Frost Amphitheater

The amphitheater built in 1937 was a gift of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Frost in memory of their son, John Laurence Frost, who graduated in 1935 and died of polio in the same year.{{Cite web

| title = John Lawrence Frost

| work = Wheaton History A-Z

| publisher = Wheaton College

| url = http://a2z.my.wheaton.edu/john-laurence-frost

| access-date = 2010-10-17 }}

It is a tree lined, grassy, tiered {{convert|20|acre|m2|adj=on}} bowl designed by landscape architect Leslie Kiler.{{cite web

| title = Frost Amphitheater

| publisher = Goldstar

| url = http://www.goldstar.com/venues/stanford-ca/frost-amphitheater.html

| access-date = 2009-09-13 }}

Throughout the years, the amphitheater has been the host to many events including a prominent speech by Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev in 1992.

{{cite web| url =http://news-service.stanford.edu/pr/92/920512Arc2222.html

| title = Gorbachev defends pace of his reforms in Stanford speech

| publisher =Stanford University

| access-date =2008-02-22}}

The Grateful Dead played 14 shows at the Amphitheater in 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, and 1989.[https://archive.org/search.php?query=venue%3A%22Frost%20Amphitheatre%22 Internet Archive - Grateful Dead shows at Frost Amphitheater]. Retrieved May 2009. Since 2012, the Stanford Concert Network, a student organization, has hosted the annual Frost Music and Arts Festival at the Amphitheater each May, which has featured headliners Modest Mouse, MGMT, Dispatch, Flume, and Fetty Wap, as well as Eyes Lips Eyes, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Delorean, Kuroma, Paper Void, Yeasayer, Kaytranada, AlunaGeorge, and Sage the Gemini.{{cite web |url=http://news.stanford.edu/news/2012/april/frost-modest-mouse-042312.html |title=Stanford's Frost Amphitheater roars back with Modest Mouse on May 19 |publisher=Stanford University |date=2012-04-23 |access-date=2015-06-25}}{{cite web |url=http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/march/mgmt-frost-concert-032913.html |title=End-of-year Frost Music and Arts Festival features MGMT, Delorean and Kuroma |publisher=Stanford University |date=2013-03-29 |access-date=2015-06-25}}{{cite web |url=http://news.stanford.edu/news/2014/may/frost-music-arts-051415.html |title=Paper Void, Yeasayer open for veteran indie band Dispatch at Stanford's Frost Amphitheater |publisher=Stanford University |date=2014-05-14 |access-date=2015-06-25}}{{cite web |url=http://www.stanforddaily.com/2015/05/17/frost-2015-review/ |title=Frost 2015: A rave to remember |first=Clare |last=Flanagan |publisher=Stanford Daily |date=2015-05-17 |access-date=2015-06-25}}{{cite web|last1=Sorensen|first1=Benjamin|title=Festival review: Fetty Wap shines, but Frost is far from the right fit|date=18 May 2016|url=http://www.stanforddaily.com/2016/05/17/fetty-wap-shines/|publisher=Stanford Daily|access-date=18 May 2016}}

The amphitheater usually hosts a concert (either jazz or classical) and fireworks on July 3.{{Cite web |title=Frost Amphitheater Information, Stanford, California |url=https://www.stanfordamphitheater.com/information/ |access-date=2023-05-22 |language=en-US}}

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