The 16 Concerts You’ll See at The Sound’s First Season at Coachman Park

Folks in Clearwater usually have to head to Tampa to see the big name acts in concert. Sure Ruth Eckerd Hall and the Capitol Theatre have hosted some big names over the years, but both of those venues have space limitations.

The new concert space at the renovated Coachman Park, The Sound, can fit 9,000. That has opened up possibilities for a much wider range of performers. It's that perfect midsized venue Tampa Bay hasn't had. The Sound at Coachman Park has more room than the theaters, but it's not as big as the Amp or Raymond James Stadium.

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The grand opening for the new Coachman Park is coming up Wednesday (June 28) with a live performance by Cheap Trick. Later this summer you'll see everyone from the Goo Goo Dolls and Chicago to Ringo Starr and Kenny Loggins. Here's the final list of the 16 acts you'll see in Clearwater performing at The Sound during its opening season.

As workers put the finishing touches on the new concert venue at Coachman Park, the lineup for the first summer of concerts is really filling out. Check out this list of performers confirmed to play the new venue.

The grand opening of the new Coachman Park features The Sound's first live performance by local favorites Cheap Trick.

Gavin DeGraw you most likely will remember from his hit "I Don't Wanna Be," which was the theme to the show One Tree Hill.

Colbie you most likely remember from her hit "Bubbly" in 2007.

Candy Dulfer & Eric Darius will round out this lineup for a night of smooth jazz.

Frampton had lots of Q105 classics like "Show Me The Way," "Baby I Love Your Way," and "Do You Feel Like We Do?"

Lots of pop, punk and emo acts like Taking Back Sunday, the Maine and a bunch more.

Known best for his hit "Say Hey I Love You,."

Known for a ton of big 90s Q105 hits like "Name," "Slide," and "Iris."

So many Q105 favorites over the years like "Footloose," "Danger Zone" and "I'm Alright."

The legendary voice behind all those CCR classics!

Billy's played a bunch of country shows over the years at Coachman Park for Q105's sister station 99.5 QYK.

It's the former Beatle's only Florida date thi ssummer.  The All-Starr Band features Steve Lukather, Colin Hay, Warren Ham, Gregg Bissonette, Hamish Stuart and Edgar Winter!

The legendary GRAMMY winners will be raising money for the Moffitt Cancer Center and Morton Plant Mease Hospital.

Opening the show will be George Thorogood ("Bad to the Bone") and Damon Fowler.

The Grand Ole Opry favorite has had 13 #1 country singles and lot of ACM and GRAMMY nominations.  Nate Smith opens.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer is still going strong. Opening act will be the Samantha Fish Band.

While that list is impressive, there are a bunch of other concerts coming this summer featuring Q105 favorites like The Cure, Aerosmith, Stevie B, Taylor Dayne, Bret Michaels from Poison, Billy Ocean, Madonna, Culture Club and more. Here's the full rundown of concerts playing Tampa area venues and a few worth the road trip!

I got to take a sneak peek at the new Coachman Park a couple weeks ago - including a tour of The Sound. Check out my pics!