The Meadow Brook Amphitheatre (originally the Meadow Brook Music Festival) is an outdoor
pavilion music venue
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, located at 3554 Walton Boulevard in
Rochester Hills, Michigan on the campus of
Oakland University
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.
The venue seats 7,701 patrons with 2,819 pavilion seats and 4,882 in the lawn.
History
Opened in 1964, Meadow Brook Music Festival was the summer residence of the
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
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for its first four seasons. It has since become a historic venue for various concerts and shows. It also holds graduation ceremonies for various high schools in the area. The venue came under the management of
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in 1994 where it still remains today.
Barns
The two remaining of the 10 original barns on
Meadow Brook Estate have been situated on what is currently the Meadow Brook Music Festival grounds since they were relocated from their original site in 1935. In 2014, one of the barns was restored while the other was torn down. Both were originally constructed around the 1910s.
External links
Official website
References
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Oakland University campus
Music venues in Michigan
Tourist attractions in Oakland County, Michigan
Buildings and structures in Oakland County, Michigan