2016

19th: An image of The Residents curiously observing a train wreck with the caption "THE RESIDENTS ARE A TRAIN WRACKED BY GOD" is posted on Randy Rose's Tumblr.
20th: Randy Rose uploads his "goodbye song" to Charles Bobuck who recently announced his departure from The Residents.
28th: Don Hardy's film Theory of Obscurity is released on DVD and Blu-Ray by MVD.
28th: The Residents perform Shadowland in Nijmegen, Holland.
29th: The Residents perform Shadowland in Zurich, Switzerland.
30th: The Residents perform Shadowland in Fribourg, Switzerland.
- This show is later released as double-CD and double-LP sets by Secret Records in 2024.

1st: The Residents perform Shadowland in Frankfurt, Germany.
3rd: The Residents perform Shadowland in Wien, Austria.
4th: The Residents perform Shadowland in Zagreb, Croatia.
5th: The Residents perform Shadowland in Prague, Czech Republic.
6th: The Residents perform Shadowland in Olomouc, Czech Republic.
7th: The Residents perform Shadowland in Dresden, Germany.
8th: The Residents perform Shadowland in Berlin, Germany.
9th: The Residents perform Shadowland in Copenhagen, Denmark.
10th: The Residents perform Shadowland in Hamburg, Germany.
12th: The Residents perform Shadowland in London, England.
12th: Gingerbread Man is reissued by MVD.
12th: Charles Bobuck releases THIS — a compilation of selections from his solo works, including new tracks — on Klanggalerie.
13th: The Residents perform Shadowland in Utrecht, Holland.
23rd: Charles Bobuck publishes THIS IS FOR READERS, a free iBook of old and new Bobuck life stories, including musical excerpts and the missing album notes for What Was Left of Grandpa.

11th: Demons Dance Alone is reissued by MVD.
23rd: The Residents perform Shadowland in Melbourne, Australia.
24th: The Residents perform Shadowland in Sydney, Australia.
26th - 28th: The Residents perform Shadowland for three nights in Byron Bay, Australia.

Sometime during this month, Randy Rose's "Bigfoot Beware" single is released by Psychofon Records.
9th: The Residents perform Shadowland in Los Angeles, California.
- Theory of Obscurity is screened as a pre-show event for most of the American tour dates.
10th: The Residents perform Shadowland in San Francisco, California.
11th: Snakefinger's Chewing Hides the Sound is reissued by Klanggalerie.
12th: The Residents perform Shadowland in Portland, Oregon.
13th: The Residents perform Shadowland in Seattle, Washington.
14th: The Residents perform Shadowland in Vancouver, Columbia.
16th: Please Do Not Steal It! is reissued by Music On Vinyl for Record Store Day.
17th: The Residents perform Shadowland in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
18th: The Residents perform Shadowland in Chicago, Illinois.
19th: The Residents perform Shadowland in Pontiac, Michigan.
21st: The Residents perform Shadowland in Toronto, Ontario.
22nd: The Residents perform Shadowland in Montreal, Quebec.
23rd: The Residents perform Shadowland in New Haven, Connecticut.
25th: The Residents perform Shadowland in Boston, Massachusetts.
26th: The Residents perform Shadowland in New York City.
29th: The Residents perform Shadowland in Washington, DC.
30th: The Residents perform Shadowland in Carrboro, North Carolina.

1st: A trailer for Loris Gréaud's avant-garde film Sculpt is released. The Residents have a notable part in the film and contribute most of the film's soundtrack (though it is comprised of previously-released material).
1st: The Residents perform Shadowland in Atlanta, Georgia.
3rd: The Residents perform Shadowland in Dallas, Texas.
4th: The Residents perform Shadowland in Austin, Texas.
6th: The Residents perform Shadowland in Phoenix, Arizona.
8th: The Residents perform Shadowland in Solana Beach, California.
10th: Daydream B-Liver is reissued by Klanggalerie.

12th: Charles Bobuck publishes his second iBook, The Swords of Slidell — an adaptation of the short story "The Swords" by Robert Aickman.
- The soundtrack for the book is released by Klanggalerie on the TOOK sub-label, a partnership project between Bobuck and the label's manager Walter Robotka. To make up for several unforeseen shipping delays, Bobuck offers a total of six free "Tiny Tunes" on his Bandcamp.
- Around the same time, Hardy Fox announces his departure from the Cryptic Corporation, and gives ownership of The Residents' website to Chris Combs while launching his own website, hardyfox.com.
16th: Loris Gréaud's Sculpt premieres at the LACMA in Los Angeles, California.
30th: The Bobuck EP Later Tonight is bundled with copies of The Swords of Slidell soundtrack.

18th: The forty-fourth and final episode of RandyLand is released.
19th: Two new releases are issued on Klanggalerie: the expanded Delta Nudes CD, and Bobuck's fourth solo album, Bobuck Plays The Residents.

1st: The first edition of the Hacienda Bridge e-mail newsletter — a joint project from Hardy Fox and Walter Robotka — is issued. Editions of the newsletter, issued every two weeks, consisted of essays and articles from Robotka, Hardy, and Will Rothers, as well as free "Tiny Tunes" from Bobuck.
4th: An image is posted on Randy Rose's Tumblr of a clapboard for a film shoot of a "Double Trouble Trailer."
31st: The free BLACK TAR album is released on Bobuck's Bandcamp for Halloween; users are free to pay whatever they like, and the proceeds from the album are given to charity.

8th: The new Residents single "Rushing like a Banshee" is released by Psychofon along with a music video by John Sanborn.
8th: Snakefinger's Greener Postures is reissued by Klanggalerie.
16th: Randy Rose is featured in a promotional video titled "Junior's Double Trouble Nightmare".

5th: The Disfigured Night CD is released by Klanggalerie.
7th: Charles Bobuck's Missing Soldiers is reissued on Klanggalerie's TOOK label.
25th: The Grandpa Gio project concludes as predicted.