The Uptown Ampitheatre is an awesome outdoor venue to see live music. Last year, I saw the Kansas/Foreigner/Styx concert here and on Wednesday I saw the Spank Rock/LMFAO/Ke$ha concert (my taste in music contrasts quite a bit, clearly). Both concerts were exactly what I wanted. Lawn tickets for the Styx concert were 30 bucks, the tickets for Ke$ha were 35 bucks and we were in row 23 for it. The view, regardless of where you are in here, appears to be really good. The sound is awesome, not to loud, but still really nice. The prices for concessions are obscene (water bottles are 5.00 each), but that's a given at a concert.
The only challenge is getting to the place. Getting to the Ampitheatre from Plaza Midwood is a challenge that requires lots of loops and turns and roads that make no sense to go on to go in that direction. Drop-off is very easy though.