Some seats, yes. For a typical July 7:00 PM show at The Fruit Yard Amphitheater, roughly 83% of the seating bowl is shaded on average across the event. Shade grows through the late afternoon; by 6:00 PM about 61% of seats are out of the sun.
Check YOUR seat for YOUR event →No. The Fruit Yard Amphitheater is open air.
The Fruit Yard Amphitheater (Modesto, CA) is oriented 331° from true north. We compute the sun's exact position for your date and start time and run it against the seating geometry, plus live schedules and an hour-by-hour forecast on the interactive site.
Interactive shade map for The Fruit Yard Amphitheater · Satellite shadow view
Summer afternoons in Modesto run hot and dry, and the Central Valley sun holds its strength late into the day. At The Fruit Yard Amphitheater that puts a premium on the covered seats, because the shade is not spread evenly across the grounds.
The roofed sections are the safe pick. Pit 1 reads about 98 percent shaded across a typical 7 PM show, and the run of covered pavilion seats, 101, 102, 103, 202 and 203, all sit near 96 percent. Across the full event roughly 83 percent of the venue lands in shade, a strong figure that owes to the roof and to a sun that is already low by showtime.
Out on the open grass, Lawn 7, 8 and 9 come in around 63 to 66 percent shaded, and even covered section 110 on the wing only reaches about 69 percent. The reason is the sun's path: it sinks into the west-northwest near 286 degrees, low at about 15 degrees by 7 PM, and rakes across the lawn until it sets at 8:25. Earlier in the evening the gap is wider, around 6 PM only about 61 percent of the place is shaded.
If you want to be sure of shade in the Modesto heat, take a covered pavilion or pit seat; if you are on the lawn, the back and the last hour before sunset are your best bets. To read the shadow line for your exact date at The Fruit Yard Amphitheater, open the interactive shade map and set the show's start time.
Upcoming events at The Fruit Yard Amphitheater are ticketed on TixBit. Check the shade map first, then grab a seat on the shady side.