Constellation Brands – Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center
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Constellation Brands – Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center
The Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center (CMAC), originally the Finger Lakes Performing Arts Center (FLPAC) is an outdoor concert venue in the Town of Hopewell, New York, just east of the City of Canandaigua, on the grounds of Finger Lakes Community College.
The amphitheater opened in 1983, with a mix of seating under the open air roof and on the hillside lawn looking down into the facility. It is the summer home of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and is managed by SMG (the same firm that formerly managed the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York).[1]
Between the 2005 and 2006 seasons the amphitheater was rebuilt at a cost of about $13 million, to add 54 elevated luxury booths (seating capacity of 4 per booth), expand the general seating under the amphitheater roof from 2,600 to 5,000, and install new state of the art house lighting and sound systems.
The center is named after Constellation Brands, a total beverage alcohol company, and Marvin Sands, founder of the Canandaigua Brands winery.[2] Marvin founded CMAC because he realized the important role that arts and culture play in the quality of the community.[3] In recent years, CMAC has attracted sold out shows and musical performers such as: Dave Matthews, Kenny Chesney, Sugarland, Lady Antebellum, Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Mumford & Sons, Kid Rock, Snoop Dogg, The Allman Brothers, Luke Bryan, Hans Zimmer and Lynyrd Skynyrd.[citation needed]
Al Jarreau - August 9, 1983, July 19, 1985 with David Sanborn, August 18, 1987 with Chaka Khan and August 1, 1989 with Take 6
Diana Ross - August 19, 1983, June 15, 1991 and June 18, 2014
Paul Anka - July 1, 1984
Jimmy Buffett & The Coral Reefer Band – July 2, 1984 and August 14, 1990 with Zachary Richard
The Moody Blues – July 6, 1984, July 15, 1986 with The Fixx, July 28, 1988 with The John Kilzer Band, August 11, 1990 with The Jimmy Ryser Band, August 16, 1991 with Neverland, July 11, 1993 with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, June 19, 1996 with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, September 1, 1999, August 3, 2000, July 6, 2005, July 27, 2007 and July 9, 2010
Joan Baez - August 17, 1984 and August 24, 1990 with The Indigo Girls
Tony Bennett - August 19, 1984 with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, September 6, 1998, September 3, 2000 with Diana Krall, August 24, 2001 with k.d. lang and August 20, 2011
Rick Springfield – September 9, 1984, with Corey Hart and July 6, 2014, with Pat Benatar and William Beckett
Bob Dylan – June 28, 1988, July 25, 1989, with Steve Earle, July 19, 2000, with Phil Lesh and Friends, August 19, 2008 and August 9, 2011, with Leon Russell
John Denver – July 22, 1988, August 4, 1990 and August 2–3, 1997
Little Feat – July 27, 1989 and August 30, 1990
The Doobie Brothers – August 4, 1989, June 27, 1991, with Joe Walsh, July 10, 1999, with Chicago and June 25, 2014, with Peter Frampton and Matthew Curry
Jefferson Airplane – August 23, 1989, with Hot Tuna
Fleetwood Mac – July 11, 1990, with Squeeze and July 18, 1995, with REO Speedwagon and Pat Benatar
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble – July 12, 1990, with Joe Cocker
Bonnie Raitt – August 3, 1990, with The Jeff Healey Band, August 31, 1991, August 17, 1994, with Bruce Hornsby, June 10, 1995, with Charles Brown and Ruth Brown, August 14, 2002, with Lyle Lovett and July 14, 2006, with Keb' Mo'
The Allman Brothers Band – August 6, 1995, with Rusted Root, July 22, 2005, with Gavin DeGraw, August 22, 2008, with RatDog and August 22, 2009, with Widespread Panic
Willie Nelson & Family – August 26, 2007, with Merle Haggard & The Strangers and Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, July 29, 2010, with The Levon Helm Band and June 21, 2014, with Alison Krauss and Kacey Musgraves
Robert Plant – June 7, 2008, with Alison Krauss and T Bone Burnett
Kenny Chesney – July 22, 2008, with LeAnn Rimes, August 24, 2011, with Billy Currington and Uncle Kracker and August 21, 2013, with The Eli Young Band and Kacey Musgraves
Gary Allan – July 25, 2008, with Sara Evans and Luke Bryan
Kid Rock & Twisted Brown Trucker – August 20, 2008, with Back Door Slam
The Wegmans Reggae Festival – August 24, 2008
David Byrne – June 2, 2009, with Ani DiFranco
The Offspring – June 30, 2009, with The Dropkick Murphys and Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls
Judas Priest – July 8, 2009, with Whitesnake and Pop Evil
Tim McGraw – July 16, 2009, with The Lost Trailers, June 29, 2012, with Dierks Bentley and Kip Moore and May 30, 2014, with Kip Moore and Cassadee Pope