The Fraze Pavilion is a 4,300-seat outdoor amphitheater, in Kettering, Ohio

Kettering, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 57,502 people, 25,657 households, and 15,727 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,077.4 people per square mile . There were 26,936 housing units at an average density of 1,441.6 per square mile...

 that opened in 1991. The Pavilion is named after Ermal Fraze, late resident of Kettering and inventor of the pop-top beverage can

Beverage can

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The theater hosts many popular American and international music artists.

Marvin Hamlisch

Marvin Hamlisch

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 was the very first act to play the Fraze in 1991.

In 2003, Sheryl Crow

Sheryl Crow

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 performed two back-to-back sold-out concerts, during which she filmed her DVD, C'mon America 2003.

The Lincoln Park Civic Commons, just outside the Pavilion Gates, is home to several local festivals and music events, including the Swamp Romp Cajun

Cajun

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-Zydeco

Zydeco

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 Festival; Blues

Blues

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 Fest; Festival of the Vine, a wine

Wine

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 and jazz

Jazz

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 festival; Spass Nacht, an Austrian Festival in honor of Kettering's Sister City, Steyr, Austria, and Art on the Commons & a juried

Juried (competition)

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 art festival.

The Fraze was ranked 14th in the world in Pollstar Magazine's

Pollstar

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worldwide ticket report for entertainment venues in 2010. The Fraze was ranked 22nd in the world for the same recognition by Pollstar in 2011.