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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 01:11:00

On 30 July 1954, a truck driver named Elvis Presley opened for Slim Whitman on this stage - a show many historians count as the first rock and roll concert. The Overton Park Shell, at 1928 Poplar Avenue in Memphis's Overton Park, is a 1936 WPA bandshell that survived five demolition attempts to become one of America's most storied free concert venues. The build was Depression-era civic ambition: the City of Memphis and the Works Progress Administration raised the shell in 1936 for 11,935 dollar...