Fraze Pavilion

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stadium_name = The Fraze Pavilion
nickname = "The Fraze"


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location = 695 Lincoln Park Blvd
Kettering, Ohio 45429
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opened = 1991
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owner = City of Kettering
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seating_capacity = 4,300
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The Fraze Pavilion is a 4300-seat outdoor amphitheater in Kettering, Ohio that opened in 1991. The Pavilion is named after Ermal Fraze, late resident of Kettering and inventor of the pop-top beverage can. The theater hosts many popular American and international music artists. It has also been the home to several local festivals and music events as well. Marvin Hamlisch was the very first act to play the Fraze in 1991.

Upcoming musical acts include The Backstreet Boys, Kidz Bop Live, Willie Nelson, Ringo Star, The Atomic Punks (a Van Halen Tribute,)and Dave Stewart.

In 2007, musical acts included "Weird Al" Yankovic, Sheryl Crow, Kenny G, and Earth, Wind & Fire.

In 2006, musical acts included Bonnie Raitt, Michael Buble, B.B. King, Rick Springfield. Several big-name acts graced the Fraze stage for the first time ever, such as Howie Mandel, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Alice Cooper, George Thorogood, Chris Isaak, Chris Botti, Train, Foreigner and Dwight Yoakam.

In 2005, Gavin DeGraw & Howie Day, Huey Lewis and the News, Willie Nelson, Parrothead Band and The Menus all played to sold-out audiences. Other highlights of past Fraze seasons include the 2004 performance of Crosby, Stills & Nash and Sheryl Crow's 2003 two back-to-back sold-out concerts during which she filmed her DVD, "C'mon America 2003".

ee also

* List of contemporary amphitheatres

External links

*http://www.fraze.com/index.cfm