List of outdoor music venues in the United States

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This is a list of outdoor music venues in the United States. Venues with a capacity of 1,000 or higher are included.

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OpenedVenueCityCapacity
Alabama
2022Sand Mountain Amphitheatre Albertville 5,000
2025 Coca-Cola Amphitheater Birmingham 9,300
2020 Big Creek Amphitheater Dothan 6,000
2000 AllIn Amphitheater 12,400
2023Venue at Coosa Landing Gadsden 1,092
1935 Mort Glosser Amphitheater 1,600
May 2022Orion Amphitheatre Huntsville 8,000
1995Riverwalk Amphitheater Montgomery 6,000
2006The Wharf Amphitheater Orange Beach 10,000
2011 Phenix City Amphitheatre Phenix City 3,000
April 2, 2011 Mercedes-Benz Amphitheater Tuscaloosa 8,410
Arizona
2006 Pepsi Amphitheatre Flagstaff 3,000
Spring 2025 VAI Resort Amphitheater Glendale 11,000
November 11, 1990 Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre Phoenix 20,106
2001Anselmo Valencia Amphitheatre Tucson 4,400
Arkansas
2013First Security Amphitheatre Little Rock 8,375
2014 Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion Rogers 9,500
2000 Timberwood Amphitheatre Hot Springs 5,000
California
2007 Spectrum Amphitheatre Bakersfield 4,000
Spring 2021 Cathedral City Community Amphitheater Cathedral City 4,500
July 21, 1998 North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre Chula Vista 20,500
May 1975 Toyota Pavilion at Concord Concord 12,500
July 29, 1983 Pacific Amphitheatre Costa Mesa 8,042
1984Rotary Amphitheater Fresno 4,000
1923 Ramona Bowl Hemet 5,400
1931 John Anson Ford Amphitheatre Hollywood 1,200
August 2024 Great Park Live Irvine 7,500
July 11, 1922 Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles 17,376
2024 Chicken Ranch Casino Amphitheatre Modesto 3,500
1986 Shoreline Amphitheatre Mountain View 22,500
2013Vina Robles Amphitheatre Paso Robles 3,000
1982 Glen Helen Amphitheater San Bernardino 65,000
1936 Starlight Bowl San Diego 4,300
May 3, 1941 CalCoast Credit Union Open Air Theatre 4,280
August 29, 2019 The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park 10,000
1971 Marin County Civic Center San Rafael 6,000
October 2024 Adventist Health Amphitheatre Tulare 6,000
June 10, 2000 Toyota Amphitheatre Wheatland 18,500
Colorado
May 2024 Ford Amphitheater Colorado Springs 8,000
2017Levitt Pavilion Denver 20,000 (Free shows)
7,500 (paid shows)
1982 Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre Greenwood Village 18,000
1990Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater Vail 2,600
2004Las Colonias Park Amphitheatre Grand Junction 4,000
1928 Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison 9,525
Connecticut
1998Hartford Healthcare Amphitheatre Bridgeport 5,700
1995 Xfinity Theatre Hartford 24,100
1990 Gampel Pavilion Storrs 10,842
Delaware
2021Freeman Arts Pavilion Selbyville 4,000
Florida
2016 Apopka Amphitheatre Apopka 6,300
1936 Daytona Beach Bandshell Daytona Beach 4,500
May 2022Caloosa Sound Amphitheater Fort Myers 3,000
May 2017 Daily's Place Jacksonville 5,500
1984 Metropolitan Park 10,000
June 2, 1965; rebuilt 2007 St. Augustine Amphitheatre St. Augustine 5,000
2021 Coffee Butler Amphitheatre Key West 4,000
February 21, 2009 Universal Music Plaza Stage Orlando 8,000
2016Orlando Amphitheatre10,000
2024Orlando Pavilion5,000
January 11, 1991 Mizner Park Amphitheater Boca Raton 5,000 (GA)
3,500(Reserved)
2009Sunset Cove Amphitheater6,000
unknownBassant Park Panama City Beach 7,500
May 2012 Hunter Amphitheater Pensacola 5,000
1992Pompano Beach Amphitheater Pompano Beach 3,000 (2,894 fixed seats)
1984 Jannus Live St. Petersburg 2,000
July 25, 2004 MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre Tampa 20,000
2021Adderley Amphitheatre Tallahassee 3,420
April 26, 1996 ITHINK Financial Amphitheatre West Palm Beach 20,000
1985 Klipsch Amphitheatre Miami 10,000
Georgia
1980s Veterans Park Amphitheater Albany 2,500
July 1989 Cellairis Amphitheatre Atlanta 18,920
June 20, 1944 Synovus Bank Amphitheater 6,900
May 10, 2008 Ameris Bank Amphitheatre Alpharetta 12,000
2007 Northwest Georgia Amphitheatre Ringgold 3,500
2018 Northside Hospital-Cherokee Amphitheater Woodstock 5,000
Hawaii
1956 Waikiki Shell Honolulu 8,400
1994Maui Arts and Cultural Center Kahului 5,500 (Alexander and Baldwin Amphitheatre)
4,000 (Community Events Lawn)
1,500 (Yokouchi Pavilion)
Idaho
July 1997 Ford Idaho Center Nampa 10,500
July 2017Snake River Landing Waterfront Idaho Falls 3,520
2015Portneuf Amphitheatre Pocatello 9,000
Illinois
August 15, 1904 Ravinia Pavilion Highland Park 3,350
July 16, 2004 Jay Pritzker Pavilion Chicago 11,000
June 24, 2005 Huntington Bank Pavilion 30,000
1950Sinnissippi Music Shell Rockford 3,700
May 29, 2019Devon Lakeside Amphitheatre Decatur 3,000
1990 Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre Tinley Park 28,000
Indiana
May 2021 Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park Indianapolis 6,000
2025 Nickel Plate District Amphitheater Fishers unknown
unknown Caesars Amphitheatre New Albany 6,000
1989 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville 24,790
Iowa
2014McGrath Amphitheatre Cedar Rapids 6,000
July 3, 1988Westfair Amphitheater Council Bluffs 12,000
2014 Lauridsen Amphitheater Des Moines 25,000
Killinger Family Stage 2,000
unknown Alliant Energy Amphitheater Dubuque 4,200
Kansas
April 28, 2018Capital Federal Amphitheater Andover 10,000
1983 Azura Amphitheater Bonner Springs 18,000
Kentucky
May 1974 Wilson Fine Arts Center Amphitheater Bowling Green 2,900
2023 Megacorp Pavilion Newport 6,000
1888 Iroquois Amphitheatre Louisville 2,348
Louisiana
August 21, 2010 Champions Square New Orleans 7,000
Spring 2022First Horizon Amphitheater Lafayette 3,000
Maine
July 28, 2010 Darling's Waterfront Pavilion Bangor 15,000
Maryland
1981 Pier 6 Pavilion Baltimore 4,400
1967 Merriweather Post Pavilion Columbia 19,319
Massachusetts
1950 Cape Cod Melody Tent Barnstable 2,300
1994 Leader Bank Pavilion Boston 5,200
June 13, 1986 Xfinity Center Mansfield 19,900
Michigan
Unknown Aretha Franklin Amphitheater Detroit 6,000
June 25, 1972 Pine Knob Music Theatre Clarkston 15,274
1966 Meadow Brook Amphitheatre Rochester Hills 7,700
2000Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill Sterling Heights 7,200
1988Clio Amphitheatre Clio 3,000
2005Kern Community Pavilion Frankenmuth 3,300
unknown Adado Riverside Park Lansing 15,000
May 2005 Soaring Eagle Outdoor Arena Mt. Pleasant 11,000 (General Admission)
5,089 (Reserved)
Minnesota
1992Grand Casino Amphitheater Hinckley 65,000
2010Vetter Stone Amphitheatre Mankato 12,000
2009 Bluestem Amphitheater Moorhead 3,000
2025Mystic Lake AmphitheaterShakopee19,000
2017 Treasure Island Amphitheater Welch 16,000 [1]
Mississippi
2018Brandon Amphitheater Brandon 8,300
2006 BankPlus Amphitheatre Southaven 9,800
Missouri
June 14, 1991 Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Maryland Heights 20,000
2021Grandview Amphitheatre Grandview 5,000
1960; remodeled 2021 Capital Region MU Healthcare Amphitheatre Jefferson City 2,500
Montana
July 13, 2017KettleHouse Amphitheater Bonner 4,000
Nevada
2015 Amphitheater at Craig Ranch North Las Vegas 6,800
1944 Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena Stateline 7,500
New Hampshire
August 16, 1996 Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion Gilford 9,300
New Jersey
1995 Freedom Mortgage Pavilion Camden 25,000
1968 PNC Bank Arts Center Holmdel 17,500
New Mexico
February 2000 Isleta Amphitheater Albuquerque 15,000
2002 Sandia Amphitheatre 4,000
New York
July 4, 2006 Bethel Woods Center for the Arts Bethel 16,000
June 25, 2016 Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island Brooklyn 5,000
May 1981 Darien Lake Performing Arts Center Darien 21,600
1974 Earl W. Brydges Artpark State Park Lewiston 10,000 (Amphitheater)
4,400 (Mainstage Amphitheater)
2,400(Mainstage Theater)
1987 Catholic Health Amphitheater at Bald Hill Farmingdale 7,000
1874; rebuilt 2017 Chautauqua Amphitheatre Jamestown 4,400
1983 Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center Hopewell 15,000
July 9, 1966 Saratoga Performing Arts Center Saratoga Springs 25,100
September 3, 2015 Empower Federal Credit Union Amphitheater Syracuse 17,500
1952 Jones Beach Theater Wantagh 15,000
North Carolina
July 4, 1991 PNC Music Pavilion Charlotte 19,500
June 2009 Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre 5,000
June 5, 2011 White Oak Amphitheatre Greensboro 7,061
July 4, 1991 Coastal Credit Union Music Park Raleigh 20,601
June 4, 2010 Red Hat Amphitheater 5,990
July 4, 2021 Live Oak Bank Pavilion Wilmington 7,200
unknownGreenfield Lake Amphitheater1,200
Ohio
July 4, 1984 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati 20,500
May 24, 2008 PNC Pavilion 4,100
1982 Timberwolf Amphitheatre 10,000
1987 Jacobs Pavilion Cleveland 5,000
1981 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls 23,000
1991 Fraze Pavilion Kettering 4,300
May 2023Pangle Pavilion at Greater Lima Park and Amphitheatre Lima 3,600
December 18, 2013 MGM Northfield Park Northfield 1,900
1936 Toledo Zoo Amphitheater Toledo 4,500
June 14, 2019 Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre Youngstown 4,800
Oklahoma
1936 Zoo Amphitheatre Oklahoma City 8,500
Oregon
2002 Hayden Homes Amphitheater Bend 8,000
UnknownCuthbert Amphitheatre Eugene 5,000
Swanson Amphitheatre Roseburg 5,000
1911 Mcmenamins Edgewood Lawn Troutdale 7,000
unknown L.B. Day Amphitheatre Salem 8,900
Pennsylvania
1935 Mann Center Philadelphia 14,000
2012 Highmark Skyline Stage 7,500
2011Peoples' Natural Gas Park Johnstown 4,000 (including lawn area) [2]
December 2010 Stage AE Pittsburgh 5,500 (Amphitheater)
2,400 (Music Hall)
June 24, 2000 The Pavilion Scranton 16,000
unknown Poconos Park Amphitheater Bushkill 10,000
May 18, 1939 Star Pavilion Hershey 8,000
unknownHighmark Amphitheatre Erie 5,000
June 17, 1990 The Pavilion at Star Lake Burgettstown 23,000
South Carolina
1999Floyd Amphitheater Anderson 12,000
unknownAmphitheatre at the Point North Charleston 15,000
2005CCNB Amphitheatre Simpsonville 15,000
South Dakota
1981 Buffalo Chip Campground Sturgis 100,000
Tennessee
unknown Wilma Rudolph Amphitheater Clarksville 5,000
Mud Island Amphitheater Memphis 5,000
July 30, 2015 Ascend Amphitheater Nashville 6,800
2012 Carl Black Chevy Woods Amphitheatre 4,500
2021 FirstBank Amphitheater Franklin 7,500
1982 Tennessee Amphitheater Knoxville 7,500
unknown Chilhowee Park Amphitheater4,500
1971 Melton Lake Park Oak Ridge 4,000 (North Side Pavilion)
1,500 (South Side Pavilion)
Texas
unknown Lime Rock Amphitheater Tuscola 5,000
unknown Starlight Ranch Amarillo 2,500
November 17, 2012 Germania Insurance Amphitheater Austin 14,000
2021Moody Amphitheater5,000
2003 Doggett Ford Park Beaumont 9,000(Arena)
2,300(Doggett Ford Theater)
14,300 (Amphitheater)
UnknownWolf Pen Creek Amphitheater College Station 7,000
2001Concrete Street Amphitheater Corpus Christi 10,000
1988 Dos Equis Pavilion Dallas 20,000
2016The Horseshoe Amphitheater Midland 4,300
2001; remodeled 2019 Real Life Amphitheater Selma 20,000
April 1990 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion The Woodlands 16,500
Utah
2003 USANA Amphitheatre West Valley City 20,000
unknownOgden Amphitheater Ogden 7,573
Deseret Peak Complex Tooele 4,816 (Indoor arena)
4,500(Outdoor Arena)
Virginia
unknown (Renovated 2024-26) Riverfront Park Amphitheater Lynchburg 3,500 (Reserved)
5,000 (General Admission)
2001 Union Bank & Trust Pavilion Portsmouth 6,500
June 1995 Jiffy Lube Live Bristow 25,262
2025 Allianz Amphitheater Richmond 7,500
2014Elmwood Park Amphitheater Roanoke 4,000
1996 Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater Virginia Beach 20,000
1957; restored 2025 The Dome 2,407 (Reserved)
3,500 (General Admission)
5,000 (Amphitheater)
Washington
1986 The Gorge Amphitheatre George 27,500
June 14, 2003 White River Amphitheatre Auburn 16,000
2003 RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater Ridgefield 18,000
1974 Spokane Pavilion Spokane 5,000
West Virginia
2009Clarksburg Amphitheatre Clarksburg 2,000
unknownRuby Amphitheatre Morgantown 1,500
May 20, 2006 Mountain Lakes Amphitheater Flatwoods 1,700
Wisconsin
1987 American Family Insurance Amphitheater Milwaukee 23,000
1977 Alpine Valley Music Theater East Troy 37,000
2020 Riverside Park La Crosse 250 fixed seating
2000+ lawn seating
May 26, 2005Leach Amphitheater Oshkosh 7,500
1981; expanded 2011 Somerset Amphitheater Somerset 40,000 (Amphitheater)
10,000(The Grove)
unknownMarathon Park Amphitheater Wausau 8,220
Wyoming
1991 Cheyenne Frontier Days Arena Cheyenne 19,000
Guam
UnknownGovernor Joseph F. Flores Memorial Park Tamuning 15,000 [3]
Puerto Rico
Anfiteatro Tito Puente San Juan 3,000
Washington, D.C.
1950 Carter Barron Amphitheatre Washington, D.C.4,200
1917 National Sylvan Theater 10,000

See also

References

  1. "Treasure Island Amphitheater". Treasure Island. 2025-06-28. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
  2. UniqueVenues.com: Peoples' Natural Gas Park
  3. Babauta, Chloe (November 28, 2018). "Five top K-pop bands to perform free concert on Guam, thousands of attendees anticipated". Pacific Daily News. Retrieved 2023-10-10.