I've always like outdoor amphitheaters for summer concerts. Here are the two I go to now.

The Hollywood Bowl: The famous 18000 seat amphitheater that has been a Los Angeles fixture for over 80 years. Here are a few photos:

http://www.geocities.com/seanyspics/hollywood_bowl.jpg
http://www.hollywoodbowltickets.org/...-bowl-pic4.gif
http://www.upbeat.com/lieb/intervals...ood%20bowl.jpg

The last one shows the top rows - famous for costing only a few bucks, and the spot of choice for winos. I used to sit there when I first got out of university.

The Verizon Amphitheater (Irvine) 15,000 capacity. Verizon has renamed several theaters around the country - I think this commercial renaming thing is gross. Locals know it by it's former name, the Irvine Meadows Amphitheater. A couple photos.

http://www.vanguard.edu/uploadedImag...ur/verizon.jpg
http://www.fiveeight.com/fiveeight/photos/rem4.jpg

I would be interested in hearing about any interesting amphitheaters around the US, and something about their history and some good photos if possible. I like to visit these places in the summer if I'm traveling.

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Saratoga Springs, N.Y., has an excellent amphitheater -- the Saratoga Perfoming Arts Center.
http://www.spac.org/

Go in August, and take in some horse-racing as well. Then bop a few miles up the road to Lake George, where New York City goes to party in the summer.

It's pretty dead the rest of the year, but the summer was always fun.

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In Michigan we've got Pine Knob in Clarkston (actually it's been renamed DTE Energy Theater, but no one I know calls it that. Screw 'em. It's Pine Knob).
I've seen a lot of shows there. It seems for almost any show you can find free* vouchers about a week before. What irks me is that you used to pay parking by the car- now it's by the ticket. No incentive to carpool, even more traffic, and more expensive...

*You have to pay all the parking/service fees and stuff at the window... just not the ticket price.

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Found an image:

http://www.rlorelli.com/Project%20Ph...atogaPAC-1.jpg

I really like these places!

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Wolf Trap in VA outside DC.

http://www.wolftrap.org/performances/filene.html

Renowned place for performances - hope I can make it there some day.

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