band shell

American  

noun

1. a concave, acoustically resonant structure at the back of an outdoor bandstand.

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Etymology

Origin of band shell

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

The band planned a New York City debut that went off cleanly at the abandoned band shell where the hip-hop classic “Wild Style” was filmed.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Police distributed notices among the crowd - estimated by police at 7,000 persons - gathered at the band shell in Grant Park, just east of the downtown Loop.

From Washington Times • Aug. 27, 2018

At Form, the stage was an open-air band shell that had been designed, in the seventies, to look like the apse of an Italian church, with a few psychedelic flourishes.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 22, 2018

Today, the music department claims a brown-tiled wing off the main entrance, across from a large auditorium with a thousand padded seats and a band shell.

From New York Times • May 13, 2018

He would turn on the space heater, visit the band shell lavatory, then heat up some water, get breakfast ready, and finally wake the boy with a gentle shake of the shoulder.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli