List of contemporary amphitheatres

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This is a list of amphitheatres in use today with a capacity of at least 1,000.

Amphitheatres by capacity

Country Location City Name Stage type Capacity Image
Argentina Santa Fe
Rosario
Humberto de Nito Municipal Amphitheater Not covered 3,000 Humberto de Nito Municipal Amphitheater
Australia Australian Capital Territory Canberra Stage 88, Commonwealth Park Covered stage and lawn 10,000 Stage 88 in Commonwealth Park
Queensland
Brisbane
Riverstage Roof only 9,500
Roma Street Parkland Amphitheatre Roof only 2,000
Victoria
Melbourne Sidney Myer Music Bowl Tent 12,030 Sidney Myer Music Bowl in May 2005
Western Australia Perth Belvoir Amphitheatre 4,500
Austria Vorarlberg Bregenz Seebühne Not covered (floating) 11,735[1]
Bahrain Southern Governorate Zallaq Al Dana Amphitheatre 10,000
Belarus Vitebsk Region Vitebsk Summer Amphitheatre Roof only 6,219
Minsk Region Maladzyechna Maladzyechna Amphitheatre Roof only 2,600
Brunei
Jerudong
Bandar Seri Begawan Jerudong Park Amphitheater Roof Only 60,000
Canada
Alberta
Banff
Banff Centre
Roof only 1,600
Edmonton
Hawrelak Park
4,033
British Columbia Vancouver PNE Amphitheatre at the Pacific National Exhibition 4,500
Ontario Sudbury
Grace Hartman Amphitheatre
Square enclosure 1,950
Thunder Bay
Fort William Historical Park Amphitheatre
50,000
Toronto Budweiser Stage Square enclosure 16,000
Vaughan
Kingswood Music Theatre at Canada's Wonderland 15,000
Quebec Joliette Amphithéâtre Fernand-Lindsay Roof 7,000
Montreal Théâtre de Verdure Not covered 2,500
Trois-Rivières Amphithéâtre Cogeco Roof 9,000
Chile Valparaíso Region Viña del Mar Anfiteatro de la Quinta Vergara Square enclosure 20,000
Colombia Bogotá Bogotá La Media Torta[2] Not Covered 7,000
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic
La Romana
Altos de Chavón Amphitheater Not covered 5,000
Germany
Berlin-Brandenburg Metropolitan Region
Berlin
Kindl-Bühne Wuhlheide
Tent 17,000
Waldbühne Tent 22,290 Waldbühne during a performance by Barbra Streisand, summer 2007
Greece Argolis Epidaurus Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus Greek theatre 14,000 The 4th-century BC Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus still functions today as an open-air amphitheatre for ancient Greek tragedy and comedy performances as well as for modern theatrical performances.
Attica Athens
Lycabettus Theatre
Not covered 3,000
Odeon of Herodes Atticus Not covered 5,000
Katrakio Theatre Not covered 5,000
Petra Theatre Not covered 4,000
Theater of the Rocks "Melina Merkouri" Not covered 2,800
Pireus
Veakio Theatre Not covered 2,000
Israel Central District Ra'anana Ra'anana Amphipark Not Covered 8,300
Mexico Nuevo León Monterrey
Auditorio Banamex
8,000
New Zealand Hastings Hawke's Bay Black Barn Amphitheatre 2,000
Philippines Metro Manila Marikina Riverbanks Amphitheater 20,000
Poland Pomeranian Voivodeship Sopot Forest Opera tensile membrane roof 5,047
West Pomeranian Voivodeship Kołobrzeg Kołobrzeg Amphitheatre Roof only 4,500
Netherlands Amstelveen Amsterdamse Bos Amsterdamse Bos Theater Not covered 1,500
Qatar Doha Katara Cultural Village Amphitheatre of Katara Not covered 3,800
Russia Bashkortostan Ufa Ufa Amphitheatre Not covered 5,000
South Africa South Africa Pretoria
Nelson Mandela Amphitheatre
Not covered 9,000
Spain Catalonia Barcelona
Teatre Grec
Not covered 1,900
Fòrum: Parc dels Auditoris Not covered 3,500
Tarragona Tarraco Arena Plaça Indoor 9,500
Galicia Santiago de Compostela Auditorio Monte do Gozo Not covered 37,800
Sweden Dalarna County Rättvik Dalhalla Tent 4,000 The Dalhalla Amphitheatre is located in a former limestone quarry in Sweden.
Turkey
Istanbul Province
Istanbul
Cemil Topuzlu Harbiye Amphitheatre
Square enclosure 3,972 The Cemil Topuzlu Open-Air Theatre in Istanbul, Turkey before the Loreena McKennitt concert on 13 June 2009
United Arab Emirates Dubai Dubai Media City Amphitheatre 15,000
United Kingdom Buckinghamshire, England Milton Keynes National Bowl Square enclosure 65,000
Hampshire, England
Aldershot
Rushmoor Arena Not covered 30,000
United States Alabama Albertville Sand Mountain Amphitheater 7,600
Dothan Center Stage Amphitheater 12,400
Pelham Oak Mountain Amphitheatre Roof only 10,500
Huntsville Orion Amphitheater 8,000
Orange Beach The Wharf Amphitheater 10,000
Tuscaloosa Tuscaloosa Amphitheater Roof only 7,470
Arizona Mesa Mesa Amphitheatre Square enclosure 4,950
Phoenix Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre Square enclosure 20,106
Tucson
AVA Amphitheater
Square enclosure 5,000
Arkansas Hot Springs Timberwood Amphitheater at Magic Springs 5,000
Little Rock Riverfest Amphitheater Roof only 10,000
Rogers Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion Roof only 9,500
California Berkeley Hearst Greek Theatre Not covered 8,500
Burbank
Starlight Bowl
Square enclosure 5,000
Chula Vista North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre 20,500
Concord Concord Pavilion Square enclosure 12,500
Costa Mesa Pacific Amphitheatre Scaffolding only 8,042
Devore
Glen Helen Amphitheater Square enclosure 65,000
Los Angeles Greek Theatre 5,870
Hollywood Bowl Shell 17,500
John Anson Ford Amphitheatre 1,200
Mill ValleyMount Tamalpais State Park Sidney B. Cushing Memorial Amphitheatre (Mountain Theater) None 4,000
Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre Tent 22,500
Murphys
Ironstone Amphitheatre
Roof only 4,950
Palmdale Palmdale Amphitheater 12,000
Paso Robles Vina Robles Amphitheatre Square enclosure 3,300
Rancho Mirage Rancho Mirage Amphitheater 2,909
Rocklin Quarry Park Amphitheater 1,850
San Diego
CalCoast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
4,500
Humphrey's by the Bay 1,200
Mount Helix Amphitheater Not covered 1,600
Starlight Bowl Square enclosure 4,300
The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park 10,000
San Francisco Jerry Garcia Amphitheatre Not covered 3,200
Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Bowl Square enclosure 4,562
Seal Beach
Leisure World Amphitheater Not covered 2,500
Stanford Frost Amphitheater 8,000
Vista Moonlight Amphitheater Square enclosure 2,500
Wheatland California Toyota Amphitheatre Square enclosure 18,500
Colorado Grand Junction Los Colonias Amphitheatre 4,000
Greenwood Village Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre Roof only 18,000
Morrison Red Rocks Amphitheatre Not covered 9,525 A view of the seating at Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Vail Gerald R. Ford Amphitheatre Roof only 2,565
Connecticut Bridgeport Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater 5,700
Hartford Xfinity Theatre 30,000
New Haven
John J. Lee Amphitheater – Yale University
2,532
Wallingford Toyota Oakdale Theatre 4,803
Florida Crystal River Rock Crusher Canyon Amphitheater 5,000
Daytona Beach Daytona Beach Bandshell Shell 4,500
Fort Myers Caloosa Sound Amphitheater 3,000
Jacksonville Daily's Place 5,500
Key West Coffee Butler Amphitheater 4,000
Miami FPL Solar Amphitheater at Bayfront Park 10,000
Miramar Miramar Regional Park Amphitheater 5,000
New Port Richey Sims Park Amphitheater 2,000
Orlando
Walt Disney World Resort
10,000
Panama City Beach Aaron Bessant Park Amphitheater 7,500
Pensacola Hunter Amphitheater at the Pensacola Maritime Park 5,000
Pompano Beach Pompano Beach Amphitheater 10,000
Saint Augustine
St. Augustine Amphitheatre Tent 4,092
Tallahassee The Adderley Amphitheater at Cascades Park 3,500
Tampa MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre 20,000
West Palm Beach ITHINK Financial Amphitheatre Roof only 20,000
Georgia Alpharetta
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park
12,000
Atlanta Cellairis Amphitheatre Square enclosure 18,920
Delta Classic Chastain Park Amphitheater
Square enclosure 6,900
Historic Fourth Ward Park Amphitheater
Not covered 1,000[3]
Ringgold
Northwest Georgia Bank Amphitheatre
Roof only 3,500
Hawaii Honolulu Waikiki Shell Shell 8,400
Idaho Pocatello Portneuf Health Trust Amphitheater Square Enclosure 11,000
Nampa
Ford Idaho Center Amphitheatre
10,500
Illinois Chicago Huntington Bank Pavilion Roof only 30,000
Jay Pritzker Pavilion 11,000
SkyLine Stage at Navy Pier 1,200
Decatur Devon Lakeshore Amphitheater 3,000
Highland Park Ravinia Pavilion 3,350
Peoria Glen Oak Amphitheatre 1,200
Tinley Park
Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
28,739
Indiana Fishers Nickel Plate District Amphitheater Square enclosure 4,000[4]
Fort Wayne Foellinger Theatre Roof 2,751
Indianapolis MacAllister Center for the Performing Arts Square enclosure 5,000[4]
Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park Square enclosure 6,000[4]
Taggart Memorial Amphitheatre Not covered 2,000[5]
Lincoln City
Lincoln Amphitheatre
Roof 1,500
Noblesville Ruoff Music Center Square enclosure 24,790
Terre Haute The Mill Amphitheater 6,000
West Lafayette
Slayter Center of Performing Arts Amphitheatre
Roof only 20,000
Kansas Bonner Springs
Providence Medical Center Amphitheater
18,000
Kentucky Beaver Dam Beaver Dam Amphitheater 4,000
Louisville
Iroquois Amphitheatre
Not covered 2,407
Maine Bangor
Darling's Waterfront Pavilion
Roof only 15,000
Maryland Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion Square enclosure 19,319
Massachusetts Boston Leader Bank Pavilion 5,200
Florence Pines Theater 2,000
Hyannis Cape Cod Melody Tent Tent 2,300
Lenox Koussevitzky Music Shed at Tanglewood Covered seating and open lawn 20,000[6]
Mansfield Xfinity Center 19,900
Michigan Chesaning Chesaning Showboat Amphitheatre 6,600
Clarkston
DTE Energy Music Theatre
Square enclosure 15,274
Clio Clio Amphitheatre 3,200
Detroit
Chene Park
Tent 6,000
Rochester Meadow Brook Amphitheatre at Oakland University 7,700
Minnesota Apple Valley Weesner Family AmphitheaterMinnesota Zoo 1,500
Edina
Centennial Lakes Park
1,000
Hinckley Grand Casino Hinckley Amphitheater Square enclosure 65,000
Moorhead Bluestem Amphitheater Roof Only 3,000[7]
Mississippi Brandon Brandon Amphitheater 8,300
Southaven
BankPlus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove
11,000
Missouri Branson Echo Hollow Amphitheatre 4,000
Camdenton Ozarks Amphitheater 10,222
Chesterfield Chesterfield Amphitheater 4,000
Kansas City
Starlight Theatre
Square enclosure 7,958
Maryland Heights Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre 20,000
St. Louis The Muny 11,000
Montana Bonner KettleHouse Amphitheater[8] 4,250
Nebraska Lincoln Pinewood Bowl Theater Roof only 5,500
Nevada Henderson Sunset Amphitheater at Sunset Station 5,000
New Hampshire Gilford
Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion
8,300
New Jersey Camden
BB&T Pavilion
Square enclosure 24,488
Holmdel
PNC Bank Arts Center 17,500
New Mexico Albuquerque Isleta Amphitheater 15,000
New York Bethel Bethel Woods Center for the Arts Roof 15,000
Brooklyn Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island 5,000
Canandaigua
Constellation Brands – Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center Roof 15,000
Chautauqua Chautauqua Institution – The Amphitheater roof 6,000 The Chautauqua Amphitheater during a lecture that took place during the 2022 Summer Assembly Season
Darien Darien Lake Performing Arts Center Roof 21,600
Farmingville Catholic Health Amphitheater at Bald Hill Open air 7,000
Lewiston Artpark Outdoor Amphitheater Open Air 20,000
New York City East River Park Shell 5,000
Saratoga Springs Saratoga Performing Arts Center Roof 25,103 Saratoga Performing Arts Center is an open-air amphitheatre, but has a roof and two stories of seating.
Syracuse
Lakeview Amphitheater
Roof 17,500
Wantagh
Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
Shell 15,000 Nikon at Jones Beach Theater is right on the water. This aerial photo is from 1959.
North Carolina Cary Koka Booth Amphitheatre 7,000
Charlotte Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre 5,000
PNC Music Pavilion 19,500
Greensboro
White Oak Amphitheatre
7,061
Raleigh North Carolina Museum of Art 2,700
Raleigh Little Theatre 1,700
Red Hat Amphitheater 5,990
Coastal Credit Union Music Park 20,601
Roanoke Rapids Carolina Crossroads Amphitheater 1,500
Wilmington Greenfield Lake Amphitheater 1,200
Ohio Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center 20,500
Cleveland
Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica
5,000
Columbus
Celeste Center
10,200
Cuyahoga Falls Blossom Music Center 23,000
Kettering Fraze Pavilion Square enclosure 4,300
Mason Timberwolf Amphitheater 7,400
Toledo
Toledo Zoo Amphitheater
4,500
Youngstown
Youngstown Amphitheatre
Roof only 4,800
Oklahoma Oklahoma City
Starlight Amphitheater
8,000
OKC Zoo Amphitheater 2,000
Oregon Bend
Les Schwab Amphitheater
Roof only 8,000
Central Point Bi-Mart Amphitheater 6,000
Eugene Cuthbert Amphitheatre 4,500
Jacksonville Britt Pavilion 2,200
Salem L. B. Day Amphitheatre Shell 14,000
Pennsylvania Bensalem Penn Community Bank Amphitheater 3,000
Burgettstown The Pavilion at Star Lake 23,100
Bushkill 10,009
Philadelphia Mann Center for the Performing Arts Square Enclosure 14,000
Dell Music Center Square enclosure 5,884
Pittsburgh Stage AE 5,500
Trib Total Media Amphitheatre 5,000
Scranton
The Pavillion
Tent 16,000
Puerto Rico San Juan Tito Puente Amphitheatre
(Spanish: Anfiteatro Tito Puente)
3,000
South Carolina Simpsonville Heritage Park Amphitheatre Square enclosure 15,000
Clemson Clemson University – Outdoor Theater Not covered 2,500
Tennessee Franklin FirstBank Amphitheater Roof only 7,500[9]
Knoxville
Tennessee Amphitheater Covered 1,400[10]
Nashville Ascend Amphitheater Roof only 6,800
Memphis Mud Island Roof only 5,000
Texas Austin Germania Insurance Amphitheater within Circuit of the Americas 14,000
Moody Amphitheater[11] Lawn and seating 5,000
LifeAustin Amphitheatre 1,500
Beaumont Ford Pavilion[12] Square enclosure facing 6,300 seats under cover and 8,000 lawn seats 14,300
College Station Wolf Pen Creek Amphitheater 7,000
Corpus Christi Concrete Street Amphitheatre 3,000
Dallas Dos Equis Pavilion 20,000
Houston Miller Outdoor Theatre Covered 6,200
New Braunfels Whitewater Amphitheater Covered 5,600
Palo Duro Canyon Pioneer Amphitheatre Not covered 1,800
Selma Real Life Amphitheater 20,000
Tyler Bergfeld Park Amphitheater 1,700
The Woodlands Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion 16,500
Utah Ivins
Tuacahn Amphitheatre
Not covered 1,920
Provo Recreation Center "The Castle", Utah State Hospital 1,000
Salt Lake City
Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre
Roof only 3,000
Sandy Sandy Amphitheater 2,700
West Valley City
USANA Amphitheatre
Square enclosure 20,000
Vermont
Essex Junction
The Champlain Valley Expo Partial Roof, flat floor 12,500
Virginia Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Memorial Amphitheater Shell 5,000 Arlington Memorial Amphitheater has been the site of numerous Memorial Day and Veterans Day ceremonies, as well as hosting the funerals of many famous Americans.
Bristow Jiffy Lube Live Square enclosure 25,262
Charlottesville McIntire Amphitheatre Not covered 1,500
Ting Pavilion Tent 3,500
Danville Blue Ridge Amphitheater 2,500
Doswell Kingswood Amphitheatre at Kings Dominion 7,000
Portsmouth Atlantic Union Bank Pavilion Tent 6,500
Richmond Virginia Credit Union Live! Square enclosure 6,000
Vienna Shell 7,028
Virginia Beach Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater Square enclosure 20,000
Williamsburg Martha Wren Briggs Amphitheatre at Lake Matoaka Roof only 1,700
Washington Auburn White River Amphitheatre Roof only 16,000
George The Gorge Amphitheatre Roof only 20,000
Ridgefield
Sunlight Supply Amphitheater
Square enclosure 18,000
Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C.
Carter Barron Amphitheater
Roof only 4,000
West Virginia Glen Jean
AT&T Summit Stadium
Tent 80,000[13]
Grandview Cliffside Amphitheatre Not covered 1,259
Wisconsin Arcadia Millennium Amphitheater 4,500
East Troy Alpine Valley Music Theatre Roof only 37,000
Milwaukee American Family Insurance Amphitheater Square enclosure 23,000
BMO Harris Pavilion 10,000
Somerset Somerset Amphitheater Roof only 40,000
Spring Green
American Players Theater
Not Covered 1,148

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References

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  2. ^ "Quiénes somos – Media Torta | Instituto Distrital de las Artes". www.idartes.gov.co. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  3. ^ 2015 Department of Parks and Recreation Policy Rules for Outdoor Events in City of Atlanta Parks, accessed July 30, 2015
  4. ^ a b c Lindquist, Dave (August 3, 2022). "Downtown concert venue planned as part of jail site redevelopment". Indianapolis Business Journal. IBJ Media. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
  5. ^ Bongiovanni, Domenica (July 22, 2021). "$9.2 million Taggart Amphitheatre is now hosting concerts. This is what to expect". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
  6. ^ "Performance Experiences". www.bso.org. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
  7. ^ "Home". trollwood.org.
  8. ^ "KettleHouse Amphitheater – Logjam Presents". Logjam Presents. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
  9. ^ Paulson, Dave. "FirstBank Amphitheater: New venue in Thompson's Station plans to open in 2021". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  10. ^ Amy McRary (28 May 2016). "World's Fair: The world came to Knoxville in May 1982". The Knoxville News Sentinel.
  11. ^ "Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park | Austin, TX". www.moodyamphitheater.com. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  12. ^ "Rent the Facility/The Pavilion". Ford Park Event Center. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
  13. ^ "AT&T Summit Stadium".