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Designed by architect Max Furbringer, it was modeled after similar shells in Chicago, New York, and St. Louis. The WPA built 27 band shells, the Overton Park Shell is one of only a few that still remain. During the 1930s and 1940s, the Shell was the site of Memphis Open Air Theater orchestral shows, along with various light opera and musicals.
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.
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.
As of 2024, a new adjunct building is under construction in downtown Memphis. [5] The design team included architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron. [6] The "downtown" museum is slated to open in late 2025. The facility will include a public courtyard, a theater, galleries, and spaces from which to view the Mississippi River. [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.
Memphis and the Mid-South this year have stocked their stockings to overflowing with holiday parades, plays, concerts, screenings and more. These are the Memphis and Mid-South holiday events you ...
Major Memphis parks include W.C. Handy Park, Riverfront Park, Tom Lee Park, Audubon Park, Overton Park including the Old Forest Arboretum of Overton Park, the Lichterman Nature Center - a nature learning center and the Memphis Botanic Garden. Shelby Farms park, located at the eastern edge of the city, is one of the largest urban parks in America.
A "Glam Rock Picnic" will be held June 30 in Memphis, ... The city already boasts Downtown ... Tenn., on Friday, June 21, 2024. McCarthy wants to erect the statue in Overton Park and will be ...