Here is what I want you to picture: a warm Saturday night on Labor Day weekend, an 18,000-capacity outdoor amphitheater built into a mountain in Scranton, and the Goo Goo Dolls closing out the summer on a 40-plus-date national amphitheater run. The Pavilion at Montage Mountain is the largest concert venue in all of northeastern Pennsylvania, and on September 5 it hosts the Buffalo legends — with Neon Trees along as special guest. Showtime is 7:30 PM. Tickets start at $53.
About the Goo Goo Dolls
Buffalo does not have many bands with four decades of staying power, but the Goo Goo Dolls are the exception. Co-founders John Rzeznik (vocals, guitar) and Robby Takac (bass, vocals) have been at it since 1986, and their catalog has an uncanny way of finding new audiences. “Iris” — the diamond-certified anthem Rzeznik wrote for the 1998 film City of Angels, composed on a four-string guitar with two broken strings — went viral again recently, pulling a new generation into the fold. A well-received NPR Tiny Desk Concert and the Summer Anthem EP (2025) kept the momentum moving.
This summer run follows a Canadian tour and a Las Vegas residency at The Venetian Theatre, so the band arrives road-ready. Their catalog — across hits like “Name,” “Slide,” “Better Days,” and “Black Balloon,” plus material from 2022’s Chaos in Bloom — is deep enough that any given night covers multiple eras. Neon Trees are a genuinely strong addition to the bill.
The Venue
The Pavilion at Montage Mountain is a full outdoor amphitheater within the Montage Mountain resort complex — covered pavilion seating plus an expansive lawn, totaling 18,000 across the room. It is the biggest venue in northeastern Pennsylvania and a natural destination for road-trippers heading down from the Southern Tier. For a late-summer night show, it is exactly the kind of setting you want to close out the season in.
Tickets & Pricing
Tickets start at $53. Showtime is 7:30 PM on Saturday, September 5. Grab your seats through Ticketmaster before the good spots are gone.