Blossom Music Center Seating chart

Blossom Music Center located in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio is an amphitheatre renowned for its picturesque setting. The amphitheatre is a location for the Blossom Festival owned by Cleveland Orchestra. The festival is held annually as a summer musical festival apart from the festival it also holds large number of musical concerts and performances all year.

The Music Center was built in 1966-68 with a total expenditure of 8 million dollars. The name of the musical center is designated as an ode to the tremendous efforts and support of the Dudley S. Blossom family towards the Cleveland Orchestra. The name of the Blossom Musical Center is thus after the Blossoms and notably after the Dudley S. Blossom who also served as the president of Cleveland Orchestra from 1936 till 1938. The first ever musical concert held in the Blossom Musical Center was on July 1968 and was conducted by George Szell. George Szell was the Music Director of the Cleveland Orchestra and the program was based solely on Beethoven music.

The Blossom Music Center is a tremendous amphitheatre designed in parabolic shape with breathtaking scenery. The theatre occupies 800 acres of natural woods inside the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. The park is situated 10 miles north of the downtown Akron and is 33 miles far of the downtown Cleveland towards south. The Architect Peter van Dijk has designed this musical arena by well-collaborating the natural woods in the park. The unique setting of the Blossom Music Theatre offers it an edge over the contemporary theatres. The Pavilion of the Blossom present right in the heart of the venue is the highlight of this amphitheatre and is located on the foot of the natural bowl. The sloping wooden roof of the pavilion is well-suited to its surroundings .The theatre collectively houses around 18,000 people with 5,700 in the pavilion while the rest are accommodated in the park. The Blossom Center has undergone a major renovation in 2003 resulting into a superior quality acoustics and increased seating space. The musical center now consists of Kulas Plaza and Smith Plaza. The Kulas plaza is an exclusive seating arena with premium superior facilities. The Smith plaza however is the entrance gates with improved access to the Blossom Music Center.

The Blossom Musical Festival is one of the major musical events of the center. The festival started off as a six day musical program and is now a ten week musical extravaganza. This festival continues as a season of concerts dedicated especially to rock, jazz, country, and other popular music every summer. The Blossom Music Festival features performances of top music bands and singles explicitly including AC/DC, Blink-182, Bruce Springsteen, Def Leppard, Depeche Mode, Maxwell, Motley Crue, Rascal Flatts, Toby Keith and U2.

The Blossom Music Center apart from the festival has seen many groundbreaking performances of brilliant celebrities like the Doobie Brothers, Moody Blues, Leonard Bernstein, Itzhak Perlman, Pink Floyd John Williams, Radiohead, Jimmy Buffett, Journey, James Taylor, Santana and Chicago. The Blossom Music Center is an open-air magical musical setting designed brilliantly to create an evening to remember. To spend an ecstatic evening get the Blossom Music Center Tickets today!