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Overton Park Shell (formerly Levitt Shell), June 2009. The Overton Park Shell (formerly Levitt Shell, Shell Theater, and Memphis Open Air Theater) is an open-air amphitheater and museum located in Overton Park, Memphis, Tennessee. Elvis Presley gave his first paid concert there on July 30, 1954.
Sierra Ferrell will headline the Overton Park Shell's Shell Yeah! benefit concert on Aug. 24. For the Shell Yeah! concerts, gates will open at 5:30 p.m. with the shows starting at 6:30.
Overton Park is a large, 342-acre (138 ha) public park in Midtown Memphis, Tennessee. The park grounds contain the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art , Memphis Zoo , a 9-hole golf course, the Memphis College of Art , Rainbow Lake, Veterans Plaza, the Greensward, and other features.
Overton Park Shell will kick off its free Orion Free Music Concert Series on May 29, 2022 and host several ticketed Shell Yeah! benefit concerts. Overton Park Shell sets schedule for 2022 free ...
MAR 25 – Memphis, TN – Overton Park Shell MAR 26 – Nashville, TN – The Pinnacle MAR 28 – Detroit, MI – Masonic Cathedral Theatre MAR 29 – Chicago, IL – The Auditorium
Cooper Street, which connects Overton Park to the Overton Square, Idlewild, Lenox and Cooper-Young neighborhoods; Cleveland Street, which runs through the Crosstown neighborhood. Midtown Memphis is connected to the Medical District and downtown via the Madison Avenue trolley line, with a park and ride station at Cleveland Street. [5]
Elvis made his first major public appearance 70 years ago at Memphis' Overton Park Shell. Tickets to the show, headlined by Slim Whitman, were $1.
Since 1977, the Orpheum has been the Mid-South home of touring Broadway productions. The Orpheum's two venues also host performances by Ballet Memphis, various concerts, comedians, a summer movie series, a family series of educational programs, and local cultural and community events such as Memphis in May, International Blues Challenge, and special Elvis Week events.