Meadow Brook Amphitheatre

Typical amateurish 313 security. Targeted my girlfriend because her purse wouldn't fit In their "measuring tray" when actually it was because we aren't Rochester Hills Yuppies. We saw at least 50 women with bigger purses walk through. When we complained we were told that these bags were for "a medical issue". Yeah. Right. You can carry in rolled up blankets, folding chairs, and the like, but a 8"x8" purse? NO WAY.I set off the metal detector due to jewelry, and rather than wanding me, they told me I had to take "Everything Off". YOU COULD SEE I HAD BRACELETS AND A WATCH. Stupid, and amateurish.Typical Rochester Hills "look like us, or pay the price" mentality. SO glad I moved out of this judgemental shit hole.Elvis Costello was great, but this venue needs to hire professional security, not off duty teachers and Best Buy employees.

Had the pleasure of returning to Meadow Brook for the first time in a few years over the weekend to catch Chris Isaak and Lyle Lovett. As we easily parked and strolled over to our seats in the pavillion I said to my husband and mom, "I think this is my favorite outdoor venue ever." And they agreed. It's just big enough to get great acts, just small enough that getting in isn't a huge production (why yes I have lost my car in the Pine Knob parking lot thankyouverymuch), parking was free, the sound was fantastic, and every seat in the pavillion rules. But if you want to go lawn you'll still have a really great view (although I honestly always go pavillion because when I go to a show I wanna SEE the band/artist). And the grounds are PRETTY. The trees, the the waterfall, all lovely. Still not a ton of food and beverage options but that's fine. I rarely eat at shows anyway because they charge so much. I will say, everyone in my entire party did get a soft pretzel here that night and we were all VERY pleased with them. Highly recommend.

Was here for my daughter's graduation this year was a success beautiful venue when the weather permits last year it rained and it was horrible, because there isn't any shelter to stay dry. Parking is good at this facility.

I typically avoid leaving poor reviews but I want to help others be informed and maybe help out the venue itself for future events. My friends and I stayed at a hotel 10 minutes away, as we live 4 and a half hours away. We left our hotel an hour before the opening act was set to take stage. GPS said it would take 9 minutes to arrive. Instead it took an hour! We got to the venue but there was no one directing or managing traffic. Once we got in to park, we found no parking lot, just grass to park in and one poor worker out there trying to direct literally everyone. He was running out of room and had to move cones for us the park. We still just figured oh it's just bad parking, it's ok, we are here now. Well we go through security and get in only to find that the lawn was extremely crowded, to the point I feel they over sold the show. The pavilion seats are probably decent but the lawn was hard to find space and had a steepish slope off the back of it. There are no screens to see the stage and once everyone stood up for the show there was no way to see any of the performance even for the tall person in our group. The ladies bathroom had a geyser coming out of one of the toilets to add to the fun. The only bright side was nice concession stand workers and deep dish little Cesar's pizza. The layout for this venue is just not great and we were disappointed. The sound quality was also just ok and got worse depending on where you were in the lawn. Please add screens to this venue and re-estimate the numbers of tickets sold for the lawn! The park and area is very pretty, it's just sad we could not see anything.

Bathroom was dirtyThe lawn was decently sized, but there is a ridiculous chair height restriction. No screens to see the performers more clearlyDecent sound

Grr, Meadow Brook. Had a subpar time here tonight so 3 years later I'm updating my review.We had purchased Groupon lawn tickets to see DSO play the music of Queen. We got to the venue a little late, around 7pm (the concert was starting at 730) and had to wait forever to park and then another 1/2 hour or so to enter the venue.The lawn was predictably PACKED and we had to sit just over the hill, where we couldn't see the stage at all. We actually sat facing away from the stage, because of the sun.My question is this: I see on Wiki that MB can hold 7700 people max. The performer on stage tonight said there were 7600 people there. Do they ever put a cap on lawn tickets/seats?My other big complaint with MB is the bathroom situation, as I noted in my previous review. I waited about ten minutes to use the bathroom when we arrived, which may not sound like long but when you have Crohn's like I do, sometimes it can feel like an eternity. They did have more Port-A-Potties today, I noticed, but there were lines for those too.I definitely will still keep seeing musicians here but perhaps next time I'll spring for pavilion, I guess. Pretty disappointed in the lawn situation tonight.

I haven't been to Meadowbrook Amphitheatre since about 2010 and it really is such a beautiful facility and so close to home. I went there for a Steely Dan concert and we got there at 6:00 for the concert that started at 7:30. We recently went to the DTE Energy Music theatre and the parking was such a nightmare that we wanted to make sure we didn't have the same situation. We were able to park really close from the entrance off of Walton Blvd. We bought seats in the Pavilion and had row X which had flip down seats that weren't super comfortable but the view was great. They had bathrooms on both sides of the stage that were fairly close. They don't allow any pictures to be taken. The sound was awesome Leaving the parking lot was quick and easy. We were able to get home in no time.

I usually like to pay a place multiple visits before tossing up my opinions here on Ye Olde Yelp Site, but I had such a swell time at Meadow Brook Amphitheater on a Sunday August evening that I decided I need to bestow on them the full five stars. It almost shames me to admit I'd never been to Meadow Brook before. Man, is it nice! The brightly painted barn when you pull in, the sloping, manicured grounds, the woods off to the side of the stage... and somehow nobody charged me that $15 to park I read about! Parking is just over grass, and I don't know how healthy that is for the grass but it beats looking at a sea of concrete. I came to see Gary Clark, Jr. and he put on an over two hour set. (Unfortunately I missed opener Jessy Wilson. She must have went on nearly at the 8pm start time.) Gary Clark Jr. delivered the goods, though. It wasn't quite a full house but I'd say this 7,700 person venue was well over 3/4 full. I was pleasantly surprised to see so many people and so was Gary Clark. "I guess I've been sleeping on y'all. My bad" he said of his southeast Michigan fandom. There's lots of aging classic rock fans in this region and it was nice to see a new school update, the closest thing we have to a present day Hendrix, be embraced. The acoustics here are spectacular! I thought maybe they might have just seemed extra good after I recently went to another concert with muddy sound at Aretha Park Ampitheater on the Detroit River, but then I looked up Meadow Brook on Wikipedia and saw it was built in 1964 specifically to be a summer residence for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. So, yeah, the acoustics really are that stellar. The light show was nothing to sneeze at either. They got some seasoned pros here. I bought my ticket at the box office and the wait wasn't bad at all. I sprang for pavilion as we'd had quite a bit of rain earlier and I didn't want to brave the lawn. There was a good sized crowd up there, though. And I saw to my delight, that there's a smaller lawn area off to the side, in front of and going up into the woods. How cool! I was smart and ate before and after the show, so I can't report on concessions. I didn't so much as buy a bottle of water. (Concessions were such a chain of fools during my last trip to Aretha Franklin Amphitheater that I didn't want to go near em. They HAVE to be better than there, though.) To cap it all off, traffic leaving was nowhere near as bad as I expected. I sat on my phone for 5 or 10 minutes before pulling into the great stream of red taillights but it was fairly easy to navigate. Good show, Meadow Brook! I'll be back.

Don't you bring chairs to this place!!!! The worst venue ever just to get in. 1:20 minutes in line waiting to get in. I'm not talking about the parking that was fine but they do have the worst system to check in the people. Just one long line if you bring your chair. We were hungry and tired by the time we got in.

Great concert, terrible venue. You pay a ridiculously high price for a drink and there are no lids for the cups. Since it's an outdoor venue you have to watch every sip to make sure there are no bugs in your drink. Bathrooms are disgusting. The sections are not clearly marked, and they do a terrible job of helping you find your seat. If I could give less than one star I would.