Tickets to Meijer Gardens concerts went on sale today to members who were antsy after a year off to embrace amphitheater shows: Seven sold out in two hours; nine by 5 p.m. The lowdown at Local Spins.
Quick Sellout: O.A.R. returns to Meijer Gardens in September –a show that’s already sold out. (Photo/Derek Ketchum)
JULY UPDATE: Tickets for Trombone Shorty (Sept. 1), 38 Special (Aug. 19), Emmylou Harris/Los Lobos (Aug. 8) and Shakey Graves (Aug. 16) are now sold out, following Monday’s announcement that Collective Soul (July 25) and The Beach Boys (July 26) had been added to the sold-out list. Scroll down for full concert schedule.
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Anyone seeking evidence of the pent-up demand for live music need only examine the scorecard of first-day sellouts of summer concerts at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park.
After taking a year off due to the COVID pandemic, the outdoor amphitheater this morning opened ticket sales for 2021 shows to Meijer Gardens members, who wasted little time targeting their can’t-miss tour stops.
Within 15 minutes of kicking off online and phone sales at 9 a.m. today (Saturday), Meijer Gardens had sold out summer concerts by Harry Connick Jr. & His Band (Aug. 9), O.A.R. (Sept. 9) and Blues Traveler with JJ Grey & Mofro (Aug. 18).
By 11:15 a.m., four more shows were sellouts: Kansas (Aug. 6), America (Aug. 11), Indigo Girls (Sept. 2) and Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo (Sept. 16). Mat Kearney (Aug. 13) and Old Crow Medicine Show (Aug. 29) sold out later in the day.
By Monday afternoon, Meijer Gardens officials reported that concerts featuring The Beach Boys (July 26) and Collective Soul (July 25) had sold out, with Emmylou Harris with Los Lobos (Aug. 8) also nearing sold-out status.
The tickets are being sold online and by phone vie Etix.com, the venue’s new ticketing provider. It’s the first year that Meijer Gardens didn’t offer in-person sales of tickets on site, thus avoiding the usual lineups of eager fans.
August Show: Blues Traveler makes its Meijer Gardens debut this summer. (Photo/Anthony Norkus)
“Things couldn’t have gone more smoothly,” said John VanderHaagen, director of communications, who conceded that first-day sales got off to a “brisk start. … No problems online or by phone.”
Members can order tickets online here or by calling 1-800-514-3849 or 1-320-244-0141. Guests may purchase up to eight tickets per show, per transaction.
Tickets that remain after the members’ pre-sale will go on sale to the general public on July 10. (Scroll down for the full concert schedule.)
This summer’s 28-concert schedule gets a late start due to pandemic concerns, with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Grand Rapids Symphony launching the series on July 18. The series closes out two months later with Lettuce and Galactic on Sept. 19. (Meijer Gardens announced one schedule change last week: The Beach Boys will now perform on July 26 rather than Aug. 20.)
On July 6, the 1,900-capacity amphitheater presents the first Tuesday Evening Music Club show starring Traverse City indie-folk act The Accidentals and West Michigan Americana band Roosevelt Diggs, hosted by Grand Rapids singer-songwriter Ralston Bowles. Admission to that 7 p.m. show is free to members or the regular entry fee for visitors to Meijer Gardens.
More details about that series here.
THE 2021 MEIJER GARDENS SUMMER CONCERT SERIES
July 18 – Preservation Hall Jazz Band with the Grand Rapids Symphony, $73 presale | $76 member | $78 public
July 22 – The Grand Rapids Symphony conducted by Bob Bernhardt, Principal Pops Conductor, $55 presale | $58 member | $60 public
July 24 – The Verve Pipe, $35 presale | $38 member | $40 public
July 25 – Collective Soul, $58 presale | $61 member | $63 public
July 26 – The Beach Boys, $68 presale | $71 member | $73 public
July 29 – Pink Martini (featuring China Forbes) with the Grand Rapids Symphony, $69 presale | $72 member | $74 public
Aug. 5 – Watchhouse (formerly Mandolin Orange), $38 presale | $41 member | $43 public
Aug. 6 – Kansas, $65 presale | $68 member | $70 public
Aug. 8 – Emmylou Harris and Los Lobos, $75 presale | $78 member | $80 public
Aug. 9 – Harry Connick Jr. and His Band, $100 presale | $103 member | $105 public
Aug. 11 – America, $62 presale | $65 member | $67 public
Aug. 12 – Umphrey’s McGee, $44 presale | $47 member | $49 public
Aug. 13 – Mat Kearney, $48 presale | $51 member | $53 public
Aug. 16 – Shakey Graves, $37 presale | $40 member | $42 public
Aug. 18 – Blues Traveler and JJ Grey & Mofro, $57 presale | $60 member | $62 public
Aug. 19 – 38 Special, $53 presale | $56 member | $58 public
Aug. 22 – Squeeze, $55 presale | $58 member | $60 public
Aug. 23 – Ani DiFranco, $48 presale | $51 member | $53 public
Aug. 26 – Colin Hay of Men at Work, $45 presale | $48 member | $50 public
Aug. 27 – St. Paul & The Broken Bones, $35 presale | $38 member | $40 public
Aug. 29 – Old Crow Medicine Show, $49 presale | $52 member | $54 public
Sept. 1 – Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, $52 presale | $55 member | $57 public
Sept. 2 – Indigo Girls, $56 presale | $59 member | $61 public
Sept. 9 – O.A.R., $75 presale | $78 member | $80 public
Sept. 12 – Black Violin and Blind Boys of Alabama, $50 presale | $53 member | $55 public
Sept. 15 – Toad the Wet Sprocket, $42 presale | $45 member | $47 public
Sept. 15 – Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, $65 presale | $68 member | $70 public
Sept. 19 – Lettuce and Galactic (featuring Anjelika ‘Jelly’ Joseph), $45 presale | $48 member | $50 public
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