Kevin Bronson on February 9th, 2016

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German electronic pioneers Kraftwerk will bring their acclaimed 3D show to the Hollywood Bowl this summer as part of the Bowl’s wide-ranging 2016 season. The schedule was announced today.

||| Full calendar here.

Gold anniversaries will be in vogue this year, with “Pet Sounds: with Brian Wilson, “Star Trek (2009) in Concert,” Sergio Mendes’ Brasil 2016 and Jeff Beck all celebrating 50 years.

The Bowl will also play host to KCRW-sponsored shows featuring Bloc Party, Kurt Vile and the Violators, Burning Spear and the Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma. Besides Kraftwerk, Jeff Lynne’s ELO, Culture Club, Chicago, Brandi Carlile and Carlos Vives will be making their Bowl debuts.

The season officially opens June 18 with Steely Dan, and the calendar also features Gustavo Dudamel directing the Los Angeles Philharmonic with performances of “West Side Story,” Tchaikovsky, “Tosca” and a showcase of Latin American music. Also: Renowned composer John Williams conducts the L.A. Phil for three nights in September; Gladys Knight, Sigur Rós, Herbie Hancock, Carlos Santana, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Rodrigo y Gabriela and Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals also visit; and Garrison Keilor makes his final appearance as host of “A Prairie Home Companion” on July 1.

The calendar does not include lease events, which this year feature the likes of the Cure, David Gilmour, Janet Jackson, Sting & Peter Gabriel, Hall & Oates and the Dixie Chicks. Find those events here.

Below, the calendar in straight-text form:

June

11-12 — Playboy Jazz Festival: Fourplay with Nathan East, Bob James, Janelle Monae, Chuck Loeb & Harvey Mason and more
18 — Opening Night: Steely Dan, with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
24 — Sing-A-Long Sound of Music
26 — KCRW World Festival: Reggae Night XIV, with Burning Spear, Cocoa Tea and Etana

July

1 — A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor
2-3-4 — July 4th Fireworks Spectacular with Chicago and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
8-9 — Star Trek in Concert with the Los Angeles Philarmonic
10 — KCRW World Festival: “Pet Sounds” with Brian Wilson, Al Jardine, Blondie Chaplin and M. Ward
12 — Tuesday Classics: Dudamel & Lang Lang
14 — Thursday Classics: “West Side Story” with the Los Angeles Philharmonic
15-16 — Diana Ross
19 — Tuesday Classics: “West Side Story” with the Los Angeles Philharmonic
20 — Yes We Can Can: An Allen Toussaint Salute, with Dr. John & The Nite Trippers, the Allen Toussaint Band, Galactic and more
21 — Thursday Classics: Dudamel & Yuja Wang
22-23 — “Weird Al” Takes The Bowl, with “Weird Al” Yankovic and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
24 — Sunday Sunset Concerts: “Tosca,” with the Los Angeles Philharmonic
26 — Tuesday Classics: Mirga Conducts Beethoven & Ravel, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic
28 — Thursday Classics: Copland & Marsalis, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic
29-30-31 — “A Chorus Line”

August

2 — Tuesday Classics: Dudamel and Music of Latin America, with Angel Romero and the Los Angeles Philharmonic
3 — Gladys Knight and Tower of Power
4 — Thursday Classics: Debussy, Britten and Stravinsky, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Ben Gernon conductor
5-6 — Tchaikovsky Spectacular with Fireworks, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic
7 — KCRW World Festival: Kurt Vile and The Violators and more TBA
9 — Tuesday Classics: Magical Mozart, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Andrw Manze, conductor
10 — 50 Years of Jeff Beck, with guest Beth Hart, and Buddy Guy
11 — Thursday Classics: Beethoven and Schubert, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Andrew Manze, conductor
12-13 — An Olympic Carnival with Sergio Mendes & Brasil 2016, with guests Dianne Reeves and Romero Lubambo, and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
14 — Sunday Sunset Concerts: Rodrigo y Gabriela, with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
16 — Tuesday Classics: A Handel Celebration, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Nicholas McGegan, conductor, and the Los Angeles Master Chorale
17 — The Ultimate Tribute to Ray Charles starring Maceo Parker and the Christian McBride Big Band with guest Philip Bailey
18 — Thursday Classics: Mozart & Schumann, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Nicholas McGegan, conductor
19 — Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
20 — Brandi Carlile and Old Crow Medicine Show
21 — KCRW World Festival: The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma
23 — Tuesday Classics: Beethoven’s Fifth, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Joana Carneiro, conductor
24 — Mega Nova featuring Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Cindy Blackman Santana, Marcus Miller and Carlos Santana
25 — Thursday Classics: Cinematic Sounds, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Bramwell Tovey, conductor
26-27 — Culture Club
28 — Smooth Summer Jazz Festival, with George Benson, Average White Band, Jeff Lorber Fusion and To Grover With Love, featuring Jason Miles
30 — Tuesday Classics: Shakespeare at the Bowl, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Bramwell Tovey, conductor
31 — The Black Movie Soundtrack II, with Marcus Miller and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

September

1 — Tuesday Classics: Shakespeare at the Bowl, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Bramwell Tovey, conductor
2-3-4 — John Williams: Maestro of the Movies, with Williams and David Newman conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic
6 — Tuesday Classics: Strauss & Kreisler, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
7 — Carlos Vives
8 — Thursday Classics: L.A. Dances, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Ludovic Morlot, conductor, and Ate9
BODYTRAFFIC and the LA Dance Project
9-10-11 — Fireworks Finale with Jeff Lynne’s ELO and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
13 — Tuesday Classics: French Masters, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Ludovic Morlot, conductor
14 — Jazz at the Bowl, artist to be announced
15 — Thursday Classics: Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, André de Ridder, conductor
18 — KCRW World Festival: Kraftwerk 3-D
24 — Sigur Rós
25 — KCRW World Festival: Bloc Party, MS MR and more