Hersheypark is more than just chocolate bars and rollercoasters. If you’ve ever attended a music concert at Hersheypark, then you know about the top talent that the Hershey Theatre, Giant Center, and Hersheypark Stadium attract every Spring and Summer. This summer, the concerts are back and the performers coming to Pennsylvania are going to knock your socks off. So, who’s coming to Hersheypark this summer?
Oh, just a couple of people… Thomas Rhett, Sir Elton John… maybe you’ve heard of them? We kid.
Here’s the full lineup for who to expect at Hersheypark this summer!
Hersheypark Stadium & Giant Center Schedule
Hersheypark Giant Center 2022
April 13, 2022: Elton John
Elton John, the no. 1 top-performing solo male artist, announced 24 new concert dates to his sold-out Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour. These new dates complete the second year of the North American leg of Elton’s three-year worldwide tour, counting 43 dates in 2020. The Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour will be making stops in new cities across North America, including Hershey, Pa.
April 15, 2022: Shinedown
The Revolution’s Live Tour kicks off April 1, 2022, and 24 cities, including Hershey, Pa., will see the acclaimed quartet, hailed for their high-octane live shows. The new tour announcement comes on the heels of the recent RIAA gold certification of Shinedown’s 2018 record-breaking studio album “ATTENTION ATTENTION.” Special guests, The Pretty Reckless and Diamante, will join them on tour.
April 29, 2022: Stars on Ice
The 2022 Stars on Ice tour will showcase the top medalists including Olympic Gold Medalist Nathan Chen, Olympic Bronze Medalists Madison Hubbell & Zachary Donohue, Olympics Silver Medalists Madison Chock & Evan Bates, Karen Chen, Alexa Knierim & Brandon Frazier and Vincent Zhou, 2022 Olympic team members Jason Brown, Alysa Liu and Mariah Bell, and 2018 Olympic Bronze Medalist Mirai Nagasu!
June 3, 2022: Chris Tomlin + UNITED
Premier Productions announces multi-platinum selling, multi-award-winning artists Chris Tomlin and UNITED will co-headline their long-awaited 2022 “Tomlin UNITED” Tour. Anticipated to be the biggest Christian music concert of the year, the “Tomlin UNITED” Tour will welcome thousands of fans each night to worship together and experience songs that have shaped modern faith today. Joining them will be special guest Pat Barrett.
July 21, 2022: New Kids on the Block & The Mixed Tape Tour
Multiplatinum selling pop super-group New Kids On The Block continues the party like nobody else can with the announcement of The MixTape Tour 2022, with their friends Salt-N-Pepa, Rick Astley and En Vogue as legendary special guests.
Produced by Live Nation, the four iconic acts will embark on The MixTape Tour 2022 for its 50+ date journey beginning May 10 in Cincinnati, OH and make stops in arenas around the nation.
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Hersheypark Stadium Concerts 2022
June 26, 2022: Thomas Rhett
Five-time GRAMMY-nominee Thomas Rhett is bringing his headlining “Bring The Bar To You Tour” to Hershey, Pa. Produced by Live Nation and presented by Dos Primos, the tour kicks off on June 17 in Gilford, NH, and will visit over 30 cities throughout the U.S. Taking its name from a to-be-released song from the superstar’s upcoming sixth studio album “Where We Started,”, the tour features special guests Parker McCollum and Conner Smith.
July 12, 2022: Def Leppard & Motley Crue
The world’s most iconic and celebrated rock legends will hit the road together next summer for a co-headlining tour so massive that it could only be held in America’s biggest stadiums. THE STADIUM TOUR, featuring Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe with Poison and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, will hit select cities in the U.S., where each band will bring their electrifying stage shows while promising to perform their stadium-sized anthems.
August 6, 2022: Santana and Earth, Wind, & Fire
Santana and his band, which also features Santana’s wife, Cindy Blackman Santana, will highlight songs from both his Supernatural and Woodstock eras, as well as newer tracks from his 2019 full-length album Africa Speaks and some incredible surprises.
Earth, Wind & Fire is one of music’s most celebrated musical forces in history with an iconic music catalogue that has been the soundtrack of millions of lives around the world.
August 12, 2022: Imagine Dragons Mercury World Tour
Imagine Dragons announced 20 new show dates to the Mercury World Tour, including a stop in Hershey, Pa. Imagine Dragons last performed at Hersheypark Stadium in June of 2018. Produced by Live Nation, the summer North American tour celebrates the release of their latest album, “Mercury – Act 1.” The tour will mark the band’s biggest North American shows of its career to date.
On the heels of “Enemy,” a chart-topping single, Imagine Dragons unveiled their new single, “Bones,” the first new music from their forthcoming release “Mercury – Act 2.” A spirited examination of life and death, the song explodes with an infectious chorus that celebrates the intangible spark that ignites our beings.
August 14, 2022: Zac Brown Band
The “Out in the Middle Tour” will showcase the band’s old-school country roots and southern-rock style, serving as an ode to their country pride and life’s simple pleasures. Joining the band once again will be Caroline Jones, who performed as a special guest during “The Comeback Tour.”
August 20, 2022: Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart will team up with Cheap Trick for a North American summer tour. The tour follows Stewart’s latest studio album, You’re In My Heart: Rod Stewart With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; the career-spanning project, which features revamped versions of his classic songs, blends his original vocal tracks with new symphonic arrangements.
August 27, 2022: Chris Stapleton All American Road Show
Chris Stapleton’s “All-American Road Show” will continue throughout 2022 with newly added stops at L.A.’s The Forum, Detroit’s Comerica Park, DC’s Merriweather Post Pavilion, Long Island’s Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater, New Orleans’ Smoothie King Center and Hershey’s Hersheypark Stadium among many others.
For more information about concerts coming to Hersheypark Stadium, Hersheypark Giant Center, or the Hersheypark Theatre, visit their website.
Make a weekend of your trip to Hersheypark and be sure to visit Chocolate World & the amusement park for a full dose of family fun.
