinger" By this point the setlist of the 13th Anniversary Show was very different to that debuted in Japan.
* 26th: The Residents perform at Noorderligt, Tilburg, Netherlands
* 28th: The Residents perform at The Hammersmith Palais, London, England
* 29th: The Residents perform at The Hacienda Club, Manchester, England
== Releases ==
*Stars & Hank Forever
*The Eyeball Show (Live In Japan) 
*Live In The USA! 13th Anniversary Tour - Featuring Snakefinger
*Kaw-Liga 
*Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers
*Jailhouse Rock
*Kaw-Liga (Dancemix)
*Heaven?
*Hell!
=== Various Artists ===
* Line - Der Sampler 13
** Kaw-Liga
=== Re-releases ===
* Eskimo (2xVinyl) 
* Miniatures
* George & James
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