2012 Amphitheater Calendar
(Kearney Amphitheater Rules)

Season Sponsors

6:00pm Saturday, May 26th - 5th Annual Kearney Blues Festival Featuring: Levee Town, Josh Vowell & The Rumble, Nobody's Bidnis Sponsored by Westbrook Care Center Price: $5.00 in advance - $10.00 at the gate starting at 5:00pm Quantity: Levee Town is celebrating their tenth anniversary this year, Levee Town is a tight four-piece of exceptionally talented musicians and songwriters perfecting a skin tight ensemble sound. Guitarist and vocalist Brandon Hudspeth's style is a powerful mixture of blues, country & western, rock, and jazz. Jimmie Meade, the group's harp man, brings to the table a love of Chicago Blues and an obvious affinity for jazz and country music. The bottom end is made up of Jacque Garoutte on bass and vocals, and Jan Faircloth on drums. This hard-charging duo chugs along with intensity and restraint, laying down the rock-solid foundation that the Levee Town sound is built on. Levee Town has earned a reputation as one of the most hardworking bands around. Their awesome live shows and unique take on the blues have attracted an ever-widening fan base. Festival performances and a spot in the 2007 International Blues Challenge finals and 2010 semi-finals, have garnered the band national and international attention. (read more)
Dusk Friday, June 1st - Movie in the Park - The Muppets (2011) Free Event! On vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world's biggest Muppet fan, and his friends Gary and Mary from Smalltown, USA, discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman to raze the Muppet Theater and drill for the oil recently discovered beneath the Muppets' former stomping grounds. To stage The Greatest Muppet Telethon Ever and raise the $10-million needed to save the theater, Walter, Mary and Gary help Kermit the Frog reunite the Muppets, who have all gone their separate ways.
7:00pm Saturday, June 2nd - The McClymonts with Special Guest Noe Palma Price: $10.00 in advance - $20.00 at the gate starting at 6:00pm Quantity: Since joining forces five years ago, Brooke, Samantha and Mollie McClymont have taken the country music world by storm. With their exquisite three-part harmonies, soaring vocals and stunning onstage presence, it's not surprising that The McClymonts have become the hottest recording and touring act in Australian country music and are fast becoming the talk of the industry in the U.S. (read more)
3:00pm - 8:00pm, Saturday, June 9th - 1st Annual Jesse James Wine Festival Presented by the Kearney Lions Club Featuring extraordinary wines from the Wineries and Vineyards of Missouri and "Art on the Hill" Artisans and more! (read more)
7:00pm Saturday, June 16th - Butch Wax & The Hollywoods Featuring: Theo Peoples Price: $10.00 in advance - $20.00 at the gate starting at 6:00pm Quantity: BUTCH WAX & THE HOLLYWOODS celebrate their 27th year together in 2012 with one of the hottest shows around. The 10 member band from St. Louis features 2 keyboard players, 3 female singers, horns, and a fabulous rhythm section that is funky, soulful and fun - and second to none. Theo Peoples is an African-American R&B/soul singer. The son of a preacher, he was discovered by Ron Tyson and tapped to replace Richard Street in the long-lived Motown group The Temptations in 1992. (read more)
7:00pm Saturday, June 30th - Liverpool (Beatles Tribute) with The Benders Price: $10.00 in advance - $20.00 at the gate starting at 6:00pm Quantity: Liverpool has spared no expense to put together a live show that accurately portrays the look and sound of The Beatles. From mop-top hair to vintage guitars and amplifiers, accurate stage costuming and a one-of-a-kind video show, a Liverpool performance takes you on a magical journey to where it all began. There's even some "Beatle humour" thrown in for good measure. (read more)
7:30pm Tuesday, July 3rd - Annual July 3rd Lion's Club Fireworks Celebration with KC Party Band Switch Sponsored by Kearney Chamber of Commerce Free to the Public Event Concert Begins at 7:30pm Fireworks Begin at 9:30pm Fireworks music on 96.9 FM Free Admission and Parking (read more)
7:00pm Saturday, July 14th - Easton Corbin with Special Guests T-Marv & Hammer Down Sponsored by La Fuente Mexican Restaurants Price: $25.00 in advance - $35.00 at the gate starting at 6:00pm Quantity: Easton Corbin knew he wanted to be a country singer well before he learned how to play guitar. "One of my earliest memories is from when I was three or four," he remembers. "I was sitting between my parents in the car and a song came on the radio-it was Mel McDaniel's 'Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On'. I began using the gearshift as my microphone. The desire has always been there." (read more)
7:00pm Saturday, July 21st - Double Vision (Foreigner Tribute) with Women of Rock Sponsored by McDonalds of Kearney Price: $10.00 in advance - $20.00 at the gate starting at 6:00pm Quantity: (read more)
Dusk Saturday, July 28th - Movie in the Park - The Smurfs Free Event! When the evil wizard, Gargamel, chases the tiny blue Smurfs out of their village, they tumble from their magical world and into ours -- in fact, smack dab in the middle of Central Park. Just three apples high and stuck in the Big Apple, the Smurfs must find a way to get back to their village before Gargamel tracks them down.
7:00pm Saturday, August 18th - Justin Moore with Special Guest Rickie Lee Tanner Sponsored by La Fuente Mexican Restaurants, Super 8 of Kearney, Big V Country Mart Price: $25.00 in advance - $35.00 at the gate starting at 6:00pm Quantity: When Justin Moore found himself homesick and missing his mother's Southern cooking after moving to Nashville several years ago to pursue his musical dream, he was inspired to write "Small Town USA," an ode to the spirit and simplicity of small-town life. "A lot of people called it prison when I was growin' up/But these are my roots and this is what I love," sings Justin about Poyen, Ark. Justin knew he had to record the song because it succinctly captured the upbringing that shaped him both as an artist and as a man, but he wasn't sure if the autobiographical song would speak to those from different backgrounds. "Thank God I was wrong," he says. (read more)
7:00pm Saturday, August 25th - Hells/Bells (AC/DC Tribute) with Eliminator (ZZ-Top Tribute) Sponsored by Clay County Savings Bank Price: $10.00 in advance - $20.00 at the gate starting at 6:00pm Quantity: Touring 42 State, 50 weeks per year, Hells/Bells salutes the driving force of AC/DC in a manner surpassed only by the real AC/DC. ZZ Top Tribute Band Eliminator passionately pays tribute to the world-renowned ZZ Top, by recreating their amazing four decade rise to international fame. ZZ Top's accomplishments includes numerous Billboard hits such as Legs, Sharp dressed man, La grange, Give me all your lovin, Cheap sunglasses, Tush, Nationwide and the list go's on. As well as Their 2004 induction into the Rock and Roll hall of Fame, and sales of over one-hundred million copies of their down-south mix of delta blues, country Jesus and gospel music which created a musical phenomena in the early seventies that would help mold American music for decades to come. (read more)