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Merriweather Post Pavilion

Merriweather Post Pavilion is an outdoor concert venue located within Symphony Woods, a 40-acre (160,000 m2) lot of preserved land in the heart of the planned community of Columbia, Maryland. In 2010, Merriweather was named the second best amphitheater in the United States by Billboard magazine.[2] The venue was also ranked as the fourth best amphitheater in the United States by Rolling Stone in 2013.[3] It was again ranked by Consequence of Sound at number 29 of all music venues in the nation out of 100 in 2016.[4]

Merriweather Post Pavilion
Merriweather Post Pavilion in 2017 prior to renovation
Address10475 Little Patuxent Parkway[1]
LocationColumbia, Maryland, U.S.
Coordinates39°12′33.29″N 76°51′45.61″W / 39.2092472°N 76.8626694°W / 39.2092472; -76.8626694Coordinates: 39°12′33.29″N 76°51′45.61″W / 39.2092472°N 76.8626694°W / 39.2092472; -76.8626694
Public transitRTA 406 (Central Library stop)
RTA 501 , RTA 503, MTA 315 (Broken Land/Hickory Ridge)
OwnerDowntown Columbia Arts and Culture Commission
OperatorI.M.P. LLC
TypeAmphitheater
Genre(s)Music
Seating typeLawn, stadium
Capacity19,319
Construction
Opened1967
Renovated2015–2016, 2018
ArchitectGehry, Walsh, & O'Malley
Website
merriweathermusic.com

History

20th century

Merriweather Post Pavilion was commissioned by the Rouse Company for its Howard County development project Columbia. The first design was rejected and the theatre was redesigned by award-winning architect Frank Gehry and N. David O'Malley with the firm of Gehry, Walsh and O'Malley.[5][6] It opened in 1967 on the former grounds of the Oakland Manor slave plantation.[7] It is named for the American Post Foods heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post to honor her for her years of sustained financial support for the National Symphony. The theatre was originally intended to be a summer home for the National Symphony Orchestra.[8] It later became a venue for popular music concerts, including performances by Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, The Grateful Dead, and The Who.[7]

A grand opening gala was held on July 14, 1967,[9] and Vice President Hubert Humphrey attended a presentation of "Columbia: Broadsides for Orchestra" in a driving rainstorm that flooded the orchestra to its knees. The Orchestra went bankrupt the next year.[10] In the 1968 season, controversial presidential candidate George Wallace held a 7,500-person rally on June 27, 1968, followed shortly after by candidate Eugene McCarthy.[11][12]

On May 25, 1969, The Who and Led Zeppelin shared a stage for the first and only time, playing to a crowd of 20,000. Led Zeppelin performed "Whole Lotta Love" live for just the second time ever, and allegedly ran long in their opening slot, resulting in their plug being pulled by The Who's production crew.[13]

Before the start of the 1970 season, loge sections were built (adding 1,800 seats) in order to book a seven-night run of Tom Jones, featuring Gladys Knight & the Pips as the opening act.[14]

In 1970, Columbia's manager Richard Anderson dropped bookings of rock groups after gate crashing and disturbances at a Steppenwolf concert.[15] The Nederlander Organization began managing the venue in 1971.[16] By 1972, the music shifted from Rouse & Merriweather's vision of symphonies to rock performers, and Charles E. Miller proposed bills that would disallow performances of entertainers with a history of violence in venues with a capacity of 3,000 or more.[17] In the summer of 1974, Howard Research and Development manager Micheal Spear banned rock music after more incidents, listing Alice Cooper, Grateful Dead, and Edgar Winter as artists that were unacceptable.[18]

In 1977, Jimmy Buffett performed at Merriweather for the first time. He has since played a total of 42 times, the most by any act.[19]

In 1978, and again in 1980 during his campaign against Ronald Reagan, President Jimmy Carter joined Willie Nelson on stage to sing a duet of "Georgia on My Mind".[20]

SFX bought the entertainment lease in 1999.[21]

21st century

In 2003, development by General Growth Properties threatened to shutter the pavilion, drawing the ire of local Columbia teens, along with former bandmates Ian Kennedy and Justin Carlson, who launched and sustained a grassroots "Save Merriweather" campaign to keep the concert venue open. As part of the fight, Kennedy vowed not to shave his beard until the future of Merriweather was secure.[22]

As "Save Merriweather" began to pick up steam, General Growth Properties offered to sell Merriweather to Howard County on condition that the pavilion be converted into a much smaller, enclosed theater. Shortly thereafter, 9:30 Club owner Seth Hurwitz's I.M.P. was chosen as Merriweather's new promoter amidst the claim by GGP's General Manager that trying to make Merriweather Post Pavilion profitable was like "trying to sell ice cubes in the middle of winter."[23][24]

In 2005, Howard County held a charrette to discuss redevelopment of the Rouse Planned community beyond its initial 100,000 population design. In 2010, The Downtown Columbia Plan passed, requiring the developer, General Growth Properties (now the Howard Hughes Corporation), to renovate Merriweather before additional development could occur in Columbia. In 2014, County Executive Ken Ulman proposed a bill to relieve Howard Hughes of the renovation expense including a $10 million grant.[25][26][27] The final plan which only granted $9.5 million to the developer was announced at a Jack Johnson concert on June 5, 2014, removing a major development restriction.[28]

Virgin Mobile's FreeFest was hosted at Merriweather Post Pavilion for five years, from 2009 to 2013. Each festival was free to attend contingent on attendees completing charitable tasks in their community. VIP tickets were also available to purchase, with proceeds donated to the RE*Generation House homeless youth shelter in Washington, D.C. An estimated 50,000 people attended each year, which included guest appearances by Virgin's CEO, Sir Richard Branson, and such acts as Jack White, LCD Soundystem, Pavement, The Black Keys, Vampire Weekend, M83, TV on the Radio, MGMT, and St. Vincent.[29][30]

The majority of the wooded and open field land surrounding Symphony Woods and Merriweather served as a park, festival site, event parking, and site of yearly Symphony of Lights Christmas light displays. As part of the redevelopment initiative, the owner Howard Hughes Corp rezoned the land for a project called the "Crescent", which would relocate the Banneker fire department, redevelop the area into 2,100 homes and 1,125,000 square feet (104,500 m2) of general and medical office space, in 20-story-high buildings.[31] The Crescent project gets its name from the shape of the work area surrounding the pavilion, as well as Rouse's (Howard Hughes') partnership with Crescent Real Estate Equities on its Woodlands development.[32]

In August 2014, the site made national news when two patrons died and twenty others were hospitalized from drug overdoses after a Mad Decent concert. Venues across the country implemented stricter drug enforcement controls after the incident.[33][34]

Merriweather Post draws a regional traffic base with 90% of concert attendees traveling from outside of Howard County.[35]

In 2015, the Howard County Planning Board approved a submission by Brian Spencer, a registered lobbyist and project manager by Howard Hughes. The $8.4 million design by Jamie Pett (JP2 architects) includes renovation with new concession stands around the 9:32 club and replacement of the condemned restrooms.[36]

On November 30, 2016, The Howard Hughes Corporation transferred ownership of Merriweather Post Pavilion and Symphony Woods to the Downtown Columbia Arts and Culture Commission, a nonprofit organization helmed by "Save Merriweather" co-founder Ian Kennedy. At the official ceremony, Kennedy shaved the beard he had been growing for 13 years, since the beginning of the campaign in 2003.[22]

2017 marked Merriweather Post Pavilion's 50th season, celebrated in part by I.M.P.'s signing of a new 40-Year lease to continue operating Merriweather through 2057. The celebration continued with the completion of $55 Million of renovations creating 15,000 square feet of dressing rooms and backstage areas including a swimming pool and dining room. The renovations also include the expansion of the stage house in preparation for raising the pavilion's famed roof, the installation of a turntable inset in the stage, and new bathrooms and concessions for patrons, as well as a new VIP rooftop bar.[37]

In honor of its illustrious history, legendary artists from Paul Simon and Sarah McLachlan to Santana returned to the Merriweather stage in 2017, including an Anniversary show featuring Jackson Browne, Willie Nelson, Father John Misty, and Grace Potter.[14]

Early in the morning on January 13, 2018, the roof overhanging the reserved seating at the venue suffered a total failure and collapsed. It was in the final stages of a five-month project to raise the structure by 20 feet (6.1 m) to improve sight lines for patrons on the lawn. Management quickly issued a statement indicating that the roof would be replaced, and that the venue would open as scheduled for its 2018 concert season.[38]

In popular culture

Events

List of Events

See also

References

  1. ^ Google (January 25, 2012). "Merriweather Post Pavilion" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
  2. ^ Waddell, Ray (October 13, 2010). "Bon Jovi, U2, Lady Gaga, AC/DC Among Billboard Touring Awards Finalists". Billboard.
  3. ^ "The Best Amphitheaters in America: Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Maryland". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
  4. ^ "The 100 Greatest American Music Venues: A first-class, front-row ticket to this country's most vital concert halls". Consequence of Sound. April 29, 2016. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
  5. ^ Mitchell, Joseph Rocco; Stebenne, David L. (2007). New City Upon a Hilll: A History of Columbia, Maryland. History Press. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-5962-9067-9.
  6. ^ Baltimore: 81. September 2005. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)[full citation needed]
  7. ^ a b "About Us". Merriweather Post Pavilion. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
  8. ^ . The Baltimore Sun. October 20, 1997. Archived from the original on July 18, 2013. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
  9. ^ "This Day in History: July 14". Retro Baltimore by The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
  10. ^ "Symphony Gala Ends as Okefenokee of the arts". The New York Times. July 18, 1967.
  11. ^ "Speech Set By McCarthy At Columbia". The Washington Post. July 11, 1968.
  12. ^ Jay, Peter A. (June 28, 1968). "Wallace Hits Riots, Dubs D.C. a Jungle: Wallace Raps Crime, Riots, Calls Washington a 'Jungle'". The Washington Post.
  13. ^ Scalera, Nick (November 15, 2012). "Merriweather Post's Legendary Double Bill". Boundary Stones: WETA's Washington DC History Blog. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  14. ^ a b Greenberg, Rudi. "Merriweather Post Pavilion at 50: Why the outdoor venue feels like home for artists and fans". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
  15. ^ Vest, Louise (August 4, 2015). "Steppenwolf causes Merriweather to reconsider rock concerts – History Matters". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  16. ^ "New Managers At Pavilion". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
  17. ^ Clark, Micheal J. (January 5, 1972). "Bill would let Howard cancel concert of 3,000-plus if violence is feared". The Baltimore Sun. p. 1.
  18. ^ Zito, Tom (January 31, 1974). "Post Pavilion Rock Ban: Pavilion, Rock Ban". The Washington Post.
  19. ^ Newby, Tim (October 25, 2005). . Glide Magazine. Archived from the original on July 22, 2010.
  20. ^ Clark Jr., James A. (1999). Jim Clark: Soldier, Farmer, Legislator — A Memoir. Gateway Press. p. 118.
  21. ^ Neal, Jill Hudson (March 23, 1999). "Merriweather concert lease goes to SFX". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
  22. ^ a b Waseem, Fatimah (December 1, 2016). "With transfer of ownership, Merriweather Post Pavilion eyes new future". Columbia Flier. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  23. ^ Craig, Tim (October 15, 2003). "Merriweather Post Pavilion Gets New Promoter". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
  24. ^ Cadiz, Laura. . The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on August 25, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
  25. ^ Yeager, Amanda (May 7, 2014). "Merriweather discussions continue as pre-filed bill put on hold". The Baltimore Sun.
  26. ^ McPherson, Lindsey (March 30, 2012). "Ulman's $175 million capital budget focuses on schools, roadways". ExploreHoward.
  27. ^ "General Plan Amendment on Downtown Columbia". Retrieved June 1, 2014.[dead link]
  28. ^ Lavoie, Luke (June 5, 2014). "Merriweather renovation plans revealed before Jack Johnson concert". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
  29. ^ "R.I.P. Virgin Mobile FreeFest". Consequence of Sound. July 30, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
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  31. ^ Lavoie, Luke (March 19, 2014). "Urban streetscape planned for downtown Columbia's crescent". The Baltimore Sun.
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  36. ^ Lavoie, Luke (January 28, 2015). "Merriweather Renovations Poised to Start". The Columbia Flier. p. 10.
  37. ^ "I.M.P. Signs 40-Year Lease To Operate Merriweather Post Pavilion Amidst $55 Mil Renovation". Billboard. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
  38. ^ "Merriweather Post Pavilion Roof Collapses Early Saturday Morning". TicketNews. January 14, 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  39. ^ "O.A.R Presents Live from Merriweather Post Pavilion". Live O.A.R. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  40. ^ "Easter@Merriweather". Bridgeway Community Church. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
  41. ^ Blue, Jeannie (May 12, 2017). "M3 Festival Brings Party To Merriweather Post Pavilion Columbia, MD 4-29-17". CrypticRock. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
  42. ^ DeMetrick, Alex (July 14, 2017). "Merriweather Post Pavilion Celebrates 50th Birthday With A Face-lift". WJZ News. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
  43. ^ Frank, Noah (July 18, 2017). "Beyond 'Feel Good,' Gorillaz bring energy, showmanship to Merriweather". WTOP. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
  44. ^ Rowell, Griffin (July 24, 2017). "Fleet Foxes and Animal Collective to perform joint show Saturday". The Eagle. Washington, D.C. Retrieved June 2, 2022.

External links

  • Merriweather Music.com

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For the album by Animal Collective see Merriweather Post Pavilion album Merriweather Post Pavilion is an outdoor concert venue located within Symphony Woods a 40 acre 160 000 m2 lot of preserved land in the heart of the planned community of Columbia Maryland In 2010 Merriweather was named the second best amphitheater in the United States by Billboard magazine 2 The venue was also ranked as the fourth best amphitheater in the United States by Rolling Stone in 2013 3 It was again ranked by Consequence of Sound at number 29 of all music venues in the nation out of 100 in 2016 4 Merriweather Post PavilionMerriweather Post Pavilion in 2017 prior to renovationAddress10475 Little Patuxent Parkway 1 LocationColumbia Maryland U S Coordinates39 12 33 29 N 76 51 45 61 W 39 2092472 N 76 8626694 W 39 2092472 76 8626694 Coordinates 39 12 33 29 N 76 51 45 61 W 39 2092472 N 76 8626694 W 39 2092472 76 8626694Public transitRTA 406 Central Library stop RTA 501 RTA 503 MTA 315 Broken Land Hickory Ridge OwnerDowntown Columbia Arts and Culture CommissionOperatorI M P LLCTypeAmphitheaterGenre s MusicSeating typeLawn stadiumCapacity19 319ConstructionOpened1967Renovated2015 2016 2018ArchitectGehry Walsh amp O MalleyWebsitemerriweathermusic wbr com Contents 1 History 1 1 20th century 1 2 21st century 2 In popular culture 3 Events 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory Edit20th century Edit Merriweather Post Pavilion was commissioned by the Rouse Company for its Howard County development project Columbia The first design was rejected and the theatre was redesigned by award winning architect Frank Gehry and N David O Malley with the firm of Gehry Walsh and O Malley 5 6 It opened in 1967 on the former grounds of the Oakland Manor slave plantation 7 It is named for the American Post Foods heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post to honor her for her years of sustained financial support for the National Symphony The theatre was originally intended to be a summer home for the National Symphony Orchestra 8 It later became a venue for popular music concerts including performances by Jimi Hendrix Janis Joplin The Doors Led Zeppelin The Grateful Dead and The Who 7 A grand opening gala was held on July 14 1967 9 and Vice President Hubert Humphrey attended a presentation of Columbia Broadsides for Orchestra in a driving rainstorm that flooded the orchestra to its knees The Orchestra went bankrupt the next year 10 In the 1968 season controversial presidential candidate George Wallace held a 7 500 person rally on June 27 1968 followed shortly after by candidate Eugene McCarthy 11 12 On May 25 1969 The Who and Led Zeppelin shared a stage for the first and only time playing to a crowd of 20 000 Led Zeppelin performed Whole Lotta Love live for just the second time ever and allegedly ran long in their opening slot resulting in their plug being pulled by The Who s production crew 13 Before the start of the 1970 season loge sections were built adding 1 800 seats in order to book a seven night run of Tom Jones featuring Gladys Knight amp the Pips as the opening act 14 In 1970 Columbia s manager Richard Anderson dropped bookings of rock groups after gate crashing and disturbances at a Steppenwolf concert 15 The Nederlander Organization began managing the venue in 1971 16 By 1972 the music shifted from Rouse amp Merriweather s vision of symphonies to rock performers and Charles E Miller proposed bills that would disallow performances of entertainers with a history of violence in venues with a capacity of 3 000 or more 17 In the summer of 1974 Howard Research and Development manager Micheal Spear banned rock music after more incidents listing Alice Cooper Grateful Dead and Edgar Winter as artists that were unacceptable 18 In 1977 Jimmy Buffett performed at Merriweather for the first time He has since played a total of 42 times the most by any act 19 In 1978 and again in 1980 during his campaign against Ronald Reagan President Jimmy Carter joined Willie Nelson on stage to sing a duet of Georgia on My Mind 20 SFX bought the entertainment lease in 1999 21 21st century Edit In 2003 development by General Growth Properties threatened to shutter the pavilion drawing the ire of local Columbia teens along with former bandmates Ian Kennedy and Justin Carlson who launched and sustained a grassroots Save Merriweather campaign to keep the concert venue open As part of the fight Kennedy vowed not to shave his beard until the future of Merriweather was secure 22 As Save Merriweather began to pick up steam General Growth Properties offered to sell Merriweather to Howard County on condition that the pavilion be converted into a much smaller enclosed theater Shortly thereafter 9 30 Club owner Seth Hurwitz s I M P was chosen as Merriweather s new promoter amidst the claim by GGP s General Manager that trying to make Merriweather Post Pavilion profitable was like trying to sell ice cubes in the middle of winter 23 24 In 2005 Howard County held a charrette to discuss redevelopment of the Rouse Planned community beyond its initial 100 000 population design In 2010 The Downtown Columbia Plan passed requiring the developer General Growth Properties now the Howard Hughes Corporation to renovate Merriweather before additional development could occur in Columbia In 2014 County Executive Ken Ulman proposed a bill to relieve Howard Hughes of the renovation expense including a 10 million grant 25 26 27 The final plan which only granted 9 5 million to the developer was announced at a Jack Johnson concert on June 5 2014 removing a major development restriction 28 Virgin Mobile s FreeFest was hosted at Merriweather Post Pavilion for five years from 2009 to 2013 Each festival was free to attend contingent on attendees completing charitable tasks in their community VIP tickets were also available to purchase with proceeds donated to the RE Generation House homeless youth shelter in Washington D C An estimated 50 000 people attended each year which included guest appearances by Virgin s CEO Sir Richard Branson and such acts as Jack White LCD Soundystem Pavement The Black Keys Vampire Weekend M83 TV on the Radio MGMT and St Vincent 29 30 The majority of the wooded and open field land surrounding Symphony Woods and Merriweather served as a park festival site event parking and site of yearly Symphony of Lights Christmas light displays As part of the redevelopment initiative the owner Howard Hughes Corp rezoned the land for a project called the Crescent which would relocate the Banneker fire department redevelop the area into 2 100 homes and 1 125 000 square feet 104 500 m2 of general and medical office space in 20 story high buildings 31 The Crescent project gets its name from the shape of the work area surrounding the pavilion as well as Rouse s Howard Hughes partnership with Crescent Real Estate Equities on its Woodlands development 32 In August 2014 the site made national news when two patrons died and twenty others were hospitalized from drug overdoses after a Mad Decent concert Venues across the country implemented stricter drug enforcement controls after the incident 33 34 Merriweather Post draws a regional traffic base with 90 of concert attendees traveling from outside of Howard County 35 In 2015 the Howard County Planning Board approved a submission by Brian Spencer a registered lobbyist and project manager by Howard Hughes The 8 4 million design by Jamie Pett JP2 architects includes renovation with new concession stands around the 9 32 club and replacement of the condemned restrooms 36 On November 30 2016 The Howard Hughes Corporation transferred ownership of Merriweather Post Pavilion and Symphony Woods to the Downtown Columbia Arts and Culture Commission a nonprofit organization helmed by Save Merriweather co founder Ian Kennedy At the official ceremony Kennedy shaved the beard he had been growing for 13 years since the beginning of the campaign in 2003 22 2017 marked Merriweather Post Pavilion s 50th season celebrated in part by I M P s signing of a new 40 Year lease to continue operating Merriweather through 2057 The celebration continued with the completion of 55 Million of renovations creating 15 000 square feet of dressing rooms and backstage areas including a swimming pool and dining room The renovations also include the expansion of the stage house in preparation for raising the pavilion s famed roof the installation of a turntable inset in the stage and new bathrooms and concessions for patrons as well as a new VIP rooftop bar 37 In honor of its illustrious history legendary artists from Paul Simon and Sarah McLachlan to Santana returned to the Merriweather stage in 2017 including an Anniversary show featuring Jackson Browne Willie Nelson Father John Misty and Grace Potter 14 Early in the morning on January 13 2018 the roof overhanging the reserved seating at the venue suffered a total failure and collapsed It was in the final stages of a five month project to raise the structure by 20 feet 6 1 m to improve sight lines for patrons on the lawn Management quickly issued a statement indicating that the roof would be replaced and that the venue would open as scheduled for its 2018 concert season 38 In popular culture EditThree tracks from Jackson Browne s Running on Empty were recorded at the pavilion on August 27 1977 Two tracks from a remastered edition of Men at Work s Cargo were recorded at Merriweather on July 28 1983 Animal Collective s critically acclaimed 2009 album Merriweather Post Pavilion is named in tribute to the pavilion though the band did not actually perform there until 2011 O A R recorded its seventh live album at the pavilion on September 7 2019 39 non primary source needed Events EditList of EventsThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed June 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Jackson Browne August 27 1977 see above In Popular Culture and Running on Empty Sweetlife Festival May 1 2011 with The Strokes Girl Talk Lupe Fiasco Crystal Castles Cold War Kids Ra Ra Riot Theophilus London Walk the Moon U S Royalty and Modern Man Kid Cudi The Cud Life Tour July 2 2011 The Black Eyed Peas The Beginning Massive Stadium Tour July 30 2011 My Morning Jacket August 12 2011 and July 26 2015 with Jason Isbell 2011 Summer Spirit Festival August 14 2011 featuring Nas Damian Marley The Roots Chuck Brown Bilal The Foreign Exchange Phonte amp Nicolay Miguel and King Lupe Fiasco Generation Laser Tour September 16 2011 with Wale Big Sean Miguel and Tinie Tempah Sweetlife Festival April 28 2012 with Avicii Kid Cudi The Shins Explosions in the Sky Fitz and the Tantrums A AP Rocky and Fun 2012 Summer Spirit Festival August 4 2012 featuring Erykah Badu Common Chuck Brown Tribute featuring Chuck Brown s Band including KK and D Floyd with James Funk Sugar Bear Big Tony and Andre Whiteboy Johnson Sharon Jones amp The Dap Kings Estelle Eric Roberson Huggy Lowdown Chris Paul and Red Grant Sweetlife Festival May 11 2013 with Phoenix Passion Pit Kendrick Lamar Yeah Yeah Yeahs Solange Knowles Holy Ghost and Youth Lagoon 2013 Summer Spirit Festival August 3 2013 featuring D Angelo Erykah Badu Busta Rhymes Rare Essence Black Alley Hiatus Kaiyote and Mike Epps Sweetlife Festival May 10 2014 featuring Foster the People Lana Del Rey 2 Chainz Capital Cities Fitz and the Tantrums Bastille Chromeo St Lucia Bombay Bicycle Club Gems Hozier ASTR Spirit Animal Nicky Blitz and That Work Queen Adam Lambert July 20 2014 2014 Summer Spirit Festival August 2 2014 featuring Lauryn Hill Janelle Monae Talib Kweli Meshell Ndegeocello Junkyard Band Backyard Band Rdgldgrn George Tandy Jr Roman Gianarthur and DJ Quicksilva M3 Rock Festival May 1 2 2015 featuring Cinderella s Tom Keifer Kix Dokken Quiet Riot Trixter Dio Disciples Europe Queensryche Krokus Warrant Y amp T Winery Dogs LA Guns Vixen Bang Tango Black N Blue Tyketto Rhino Bucket Killer Dwarfs and Bad Seed Rising DC101 Kerfuffle May 3 2015 featuring The Offspring Incubus Panic at the Disco Dirty Heads Big Data Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness Robert DeLong and Coasts Florida Georgia Line Anything Goes Tour May 9 2015 with Thomas Rhett and Frankie Ballard Dear Jerry a one time concert celebrating the music of the Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia May 14 2015 Pentatonix The World Tour 2015 May 12 2015 with Us The Duo and AJ Lehrman Cage the Elephant May 15 2015 with Portugal The Man and Broncho Kenny Chesney The Big Revival Tour May 27 2015 with Jake Owen and Chase Rice Sweetlife Festival May 30 31 2015 with Kendrick Lamar Calvin Harris The Weeknd The Pixies Charli XCX Billy Idol and Phantogram The Decemberists June 4 2015 with Father John Misty Capital Jazz Fest June 5 2015 featuring Maze with Frankie Beverly India Arie George Clinton Parliament Funkadelic and Kenny G Florence The Machine June 9 2015 Mumford and Sons June 10 2015 with The Maccabees Hozier June 20 2015 with The Antlers Fall Out Boy and Wiz Khalifa Boys of Zummer Tour June 27 2015 with Hoodie Allen VANS Warped Tour July 18 2015 featuring Icon for Hire Family Force Five and We the Kings Sam Smith July 24 2015 Faith No More August 2 2015 with Refused 2015 Summer Spirit Festival August 8 2015 featuring Erykah Badu Anthony Hamilton Floetry Estelle Junkyard Band Tony Toni Tone Avery Sunshine and Phony Ppl Phish August 15 16 2015 Willie Nelson and Family August 19 2015 with Old Crow Medicine Show Darius Rucker August 22 2015 with Brett Eldredge Brothers Osborne and A Thousand Horses O A R July 13 2002 August 31 2003 July 30 2005 with The Southland July 29 2006 with Jack s Mannequin August 17 2007 with Augustana and Telograph July 26 2008 August 7 2009 with Matt Nathanson August 12 2010 with Citizen Cope August 13 2011 with SOJA and Virginia Coalition August 10 2012 with Rebelution August 1 2013 with Andrew McMahon and Allen Stone July 19 2014 with Phillip Phillips and Saints of Valory August 27 2015 with Allen Stone and Brynn Elliott and August 13 2016 The Trillectro Festival August 29 2015 featuring Chance the Rapper RL Grime and Cashmere Cat Death Cab For Cutie September 13 2015 with Explosions in the Sky Alabama Shakes September 18 2015 with Drive By Truckers Of Monsters And Men September 20 2015 WPOC Weekend in the Country October 3 4 2015 featuring Brantley Gilbert Sam Hunt Parmalee LoCash Kelsea Ballerini Cam Maren Morris Thompson Square Canaan Smith Chris Janson and Mo Pitney Jason Aldean May 7 2016 with Thomas Rhett A Thousand Horses Dee Jay Silver Pentatonix May 12 2016 with Us The Duo and AJ Lehrman Sweetlife Festival May 14 2016 featuring The 1975 Halsey Flume Grimes PartyNextDoor Blondie Eagles of Death Metal Mac DeMarco Thundercat Vince Staples Shamir Wolf Alice DIIV and Prinze George Kenny Chesney May 19 2016 with Old Dominion Capital Jazz Fest June 3 5 2016 with New Edition En Vogue KING Donnie Simpson Brian Culbertson Lalah Hathaway Marcus Miller Raul Midon Jazzing Up The Elements A Musical Tribute to Maurice White Take 6 The Isley Brothers Al B Sure SWV Eric Roberson Blackstreet Will Downing Fourplay David Sanborn Pieces of a Dream Jarrod Lawson Mike Phillips Toni Braxton The Brand New Heavies Kenny Lattimore Rick James s Original Stone City Band and Tamia Twenty One Pilots June 10 2016 with Mutemath and Chef Special Ellie Goulding June 13 2016 with Matt and Kim Tame Impala June 16 2016 with M83 Chris Stapleton amp Jason Isbell June 18 2016 with Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls The Cure June 22 2016 with The Twilight Sad DC101 Kerfuffle June 26 2016 with blink 182 Silversun Pickups Cold War Kids Violent Femmes Bear Hands The Strumbellas and Joywave Merryland Music Fest July 9 10 2016 featuring The String Cheese Incident Ben Harper amp The Innocent Criminals Grace Potter Lotus Stephen Ragga Marley Greensky Bluegrass Shakey Graves Yonder Mountain String Band Langhorne Slim amp The Law Karl Denson s Tiny Universe Nahko amp Medicine for the People Protoje Pigeons Playing Ping Pong Turkuaz TAUK and Cris Jacobs Band Modest Mouse and Brand New July 12 2016 Vans Warped Tour Presented by Journeys July 16 2016 featuring Falling in Reverse Four Year Strong Less Than Jake New Found Glory Reel Big Fish Set It Off Sum 41 We the Kings Yellowcard Issues Mayday Parade Pepper Real Friends Sleeping With Sirens State Champs The Maine The Story So Far Tonight Alive Crown The Empire Every Time I Die Ice Nine Kills Motionless in White The Color Morale The Word Alive Volumes Whitechapel Chelsea Grin Coldrain Cruel Hand From Ashes to New Gideon In Hearts Wake Oceans Ate Alaska Vanna Veil of Maya Emarosa I See Stars Knuckle Puck Masked Intruder Roam SECRETS The Heirs The Interrupters Young Guns Against the Current Assuming We Survive Ballyhoo Chunk No Captain Chunk GHOST TOWN SYKES Teenage Bottlerocket Too Close to Touch Waterparks Avion Roe Bad Seed Rising Broadside Cane Hill Dash Ten Hail the Sun Like Pacific Mother Feather Old Wounds Palaye Royale Reckless Serenade Safe to Say Silent Planet Wage War and With Confidence Brandi Carlile and Old Crow Medicine Show July 23 2016 with Dawes 2016 Summer Spirit Festival August 6 7 2016 featuring Erykah Badu Jill Scott Janelle Monae The Roots Gregory Porter Team Familiar Leela James Kindred the Family Soul Avery Sunshine The Chuck Brown Band Daley Wisdom Speeks and Be la Dona with DJ Kool and Sugar Bear Carnival of Madness and Shinedown August 10 2016 with Halestorm Black Stone Cherry and Whiskey Myers Train August 20 2016 with Andy Grammer Miranda Lambert August 25 2016 with Kip Moore and Brothers Osborne The Lumineers The Cleopatra World Tour September 10 2016 with BORNS and Rayland Baxter Little Big Town WPOC Weekend In The Country October 15 amp 16 2016 with Dustin Lynch Rodney Atkins Old Dominion Maddie amp Tae and More Easter at Merriweather April 16 2017 with Bridgeway Community Church 40 M3 Rock Festival April 28 29 2017 featuring Rhino Bucket Korupt Mitch Malloy Autograph Junkyard Danger Danger Vain Jack Russell s Great White Bang Tango Warrant Vixen Cinceralla s Tom Keifer Dokken and Ratt 41 50th Anniversary Concert Jackson Browne and Willie Nelson 42 Gorillaz July 17 2017 43 Animal Collective July 29 2017 44 See also EditList of contemporary amphitheatres Merriweather Park at Symphony WoodsReferences Edit Google January 25 2012 Merriweather Post Pavilion Map Google Maps Google Retrieved January 25 2012 Waddell Ray October 13 2010 Bon Jovi U2 Lady Gaga AC DC Among Billboard Touring Awards Finalists Billboard The Best Amphitheaters in America Merriweather Post Pavilion Columbia Maryland Rolling Stone Retrieved June 6 2014 The 100 Greatest American Music Venues A first class front row ticket to this country s most vital concert halls Consequence of Sound April 29 2016 Retrieved May 9 2016 Mitchell Joseph Rocco Stebenne David L 2007 New City Upon a Hilll A History of Columbia Maryland History Press p 89 ISBN 978 1 5962 9067 9 Baltimore 81 September 2005 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Missing or empty title help full citation needed a b About Us Merriweather Post Pavilion Retrieved June 6 2014 Merriweather feels pangs of middle age The Baltimore Sun October 20 1997 Archived from the original on July 18 2013 Retrieved November 28 2012 This Day in History July 14 Retro Baltimore by The Baltimore Sun Retrieved March 24 2017 Symphony Gala Ends as Okefenokee of the arts The New York Times July 18 1967 Speech Set By McCarthy At Columbia The Washington Post July 11 1968 Jay Peter A June 28 1968 Wallace Hits Riots Dubs D C a Jungle Wallace Raps Crime Riots Calls Washington a Jungle The Washington Post Scalera Nick November 15 2012 Merriweather Post s Legendary Double Bill Boundary Stones WETA s Washington DC History Blog Retrieved February 7 2022 a b Greenberg Rudi Merriweather Post Pavilion at 50 Why the 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October 15 2003 Merriweather Post Pavilion Gets New Promoter The Washington Post Retrieved June 6 2014 Cadiz Laura Howard pavilion to stay open air The Baltimore Sun Archived from the original on August 25 2017 Retrieved August 25 2017 Yeager Amanda May 7 2014 Merriweather discussions continue as pre filed bill put on hold The Baltimore Sun McPherson Lindsey March 30 2012 Ulman s 175 million capital budget focuses on schools roadways ExploreHoward General Plan Amendment on Downtown Columbia Retrieved June 1 2014 dead link Lavoie Luke June 5 2014 Merriweather renovation plans revealed before Jack Johnson concert The Baltimore Sun Retrieved June 6 2014 R I P Virgin Mobile FreeFest Consequence of Sound July 30 2014 Retrieved August 25 2017 Ramanathan Lavanya July 29 2014 Virgin Mobile FreeFest will not return in 2014 The Washington Post ISSN 0190 8286 Retrieved August 25 2017 Lavoie Luke March 19 2014 Urban streetscape planned for downtown Columbia s crescent The Baltimore Sun Crescent 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