For a July 7:00 PM show at SERVPRO Richmond Pavilion, the sun sits 16° up in the west at the start, so shade means getting under the grandstand roof or the deck above you. Sunset is 8:31 PM local, so an evening show gets real shade as the sun drops. By 7:05 PM the sun is only 15° up in the west, 87 minutes from setting.
Check the sun for YOUR show →We haven't verified which way SERVPRO Richmond Pavilion faces yet, so we won't pretend to name the shady sections. A seating map pointed the wrong way is worse than no map. What's above is real: the sun's exact position for this park's coordinates and timezone. On the interactive page you get the live sun compass, sunset against your game's real start time, and the hour-by-hour forecast.
Sun & sunset check for SERVPRO Richmond Pavilion · Satellite shadow view
The single most useful number for an open-air show is not a seat percentage, it is the start time set against the sunset. At SERVPRO Richmond Pavilion in Glen Allen, just outside Richmond, sunset in high summer falls around 8:31 PM, while shows here typically begin at 7:00 PM. That hour-and-a-half gap is your shade forecast in a nutshell.
There is no fixed roof here, so shade tracks the sun directly. At a 7:00 PM start the sun sits roughly 15 degrees above the horizon, low in the west-northwest, and it works the grounds until it sets around 8:31 PM. So the opening act tends to bring the most direct light, arriving from the west, and once the sun is down the whole field settles into shade and starts to cool. If your headliner takes the stage after dark, glare is a non-issue.
We have not verified which way SERVPRO Richmond Pavilion is oriented, so we are not going to invent a shaded side or a sunny one. On an open lawn the whole crowd shares the same low western sun anyway, which makes timing more useful than seat choice. To see how the shadows actually fall on these grounds for your date, the satellite shadow view on the interactive shade map works anywhere.
Richmond summers are hot and humid, and an open lawn holds that warmth well past sunset. Treat it accordingly: arrive with water, dress light, and keep to any shade at the edges of the grounds before the gates open. An evening start spares you the worst of the afternoon, and the air genuinely eases once the low sun finally drops below the horizon.
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