Is there shade at Mizner Park Amphitheater?

Mizner Park Amphitheater: covered seats and an open lawn in Boca Raton

Under the pavilion, Mizner Park Amphitheater keeps you shaded through most of an evening show. Section 213 tops the room near 95 percent shaded during a typical 7 PM event, with 111 and 212 around 94 percent and 110, 211 and 109 close behind in the high 80s to low 90s. Across the whole show the Boca Raton venue averages about 78 percent shade.

The reserved sections

If shade is the goal, the covered pavilion is where to sit. Those upper-numbered sections are already in shadow when the show starts and stay that way, so you can settle in without tracking the sun. The overall 78 percent figure reflects a room that is mostly protected once the music begins.

The lawn trade

The grass is the open-sky option. Lawn 3 and 6 are the shadiest at about 67 percent, with Lawn 4 and 5 near 63 percent, decent numbers, but the lawn still takes direct light in the first part of a show. That is the trade for the cheaper, more relaxed ticket.

At showtime the sun is low, about 15 degrees up on a bearing of 287, and it sets at 8:15 PM in high summer. From 6 PM on, coverage across the venue improves to roughly 55 percent and keeps climbing, so a lawn evening is warmest early and comfortable late.

Boca Raton's heat and humidity are worth a hat, water and sunscreen for the early hour, especially on the grass. Mizner Park Amphitheater's seating is mapped, so these figures are computed, the interactive shade map shows how the shadow lands on your exact seat and date.