The venue was built in 2001 and opened the next year as the Les Schwab Amphitheater, after the Central Oregon businessman who founded the tire retail chain also carrying his name.

[1][2] Artists that have performed at the amphitheater include Coldplay, Willie Nelson, the Beach Boys,[3] the Pixies,[4] Crosby, Stills & Nash, Jack Johnson, Fiona Apple,[3] ZZ Top,[5] Paul Simon,[6] AFI,[7] The Flaming Lips, Wilco, Beck, Bob Dylan, The Shins, Tenacious D,[3] Ringo Starr,[8] the Dave Matthews Band, Phish,[3] Portugal.

The Man,[9] John Legend,[10] My Morning Jacket,[11] 311,[12] Khruangbin,[13] the Chicks,[14] Norah Jones,[15] Indigo Girls, Tears for Fears,[16] LCD Soundsystem,[17] Tegan and Sara,[18] Vampire Weekend, Primus,[17] Spoon, St. Vincent,[19] "Weird Al" Yankovic,[20] and Jim Gaffigan.

We named the venue after Les Schwab the man for 20 years, to honor his contribution to helping build the Old Mill District.

"[1] A 2015 research study[25] found that the Hayden Homes Amphitheater impacts the Central Oregon economy in the following ways: