Alpine Valley Music Theater in Elkhorn. It has a capacity of 37,000 people and has a 7500 seat pavilion and a sprawling lawn for seating of 30,000. Boz Scaggs headlined the venue's inaugural event on June 30, 1977. Jimmy Buffett played at Alpine Valley, during its inaugural summer of 1977 and he has played every year since 1995, with the exception of 2005. The Grateful Dead played at Alpine Valley 20 times from 1980 through 1989. Their album, Dick's Picks Volume 32, was recorded there in 1982.