S.Lo on February 13th, 2019

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*Updated September 30, 2019

The Hollywood Bowl has announced its summer season for 2019, jam-packed with great performances from the rock, indie, classical, jazz, pop and soul worlds, all under the bright stars and spectacular light show (plus, in many cases, fireworks) of the venue.

John Legend will host the Opening Night of the season with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. Nile Rodgers and CHIC will do the honors for this year’s July 4 Fireworks Spectacular. And Earth, Wind & Fire will host the Fireworks Finale.

Festival highlights include the Playboy Jazz Festival, Reggae Night XVIII and the 30th annual MARIACHI USA.

Rock, indie and crossover acts include the Who, the return of Vampire Weekend; the Roots; Heart, Joan Jett and Elle King doing a triple bill; and Chrissie Hynde, Natalia Lafourcade and Cyndi Lauper accompanied by the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. Notable rock/indie shows also include Death Cab for Cutie, Car Seat Headrest, Chromeo, Gary Clark Jr., Lord Huron, Shakey Graves, Yola, Toro y Moi, Noname, Leon Bridges, Rhye, Café Tacvba, Ben Harper, Neneh Cherry, Marco Antonio Solis, Violent Femmes, La Santa Cecilia, Phoenix, Gipsy Kings, Las Cafeteras, (recent Grammy winner) Cécile McLorin Salvant and Michael Kiwanuka.

Classic pop, rock, blues, soul and contemporary jazz acts include L.A. Phil’s Creative Chair for Jazz Herbie Hancock, Gladys Knight (with the Kingdom Choir from the Duke and Duchess Meghan Markle of Sussex’s royal wedding), Buddy Guy, Chaka Khan, Dianne Reeves, Charlie Musselwhite, Jimmy Vaughan, Lee Ritenour, Ivan Lins Quartet with Big Band, Barry Manilow (with the L.A. Phil orchestra), Tony Bennett, Santana, the Doobie Brothers, Booker T’s Stax Revue, R+R=Now, the Christian McBride Big Band, Dead & Company, Hootie and the Blowfish, Barenaked Ladies and an ABBA tribute.

Broadway fans will enjoy this year’s fully-staged production of Sondheim and Lapine’s “Into the Woods” and nights featuring Kristin Chenoweth and Hugh Jackman, as well as the annual “Sound of Music” sing-along, complete with a cosplay costume contest.

For the film fans, John Williams will introduce the annual “Maestro of the Movies,” featuring his movie scores performed by the L.A. Phil, conducted by David Newman. The third rendition of  Marcus Miller and Reggie Hudlin’s Black Movie Soundtrack III as well as live score-synced-to-film performances for “Jurassic Park,” “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” and “An American in Paris” are also sure to delight. 

And not to be outdone, the orchestral-focused performances of the season include Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf” with puppetry by London’s Blind Summit Theatre, Stravinsky’s “Petrushka,” Berlioz’s “Symphonie Fantastique,” Beethoven’s Ninth and world premieres of L.A. Phil commissioned works by Laura Karpman, Caroline Shaw and L.A. Phil’s Creative Chair John Adams, the latter titled, “Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes?” as a part of the orchestra’s ongoing centennial celebration.

||| Ticket information: Subscriptions are available online or at (323) 850-2000. “Five or More” packages on sale at 10 a.m. March 12. Single tickets on sale at 10 a.m. May 5.

May

05/04/19 Chris Tomlin Worship with Chris Tomlin and Pat Barrett
05/26/19 New Kids On the Block: Mixtape Tour with New Kids On the Block, Salt N Pepa, Naughty By Nature, Tiffany and Debbie Gibson

JUNE

06/01/19 Kidz Bop World Tour
06/03/19 Dead & Company
06/04/19 Dead & Company
06/08/19 Playboy Jazz Festival, hosted by George Lopez, with Kool & the Gang, Béla Fleck & the Flecktones, Terence Blanchard feat. the E Collective (special guest Quiana Lynell), Angélique Kidjo, Benny Golson’s 90th Birthday Quartet, Sheila E., Celebrating Ndugu Chancler (music director Patrice Rushen with guests Ernie Watts, Alphonso Johnson, Terri Lyne Carrington, Doc Powell, Byron Miller, Rayford Griffin, Josie James and TC Carson), Terrace Martin, Jazz in Pink
06/09/19 Playboy Jazz Festival, hosted by George Lopez, with Boz Scaggs, Maceo Parker, the Cookers (featuring Billy Harper, Eddie Henderson, Donald Harrison, David Weiss, George Cables, Cecil McBee and Billy Hart), Dirty Dozen Brass Band, the Family Stone (Sly & the Family Stone founding member Jerry Martini), Phunne Stone, Donny McCaslin Blow, Sona Jobarteth, Harold López-Nussa Quartet (featuring Ruy López-Nussa and Luques Curtis), Mayquel Gonzalez and Michael Mayo
06/15/19 Opening Night at the Bowl with John Legend (Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Wilkins)
06/16/19 Chromeo, Toro y Moi, Noname and Ian Isiah
06/18/19 Andrea Bocelli
06/19/19 Andrea Bocelli
06/22/19 30th Annual MARIACHI USA
06/24/19 Santana, The Doobie Brothers
06/25/19 Hootie & the Blowfish Group Therapy Tour, Barenaked Ladies
06/29/19 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in Concert (Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, conducted by Sarah Hicks)
06/30/19 ABBA: The Concert (tribute)

JULY

07/02/19 July 4th Fireworks Spectacular with Nile Rodgers & CHIC (Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Thomas Wilkins)
07/03/19 July 4th Fireworks Spectacular with Nile Rodgers & CHIC (Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Thomas Wilkins)
07/04/19 July 4th Fireworks Spectacular with Nile Rodgers & CHIC (Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Thomas Wilkins)
07/05/19 Leon Bridges, Rhye
07/06/19 Chrissie Hynde
07/07/19 Reggae Night XVIII hosted by KCRW DJ Garth Trinidad, with Damien “Jr. Gong” Marley, Third World and Kabaka Pyramid
07/09/19 Symphonie Fantastique – Berlioz’s classic and Saint-Saënz’s “Carnival of the Animals” (Los Angeles Philharmonic with Katia and Marielle Labèque on pianos, conducted by Juanjo Mena)
07/10/19 Tony Bennett
07/11/19 Spanish Music & Dance – Ravel’s “Alborada del Gracioso” and selections from Falla’s “The Three-Cornered Hat” as well as Falla’s “El Amor Brujo” (Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Paolo Bortolameolli, and the Siudy Flamenco Dance Theater)
07/12/19 Cyndi Lauper with Orchestra, with Cécile McLorin Salvant (Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Wilkins)
07/13/19 Cyndi Lauper with Orchestra, with Cécile McLorin Salvant (Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Wilkins)
07/14/19 An Intimate Evening with Kristin Chenoweth (Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Wilkins)
07/16/19 Dudamel Conducts Dvořák and Prokofiev – Dvořák’s “Cello Concerto” and Prokofiev’s “Romeo and Juliet Suite” (Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, with Pablo Ferrández on cello and the L.A. Dance Project, choreographed by Benjamin Millepied)
07/18/19 Dudamel Conducts Rachmaninoff – iconic selections from Hollywood’s Golden Age and Rachmaninoff’s “Piano Concerto No. 3” (Los Angeles Philharmonic and Khatia Buniatishvili on piano, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel)
07/19/19 Hugh Jackman: The Man. The Music. The Show. – hit songs from the Greatest Showman, Les Misérables and more from Broadway and film, accompanied by a live orchestra
07/20/19 Hugh Jackman: The Man. The Music. The Show. – hit songs from the Greatest Showman, Les Misérables and more from Broadway and film, accompanied by a live orchestra
07/21/19 Natalia Lafourcade and Gustavo Dudamel, hosted by KCRW DJ Madeleine Brand (Los Angeles Philharmonic with Natalia Lafourcade, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel)
07/23/19 Dudamel Conducts Mahler’s 2nd – Symphony No. 2’s “Resurrection” (Los Angeles Philharmonic with soprano Miah Persson and mezzo-soprano Anna Larsson, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, and the Los Angeles Master Chorale, artistic director Grant Gershon)
07/25/19 Dudamel & Yuja Wang – Barber’s “Adagio for Strings,” John Adams’ “Must the Devil Have All the Best Tunes?” and Tchaikovsky’s “Symphony No. 4” (Los Angeles Philharmonic with Yuja Wang on piano, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel)
07/26/19 Into the Woods (Sondheim & Lapine)
07/27/19 Into the Woods (Sondheim & Lapine)
07/28/19 Into the Woods (Sondheim & Lapine)
07/30/19 Beethoven, Bruch and Brahms – Beethoven’s “Egmont Overture,” Bruch’s “Violin Concerto” and Brahms’ “Symphony No. 1” (Budapest Festival Orchestra with Nicola Benedetti on violin, conducted by Iván Fischer)
07/31/19 Michael McDonald & Chaka Khan

AUGUST

08/01/19 Dvořák & Haydn – Haydn’s “Symphony No. 88 in G,” selected “Arias” from Handel and Dvořák’s “Symphony No. 8” (Budapest Festival Orchestra with soprano Jeanine De Bique, conducted by Iván Fischer)
08/02/19 The Gipsy Kings featuring Nicholas Reyes & Tonino Baliardo and Las Cafeteras
08/03/19 The Gipsy Kings featuring Nicholas Reyes & Tonino Baliardo and Las Cafeteras
08/04/19 Lord Huron, Shakey Graves and Yola
08/06/19 Mozart Masterworks – Symphony No. 4, “Jupiter,” and “Requiem” (Budapest Festival Orchestra with soprano Jeanine De Bique, mezzo soprano Kelley O’Connor, tenor Michael Schade and bass Adam Plachetka, conducted by Iván Fischer)
08/07/19 Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan, Charlie Musselwhite
08/08/19 Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” – Mendelssohn’s “Symphony No. 1” and Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” (Los Angeles Philharmonic with violinist Ray Chen, conducted by Ben Gernon)
08/09/19 Tchaikovsky Spectacular with Fireworks – Polonaise and Waltz from “Eugene Onegin,” “Swan Lake” Act 4, “Capriccio italien” and “1812 Overture, Op. 49” (Los Angeles Philharmonic with the USC Marching Band, conducted by Bramwell Tovey)
08/10/19 Tchaikovsky Spectacular with Fireworks – Polonaise and Waltz from “Eugene Onegin,” “Swan Lake” Act 4, “Capriccio italien” and “1812 Overture, Op. 49” (Los Angeles Philharmonic with the USC Marching Band, conducted by Bramwell Tovey)
08/11/19 Death Cab for Cutie with Car Seat Headrest
08/13/19 Britain at the Bowl – Handel’s “Zadok the Priest,” Britten’s “The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra,” Coates’ “The Dam Busters March,” selections of Gilbert & Sullivan, Coward’s “Thank You, Mr. Coward!” and Elgar’s “Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1” (Los Angeles Philharmonic with baritone Sir Thomas Allen, conducted by Bramwell Tovey, and the Los Angeles Master Chorale, artistic director Grant Gershon)
08/14/19 Ivan Lins and Friends: A Journey to Brazil (Ivan Lins Quartet with Big Band, Diane Reeves and New York Voices, conducted by John Beasley), Lee Ritenour’s World of Brazil (with Dave Grusin, Luciana Souza and Paulinho Da Costa)
08/15/19 America in Space (50th anniversary of the moon landing, Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by David Newman)
08/16/19 Jurassic Park in Concert (projected in HD with special effects, John Williams’ score by performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by David Newman)
08/17/19 Jurassic Park in Concert (projected in HD with special effects, John Williams’ score by performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by David Newman)
08/18/19 Smooth Summer Jazz – annual mini-festival featuring Dave Koz & Friends (with Gerald Albright on alto saxophone, Rick Braun on trumpet, vocalist Kenny Lattimore and Aubrey Logan on trombone and vocals), the Commodores, Hiroshima (celebrating their 40th anniversary) and Adam Hawley
08/20/19 Peter and the Wolf featuring puppetry by London’s Blind Summit Theatre – Tchaikovsky’s “Waltz from Sleeping Beauty,” Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf,” Borodin’s “In the Steppes of Central Asia” and Tchaikovsky’s Orchestral Suite No. 4 “Mozartiana” (Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Bramwell Tovey)
08/21/19 Herbie Hancock: Next Generation with (Los Angeles Philharmonic Creative Chair for Jazz) Herbie Hancock, R+R=Now and special guests Noname and Phoelix
08/22/19 Appalachian Spring – Laura Karpman’s “All American” (L.A. Phil commission world premiere), Copland’s “Appalachian Spring,” Barber’s “Violin Concerto” and Ellington’s “Harlem” (Los Angeles Philharmonic with violinist James Ehnes, conducted by James Gaffigan)
08/23/19 Pink Martini with Orchestra – Pink Martini with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Wilkins, and Violent Femmes
08/24/19 Pink Martini with Orchestra – Pink Martini with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Wilkins, and La Santa Cecilia
08/25/19 Pink Martini with Orchestra – Pink Martini with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Wilkins, and organist Booker T’s Stax Revue
08/27/19 Beethoven’s Ninth – Caroline Shaw’s new work (L.A. Phil commission world premiere) and Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 9” (Los Angeles Philharmonic with soprano Anita Hartig, mezzo soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano, tenor Toby Spence and bassist Michael Sumuel, conducted by Xian Zhang, and the Los Angeles Master Choral, artistic director Grant Gershon)
08/28/19 The Roots and Christian McBride Big Band
08/29/19 Beethoven’s Ninth – Caroline Shaw’s new work (L.A. Phil commission world premiere) and Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 9” (Los Angeles Philharmonic with soprano Anita Hartig, mezzo soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano, tenor Toby Spence and bassist Michael Sumuel, conducted by Xian Zhang, and the Los Angeles Master Choral, artistic director Grant Gershon)
08/30/19 Maestro of the Movies – Los Angeles Philharmonic with special guest John Williams, conducted by David Newman
08/31/19 Maestro of the Movies – Los Angeles Philharmonic with special guest John Williams, conducted by David Newman

SEPTEMBER

09/01/19 Maestro of the Movies – Los Angeles Philharmonic with special guest John Williams, conducted by David Newman
09/03/19 Stravinsky’s “Petrushka” – Berlioz’s “Roman Carnival Overture,” Chausson’s “Poème,” Massenet’s “Méditation from Thaïs” and Stravinsky’s “Petrushka” (Los Angeles Philharmonic with violinist Martin Chalifour, conducted by Ludovic Morlot)
09/05/19 Mozart Under the Stars – Overture to “The Magic Flute,” “Piano Concerto No. 23” and “Symphony No. 40” (Los Angeles Philharmonic with pianist Inon Barnatan, conducted by Nicholas McGegan)
09/06/19 Barry Manilow with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
09/07/19 Barry Manilow with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra 
09/08/19 Gladys Knight with the Kingdom Choir
09/09/19 Heart, Joan Jett, Elle King at Hollywood Bowl
09/10/19 Ravel with Thibaudet – Debussy’s “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun,” Ravel’s “Piano Concerto in G” and Rachmaninoff’s “Symphonic Dances, Op. 45” (Los Angeles Philharmonic with pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, conducted by Eun Sun Kim)
09/11/19 Ben Harper and Neneh Cherry
09/12/19 An American in Paris (film with live score by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Brett Mitchell)
09/13/19 Fireworks Finale: Earth, Wind & Fire with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Wilkins
09/14/19 Fireworks Finale: Earth, Wind & Fire with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Wilkins 
09/15/19 Café Tacvba and Cherry Glazerr hosted by KCRW DJ Raul Campos
09/21/19 Sing-A-Long “Sound of Music” (season subscribers only)
09/25/19 Black Movie Soundtrack III – Marcus Miller directs the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, conducted by Vince Mendoza, hosted by Craig Robinson, in the third installment of Miller & Reggie Hudlin’s popular series celebrating black film music
09/29/19 Gary Clarke Jr. and Michael Kiwanuka, hosted by KCRW DJ Aaron Byrd

OCTOBER

10/02/19 Vampire Weekend – Father of the Bride Tour with Tinariwen and Richard Pictures
10/04/19 Marco Antonio Solis: La Historia Continúa 2019
10/05/19 Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience – music by Ramin Djawadi
10/06/19 Van Morrison and Melody Gardot
10/11/19 The Who: Moving On!
10/13/19 The Who: Moving On!