09/06/2026
Five stages where the setting is half the show. Today’s RANKED countdown: the coolest amphitheatres in live music.
5 - Merriweather Post Pavilion, Maryland. This 1967 tent-inspired pavilion sits inside 40 acres of Symphony Woods parkland.
4 - Blossom Music Center, Ohio. A sweeping cantilevered roof anchors 800 acres of Cuyahoga Valley parkland.
3 - Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles. This century-old band shell in the Hollywood Hills has hosted The Beatles and Sinatra.
2 - The Gorge Amphitheatre, Washington. Perched on a basalt ridge above the Columbia River, it is concert music’s most scenic stage.
1 - Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Colorado. Earth’s only natural rock amphitheater, shaping sound no venue can match.
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