The Mann Center is a very nice place to see a concert, the performers seem to have a conversation with the fans, not like at a stadium event. The ushers, ticket takers, security are top notch, especially Gina W. she goes above and beyond to accommodate the patrons. Parking is easy and the attendants are kind and courteous. Great night out. read more

The Mann Center is pretty cool, sort of a urban Tanglewood. The place is decently maintained, but it's age is really showing. The free concerts are great, but mostly this place hosts some seriously unexciting groups. I hope someone realizes there is an entire city of twenty somethings that would love to go see concerts. read more

The piano guys show was great, perfect venue for summertime shows and great acoustics

Summer nights, dancing in the grass to live music; these are some of my favorite times in life. The Mann Center is a lovely place for all this to go down. I look forward to it like it wouldn't be Summer in Philly without it. The sound is great in this cool spot, surrounded by trees... and every Summer there is at least one concert that will draw me to this amphitheater in Fairmont Park, to shake it on the lawn. read more

Horrible experience last year at the furthur fest. Over 100 degrees, and we waited in line to get in for more than an hour and a half. We missed the entire first set. I have absolutely no idea what the problem was, but it was beyond absurd. I wrote a letter to the mann afterwards explaining how upset i was about it, but never got a response. Customer satisfaction is clearly NOT a priority at the mann. i will never go back. Even if you told me Jerry was going to be there. Whoever runs the place couldn't care less about your experience as a guest. All they want is you money! read more

No concerts yet but the park is Amazing. Beautiful view, peaceful at times and awesome entertainment at other times. Can't wait to attend my first concert here. read more

I just recently saw Collective Soul and The Circle here and the sound quality was absolutely perfect to a tee. The food was alright, I had a sausage sandwich but the bun was bigger than the sausage itself but not gonna nit pick with that. Overall I loved my first concert experience at the Mann read more

Good venue, but poorly run and expensive. $20.00 to park on the grass and $10 plus beer. The concert was good but I will look elsewhere for my entertainment. read more

I've been to the Mann probably about 4 times, twice to see a performing arts series with a camp I attended a few years ago (the first time was a production of The Monkey King presented by the Chinese Opera Society (not all it was dished up to be) and the second time was a steel drum orchestra that I can remember played the Jackson Five's "I Want You Back"), once to see "Weird Al" Yankovic in 2003 on his Poodle Hat tour (my first "Weird Al" concert and an amazing show!!), and a performance of the Philadelphia Orchestra sometime in the summer of 2004 performing to Bugs Bunny cartoons. The overhang over the seats is good so you still have the sunlight coming in but if it rains you're still protected. Never sat on the lawn but I'm assuming it's really only worth it if you're there on a beautiful, sunny day. There is also a nice little walkway where merchandise tables and concession stands are located. Much to my dismay, the Mann had a very strict camera policy the last time I was there and I actually witnessed the confiscation of a camera from an audience member by an usher. Overall, however, the Mann is a nice venue and they do host good quality shows, so I'd go back if a favorite performer or band had something scheduled there. read more

Great outdoor music venue. Saw the lord of the rings there, not a bad seat in the house, Philadelphia orchestra plays the music while you watch the movie on a huge screen, highly recommended to watch any of their summer movie concert series read more

The Mann Center totally rocked. Saw a show there this past weekend and i can not believe that it was my first. I will go back many many many times. They are showing PLANET EARTH accompanied by the Philadelphia ORCHESTRA in late july. AND you can BYO wine onto the lawn during orchestra shows. okay now, bye bye then. read more

I have a soft spot in my heart for the Mann because I've seen many wonderful shows here. We looked forward to seeing the Drive ByTruckers and Alabama Shakes last night. Wow! the nostalgic bubble has burst! First of all: $20 parking on grass? That's really high. You pay $26 to park in center city in a parking garage. The physical venue is okay. The place is clean. I didn't use the rest rooms but others in my party did and nobody complained. My first gripe is the antiquated sound system. Could not hear a word of any song or barely anything spoken by the performers. We were sitting in "the circle" under cover but towards the back. A friend sitting closer to the stage had the same complaint: muddy sound. I'd guess that the antique speakers are original. Then the exit. The Belmont Avenue exit was inexplicably closed but there was no attempt to direct people not to go in that direction -- only a person standing there with a barrier making people take uturns. There was no traffic direction nor police. Multiple cars coming from multiple directions all aiming for the same single exit. Rogue cabs were scooting around cutting into the lines of traffic on the diagonal. I'm sorry to say that this venue on my "no go" list along with the monstrosity in Camden. Very, very sad. read more

Absolutely eat before you come here. I just paid $12 for a $2 cafeteria lunch of chicken fingers and tatter tots. The chicken tasted like giant chicken nuggets, all fat and gristle. This is the worst concert vendor food I have ever tasted. I have been to many concerts in the Philly and NJ area both indoor and outdoor. The tatter tots were all blended together in the fryer so it was like eating a unshaped hash brown. The jumbo screen was not on during the concert. It instead played commercials during the breaks. We had lawn seats and could not see the face of the artist. I have never been to a concert where they don't have jumbo screens working, I mean it's 2014. read more

Snobby but I guess that comes with the territory. Bring your lawn chair to mark out your space.

Awesome outside venue. Very clean, not too big, and a great vibe. Great place to go watch a band.

The venue is nice on the lawn/skyline stage. Nice place to see a show. That's the end of the good part of my review. The staff at the Mann is rude and incompetent. First, they have a bunch of college kids working the entrances...maybe about 2 dozen or so. They attempt to form everyone arriving into makeshift lines as you arrive prior to the gates opening, randomly snaking a line around the parking lot. When the gates open, nobody is there to enforce the lines so everyone just crowds the gate. So what was the point of the excercise? Next, my daugther is a Type 1 diabetic. Type 1 Diabetes is insulin dependent, and my daughter is required to carry insulin, syringes, and a glucagon pen at all times, as well as low blood sugar treatments such as juice, candy etc. Well we get up to the gates and at the bag check, the rent-a-cop checking bags makes her remove her juice, and then finds the syringes and starts acting crazy...I swear if he could have put my daughter in handcuffs right then and there he would have. The he walks around to all the other bag checkers and ticket scanners saying "this girl has hypodermic needles and CLAIMS to be a diabetic but I need a medic to verify this". So not a singe one of these bag checkers or ticket scanners has a radio to call a medic...so he finds the security czar, who doesn't have a radio either. I try explaining to the security czar that she is required to do this and I don't understand why they are not prepared to deal with this, and was told to "shut my mouth, we're not medics and she's not through this gate until a medic checks this stuff out.". So in the end, it took more than 15 minutes until they finally found a medic to "approve" her medical supplies. I REALLY can't believe they are not prepared for this. Seriously we've usually get through a TSA checkpoint with her diabetic supplies in a fraction of the time it took to get into this concert. They should put people at the gates who are educated and prepared to deal with people who have medical needs...and not treat them like criminals. Oh, of course the food is terrible and ridiculously priced. I paid $8 for a hamburger that was so red I think I still heard it mooing...and $5 for a bottle of Mountain Dew. To top off my night, I was wandering around the grounds and wanted to rest my legs a bit...there's this statue at the top of the hill with a little flower garden around it and a brick wall about 24" high. So I sat on the brick wall, and not a minute later, another one of their rent-a-cops is screaming at me to get off the wall. Mind you, there were no signs telling me not to sit on the wall in the first place...didn't seem unreasonable to think I could sit there. Not sure if it's a sacred wall or something? Or maybe said rent-a-cop just needed to feel important? Bottom line is this....it's a pretty park and a nice outdoor venue for a concert. But the incompetence and rudeness of their overzealous rent-a-cops and ridiculous food prices...I would have to REALLY, REALLY want to see an act very badly before I'd attend an event here again. read more

The Mann Center is not in fact on Broad Street, where the Yelp listing says it is (this is their business office). The performance facility is in Fairmount Park, not far from the Please Touch Museum. This is an idyllic place to see and hear music. It is a large partially covered concert venue similar to Tanglewood. You can sit under the roof, in seats further back without a roof, or picnic on the lawn, depending on your preference (and budget). The Philadelphia Orchestra performs here, as well as an array of other musical artists. This summer I heard the Orchestra a couple of times, and also went to David Byrne and the Bonnie Raitt/Taj Mahal show. Had a great experience every time. If you want to make a whole evening of it, Steve Starr now runs an elegant restaurant in a tent on a hill above the theatre, with spectacular views of the City. Customer service is excellent. I highly recommend an evening at the Mann for a unique Philadelphia experience. What other City has a Tanglewood-like place RIGHT WITHIN THE CITY? read more

I love this venue! It is so nice to have a concert with an outdoor feel. I enjoy being able to pack a picnic dinner to enjoy before the show. I had tickets for the Ingrid Michaelson concert on the skyline stage, but rain drove the concert under cover. Because it was then just general admission, we chose to forgo the concert. I was also at the Pokemon Symphony, which was so much fun, and look forward to the upcoming Zelda Symphony. read more

I recently saw John Legend perform at the Mann Center and we had a great time in this clean and spacious outdoor venue. Despite the hall being an open outdoor arena we felt the sound carried pretty well where we sat in the right orchestra. We noticed a lot of people bought tickets to sit on the grass and that actually looked really cool as groups of people kind of camped out and watched the concert on the large screen at the back of the hall. read more

I love the Mann! We were here four times this summer (Bright Eyes, Owl City, Death Cab, TV on the Radio) and had a great time at every single show. We had a range of good seats, okay seats, and lawn seats, but never a bad seat. It is outdoors, but the way the venue is set up allows for good air circulation, which is fabulous. Every show we went to was nice and temperate. The staff is friendly, helpful and great at keeping people in their correct seats, which I appreciate. The beer is expensive (as it usually is when you are a captive audience) , but they serve some local stuff, which is pretty excellent. We were never subjected to rainy weather, so I can't say how that would influence my perception of a show at the Mann. But I must say that I think this is an excellent mid-sized venue in Philadelphia, and i am happy that so many shows were here this summer. read more

It looked like a nice venue, however I had such unbelievably terrible customer service that it completely ruined my experience. I don't even think I'll stay for the show even though I already paid for my ticket and parking. read more

Security staff at the 7/23/2011 Furthur show ruined the evening for hundreds of people. People were almost passing out from heat exhaustion and they wouldn't open up more gates to let people in. Rude security staff once you got in. read more

I've been to the Mann several times over the past few years and have always had a great experience. The venue itself has great acoustics, comfortable seats, friendly staff, and an awesome view of the Philly skyline. There is also a SEPTA bus that loops through Center City to take people to and from the Mann. What brought me to write this review is my experience last night in particular. A few friends and I had lawn tickets to the Pixar in Concert event. With a dismal forecast calling for severe thunderstorms and a tornado warning, we were pretty resigned to skipping the show altogether (all shows go on rain or shine). The Mann tweeted a few hours before doors opened that they would allow lawn ticket holders to sit under the pavilion at no additional charge. We arrived with our picnic essentials (the Mann hosts several BYOB events throughout the summer) and were able to enjoy the lawn before it started pouring. The ushers kindly invited us to the pavilion and we were quickly seated in the orchestra section. I really appreciated the Mann's efforts to ensure that all of their guests had a great concert experience and I'm looking forward to my next visit. read more

There are some nasty people who go to this venue. And the venue is gross for the amount I paid for tickets. First time here and I'll never be back. read more

A very frustrating experience for me tonight at The Mann. Good and bad, but most of the bad can be traced to venue policy. First, the good: I went to see Sigur Ros. The band was amazing, and the Mann is a wonderful place to see a show. When I went to my seat, I found that it was obstructed by the sound board. I complained to the usher, and they upgraded my seat to a box seat in front of the board. Very nicely, too. Now, the bad: I noticed quite a lot of folks just standing in front of the stage--while I had paid for reserved seating--and when I asked an usher about it, he told me that they sell 'standing pit' tickets, which allows folks to stand in front of the stage. "Wait a minute," I said. "They sell tickets to people to stand in front of people who paid for their seats?" "Yep," he replied. "I hate it, it's not fair. People get seats down front, and these guys stand in front of them. We have shows where everybody ends up standing because of those few tickets." Well! Guess what? This was one of those shows. Since the people who paid for 'standing pit' tickets have to stand, everybody else has to stand too--or else they can't see anything. And I was one of those people, and I'm not happy about it. It seriously marred what should have been an amazing show. Even when I tried to sit and 'look between' the heads of the folks in front of me, I was frustrated by people feeling like the 'everybody stands' policy allowed them to wander around and try to see what they could from every vantage point, and all night there were folks 'happening by' who would stop, and raise their phone to record a few images--right in front of me, in my paid for seat. There is plenty of room down in the pit for seats; it boggles my mind that any responsible promoter would sell tickets that require people to block the view of others. How could you sell seats in the first few rows at full price knowing that they are essentially 'obstructed view' without telling the buyers? Even the ushers feel it is wrong. And it is not as if these are 'standing room only' seats for an otherwise sold out performance; while the show was well attended, it did not appear to me to be anything close to 'sold out'--there were plenty of empty seats as Sigur Ros started their set. So, as I said: good and bad. Wonderful show--what little I could see of it. The stuff I couldn't see was probably awesome. read more

I recently attended the John Legend concert on 08/02/14 and the weather was perfect! Seating: Our seats were very close. O-A-C row E seats 117 and 118. These seats were very close but that section isn't pitched very much so the head(s) in front of you blocked your view and you had to lean to see. The seats were however very roomy and your knees weren't in the back of the person in front of you. The Acoustics: The sound was amazing! Absolutely amazing. The Food: The food stand near the main entrance was thee worst! Long lines, very slow, bad communication, incompetent. I waited 15-20 minutes for nothing but fries while others kept getting their food, I kept being told (once my face must have shown that I was disturbed) another few minutes on fries. I guess so, because you keep giving it to people who came after me. but I digress because I was there to have a good time and not get upset over fries. My fries finally came but the cashier attempted to give me my two (3.00 a piece) waters that I ordered but they were hot! The response, "oh they just put them in". 1. Why? 2. I'll take a soda. They could not comprehend the difference and it took a manager to get it wrong again and for me to say, I'll pay the difference of 4 dollars, i just don't want a hot water in August for 3.00 a piece...LOL The fries were great btw :-) Parking: Parking is 15.00 and there is no parking lot, just grass and sharp rocks and mud. LOL smh... Leaving was ridiculous. Cars were just jammed up waiting to somehow someway exit. Overall, I gave this venue 4 out of 5 stars because the seating and sound. read more

Decent concert venue. I don't really care for the fact that it's an open air place but oh well. I saw Animal Collective here and was shocked when the ushers/bouncers said we could sit anywhere we wanted. That is pretty uncommon. We sat about five rows back from the stage and had a great view. Plenty of snack and drink vendors outside if one needs a break from rocking out. A good experience overall. read more

What an awesome venue. I love the amplitheatre set-up and the nice little patio with bar and snacks. It's surprising how many people you can get packed in there too, and it still feels intimate. The sound quality is great even if you're stuck in the back on the side (as opposed to middle/middle). My star subtraction comes from the parking situation, in which you have to fork over $10 to park on a field, when street parking is literally 10 feet away. But beyond that, awesome. read more

Great place for summer evening show. Some seats undercover some on lawn. I took my son to see Death Cab for Cutie here this summer. It was a perfect evening. read more

Incredible and underrated venue! They always have good shows and the parking lot was easy in/out at $15/car and tailgating is allowed. The seating within the first few sections is as good as it gets and there is a breathtaking view of the Philly skyline from atop the lawn. Food/drink is a little pricy, but I suppose that is to be expected. read more

The Mann Center is an awesome music venue. Sound is great. It is open air so you get the nice night air on a nice night. You can watch the sky change colors as the sun sets. They over reserved seats, which are covered. We went to a concert when it was raining and we were towards the back but still under cover. It is open rain or shine and you can't get a refund if it is raining. On certain nights it is byo so check which show is byo (not for music concerts but sometimes for orchestra or other performances). We always park in the area down by the museums and it free. Or we ride our bikes and lock them up :) read more

What A great outdoor venue.Beats the pants off of Susquehanna Bank Center. Fun!

The Mann Center is a nice venue for an outdoor summer concert, but it's not quite as nice as the Susquehanna Bank Center (err Tweeter Center, err Blockbuster Center, err E-Center.) The lawn area is far smaller and the whole place is made out of wood. We sat in the balcony and it felt like it was going to collapse when it started shaking a bit. Also, exiting the parking lot is a nightmare. Multiple parking lots are all forced to exit out of the same 1-lane exit. They didn't even have a police officer directing traffic at the light. read more

Finally got a chance to go to a show here, and it was a great experience! Sometimes with outdoor venues the sound can be kinda sketchy, but thankfully that wasn't the case here. Great atmosphere, good sound, and nice setup. Looking forward to coming back here again. read more

Came back to The Mann to see New Order and Sigur Ros and fortunately it wasn't raining for both of those shows. The venue is a lot more enjoyable and the service is better when it isn't raining (pretty obvious since it's outdoors), but I kinda don't like the fact that there's seating for some of the shows (I haven't been to a show at the Skyline Stage yet). When I saw Sigur Ros, I was in the the orchestra seating and it was really annoying how people kept getting up and walking throughout the show. It really ruined the mood of that show for me. It wasn't as bad for New Order since a lot of people were dancing and moving already, but for more relaxed shows where you just want to watch, having to maneuver your head to see past a bunch of people walking can be annoying. read more

I was here with the Philadelphia International Music Festival a few years ago and loved it. It has a nice outside arena for summer concerts. Great for kids and teens. read more

The best thing to do is to sit outside on either side and listen to it. You can see the bands from the steps and upper side. And you can hear it if you sit on the lower side. There are porta-potties available on that lower side by the ticket office. I've been doing it for years save your money. And you can also find parking on the street for free. No problem. Side streets next to Parkside. read more

The venue is nice the people are nice but the people who run this joint should be ashamed of theirselves for robbing people blind. I spent the money on the tickets and was fine, I spent the money driving up from baltimore- fine that's my choice. You charge shit prices for parking- fine whatever. Ok so now our gonna change people a leg and an arm for a mouthwash cup full of wine and domestic beer. Have more options, cater to your audience who doesn't have $100 to drop on drinks. All you have available for liquor is top shelf and it's embarrassing. Making it hard to be a fan of music and survive. I'll stick to my hometown merriweather thanks. read more

Cool venue but rude employees. Made inappropriate comments when they checked our bags then in the middle of our concert when the singer, Jason Mraz, was softer talking and the crowd was listening, there were three security employees listening to rap music loudly on their phone. Totally distracting. If you're a paid employee act respectful even if the concert your working isn't your music style. read more

The Mann is the epitome of good vibes and summer time fun in Philadelphia. I attended many concerts there after moving to Philly, all of which have been a unique and different experience every time I go. The staff is always welcoming and inviting and I always feel like I am about to embark on an intimate concert experience. This outdoor concert venue is my favorite in all of Philly. read more