If you grew up catching a summer show under the lights at 1000 Amphitheater Road in Pelham, here's the update nobody put on a marquee: the amphitheater isn't there anymore. Oak Mountain Amphitheatre closed after its 2024 season and was torn down in May 2025 — so if you searched "Oak Mountain Amphitheatre bus" or "party bus Oak Mountain Amphitheatre" while planning a concert night, this guide is going to save you a wasted trip and point you toward exactly where those shows play now.
TLDR: Oak Mountain Amphitheatre in Pelham closed for good after the 2024 season and was demolished in May 2025; the site is now being redeveloped by the City of Pelham. The touring concerts that used to fill Pelham on summer nights moved to Coca-Cola Amphitheater in Birmingham's Uptown district, about 20 miles north on I-65. A party bus or charter bus rental gets your group there without anyone learning the new parking decks, the rideshare lot, or the shuttle line from scratch — fill out a quick form or call 205-564-3259 and compare vehicles for your show date in about a minute.
What Happened to Oak Mountain Amphitheatre in Pelham, Alabama
Oak Mountain Amphitheatre opened in 1986 and spent nearly 40 years as Alabama's biggest outdoor concert venue, hosting Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jimmy Buffett, Dave Matthews Band, and hundreds of other acts. Live Nation formally announced the closure at a press conference on November 12, 2024, and Post Malone played the final show of the venue's last season.
The City of Pelham then bought the 43-acre amphitheater property and surrounding land from Live Nation for $5.3 million, and demolition crews leveled the amphitheater in May 2025. If your group is still picturing a drive to Amphitheater Road for a concert, that plan needs to change — there's no venue standing there to drop a bus off at anymore.
Pelham is now planning what comes next. The city ran a three-day community design event called ReAmp: Reimagine OMA in July 2025, gathering ideas for a mixed-use Arts & Entertainment District on the site, and presented early concept renderings to the City Council that August. As of this writing there's no construction timeline or reopening date, and the Oak Mountain State Fair, which used to set up on the property, is on pause for 2026 because of the ongoing redevelopment work.
For now, the story of getting a bus to a concert here means getting a bus to where the concerts actually went.
Where Oak Mountain Amphitheatre Concerts Play Now: Party Bus & Charter Bus Rentals to Coca-Cola Amphitheater
Live Nation shifted its Alabama outdoor concert business to a brand-new venue built for exactly this purpose: Coca-Cola Amphitheater at 2350 15th Avenue North in Birmingham, which opened for its first full season in summer 2025. It sits in the Uptown district on the site of the old Carraway Hospital campus, several blocks north of the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex, and it's owned by the BJCC and operated by Live Nation.
Coca-Cola Amphitheater is a fully seated, roughly 9,300-seat outdoor venue — smaller than Oak Mountain's old lawn-and-pavilion layout, which means more shows sell out and demand for group transportation on big nights runs higher than it ever did in Pelham. For a group used to the old Amphitheater Road routine, that's the single biggest planning shift: this is now a downtown Birmingham venue with parking decks, a fixed rideshare lot, and city-block logistics instead of a suburban lot off Highway 119.
Whatever brought your group to Oak Mountain Amphitheatre before — a birthday concert night out, a group of friends catching a favorite band, a night that starts with dinner and ends at the show — a Birmingham concert party bus rental or charter bus handles the new venue's logistics the same way it used to handle Pelham's: one pickup, one drop-off, and nobody splitting into separate cars to find parking downtown.
Charter Bus & Party Bus Drop-Off at Coca-Cola Amphitheater
Coca-Cola Amphitheater's official guidance is direct on this point: groups arriving by shuttle or party bus are asked to contact the venue in advance at Coca-ColaAmpInfo@LiveNation.com to arrange the exact drop-off and pickup spot for the night. That single email is what keeps your group's bus from circling a downtown block while everyone else pours out of the show — line it up before you go, and the vehicle has a confirmed spot to hold.
The venue's standing rideshare drop-off and pick-up lot is 1212 26th Street North, and Coca-Cola Amphitheater also runs a shuttle line connecting the Uptown Entertainment District to the amphitheater, starting at 5:00 PM on show nights, per the venue's own know-before-you-go page. If your bus is coordinated with the venue ahead of time, your group skips that shuttle transfer entirely and gets dropped closer to the gates than the general rideshare crowd.
Coca-Cola Amphitheater Parking Costs and the Rideshare Lot
Cars pay to park at Coca-Cola Amphitheater — the venue runs 17 separate lots across its P, S, and N decks through LAZ Parking, with rates that shift by show and are sold in advance through the official parking page; lots open three hours before showtime, and neither overnight parking nor tailgating is allowed, so any pre-show hang has to happen in the Uptown district rather than in the lot itself. ADA parking is pre-purchased only, in the N1 and N3 decks, and courtesy golf carts run continuously between those decks and a pickup point at 14th Avenue North & 25th Street North.
Split a 9-person friend group across three cars and that's three separate parking passes to buy in advance, three vehicles to keep track of downtown, and three chances for someone to lose the group after the show. One party bus or charter bus, coordinated with the venue ahead of time, replaces all of it with a single drop and a single agreed pickup spot.
The venue also warns that it's a cash-free facility — only contactless and card payments are accepted inside, per the know-before-you-go page. Worth knowing before your group walks up expecting to pay cash for anything at the gate.
What Size Party Bus or Charter Bus Fits Your Coca-Cola Amphitheater Group?
A concert group headed to Coca-Cola Amphitheater can range from six friends splitting a Sprinter to a 50-person office outing, and the right vehicle depends mostly on headcount and how much of the night happens on the bus itself.
| Vehicle | Typical seats | Best for | Notable amenities |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14-passenger Sprinter limo / Sprinter van | Up to ~14 | Small friend groups, a birthday night out | Leather seating, USB charging, tinted privacy windows |
| 20-passenger party bus / 25-passenger party bus | ~15–25 | Mid-size crews wanting the ride to be part of the night | LED lighting, sound system, wraparound seating |
| 15–35 passenger minibus | ~15–35 | Corporate outings, larger friend groups without a party-bus vibe | Reclining seats, strong A/C |
| 40–56 passenger charter bus | Up to 56 | Large group nights, multi-stop plans | Overhead and undercarriage storage, onboard restroom on select buses |
See the full vehicle lineup for pictures and every option in between. Whatever size your group lands on, fill out a quick form or call 205-564-3259 and you can see vehicles and pricing for your show date in about a minute.
Coca-Cola Amphitheater 2026 Concert Calendar Worth Booking a Bus For
Coca-Cola Amphitheater's 2026 lineup is stacked enough that some dates will fill the venue's parking decks fast. Confirmed shows this season include Tim McGraw on August 13, 5 Seconds of Summer on August 16, Kehlani on September 4, Bert Kreischer on September 11, Empire of the Sun on September 12, NEEDTOBREATHE on September 18, Wu-Tang Forever on September 19, Mumford & Sons on September 29, Caamp on October 1, "Weird Al" Yankovic on October 2, Gavin Adcock on October 16, and $uicideboy$ on October 20, per the venue's own show calendar.
Two shows landing back-to-back weekends in September — NEEDTOBREATHE and Wu-Tang Forever on the 18th and 19th, then Mumford & Sons ten days later — means downtown Birmingham sees three straight weekends of amphitheater crowds. On stacked weekends like that, the venue's decks and the rideshare lot fill faster and vehicle availability across the region gets tighter, so it's worth checking pricing for your date sooner rather than the week of the show.
Party Bus Rental Prices for a Birmingham Concert Night
There's no single sticker price for a Coca-Cola Amphitheater run — the quote depends on your group size, how many hours you need the bus (including wait time during the show), your pickup location, and the date. To give you an idea: 14-passenger Sprinter limos run about $150–$300/hour; 15–20 passenger party buses run about $150–$275/hour; 20–30 passenger party buses run about $200–$350/hour; 35–50 passenger party buses and minibuses run about $250–$450/hour; and 40–56 passenger charter buses run about $130–$250/hour or $1,000–$2,000/day. The real number moves with your date, vehicle, and hours — fill out the quick form or call 205-564-3259 and you could have pricing for your specific show in about a minute.
Split across a full group, one bus routinely runs cheaper per person than everyone paying for their own parking pass and gas up I-65, and nobody has to figure out which deck they parked in after the show. Check the Birmingham party bus prices page for more on how rates break down by vehicle.
Getting to Coca-Cola Amphitheater from Pelham, Hoover & Across Alabama
From Pelham, Coca-Cola Amphitheater is about 20 miles north on I-65, roughly a 25–30 minute drive outside rush hour. That's a manageable straight shot for a bus loaded with a group that used to just drive down Highway 119 to the old venue — the destination moved, but it's still an easy regional trip.
Because Coca-Cola Amphitheater has effectively become Alabama's marquee outdoor stage, its bigger shows draw fans from well outside the Birmingham metro — groups booking a bus from Hoover, Tuscaloosa, Auburn, Huntsville, and Montgomery are common for the season's biggest names. A charter bus turns any of those into a one-pickup trip instead of a caravan converging on the same three parking decks.
Groups flying in for a show can also route straight from the terminal — Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport sits about 10 miles from the venue, and a bus can gather your whole party at baggage claim instead of splitting everyone into separate rideshares. See the Birmingham airport shuttle guide for pickup zone details, or the Birmingham airport transportation page for the full rundown.
If your Birmingham weekend covers more than one venue — a game or show at Legacy Arena, a few blocks from Coca-Cola Amphitheater in the same Uptown district, or a stadium-scale concert at Protective Stadium — a single bus can handle a multi-stop night through the Birmingham group transportation page instead of booking separate rides for each stop.
The Future of the Former Oak Mountain Amphitheatre Site in Pelham
The old amphitheater property isn't going to sit empty forever. Pelham's ReAmp planning process has floated ideas ranging from walkable retail and green space to a mixed-use town center connecting to nearby Oak Mountain State Park and the Pelham Civic Complex, and the city has said it plans to issue a formal request for development proposals as the planning process moves forward. There's no announced date for a new performance venue on the site, so for any 2026 show, Coca-Cola Amphitheater remains the destination.
Keep this page bookmarked if you're watching the Pelham site for updates — but for booking a bus to see a band this year, the trip runs north to Birmingham, not to Amphitheater Road.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Oak Mountain Amphitheatre still open?
No. Oak Mountain Amphitheatre in Pelham closed after its 2024 concert season and was demolished in May 2025. The City of Pelham now owns the 43-acre site and is planning a redevelopment, with no announced timeline for a new performance venue there.
Where did Oak Mountain Amphitheatre's concerts move to?
Live Nation shifted its Alabama outdoor concert calendar to Coca-Cola Amphitheater, a new venue at 2350 15th Ave North in Birmingham's Uptown district that opened for its first full season in summer 2025. It's about 20 miles north of Pelham on I-65.
Where does a party bus or charter bus drop off at Coca-Cola Amphitheater?
The venue asks groups arriving by shuttle or party bus to contact them in advance at Coca-ColaAmpInfo@LiveNation.com to arrange a specific drop-off and pickup spot. The general rideshare lot sits at 1212 26th Street North, and a shuttle line also connects the Uptown Entertainment District to the amphitheater starting at 5:00 PM on show nights.
How do I rent a bus to Coca-Cola Amphitheater for a concert?
Fill out a quick form or call 205-564-3259 with your group size, pickup location, and show date. You'll be able to see different vehicle options and all-inclusive pricing in about a minute, with no account required.
How much does parking cost at Coca-Cola Amphitheater?
Parking is sold in advance across 17 lots through LAZ Parking, with rates that vary by show — check the venue's official parking page for current pricing. ADA parking is pre-purchase only, in the N1 and N3 decks, and lots open three hours before showtime.
What size bus should I book for a concert group?
For up to about 14 people, a Sprinter limo or Sprinter van works well. Groups of 15 to 35 typically fit a party bus or minibus, and larger groups of 40 or more are better matched to a full-size charter bus with more storage.
Is the old Oak Mountain Amphitheatre site being rebuilt as a concert venue?
Not currently. The City of Pelham is in the early planning stages of an Arts & Entertainment District on the former amphitheater property, with community input gathered through its ReAmp planning process, but there's no confirmed date for a new performance venue on the site.
Book Your Birmingham Concert Bus Today
Whether your group used to make the drive down Highway 119 to Oak Mountain Amphitheatre or this is your first trip to a Birmingham show, the plan now runs to Coca-Cola Amphitheater in Uptown Birmingham. A party bus, charter bus, minibus, or Sprinter van gets your whole group there together, with the drop-off and pickup worked out ahead of the show instead of figuring it out in a parking deck. Fill out the quick form or call 205-564-3259 any time to see vehicles and pricing for your concert date — no obligation, no account needed.
