Concert venue in Mesa, Arizona
Mesa Amphitheatre is an outdoor concert venue with lawn seating located in
Mesa, Arizona . It opened in 1979
[1] and has a maximum capacity of 4,950 people.
The
amphitheatre has kept its original design since opening and has become a popular destination for small and big acts alike.
Located in central Mesa, it has a tiered lawn large enough to attract popular events, yet intimate enough for everyone to have a good view of the stage.
Concerts
List of Concerts
Utopia – May 19, 1980
The Allman Brothers Band – August 8, 1980, with
Papa John Creach , August 6, 1989, June 4, 1993, July 7, 1995 and July 27, 1999, with The
Susan Tedeschi Band
Al Stewart – September 12, 1980
The Pretenders – September 6, 1981
Frank Zappa – October 10, 1981
Rick Springfield – March 12, 1982, with
The Innocents
The Clash – June 13, 1982, with
The English Beat
Elvis Costello &
The Attractions – July 25, 1982, with
The Jetzons , September 14, 1983 and May 17, 1994, with The
Crash Test Dummies
The
Jerry Garcia Band – October 30, 1982, with
Bobby and the Midnites
Mahogany Rush – February 2, 1983
Roxy Music – May 4, 1983, with
Berlin
Adam Ant – May 13, 1983, with
INXS
Joan Armatrading – June 27, 1983, with
David Bromberg
Meat Loaf & His
Neverland Express – August 15, 1983
The Animals – August 27, 1983
Billy Idol – March 10, 1984
The
Michael Schenker Group – March 25, 1984
Saxon – April 11, 1984, with
Accept
King Crimson – June 10, 1984
David Gilmour – June 19, 1984
Ratt – August 4, 1984, with
Fastway and
Mama's Boys
Air Supply – April 11, 1985
Simple Minds - April 13, 1986 with
The Call (band) .
Santana – August 4, 1985, October 1, 1986, October 7, 1988, September 2, 1991, June 3, 1994, with The
Robert Cray Band and May 27, 1995
The Smiths – August 30, 1986, with
Phranc
George Thorogood & The Destroyers – September 22, 1986
R.E.M. – September 23, 1986, with
Guadalcanal Diary
Steve Winwood – October 15, 1986, with Howard Jones
New Order – October 29, 1986 and April 25, 1989, with
Throwing Muses
Europe - April 24, 1987
Howard Jones – May 13, 1987 and July 13, 1989
The Cure – July 18, 1987
Love and Rockets – May 6, 1988 and July 17, 1989, with
The Godfathers
The Beach Boys – May 20, 1988
Hall & Oates – July 25, 1988
Bob Dylan – July 30, 1988, September 12, 1990 and October 20, 1996, with The
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band
Bryan Ferry – September 13, 1988
Jimmy Page – September 17, 1988
Midnight Oil – November 7, 1988
Eddie Money – March 24, 1989
The
Violent Femmes – June 3, 1989
Public Image Ltd – November 11, 1989
Great White – March 3, 1990, with The
McAuley Schenker Group and Havana Black
Alice Cooper – April 10, 1990 and August 26, 1997, with
Dokken ,
Slaughter and
Warrant
Tracy Chapman – May 22, 1990
The
Red Hot Chili Peppers – June 1, 1990, with The
Meat Puppets
David Byrne – June 6, 1990
The
Ramones – August 6, 1990, with The
Tom Tom Club and October 18, 1992, with
Social Distortion
Melissa Etheridge – September 13, 1990 and August 27, 1992
Dio – September 25, 1990, with
Love/Hate and Cold Sweat
The Don't Waste Arizona Benefit Concert – December 14, 1990
The Black Crowes – June 12, 1991, with
Jellyfish , October 17, 1992, with The Urban Shakedancers and May 23, 1995, with The
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Siouxsie and the Banshees – February 7, 1992
Roxette – March 15, 1992
Live – March 24, 1992, with
Blind Melon
Pearl Jam – May 9, 1992, with
Tribe After Tribe and November 6–7, 1993, with The Butthole Surfers and
Bill Miller
The
Beastie Boys – August 2, 1992, with The
House of Pain and
L7 and Ken Bialobrzeski and Jason Gabriel
Sonic Youth – September 27, 1992, with The Meat Puppets
Morrissey – November 1, 1992
Black Sabbath – November 10, 1992, with
Exodus and
Skew Siskin
The
Stone Temple Pilots – June 30, 1993, with The Butthole Surfers and
The Flaming Lips and June 13, 2000
REO Speedwagon – July 4, 1993
Cypress Hill – September 15, 1993 and July 24, 2014, with
Stephen Marley
Robert Plant – October 19, 1993
Jethro Tull – November 9, 1993
Primus – November 20, 1993, with The
Melvins , August 22, 1995, with
Mike Watt , November 14, 1997, with
Limp Bizkit and
M.I.R.V. , December 9, 2006, with
Gogol Bordello and October 20, 2011
The
Cocteau Twins – April 9, 1994
311 – July 10, 1994, January 27, 1996, May 24, 2000, with Incubus, October 28, 2001, with
Alien Ant Farm , July 19, 2003, with Something Corporate, August 3, 2005, with
Unwritten Law and
A Change of Pace , September 7, 2006, with
The Wailers Band and
Pepper and August 28, 2012, with Slightly Stoopid and
SOJA
Soundgarden – July 18, 1994 and November 29, 1996
Helmet – July 27, 1994, with The
Rollins Band and
Sausage
Danzig – November 12, 1994, with
Type O Negative and
Godflesh and May 2, 2003, with
Opeth and
Nile
Tool – November 19, 1994 and November 1, 1996, with
Cows
Phish – December 9, 1994
Bad Religion – February 25, 1995, with
Guttermouth and
SNFU , March 29, 2002, with
Less Than Jake and
Hot Water Music and August 29, 2014, with The Offspring,
Pennywise and
Stiff Little Fingers
Sarah McLachlan – March 4, 1995 and November 28, 1997
Steve Perry – March 11, 1995
Slayer – March 12, 1995, with
Machine Head and
Biohazard , May 1, 1999, with
Meshuggah and
Sick of It All , August 7, 2002, with
Soulfly and
In Flames and July 21, 2006, with
Lamb of God ,
Children of Bodom , Mastodon and
Thine Eyes Bleed
The
Dave Matthews Band – May 14, with
Big Head Todd and the Monsters and August 3, with
Dionne Farris , 1995
Ozzy Osbourne – October 30, 1995, with
Fear Factory
Blues Traveler – November 19, 1995
RatDog – December 3, 1995, with The
Edwin McCain Band
Alanis Morissette – January 6, 1996
Jackson Browne – March 6, 1996
Ministry – May 11, 1996, with
The Jesus Lizard and
Laika & The Cosmonauts
The
Butthole Surfers – July 1, 1996, with The
Supersuckers , The
Toadies and
The Reverend Horton Heat
Crosby, Stills & Nash – August 14, 1996
Girls Against Boys – September 26, 1996, with The
Stanford Prison Experiment
Alan Parsons – October 14, 1996
The
G3 Tour – October 15, 1996
ZZ Top – November 13, 1996, with The Reverend Horton Heat
Pantera – February 9, with Clutch and
Neurosis and November 12, with
Anthrax and
Coal Chamber , 1997 and February 2, 2001, with Soulfly and
Morbid Angel
KoЯn – March 6, 1997, with Limp Bizkit and Helmet
Megadeth – June 13, 1997 and June 6, 1998, with
Sevendust
Sammy Hagar – August 29, 1997
Sheryl Crow – September 10, 1997, with
Wilco and
Michael Penn
Jane's Addiction – December 4, 1997, with
Goldie
Clutch – March 21, 1998
Everclear – May 22, 1998, with
Marcy Playground and
Fastball
Widespread Panic – May 27, 1998, with
G. Love & Special Sauce and
Galactic
Petra – September 19, 1998
Bauhaus – September 24, 1998 and November 3, 2005
The
Deftones – November 6, 1998, October 27, 2000, with Incubus and
Taproot , November 1, 2003, with Clutch,
Poison the Well and
Denali , May 11, 2007, with
The Fall of Troy and June 9, 2011, with
The Dillinger Escape Plan and
Le Butcherettes
Rob Zombie – November 27, 1998, with Fear Factory and
Monster Magnet , March 12, 2002, with
The Damned and April 27, 2006, with
Lacuna Coil and
Bullet for My Valentine
Seal – May 29, 1999
Hole – June 2, 1999, with
Queens of the Stone Age
Limp Bizkit – June 26, 1999, with Kid Rock & Twisted Brown Trucker and Staind
Sting – October 31, 1999
Blink-182 – November 2, 1999, with
Silverchair and
Fenix TX
Creed – November 7, 1999, with
Oleander
Queensrÿche – November 10, 1999, with
doubleDrive
Godsmack – November 17, 1999, with
Reveille
Kid Rock & Twisted Brown Trucker – December 2, 1999, with
Powerman 5000
Beck – April 22, 2000, with
Cafe Tacuba
The Smashing Pumpkins – May 19, 2000
No Doubt – August 2, 2000, with
Lit
Linkin Park – April 17, 2001
Green Day – July 24, 2001, with
The Living End
3 Doors Down – July 29, 2001, with
Lifehouse and
Tantric and September 7, 2003, with
Our Lady Peace and
Seether
Incubus – November 25, 2001 and September 5, 2007, with
The Bravery and
Simon Dawes
System of a Down – February 15, 2002, with Clutch and
Mindless Self Indulgence
Third Day – March 1, 2002
The
Jars of Clay – May 6, 2002
Garbage – May 29, 2002, with The White Stripes and
Abandoned Pools
Nickelback – May 30, 2002, with
Jerry Cantrell and
Default
John Mayer – August 21, 2002, with Guster and The
John Butler Trio
Moby – August 22, 2002
Jimmy Eat World – October 4, 2002, with
The Donnas
The Strokes – November 10, 2002, with
The Moldy Peaches and March 21, 2006
Insane Clown Posse – February 16, 2003 and November 9, 2004
Audioslave – March 14, 2003, with The
Burning Brides
The
Honda Civic Tour – June 3, 2003, June 8, 2004 and April 13, 2008
The
Nintendo Fusion Tour – August 6, 2003 and October 26, 2005
The White Stripes – September 26, 2003, with The
Soledad Brothers
Staind – November 4, 2003, with Sevendust and
Lo-Pro , November 18, 2005, with
P.O.D. , Taproot and
Flyleaf and May 10, 2006, with
Three Days Grace
The
Jägermeister Music Tour – November 20, 2003 and May 7, 2004
Something Corporate – March 20, 2004, with Yellowcard,
The Format and
Steriogram
The Offspring – April 20, 2004, with
The (International) Noise Conspiracy and
theStart and June 1, 2009, with The
Alkaline Trio and The
Street Dogs
Common – August 26, 2004, with Slightly Stoopid and
Damian Marley
O.A.R. – August 31, 2004, with Guster and
Matt Nathanson
Guster – September 1, 2004
Yes – September 14, 2004, with
Dream Theater
The
Pixies – September 20, 2004, with
The Distillers and September 24, 2010, with The
Fuck Buttons
The Used – October 12, 2004, with Atreyu,
Head Automatica and
The Bronx and May 9, 2008, with
Straylight Run , The
Street Drum Corps and
Army of Me
Good Charlotte – November 1, 2004, with
Sum 41 and July 21, 2008, with Boys Like Girls,
Metro Station and
The Maine
Yellowcard – November 24, 2004
Modest Mouse – February 15, 2005, with
Mason Jennings and May 12, 2007, with
Man Man
The
Taste of Chaos Tour – April 2, 2005 and February 17, 2006
The
Sounds of the Underground Music Festival – July 20, 2005, July 26, 2006 and August 5, 2007
Dropping Daylight – September 20, 2005
My Chemical Romance – September 27, 2005, with The Alkaline Trio and
Reggie and the Full Effect
MxPx – November 16, 2005, with
Relient K and
Rufio
Spoon – November 19, 2005, with
Earlimart ,
The Black Heart Procession , The
Mates of State ,
Apollo Sunshine and
Hellogoodbye
Flogging Molly – March 17, 2006, March 17, with The Street Dogs and Twopointeight and 18, with
Voodoo Glow Skulls and Authority Zero, 2007 and March 17, 2008, with The Cherry Cokes and The Reverend Payton's Big Damn Band
Avenged Sevenfold – May 2, 2006, with
Coheed and Cambria and
Eighteen Visions
HIM – June 6, 2006, with
Aiden
Dashboard Confessional – July 15, with
Say Anything and
Ben Lee and October 13, with Brand New, 2006
Taking Back Sunday – July 18, 2006, with
Angels & Airwaves , Head Automatica and
The Subways
Ozomatli – August 17, 2006, with
Ziggy Marley and
Bunny Wailer and August 15, 2007, with Slightly Stoopid and G. Love & Special Sauce
Gomez – September 13, 2006, with Matisyahu and The Street Drum Corps
Atreyu – October 7, 2006, with
Chiodos
Nonpoint – October 21, 2006, with
Earshot
Death Cab for Cutie – December 2, 2006, with
OK Go ,
Jenny Lewis and
The Watson Twins and June 19, 2008, with
Rouge Wave
Albert Cummings – February 25, 2007
Killswitch Engage – March 16, 2007, with
Chimaira ,
DragonForce and
He Is Legend
Bright Eyes – May 9, 2007
Hinder – July 31, 2007, with
Papa Roach ,
Buckcherry and
The Exies
The Paid Dues Music Festival – August 10, 2007
Rise Against – September 6, 2007, with
Silverstein and The
Comeback Kid
Muse – September 20, 2007, with
Juliette and the Licks and Immigrant
KEDJ 103.9's How The Edge Stole Christmas Concert – December 6, 2007
Blake Shelton – March 9, 2008
The
Gigantour – May 22, 2008
Erykah Badu – June 14, 2008, with
The Roots
Paramore – August 2, 2008, with
Jack's Mannequin and
Phantom Planet
Slightly Stoopid – September 5, 2008, with Pepper,
The Expendables and
Sly and Robbie and September 16, 2011
k.d. lang – November 11, 2008, with
Dustin O'Halloran
Chris Botti – November 21, 2008
The Blus Blast Music Festival – February 21, 2009
Fall Out Boy – April 3, 2009, with
Cobra Starship ,
All Time Low , Metro Station and
Hey Monday
Kings of Leon – May 19, 2009, with
The Walkmen
The Pedal to the Metal Music Festival – September 2, 2009
Brand New – October 22, 2009, with The
Manchester Orchestra and
The Builders and the Butchers
Boys Like Girls – October 28, 2009, with Cobra Starship, The Maine,
A Rocket to the Moon and
VersaEmerge
Mastodon – November 17, 2009, with
Converge and
High on Fire
Candye Kane – February 27, 2010, with The Insomniacs
30 Seconds to Mars – April 10, 2010, with The
Neon Trees and The Street Drum Corps
The Cool Music Festival – July 30, 2010
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers – February 19, 2011, with
Trampled Under Foot
Authority Zero – April 1, 2011
Volbeat – April 11, 2011, with
The Damned Things and Hourcast
The Black Keys – April 14, 2011, with
Cage the Elephant and
The Stone Foxes
Lupe Fiasco – April 21, 2011
Cake – June 10, 2011, with
Calexico
Wiz Khalifa – June 28, 2011
Atmosphere – August 27, 2011, with
Evidence and July 11, 2013, with Slightly Stoopid
The Rock Allegiance Tour – September 23, 2011
The Avett Brothers – October 21, 2011, October 5, 2013, with
Nicholas David and February 7, 2015
The World Warr III Music Festival – November 1, 2011
Mac Miller – October 6, 2012, with
Travis Porter
The Bounce Music Festival – October 26, 2012
Ed Sheeran – February 13, 2013
Sixto Rodriguez – April 18, 2013, with
Giant Squid
That Damn Show Festival – April 20, 2013
The Piano Guys – June 12, 2013
Kendrick Lamar – June 26, 2013
Matisyahu – August 8, 2013, with
Rebelution
A Day to Remember – September 28, 2014, with
Bring Me the Horizon , Chiodos and
Motionless in White
Skrillex – October 9, 2014, with
DJ Mustard , Branchez and David Heartbreak
KDKB 93.3's Ugly Sweat Holiday Concert – December 15, 2014
Karol G - October 30, 2021
See also
References
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