Alpine Valley Music Theatre

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Phish performing at Alpine Valley in the summer of 2003

The Alpine Valley Music Theatre is a 49,000-capacity ampitheatre in East Troy, Wisconsin. The seasonal venue opened in 1975, and it features a characteristic wooden roof covering the 9,000-seat pavilion, and a sprawling 40,000-capacity lawn.

The theatre is located roughly equidistant between Madison, Milwaukee, and Chicago, so draws a wide regional audience. Alpine Valley is generally considered the Milwaukee stop on major tours, and the Chicago stop when the act doesn't perform at the First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, Illinois.

1 Stevie Ray Vaughan
2 Notable performers
3 Resort
4 See also
5 External link

[edit] Stevie Ray Vaughan

On August 26, 1990, Stevie Ray Vaughan played at the theatre with his group Double Trouble and other blues greats Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, and his brother Jimmie Vaughan. After the concert, Vaughan left the theatre by helicopter, and he and four others were killed when the helicopter crashed into a ski hill within the Alpine Valley resort.

[edit] Notable performers

Grateful Dead played here more than 20 times from 1980 through 1989. Their concert recording "Downhill From Here" documents performances here in 1989.
Guns N' Roses kicked off their 28 month Use Your Illusion Tour here.

Rock band Mötley Crüe filmed their video for "Same Ol' Situation" at a concert here in 1990.

The annual Ozzfest tour comes here almost every year and the CD Ozzfest 2001: The Second Millennium is culled from performances here.

Aerosmith performed here three years in a row from 2001 to 2003 and again in 2006. The 2002 performance included Kid Rock and one of the last performances of Run-DMC with Jam Master Jay as well as the double-bill featuring KISS in 2003. The 2006 performance featured Aerosmith co-headling with Motley Crue.

Jimmy Buffett has played at Alpine Valley every year since 1996, except 2005.

The Dave Matthews Band, Pearl Jam, and Phish have all regarded Alpine Valley as one of their favorite venues to play and thus perform here almost every chance they can get.