The Gardens Experience
Amphitheater - Schedule
Melissa Etheridge
June 8, 2012Melissa Etheridge hit her commercial success with her fourth album in 1993, Yes I Am. The album featured hits, "I'm the Only One" and "Come to My Window," a song that brought Etheridge her second Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Performance. More...
Jimmy Cliff
June 13, 2012Jimmy Cliff is a Jamaican musician, best known for songs, “You Can Get It If You Really Want,” and “I Can See Clearly Now." In 2010, Cliff was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and is working on his first album in seven years. More...
Foreigner
June 14, 2012Foreigner is hailed as one of the most popular classic rock acts in the past thirty years. With songs like “Cold As Ice,” “Juke Box Hero,” and “I Want To Know What Love Is,” Foreigner has 14 Top 20 hits and 10 multi-platinum albums. More...
Al Green
June 18, 2012An American gospel and soul music singer, Al Green is famous for his 1970’s hit singles, “You Oughta Be With Me, “I’m Still In Love With You” and “Let’s Stay Together.” More...
Gov't Mule
June 28, 2012Formed in 1994, Gov’t Mule is a Southern rock jam band created as an Allman Brothers Band side project by Warren Haynes and Allen Woody. The band has produced eight critically acclaimed records in almost two decades. More...
Emmylou Harris
June 29, 2012With a career that has sold more than 15 million albums, garnered 12 Grammy Awards and stirred music lovers for more than thirty years, Emmylou Harris has been hailed as a major figure in several of America’s most important musical movements of the past three decades. More...
Rufus Wainwright
July 1, 2012Known for his cover of “Hallelujah” and song “Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk,” Rufus Wainwright’s music retains a distinctive narrative sense and wry wit while adding classic pop pleasure. His seventh album, Out of the Game, is out on shelves April 23. More...
Huey Lewis & The News
July 2, 2012Their contagious brand of straight-ahead rock n’ roll has sold over 20 million albums worldwide with Top Ten hits like “Heart of Rock & Roll,” “Hip To Be Square” and “The Power of Love”. “The Power of Love,” which was nominated for an Academy Award from the movie Back to the Future, went all the way to #1 on Billboard’s singles chart. More...
Brandi Carlile
July 8, 2012A songwriter whose music splits the difference between pop/rock and folksy American, Brandi Carlile is known for her 2007 song, “The Story.” Carlile was named by Rolling Stone as one of “10 Artists to Watch in 2005” and three songs from her album were featured on ABC’s hit drama Grey’s Anatomy. More...
Fiona Apple
July 9, 2012Fiona Apple met international acclaim for her 1996 debut album, Tidal, which was a commercial success. At the age of nineteen she received a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for the single “Criminal” from that album in 1998. Other singles include “Shadowboxer,” “Sleep to Dream” and “Never is a Promise.” More...
Creedence Clearwater Revisited
July 11, 2012Stu Cook and Doug “Cosmo” may not have intended it, but their band Creedence Clearwater Revisited has taken on a life of its own. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame rhythm section (bass and drums) from the legendary group Creedence Clearwater Revival launched the project in 1995. More...
American Legacies: Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Del McCoury Band
July 12, 2012Many of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band's first members passed on lessons of their music to the current lineup. Bluegrass legend, Del McCoury has played music for the past 50 years and continues to earn recognition for his take on the genre. More...
Andrew Bird
July 15, 2012Singer and violinist Andrew Bird has attracted a following to his unique blend of swing, jazz, rock, and blues music. Bird teaches music at the Old Town School of Folk Music and performed on the score and soundtrack from the 1999 Tim Robbins film The Cradle Will Rock. More...
The Head and The Heart
August 2, 2012The Head and the Heart sound like folksy Beatles or Crosby Sills Nash & Young. Catchy piano melodies stand side by side with a trio of harmonies and solid minimalist drums, and plenty of hand percussion and foot stomps to make the live show inspiring and fun. More...
k.d. lang and The Siss Boom Bang
August 8, 2012k.d. lang has won both Juno Awards and Grammy Awards for her musical performances. Her hits include “Constant Craving” and “Miss Chatelaine.” Lang has contributed songs to movie soundtracks and teamed up over the years with musicians like Tony Bennet, Elton John and Roy Orbison. More...
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
August 16, 2012A rock band with six albums under its belt, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals are a modern-day version of Tina Turner fronting the Rolling Stones. More...
Five For Fighting with the Twilight Symphony Orchestra
August 23, 2012Singer John Ondrasik has spent the past decade writing songs that make an emotional connection, which can be heard on the past four albums by Five For Fighting. His breakthrough came in the 2001 Grammy-nominated song, “Superman.” More...
Wynton Marsalis
August 29, 2012Wynton Marsalis is an internationally acclaimed musician, composer and educator. In 1997, he became the first jazz musician ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music for his oratorio Blood on the Fields. More...