Cape Cod Melody Tent Review

What a great venue. Stage rotates so there's not a bad seat in the house. Plenty of parking, easy in and out. Lots of concessions all the way around the theater so no huge lines.

Best venue for great music!! Saw America and Three Dog Night tonight...brings back memories!!

I have a good memories of this place for some of my summers seasons.
Unfortunately the bathrooms was not okay and was hot inside of the tent.
The sound system was very good!

The shows are awesome. The staff is very helpful. The parking is inline and not too convenient. Took us 20 minutes to even leave our parking space.

A great venue for concerts. Not a bad seat. The stage revolves so you'll never miss the performances. Parking is great. Close to the venue.

Never a bad show at the melody tent! We love the smaller venue, round tent and round rotating stage. Friendly staff and patrons. Easy parking and it doesn't take long to exit after the concert. A great overall experience!

Loved the Beach Boys! Casual and great fun. Leave your cares outside the gate.

Not a bad seat under the tent with their rotating stage.

Best place in New England to see a concert. I just wish they would bring back Moe. And more jam bands.

Every show is a wonderful experience. Especially Here In Hyannis. The Heart of the Cape!

Always great shows. Seating is tight and a warm humid summer night makes the tent warm and humid.

Great seating, close to the entertainers, great sound, pleasant employees, and an abundant choice of foods and beverages

This place is ridiculous. Bathrooms are disgusting. They stop selling drinks at 9:15 with no warning. Lines take forever.

Pretty solid concert. I kind of wish I had known about the bigger chairs in back for the handicapped. Would of made it more comfortable knee room & movement wise. Other then that, on the ball staff, clean venue, etc

Great entertainment place. It would have been better if it was yearround.

The people in charge of parking started a disaster trapping everyone in. Other than that the experience was life changing.

Entertainment is top rated. Not a bad seat in the house. Stage rotates. Bathrooms are clean . Beer expensive $8.25 a large cup. Water $3.25 a bottle Variety of beverages and food though. Excellent venue. Will go again for sure.

Great place for excellent performances in a casual setting.

It was a mild rainy evening the night I went to the concert I'm sure it would have been sweltering in there if the sun was out

like seeing the performance in the high school gym, "Grease"-style.

Popular spot for live performances and community gathering

I love music and so does my daughter ... to have a great venue locally is awesome! They had a great line up this year. We always enjoy a few shows every summer.

The WWWF now the WWE used to broadcast pro wrestling from here. Vince McMahon would ask for donations to keep the program on the air. I used to watch it on WLNE channel 6 New Bedford, MA/Providence, RI in 1978 and 79.

A little warm inside on a hot day but a very inviting place to see a show

Was at the chowder fest and there was live music in the tent. I took breaks between chowder tasting to listen to the music.

Nice small up close place to be for concerts or whatevers playing there very nice

Loved the venue! Not a bad seat in the house! Highly recommend!

They don t allow tailgating or vending in the parking lot for dark star orchestra and they were not very polite about it

I usually love this venue but after last night (KC and theSunshine Band) I do not. It was sooooo stifling hot that my friend and I were about to pass out. How about putting a fan at each entrance into the tent so people aren t melting as if they were in a sauna. Last night was nice outside the tent but there is noooo airflow in there. The elderly lady next to us left early necause ahe couldn t sit there anymore and sweat. I just can t believe they do not have any air flow in there. It s awful really.

Great venue to watch a concert. Every seat is good.

Not a bad seat in the house with the rotating stage. Sound is good for an outside tent venue.

The air conditioning was more than adequate. However, be careful of the sight lines. I failed to account for the 2 large posts which add in holding up the tent when I bought our seats. Also, and possibly because of the show we attended, Straight No Chaser, the people in certain sections had a better view of the show. But, all in all, the venue is 4 star.

Great shows, friendly staff. With the round stage that moves not. A bad seat in the house.

Jeff Dunham was a trip. A must see f he comes back.

Always a wonderful experience. One of the best venues ever.

Older venue with loads if history. Tonight's weather was cool and temp was comfortable. NO air conditioning (it IS afterall a tent!) so hot humid nights would be uncomfortable. Seats 2300 - one women's restroom facility with 8 stalls is insufficient. Parking is bumper-to-bumper so leaving in the middle of the show is NOT possible.

Great location for concerts. Intimate setting, only 21 rows

Saw ZZ Top last night(8/28). They were absolutely fantastic! This was my first time at the CCMT. Seating was ok...little too close together tho. Revolving stage is always a bonus. Basically friendly atmosphere inside & out. Gets insanely hot and stuffy once the jamming starts... that's really my only issue with this venue. A/C or fans inside would've been nice....

Great venue. Very hot and humid, in this time and age, have they heard of a/c ?? The talent were complaining all night.

The worst seat in the house would be the best almost anywhere else. The melody tent has polished their act over the years and it is an excellent venue for a show.

Worst ever ... hot, stuffy, overpriced! Members sell tickets. I got mine on groupon.. talk about Price gouging... never again!

I love going to concerts at the Melody tent. There isn't a bad seat in the house. The stage turns very slowly so you get the view from all angles. They dont charge to park and the food and drinks are very reasonable too. It's a smaller venue that allows for a more intimate show.

Great venue for a concert. All seats are great since the stage rotates!

I attended an event at the Melody Tent on Saturday Aug. 23rd. I have attended many concerts there, but that was the first time I had ever been frisked by the gate keepers. Next season are you going to have TSA "agents" feeling up your customers?

Great ABBA tribute band. Don't miss them if you have a chance

Fantastic venue.the stage rotates. Not a bad seat on the house!

Great small venue. Musicians turn on a rotating stage. They have a wide variety of musicians, comedians and children's shows.

Parking is atrocious.i was second in line to get out and 30 minutes after show ended still sitting there.they pack you in like sardines you are dependent on other people leaving and you know what happens then.

Melody Tent Safe Venue?
My husband and I have attended many concerts at the Melody Tent and have enjoyed ourselves immensely. The Beach Boys concert we attended last evening was an exception. The Beach Boys were terrific. The young people sitting behind were not. Their behavior ruined the concert for us. They seemed to be inebriated. They spilled their beer on us, swore, yelled incredibly loudly, just because they could, said very inappropriate things, and so on. They didn t respond to any requests to tone things down. The mother and daughter sitting next to us were visiting the Tent for the first time, and they left. We spoke to a person in charge of our row before intermission. She did offer us seats at the back of the venue. However we paid for better seats than that, and we were with invited guests. After they brought several more beers to the seats, some of which we wore, their behavior, not surprisingly, worsened. They lit lighters and jumped over the seats to actually be in our row. We asked them to settled down a bit, and then they became verbally abusive. We left our seats, and spoke to management. He said many things which added up to you can sit at the back of the venue. He didn t want to move them, with only four sets left. We stepped away because the conversation was a waste of time, and we wanted to try to enjoy the rest of the concert. Several points come to mind. With people that were seemingly inebriated, why were they still being served? Why would management allow them to remain in their seats when this type behavior on the sidewalks of downtown Hyannis would be against the law? Why would well behaved patrons be relinquished to the back, when badly behaved patrons be allowed to stay in the better seats? Why were we expected to be happy about being punished for their bad behavior? By allowing this outrageous behavior, what are we teaching our children? As residents of the Cape, it saddens us to say that we won t be attending any more concerts there unless management uses a different approach to dealing with such bad behavior. We were embarrassed to have our guests see this. We had spoken so highly of this venue. Dealing effectively with bad behavior is part of good management. I guess that s where the buck stops.

Love going to the Cape Cod Melody Tent, for Concerts. Maybe a few fans, in the summer time, if possible

Horrific heat inside tent. Couldn't breathe. No fans. Had to leave because my son felt sick. Why could they have a fan for a breeze? Sick. Will never return.

Went to the Tent as a long time Cape resident and past sponsor of the Chowder festival only to be harassed by the sound board guy because I attempted to climb over the last row seating in order to avoid blocking the view of the patrons seated in the same aisle.
Additionally I was accompanied to the Men's room by the Barnstable Police to make sure that I really needed to pee! While this was happening the rest of my party was being re-located throughout the venue because the sound guy was such a bonehead. When I returned I was informed that I was not allowed to re-take my seat and no-one could tell me where my wife was re-located to! All this angst for what? I had 2 beers and stopped. I wanted to enjoy the first night of summer but the neanderthal running the sound board became the HULK and not only physically abused me, but also intimidated my friends that had joined me ( which I paid for) for this event. My complaint to the Tent Staff went in one ear and out the next.
I will never ever attend another event at the tent. I suggest that you do the same. I have lived on the Cape for 42 years and this type of treatment is incomprehensible to me, especially since my company had sponsored the Chowder festival for 10 of those years and I am a service provider to the Melody tent. Not anymore!

And just as a secondary issue, the REO Speedwagon show was terrible! We had to endure a 40 minute delay to the opening set and then we had to listen to a 5 minute monologue about Vietnam which I am sure no one in the group had ever had any experience with! I tried to have fun, but they wouldn't let me. I suggest that you carefully examine what you are about to venture in to before you do so! This experience was a big bust for me and I will never be back again. I hope you hear me Tony. What happened tonight was garbage!

For an intimate setting, this place can't be beat. We sat so close to Melissa Etheridge, we felt like we were in her living room. Not a bad seat under the entire tent as the stage slowly rotates around. Such a cool experience!!

Best Summer ever ! Spent as an Summer Stock Apprentice at the Cape Cod Melody Tent ! Readied Stars Dressing Rooms with any special requests , general theatre maintaince . Summer Stock Appentices engaged in acting classes by day on the World Renound Cape Cod Melody Tent Stage In the Round ! Treading the Sacred Theatre Round Stage Ground where 1000's of of Hollywoods Biggest and Brightest Stars have Graced the Earth with their Preformancesover many decades .The evenings in the life of a Summer Stock Apprentice included the privilage to attend ,receive & usher Theatre Enthusiast''s to their seats . Apprentice's cannot help themselves than to be caught up the the Stardust and Magic that is the Essence of being apart of a high scale Theatre Production with the Industry's Most Talented and Proffessional Preformers. The Highest Hounor of A Summer Stock Apprentice and most Glamourous to clear and maintain Beloved Melody Tent between Shows. Lifelong memories and friendships forged. As a Summer Stock Apprentice there is a very special bond between & ample opportunity to interface with Star Performers in a most unique and precious way Truely one submerged in the Talent that is ovetflowing at the Cape Cod Melody Tent comes away covered with Star Dust Stars remembered Zero Mostel Barbara Eden Jane Powell Jerry Lewis Dizzy Gelipse Jose Feliciano Norm Crosby George Gobel Carole Channing IATSE Jimmy Higgins Laura Chess Camille Renard

Yeahhhh! Great place. Small, intimate, and the sound system is amazing!

Such an awesome intimate venue. Saw the piano guys live at the melody tent and they were amazing! Highly recommend this venue for shows

Small venue and not wheelchair friendly but staff is nice and helpful

Every show we have seen there has been great. There really are no bad seats

Worst seat in the house here, is often the best at many venues