NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Shell Daze Festival Coming to the Shell 10/8-10/9
We partnered up with Mempho Presents to put on an incredible 2-day-mini festival. Tickets are going fast, so grab them while you can!
We partnered up with Mempho Presents to put on an incredible 2-day-mini festival October 8-9. Tickets are going fast, so grab them while you can!
SATURDAY & SUNDAY (10/8-9):
Get your Single & 2-day Festival Tickets HERE!!
Oct 8th:
Gates open at 3pm
4:30 - Garrison Starr
5:15 - Star & Micey
6:30 - Pigeons Playing Ping Pong
8:30 - Moon Taxi
Oct 9th:
Gates open at 4pm
5:00 - Daniel Donato
6:30 - Dirty Dozen Brass Band
8:00 - Tab Benoit
Our friends at Mempho Presents have been kind enough to give us an exclusive discount code just for you. Use code "MEMPHOFEST" for 20% off tickets, both GA and VIP!
For more info about Mempho Presents, head to www.memphopresents.com
Food Trucks:
Pok Cha’s Egg Rolls | Mexico In Memphis | Deli Midtown
As with all of our ticketed events, chairs and blankets are encouraged, but outside food and drinks are prohibited. There will be food trucks as well as a full bar available.
SHELL YEAH! An Evening with Dawes and Bahamas 'Performing Together’ on 9/14
It's finally here! The fourth and final concert in our Shell Yeah! Benefit Concert Series presented by FedExForum featuring An Evening with Dawes and Bahamas ‘Performing Together’ on a unique co-headline tour.
It’s almost time for the fourth and final concert in our Shell Yeah! Benefit Concert Series presented by FedExForum Join us on 9/14 for An Evening with Dawes and Bahamas, a unique co-headline tour through the South & Midwest with a few points in between. This tour is Dawes & Bahamas collaborating all night long at every show. Dawes will back Bahamas during his set each night, and Bahamas will join Dawes for their set each night. There won’t be a support act. We’re presenting an evening of Dawes and Bahamas music in an alternative, never before seen or heard performance. There will be two sets separated by an intermission each night. We hope you join us.
Doors: 6:00pm
Set 1: 7:30-9:00pm
Intermission: 9:00-9:15pm
Set 2: 9:15-10:30pm
Food Trucks:
Mexico in Memphis | Pok Cha's Egg Rolls | Lazeez Shawarma | Diamond Dave's Pizza
Free Music is Back!
We're just about a week away from the return of our Orion Free Concert Series — the next two months are jam-packed with some incredible, local, regional, and national artists.
We're just about a week away from the return of our Orion Free Concert Series and the office is just buzzing with excitement! The next two months are jam-packed with some incredible, local, regional, and national artists. Whether you're a bluegrass junkie or a hip-hop aficionado, a soul sister or a blues boy, an Americana wanna-be or a pop fan-girl, there's a little something for everybody at The Shell in the next few months!
FREE MUSIC kicks off next Thursday (9/1) with a special concert by Keller Williams celebrating 35 years of impact by Church Health In our community. Then on Friday the Orion Free Concert Series officially begins! Check out this line up!
9/2 - Don Ramon Band
Tara Barker*
9/3 – WLOK Stone Soul Picnic+
9/4 - Occupy The Shell
9/9 - Gone Gone Beyond
Ephie Johnson*
9/10 - Lissie
Jimmy Kinard & Muziak*
9/15 - Shell Yeah! Almost Elton John Masquerade Ball
9/16 - Don Lifted
c’beyohn Featuring SubRoy Studios*
9/17 - Country Blues Festival
9/23 - Shell Yeah! An Evening with Dawes & Bahamas
9/24 - Memphis PowerPop Festival
9/30 – TBA
AngelStreet*
10/1 – Battle of Santiago
Michael Townsend*
10/7 - Arlo McKinley+
Jerry Braxton*
10/14 - North Mississippi Allstars
Hope Clayburn*
10/15 - Tuba Skinny
Ladies Edition*
10/23 - Shakespeare at The Shell—in partnership with TN Shakespeare Company
*Memphis Black Arts Alliance Pre-Show Series performers will start promptly at 5:45pm
+A live interpreter will be available in partnership with DeafConnect of the Mid-South.
You're Invited: Puppy Party on July 9th
Bring your pups, big and small, and come hang out with us at the PUPPY BAR and get free swag and treats for your four-legged-fur-babies
THIS SATURDAY, July 9th, we're teaming up with Germantown Parkway Animal Hospital to throw a Puppy Party! Bring your pups, big and small, and come hang out with us at the PUPPY BAR and get free swag and treats for your four-legged-fur-babies. We'll also have special demonstrations available by the wonderful Germantown Parkway Animal Hospital team. While you're there sign them up for a Puppy Membership!
Thanks so much to the Puppy Party Partners, this is going to be a great night! Savior Foundation, Dixie Memorial Pet Cemetery, Dawg Team, GPAH, MEMPopS, Zoomies Mobile Dog Gym.
Official Craft Beer of the Shell: Lawnchair Lager
We’ve teamed up with Crosstown Brewing Company to create the Official Craft Beer of the Overton Park Shell: Lawnchair Lager.
Some things just go together: ketchup & mustard, peanut butter & jelly, 8Ball & MJG, ice cold beer & a concert at the Shell. That’s why we’ve teamed up with Crosstown Brewing Company to create the Official Craft Beer of the Overton Park Shell: Lawnchair Lager. This clean, crisp, easy-drinking pale lager pairs perfectly with a warm night on the lawn soaking in some live music!
Lawnchair Lager will be available exclusively at the Shell Bar, or you can pick up a 6-pack to go from the Crosstown Brewing tap room.
FedExForum becomes presenting sponsor of 2022 Shell Yeah! Benefit Concert Series
We’re excited to welcome FedExForum as the new presenting sponsor of this year’s Shell Yeah! Benefit Concert Series.
We’re excited to welcome FedExForum as the new presenting sponsor of this year’s Shell Yeah! Benefit Concert Series. Be sure to visit them at the Grizzlies tent at the top of the hill at each Shell Yeah! concert this year for fun activations and giveaways.
Meet Me in the Green Room
Starting on June 1st, we're opening up our Green Rooms every Wednesday at 2pm for an incredible and immersive guided tour that will take you from our 1936 beginnings all the way to the present, and everything in between.
Starting on June 1st, we're opening up our Green Rooms every Wednesday at 2pm for an incredible and immersive guided tour that will take you from our 1936 beginnings all the way to the present, and everything in between. Our historic stage has some stories to tell, and now you have the chance to hear them!
From FDR to Operetta through Elvis to the North Mississippi Allstars—you'll get an overview of Memphis Music from almost a Century at the historic Overton Park Shell. Experience The Shell’s 86-year historic story in the Green Rooms of The Shell curated through the support of Connie Abston, whose devotion to The Shell lives forever with our backstage experience.
Tour Opportunity
Wednesdays at 2pm (or by appointment)
$15 per person for 30-45 minute backstage experience
*Includes guided conversation in the Green Rooms and stage tour of Overton Park Shell.
*Group tours of 5+ (up to 20) will need to schedule a reservation.
For more information and to book your tour, call 901/300-3011 or email: tours@overtonparkshell.org
All proceeds from the Connie Abston Archive & History Exhibition supports the continued preservation of the Overton Park Shell.
Welcome DeafConnect of the Mid-South
We're so excited to announce that we're partnering with DeafConnect of the Mid-South to provide live interpreting at several of our concerts this year!
We're so excited to announce that we're partnering with DeafConnect of the Mid-South to provide live interpreting at several of our concerts this year! It’s important to us to consider accessibility at our concerts, which is why we’re always looking for new ways to meet the needs of ALL Memphians.
A few steps we have taken to accomplish this include: continued training and yearly certification by Kulture City to be a Certified Sensory Friendly Place, which means our events are more accessible for patrons with sensory processing disorders; the addition of ReciteMe software to our website, which has a variety of accessibility tools and features reading support aids and a translation tool with over 100 languages, including 35 text to speech voices and many other features to ensure all guests can use our website.
The Shell is committed to inclusivity and accessibility on and off the stage.
2022 Orion Free Concert Series Lineup Announced
Dust off the old lawn chairs, and clean out your coolers because we've got so many bands that we can’t wait to introduce you to!
It’s here, it’s here! The Overton Park Shell, presented by nexAir is pleased to announce the 2022 Music Season with the Orion Free Concert Series + the first round of the Shell Yeah! Benefit Concert Series! Dust off the old lawn chairs, and clean out your coolers because we've got so many bands that we can’t wait to introduce you to!
We're kicking the season off with the return of the Sunset Symphony on May 29th and then the great concerts just don't stop coming!
Check out the Free Concert Series lineup here
Check out the Shell Yeah! Benefit Concert Series lineup here
We made it to the Final Four!
The Overton Park Shell has made it into the Final Four of Garden & Gun Magazine’s 2022 Southern Music Venues Bracket.
The Overton Park Shell has made it into the Final Four of Garden & Gun Magazine’s 2022 Southern Music Venues Bracket. Head over to Garden & Gun and vote for us now! Voting ends April 1st at 11am CST