New Gesa Pavilion concert planner may get six-year deal

The Spokane Park Board is set to consider Mammoth Inc. for a six-year agreement on Nov. 6. The Lawrence, Kansas-based company would manage production and present no fewer than six Gesa Pavilion concerts each year. Spokane originally sought eight annual shows, and city officials still want the schedule to exceed the revised minimum.

Mammoth would work with Knitting Factory Entertainment as a subcontractor handling concert production. Its compensation would come from portions of concert-related revenue, estimated by city officials at about $120,000 each year. Amy Lindsey, the city parks department’s programming and marketing manager, said this structure rewards Mammoth for producing more than the required number of events.

Seattle-based AEG Presents NW, the Pavilion’s previous organizer, submitted the only competing bid. Riverfront Park Committee members reviewed the proposed contract Monday after frustrations that the former organizer had not met expected minimums. Since summer concerts began there regularly in 2021, the venue has averaged seven shows annually across six years. The U.S. Pavilion became the Gesa Pavilion when its naming rights were sold in 2025.