Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre (Greenwood Village, Colorado)

Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre is a 17,916 seat amphitheatre located in Greenwood Village, Colorado. It is the largest outdoor amphitheatre in the Denver metropolitan area.

It features 7,500 fixed seats and a general admission lawn section. The amphitheatre is nestled in Greenwood Plaza near the Denver Technological Center amongst office buildings. It opened in 1988 under the original name of Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre with a performance by Dan Fogelberg on June 11, 1988. It was later renamed to Coors Amphitheatre and had an exclusive operating contract with House of Blues until its sale to the new operator Live Nation.
John Mayer and Counting Crows opened their 2003 tour with Maroon 5 on July 7, 2003 at Coors Amphitheatre with pre-tour rehearsals taking place at Coors Amphitheatre. The name has since reverted back to Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre.

Museum of Outdoor Arts [http://www.moaonline.org MOA] , a local non-profit, owns Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre and gave the venue its name when it originally opened. The amphitheatre began as an earth sculpture (made up only of earth and grass) where local business people could break for a lunch time concert series sponsored by Museum of Outdoor Arts. Later, walls and seats were installed to make it the venue it is today. MOA has leased the venue out to large promoters such as MCA Concerts, House of Blues and currently Live Nation.

The 2007 season included the tour kickoff of the 2007 Honda Civic Tour with Fall Out Boy, Ozzfest, Family Values Tour, Poison, Marilyn Manson and Slayer, the tour finale of Projekt Revolution 2007, and Tool and many more popular acts.

The 2008 season bookings include John Legend, Jewel, Summer Jam (featuring Lil Wayne, Ice Cube, Wyclef Jean and more), Stevie Wonder, Journey, Heart, Cheap Trick, Jonas Brothers, Mayhem Festival (Slipknot, Disturbed, Dragonforce, and Mastodon) Big Gig (featuring The Offspring, Paramore, Dropkick Murphys with the Spill Canvas and Dropping Daylight), Crüe Fest (featuring Mötley Crüe, Buckcherry, Papa Roach, Sixx:A.M. & Trapt), Martina McBride, Jack Ingram, Chris Young, [Project Revolution(Linkin Park, Chris Cornell, The Bravery, Ashes Divide, Atreyu )Tony Hawk, Rock The Bells, and Santana with Salvador Santana Band.

Also owned by MOA is Samson Park, which is connected to Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre. Samson Park features outdoor sculptures owned by Museum of Outdoor Arts, including it's famous Bronze series of Alice in Wonderland by Artist Harry Marinsky, Stickworks by internationally renowned artist Patrick Dougherty, Kinetic sculpture Estacas by Ken Bortolazzo, African sculpture by Agnes Nyanhongo and also features seasonal installations by renowned Colorado Based artist Lonnie Hanzon.

ee also

*List of contemporary amphitheatres

External links

* [http://www.livenation.com/venue/getVenue/venueId/394/ Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre Official Site]
* [http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=39.600878~-104.893678&style=o&lvl=1&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=10330998 Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre Aerial Photo on Live Search]
* [http://www.moaonline.org Museum of Outdoor Arts]
* [http://www.rtd-denver.com/ Light Rail and bus service to site.] Walk from Arapahoe at Village Center Station.