River Rock moves to Packard Saturday
River Rock at the Amp will have a roof this weekend.
Sunrise Entertainment, promoter of the outdoor concert series at the Warren Community Amphitheatre, will move Saturday’s show featuring the Michael Jackson tribute Who’s Bad and Bruno Mars tribute Uptown Funk to Packard Music Hall, 1703 Mahoning Ave. NW, Warren.
The smoke from Canadian wildfires that caused a statewide air quality advisory is less of a concern than the thunderstorms in the forecast for much of Saturday.
“As soon as the storm comes through, the smoke won’t be an issue,” Sunrise President Ken Haidaris said. “But there’s going to be so much rain, it won’t make any difference.”
If the bands were local/regional, Haidaris said he would try to reschedule, but both acts are flying in for the performance.
The air travel makes it the most expensive show on this summer’s schedule, Haidaris said, so he decided to move the event to guarantee neither smoke nor rain would force its cancellation.
The times will remain the same. Doors will open to the public at 5 p.m. Seating is general admission, and Uptown Funk will start at 5:30 p.m. with Who’s Bad at 8:30 p.m.
Tickets will be available at the door for $20 at the Packard box office on Saturday until the venue reaches capacity. Seating will be available on the front half of the floor and in the balcony, but attendee can bring lawn chairs to sit on at the back of the floor.
Drink tokens will be on sale as well as beer, wine, mixed drinks, water, pop and Sunrise Inn pizza. A variety of food vendors have been invited to set up outside the hall to provide more food options, and it will be up to them whether or not they choose to do so, according to Sunrise Entertainment. All prices for food, drinks and tokens remain the same.

