Fred P Hall Amphitheater

Very nice outdoor stage for free concerts sponsored by the Palatine Park District and other organizations. Wheelchair accessible and restrooms are nearby.

Tucked behind a skate park, church parking lot annex, and community swimming pool lies this neat little outdoor amphitheater.
It’s not at all visible from street view or the main path… in fact, you actually have to walk down what looks like a maintenance path to a storage building to find it in Palatine Community Park, but once you’re there, it’s pretty cool.
You can check the Park District website for performances, but don’t expect anything too grand. Lots of stuff for kids and some battle of the bands stuff, but it’s nice to have in the area for the youth population, and I like it because most days there’s absolutely nothing going on here, so you can set up shop for a picnic, play frisbee, or just yell loud enough on stage to hear your echo… which is fun for both kids and adults, in case you’re wondering.
If you’ve got a kid who’s in to acting or making their own plays, this would be the perfect place to take them and their friends on an evening or day that nothing is scheduled to play in the open-​air amphitheater. I come by here a few times a week and there’s never anyone else over here even trying to use the area… which could roughly fit 150 – 200 people via picnic-​style seating.