Ameris Bank Amphitheatre

The Ameris Bank Amphitheatre (formerly Verizon Amphitheatre) is a contemporary amphitheatre, located in the northern Atlanta suburb of Alpharetta, Georgia.

Ameris Bank Amphitheatre

Former names	Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (2008-17) Verizon Amphitheatre (2017-19)
Address	2200 Encore Pkwy Alpharetta, GA 30009-4837
Location	Metro Atlanta
Operator	Live Nation
Capacity	12,000
Opened	May 10, 2008
Website
Venue Website

Jackie Evancho in concert at the amphitheatre in June 2012

The amphitheatre mainly hosts shows by popular music artists, comedians and themed symphony concerts by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the latter opened the venue with a performance on May 10, 2008.

The venue opened as Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park in 2008. In January 2017, it became known as Verizon Amphitheatre. In December 2018, the venue’s naming rights were purchased by Ameris Bank.[1]

Events

List of events held at the Amphitheatre
Artist	Event	Date	Opening Act(s)
Alabama	All American Tour	April 27, 2014	Will Hoge
Alan Jackson & The Strayhorns	Good Time Tour	October 4, 2008	Blake Shelton
	Freight Train Tour	April 10, 2010	Josh Turner & Chris Young
The Allman Brothers Band	2013 Tour	September 2, 2013	Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
American Idol Live!	American Idols LIVE! Tour 2014	July 24, 2014
Animal Collective	2011 Tour	July 8, 2011	Atlas Sound & Angel Deradoorian
Arcade Fire	The Suburbs Tour	August 11, 2010	Spoon
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra	Grand Opening Ceremony	May 10, 2008[2]
	An Evening of Beethoven	June 28, 2008[3]
	All-American Celebration Concert	July 4, 2008[4]
	All Tchaikovsky Concert	July 12, 2008[5]
	An Evening of La bohème	July 26, 2008[6]
	Julie Andrews' "The Gift of Music" Concert	August 2, 2008[7]
	An Evening of Romance Concert	August 8, 2008[8]
	Starbucks Free Parks Concert	August 14, 2008[9]
	Turner Classic Movie Night	August 16, 2008[10]
	Opening Night Concert	June 20, 2009[11]
	Magnificent Mozart Concert	June 27, 2009[12]
	A Yankee Doodle Dandy Concert	July 4, 2009[13]
	Star Wars & More Concert	July 11, 2009[14]
	Beethoven Blockbusters Concert	July 25, 2009[15]
	On Stage & Screen Concert	August 1, 2009[16]
	Rising Stars Concert	August 15, 2009[17]
	All-American Celebration Concert	July 1, 2010[18]
	Planet Earth Concert	July 16, 2010[19]
	Broadway Rocks Concert	July 23, 2010[20]
	Disney in Concert	August 7, 2010[21]
	The Wizard of Oz Concert	August 14, 2010[22]
	All-American Celebration Concert	July 4, 2011[23]
	Casablanca in Concert	July 15, 2011[24]
	Cirque de la Symphonie Concert	July 30, 2011[25]
	Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Concert	August 13, 2011[26]
	Opening Night Concert	June 3, 2012[27]
	All-American Celebration Concert	July 4, 2012[28]
	Celebrating The Beatles Concert	July 21, 2012[29]
	Il Divo Concert	August 12, 2012[30]
	Tony Bennett & Jackie Evancho Concert	May 31, 2013[31]
	Cirque Musica Concert	June 30, 2013[32]
	All-American Celebration Concert	July 5, 2013[33]
		June 28, 2014[34]
Austin Mahone	Live on Tour	September 7, 2014	5th Harmony, Shawn Mendes & DJ Alex Angelo
The Avett Brothers	The Carpenter Tour	May 17, 2013	Old Crow Medicine Show
	Magpie and the Dandelion Tour	July 25, 2014	Emmylou Harris
		July 26, 2014	Gov't Mule
Barenaked Ladies	Last Summer on Earth Tour	July 16, 2012	Blues Traveler, Big Head Todd and the Monsters & Cracker
		July 26, 2013	Ben Folds Five, Guster & Boothby Graffoe
Bassnectar & Pretty Lights	2011 Tour	October 14, 2011	Bonobo & Big Gigantic
		October 15, 2011	Beats Antique & SuperDre
The Black Crowes	Warpaint Tour	October 5, 2008	Phil Lesh and Friends
The Black Crowes & Tedeschi Trucks Band	2013 Tour	July 20, 2013	The London Souls
Blondie	Panic of Girls Tour	September 23, 2011	The Romantics & Lexie Babin
Blues Traveler	Under the Sun Tour	August 2, 2014	Sugar Ray, Smash Mouth & Uncle Kracker
Bob Dylan	Never Ending Tour 2009	July 30, 2009	Willie Nelson & John Mellencamp
Bon Iver	Bon Iver, Bon Iver Tour	June 8, 2012	The Staves
Boston	Life, Love & Hope Tour	June 14, 2014	.38 Special
Charlie Daniels Band	Volunteer Jam Tour	August 15, 2008	Outlaws & Shooter Jennings
Chicago	2013 Tour	August 17, 2013
Colt Ford	Every Chance I Get Tour	July 17, 2010	Will Hoge & Corey Smith
Crosby, Stills & Nash	2012 Tour	July 14, 2012
Darius Rucker	True Believers Tour	May 18, 2013	Justin Moore & Jana Kramer
Dave Matthews Band	Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King Tour	April 28, 2009	The Avett Brothers
		April 29, 2009
Death Cab for Cutie	Codes and Keys Tour	August 11, 2011	Frightened Rabbit
Dolly Parton	Better Day World Tour	August 3, 2011	Miley Cyrus & Linda Davis
The Dukes of September Rhythm Revue	2010 Tour	August 26, 2010	The MG's
	2012 Tour	July 20, 2012
Eagles	Long Road Out of Eden Tour	May 14, 2008
		May 16, 2008
		May 17, 2008
		May 20, 2008
	2012 Tour	May 2, 2012
		May 4, 2012
Earth, Wind & Fire & Chicago	2009 Tour	June 6, 2009
Earth, Wind & Fire	2010 Tour	July 2, 2010	Average White Band
Everclear	Summerland Tour	June 1, 2013	Live, Filter & Sponge
Fall Out Boy	Save Rock and Roll Tour	September 28, 2013	Panic! at the Disco & 21 Pilots
Family Picnic Concert		October 10, 2009[35]
Foreigner	2008 Tour	July 20, 2008	Bryan Adams
Foster the People	Torches Tour	June 7, 2012	The Kooks & Kimbra
fun.	2013 Tour	October 8, 2013	Hunter Hunted & Rosco Bandana
Furthur	2011 Tour	July 31, 2011
	2012 Tour	July 10, 2012
Good Friday Concert		April 10, 2009[36]
		April 2, 2010[37]
		April 22, 2011[38]
		April 6, 2012[39]
		March 29, 2013[40]
		April 18, 2014[41]
Green Day	21st Century Breakdown World Tour	August 9, 2010	AFI
Hank Williams, Jr.	Old School New Rules Tour	June 21, 2013	Gregg Allman
Hillsong United	2009 Tour	May 27, 2009
Honda Civic Tour	11th Annual Honda Civic Tour	August 19, 2012
Incubus	If Not Now, When? Tour	September 17, 2011	Young the Giant
Jack Johnson	From Here to Now to You Tour	June 3, 2014	Amos Lee
James Taylor	2014 Tour	August 5, 2014
Jesús Adrián Romero	2008 Tour	July 11, 2008
John Fogerty	Wrote a Song for Everyone Tour	October 25, 2013
Journey	Revelation Tour	September 19, 2009	Night Ranger
Judas Priest	2008/2009 World Tour	August 20, 2009	Pop Evil
Keith Urban	Light the Fuse Tour	July 27, 2013	Little Big Town & Dustin Lynch
	Raise'Em Up Tour	August 24, 2014	Jerrod Niemann & Brett Eldredge
Kelly Clarkson & The Fray	2012 Summer Tour	August 8, 2012	Carolina Liar
Kenny Chesney	Sun City Carnival Tour	May 18, 2009	Miranda Lambert & Lady Antebellum
Kid Cudi	2011 Tour	July 21, 2011	Chip tha Ripper
The Killers	Battle Born World Tour	August 15, 2013	The Virgins
Maroon 5	Hands All Over Tour	August 21, 2010	Kris Allen & V V Brown
Maroon 5 & Train	2011 Tour	September 1, 2011	Matt Nathanson
Miranda Lambert	Revolution Tour	June 4, 2011	Josh Kelley & Ashton Shepherd
moe.	Sticks and Stones Tour	May 26, 2008	Keller Williams
Mötley Crüe	Farewell Tour	August 16, 2014	Alice Cooper
My Morning Jacket	Circuital Tour	August 20, 2011	Neko Case
	2012 Tour	August 24, 2012	Band of Horses
O.A.R.	All Sides Tour	September 27, 2008	Matt Wertz
	This Town Tour	August 21, 2009	Brett Dennen
	2010 Tour	August 15, 2010	Citizen Cope
Old Crow Medicine Show	Remedy Tour	August 22, 2014	Shovels & Rope
Peter Frampton	Frampton's Guitar Circus Tour	August 13, 2013	B.B. King & Sonny Landreth
Peter Frampton & The Doobie Brothers	2014 Tour	July 17, 2014	Matthew Curry
Phish	Joy Tour	July 3, 2010
		July 4, 2010
	2011 Tour	June 14, 2011
		June 15, 2011
	30th Anniversary Tour	July 16, 2013
		July 17, 2013
	2014 Tour	August 3, 2014
Ray LaMontagne	God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise Tour	September 18, 2011	Brandi Carlile
	Supernova Tour	July 18, 2014	Jenny Lewis & The Belle Brigade
Rhett Akins	2011 Tour	July 16, 2011	Corey Smith & Rachel Farley
Robert Plant	2013 Tour	July 19, 2013	Bombino
Rod Stewart	2008 Tour	August 27, 2008	Josh Kelley
Roger Daltrey & The No Plan B Band	Tommy Reborn Tour	September 15, 2011
Rush	Snakes & Arrows Tour	July 22, 2008
	Clockwork Angels Tour	November 1, 2012
	R40 Tour	May 26, 2015
Ryan Adams and the Cardinals	Cardinology Tour	October 17, 2008
Scorpions	Get Your Sting and Blackout World Tour	July 14, 2010	Ratt
ShamRockin' for a Cure!		March 14, 2009[42]
		March 13, 2010[43]
		March 12, 2011[44]
		March 10, 2012[45]
		March 9, 2013[46]
		March 7, 2014[47]
Sheryl Crow	100 Miles from Memphis Tour	August 19, 2010	Colbie Caillat
Sound Tribe Sector 9		August 22, 2009[48]
		August 28, 2010[49]
		August 24, 2013[50]	Umphrey's McGee
Steely Dan	Think Fast Tour	June 11, 2008
	Mood Swings: 8 Miles to Pancake Day Tour	September 7, 2013	Deep Blue Organ Trio
Steve Miller Band	2008 Tour	May 26, 2008	Joe Cocker
	Bingo! Tour	July 30, 2010	Peter Frampton
Steven Curtis Chapman	Make Your Move Tour	October 1, 2011	Third Day & Tenth Avenue North
Stevie Nicks	Crystal Visions Tour	June 10, 2008
Stevie Wonder	2009 Tour	June 24, 2009
Stone Temple Pilots	2008 Reunion Tour	August 23, 2008	Black Rebel Motorcycle Club & TAB the Band
Styx	2008 Tour	August 17, 2008	Boston
	Can't Stop Rockin' Tour	June 21, 2009	REO Speedwagon & .38 Special
	Midwest Rock 'n' Roll Express Tour	May 20, 2012	REO Speedwagon & Ted Nugent
		May 5, 2013
	Soundtrack of Summer Tour	May 24, 2014	Foreigner & Don Felder
Sugarland	Love on the Inside Tour	September 26, 2009	Matt Nathanson & Jake Owen
	The Incredible Machine Tour	August 5, 2010	Little Big Town & Danny Gokey
	In Your Hands Tour	August 23, 2012	Canaan Smith & Dave Stewart
tobyMac & The Diverse City Band	Make a Difference Tour	October 2, 2010	Michael W. Smith, Third Day & Jason Gray
Todd Love & Michael Schlitz Benefit Concert		November 3, 2012[51]
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	2008 Tour	July 9, 2008	Steve Winwood
	2012 Tour	April 29, 2012	Regina Spektor
Van Morrison	2010 Tour	May 7, 2010
WAMJ/WUMJ Magic 107.5/97.5	90′z Throwback Summer Jam	July 3, 2009[52]
	ATL Summer Jam	June 26, 2010[53]
Widespread Panic	Dirty Side Down Tour	September 24, 2010
		September 25, 2010
	2011 Tour	October 8, 2011	Futurebirds
	Couch Tour	April 26, 2013
		April 27, 2013
	2014 Tour	October 11, 2014
WKHX Kicks 101.5	Country Jam	November 1, 2008[54]
		August 23, 2009[55]
		October 6, 2012[56]
		October 19, 2013[57]
		October 18, 2014[58]
WSRV 97.1 The River	Southern Rock Revival	October 18, 2013[59]
WWPW 96.1	Star 94 StarFest	August 29, 2008[60]
		July 27, 2009[61]
		August 7, 2011[62]
	Project 9-6-1 Concert	August 14, 2009[63]
		May 5, 2010[64]
		October 3, 2010[65]
		May 5, 2011[66]
		May 6, 2012[67]
WZGC 92.9	Earth Day Birthday Concert	April 25, 2010[68]
		April 2, 2011[69]
Yes & Styx	Fly from Here Tour	July 14, 2011	Shane Alexander
Yes	2012 Tour	July 31, 2012	Procol Harum
Zac Brown Band	You Get What You Give Tour	May 8, 2010	Levi Lowrey & Sonia Leigh
		May 9, 2010	Levon Helm Band
	2011 Tour	May 6, 2011	Blackberry Smoke
		May 7, 2011
	Jekyll + Hyde Tour	May 8, 2015
		May 9, 2015
ZZ Top	Gang of Outlaws Tour	June 10, 2012	3 Doors Down & Gretchen Wilson

See also

• List of contemporary amphitheatres

References

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13. "Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: 4th of July All-American Celebration - Verizon Amphitheatre". Verizon Amphitheatre. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
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19. "Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: Planet Earth - Verizon Amphitheatre". Verizon Amphitheatre. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
20. "Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: Broadway Rocks - Verizon Amphitheatre". Verizon Amphitheatre. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
21. "Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: Disney in Concert". Verizon Amphitheatre. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
22. "Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: The Wizard of Oz - Verizon Amphitheatre". Verizon Amphitheatre. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
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24. "Casablanca: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra - Verizon Amphitheatre". Verizon Amphitheatre. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
25. "Cirque de la Symphonie: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra - Verizon Amphitheatre". Verizon Amphitheatre. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
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29. "Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: Celebrate The Beatles - Verizon Amphitheatre". Verizon Amphitheatre. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
30. "Il Divo with Atlanta Symphony Orchestra - Verizon Amphitheatre". Verizon Amphitheatre. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
31. "Tony Bennett w/ very special guest Jackie Evancho - Verizon Amphitheatre". Verizon Amphitheatre. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
32. "Cirque Musica with Atlanta Symphony Orchestra - Verizon Amphitheatre". Verizon Amphitheatre. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
33. "All American Celebration with Atlanta Symphony Orchestra - Verizon Amphitheatre". Verizon Amphitheatre. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
34. "Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: Celebrate America - Verizon Amphitheatre". Verizon Amphitheatre. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
35. "Third Day Family Picnic: Third Day, Jars of Clay, Glory Revealed - Verizon Amphitheatre". Verizon Amphitheatre. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
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48. "STS9 - Verizon Amphitheatre". Verizon Amphitheatre. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
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50. "STS9 & Umphrey's McGee - Verizon Amphitheatre". Verizon Amphitheatre. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
51. "Gary Sinise & His Lieutenant Dan Band - Verizon Amphitheatre". Verizon Amphitheatre. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
52. "Majic 107.5/97.5 – 90'z Throwback Summer Jam - Verizon Amphitheatre". Verizon Amphitheatre. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
53. "ATL Summer Jam feat. Heads of State: Bobby Brown, Johnny Gill & Ralph Tresvant - Verizon Amphitheatre". Verizon Amphitheatre. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
54. "Kicks Country Jam: Gary Allan - Verizon Amphitheatre". Verizon Amphitheatre. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
55. "Kicks Country Jam 2: Big & Rich - Verizon Amphitheatre". Verizon Amphitheatre. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
56. "Kicks 101.5 Country Fair: Alan Jackson w/ Special Guests Clay Walker, Corbette Jackson & Jana Kramer - Verizon Amphitheatre". Verizon Amphitheatre. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
57. "Carl Black Presents Kicks 101.5 Country Fair - Verizon Amphitheatre". Verizon Amphitheatre. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
58. "Kicks 101.5 and Carl Black present Country Fair starring Miranda Lambert, Gary Allan, Dustin Lynch, RaeLynn, Maddie & Tae - Verizon Amphitheatre". Verizon Amphitheatre. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
59. "97.1 The River's Southern Rock Revival: Lynyrd Skynyrd with The Marshall Tucker Band & Molly Hatchet - Verizon Amphitheatre". Verizon Amphitheatre. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
60. "City Scene". Nique.net. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
61. "Starfest 2009: Jason Mraz - Verizon Amphitheatre". Verizon Amphitheatre. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
62. "StarFest: Goo Goo Dolls with Michelle Branch & Parachute - Verizon Amphitheatre". Verizon Amphitheatre. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
63. "Project 9-6-1's Family Reunion Concert: Incubus - Verizon Amphitheatre". Verizon Amphitheatre. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
64. "PROJECT 9-6-1 Cinco Party - Verizon Amphitheatre". Verizon Amphitheatre. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
65. "Project 9-6-1 Family Reunion: Shinedown, Buckcherry, Bullet for My Valentine, Sevendust, Taddy Porter & Needeep - Verizon Amphitheatre". Verizon Amphitheatre. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
66. "Project 9-6-1 Cinco Party: Avenged Sevenfold with Seether & Alterbridge - Verizon Amphitheatre". Verizon Amphitheatre. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
67. "Project 961 Cinco Party - Verizon Amphitheatre". Verizon Amphitheatre. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
68. "92.9 dave-fm's Earth Day Birthday - Verizon Amphitheatre". Verizon Amphitheatre. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
69. "92.9 dave-fm's Earth Day Birthday featuring Band of Horses with The Jayhawks - Verizon Amphitheatre". Verizon Amphitheatre. Retrieved 11 July 2018.

External links

• Official website of Verizon Amphitheatre