I absolutely love the Hollywood Bowl. I've seen Radiohead, Arcade Fire, Sigur Ros, Band of Horses and more. I saw The Decemberists perform with the LA Philharmonic and it changed my fucking life, I was sobbing with gratitude, still chokes me up to this day. There's this thin breeze of air that floats through that place that you somehow still feel despite the waves of music crashing over you. Wow, and the light shows they do there?? The Radiohead light show (pictured below) was unbelievable, cutting edge, beautiful, no way they could be upstaged but the light show wasn't going away without a fight! Didn't even matter that at our great seats we were rubbing shoulders with the people on The Office. For all the bad attitudes, traffic horror, and grungy buildings we complain about in LA, there is CULTURE there and we don't get enough of that in this ever-beautiful, perpetual vacation town of ours. We like to make a day of it, grab dinner somewhere new before or after the show. Did I mention you can bring food and wine in the Bowl?? Awesome.
Below I have provided my top picks for this seasons Hollywood Bowl performances:
Hollywood Bowl 2009 Season Highlights
June 21 Femi Kuti • Santigold • Raphael Saadiq
July 5 Death Cab w/ the LA Philharmonic • Tegan and Sara • The New Pornographers
July 15 Natalie Cole
August 5 Miles Davis / Gil Evans: Still Ahead
August 9 Reggae Night VII
August 26 Dizzie Gillespie All-Star Big Band
September 24 Beastie Boys
View Entire Schedule Here
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