Ryan Brennecke / The Bulletin file photoA crowd of nearly 6,000 people watches Tenacious D perform at Les Schwab Amphitheater in 2012. The amphitheater will host two sold-out shows in August: Jack Johnson and Dave Matthews Band.

Bend’s Les Schwab Amphitheater will host an open house-style information session Wednesday evening to answer questions about the venue’s summer concert lineup and policies for a couple of popular shows.

The session will run 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Wednesday at the white house on Shevlin-Hixon Drive, behind the amphitheater’s stage. LSA Director Marney Smith will be there, as will the venue’s managers of ticketing, PR, marketing, front of house and beverages.

The open house comes after a winter in which LSA announced and then promptly sold out two huge concerts: Jack Johnson on Aug. 24 and Dave Matthews Band on Aug. 26. The quick sellouts drew complaints from people not used to such a thing happening at the amphitheater, where the only previous sellout was a 2005 Jack Johnson concert.

The Johnson and Matthews shows also come with unusual policies for the venue that don’t apply to the rest of the summer lineup. Chairs, blankets and plastic bottles will not be allowed inside, and both shows will also have modified parking arrangements. The venue’s staff has been peppered with questions about those policies — as well as service fees on tickets and the closure of the grass across the river from the amphitheater — thus the open house, LSA’s effort to reach as many people as easily as possible.

There will be free Deschutes Brewery beer at the event, plus snacks. That’s right, I said snacks.

For more info, visit www.bendconcerts.com or call 541-312-8510.

— Ben Salmon