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Hollywood Bowl
Hollywood Bowl
In July 11, 1922, with the audience seated on simple wooden benches placed on the natural hillsides of Bolton Canyon, conductor Alfred Hertz and the Los Angeles Philharmonic inaugurated the first season of music under the stars at the Hollywood Bowl. While much has changed in the ensuing years, the tradition of presenting the world's greatest musicians and striving for musical excellence has remained a constant goal of this famed Los Angeles cultural landmark.read more
In July 11, 1922, with the audience seated on simple wooden benches placed on the natural hillsides of Bolton Canyon, conductor Alfred Hertz and the Los Angeles Philharmonic inaugurated the first season of music under the stars at the Hollywood Bowl. While much has changed in the ensuing years, the tradition of presenting the world's greatest musicians and striving for musical excellence has remained a constant goal of this famed Los Angeles cultural landmark.
One of the largest natural amphitheaters in the world, with a current seating capacity of just under 18,000, the Hollywood Bowl has been the summer home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic since its official opening in 1922, and, in 1991 gave its name to a resident ensemble that has filled a special niche in the musical life of Southern California, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra.
In spite of wars, depression on a national scale, financial stress, and internal dissension, the Bowl's summer music festivals have gone on, becoming as much a part of a Southern California summer as beaches and barbecues, the Dodgers and Disneyland. Thanks to the area's magnificent climate, only a handful of concerts during the Bowl's history have had to be postponed due to rain. The Bowl grounds themselves -- one of Los Angeles County's most renowned parks -- are open year-round for visitors to enjoy free of charge.
---www.hollywoodbowl.com
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| 06/16 | 3:00 pm | 34th Annual Playboy Jazz Festival |
| 8:00 pm | Bill Cosby Playboy Jazz Festival | |
| 06/17 | 3:00 pm | 34th Annual Playboy Jazz Festival |
| 06/22 | 8:00 pm | Hollywood Bowl Orchestra: Opening Night |
| 8:30 pm | Opening Night | |
| 06/23 | 6:00 pm | 23rd Annual Mariachi USA @ Hollywood Bowl |
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Outdoor concerts are always nice and refreshing, but dealing with the parking and that Hollywood traffic just completely cancels out any sort of enjoyment that you'd experience at the Hollywood Bowl. The venue itself is fine. They just need to fix the infrastructure of the Hollywood area (which will never happen - oh well, wishful thinking...)