MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
20,000 people on a lawn off I-4 — the biggest outdoor room in Tampa Bay
Upcoming Live Music (7)
Sat, Aug 16:45 PM TOTO + Christopher Cross + The Romantics Mon, Aug 38:00 PM John Mellencamp Dancing Words Tour The Greatest Hits Sat, Aug 156:30 PM The Return Of The Carnival Of Sins: Mötley Crüe Tue, Aug 186:00 PM Avenged Sevenfold and Good Charlotte: North American Tour 2026 Wed, Aug 197:30 PM Jack Johnson: SURFILMUSIC Tour 2026 Fri, Aug 216:15 PM Rob Zombie & Marilyn Manson with The Hu & Orgy Mon, Aug 247:30 PM Goo Goo Dolls - Summer 2026About MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
If a stadium-scale tour is coming through Tampa Bay in the summer, this is almost certainly where it lands. The amphitheatre sits on the Florida State Fairgrounds right off Interstate 4, and it holds roughly 20,000 people — about 9,900 in reserved seats under and around the roof, and another 10,000 on the lawn behind them. That makes it the largest outdoor concert-only facility in the region by a wide margin.
It opened in July 2004 as the Ford Amphitheatre, with a bill headlined by MercyMe. Since then the name has changed about as often as the headliners: 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre from 2010, Live Nation Amphitheatre in 2013, and MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre after that. Which name a person uses tends to give away roughly how long they've lived here.
The bookings are the big summer touring packages — the amphitheatre circuit that runs Mötley Crüe, Jack Johnson, John Mellencamp, TOTO, Avenged Sevenfold, Rob Zombie and the Pussycat Dolls through the same lawn in a single season.
Only Here
- Roughly 20,000 capacity — about 9,900 reserved seats plus 10,000 on the lawn
- The largest outdoor concert-only venue in the Tampa Bay area
- Opened July 2004 as the Ford Amphitheatre
- Has carried four different names in about twenty years — locals date themselves by which one they use
- Sits on the Florida State Fairgrounds directly off Interstate 4