The 2024 summer season at the Hollywood Bowl was announced by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Tuesday, with highlights including a first-time Marvel Studios night; LA Phil-accompanied shows by Laufey, Beck, Natalia Lafourcade and Harry Connick Jr.; the inaugural edition of a west coast iteration of hip-hop’s celebrated Roots Picnic; tributes to Henry Mancini and Sammy Davis Jr.; the return of Zubin Mehta; and standard, non-orchestral gigs by Jason Isbell, Mitski. Mt. Joy, Boyz II Men and many others.
Returning favorites include the Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival (which replaced the Playboy Jazz Festival), a Juneteenth celebration, fireworks spectaculars over the Fourth of July and Labor Day weekends, a Tchaikovsky Spectacular, the traditional sing-along screening of “The Sound of Music” and — of course — a little John Williams and a lot of Gustavo Dudamel.
Sure to be one of the most sought-after tickets is the global debut of Marvel Studios’ Infinity Saga Concert Experience, conducted by Dudamel. It’s described as a concert that will “transport audiences on a cinematic journey through the franchise’s first 23 films, weaving together the legendary characters of the Marvel universe into one story from an all-new perspective.”
The handful of nights when performers from the pop world are paired with the Phil typically provide some of the greatest only-in-L.A. experiences. As PvNew predicted last year when Laufey was killing it with the Phil across the ravine at the Ford, the singer will make the leap over to the Bowl on Aug. 7. Beck is a Bowl veteran who’ll be doing his first show with the Phil on July 6. Connick will join the signature orchestra for real and figurative fireworks (July 2-4). And Natalia Lafourcade, an 18-time Latin Grammy winner, will join Dudamel and company Sept, 6-7.
The Roots Picnic will bring the perennial east coast favorite west on June 29, with the Roots joined by Queen Latifah, Common, Digable Planets, Arrested Development, the Pharcyde and Black Sheep.
Other artists outside of the classical realms who’ll be playing this summer include Patti Labelle (July 7), Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit with Sylvan Esso (July 21), Chaka Khan (July 26), India.Arie (Aug. 9), the Gipsy Kings (Aug. 16-17), Gary Clark Jr. with the War and Treaty (Aug. 21), Mt. Joy (Aug. 25), Trombone Shorty (Sept. 4), Vance Joy (Sept. 8), Boyz II Mean (Sept. 13-15), Rodrigo y Gabriela (Sept. 18), cumbia artists Grupo Cañaveral de Humberto Pabón, La Sonora Dinamita, and Los Hermanos Flores (Sept. 22), and Mitski with Sharon Van Etten (Sept. 28).
For film score lovers, this year’s official opening night attraction is a 100th birthday salute to the late Henry Mancini, featuring Michael Bublé, Dave Koz and Monica Mancini (June 23). John Williams will be back in the flesh for orchestral accompaniment to film clips, joined by David Newman (July 12-13). A screening of “Singin’ in the Rain” will have David Newman conducting the LA Phil (Aug. 27). Marvel isn’t alone among studios in getting a singular salute: Disney will get its own tribute July 19-20, specifically to the studio’s films from the ’80s ad ’90s.
Opera stars on board include Diana Damrau and Jonas Kaufmann. Classical giants booked throughout the summer include Joshua Bell, Augustin Hadelich, Diana Damrau, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Jonas Kaufmann, Midori, Pinchas Zukerman, Ray Chen and Yunchan Lim.
The lineup for the Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival on June 15-16 includes Jodeci, Kamasi Washington, Robert Glasper, Yebba, Christian McBride, Cory Henry, Charles Lloyd, Baby Rose, the Soul Rebels with Seun Kuti, Mulatu Astatke, Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band, Alex Isley, Aneesa Strings and the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance Ensemble at UCLA. Another jazz standout is “Herbie Hancock Head Hunters 50th,” resurrecting thst classic albums’s original 1973 lineup of Harvey Mason, Bennie Maupin,and Bill Summers, with Marcus Miller taking the place of the late fPaul Jackson (Aug. 14).
Tickets will go on sale on a staggered basis. New subscriptions and group sales for the summer series are now on sale. “Create your own” packages will be offered in just over a month, on March 19. But it’ll be another three months before individual tickets go on sale — on May 7.
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JUNEHollywood Bowl Jazz Festival
Saturday,June 15,3:30PM
Arsenio Hall, host
Jodeci
Christian McBride
Charles Lloyd with Jason Moran, Larry Grenadier, and Brian Blade
Mulatu Astatke
Alex Isley
Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance at UCLA
Sunday,June 16,3:30PM
Arsenio Hall, host
Kamasi Washington
Robert Glasper with special guest Yebba
Cory Henry
Soul Rebels with special guest Seun Kuti
Baby Rose
Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band
Aneesa Strings
Juneteenth Celebration
T-Pain Plus Special Guests
Wednesday, June 19, 8PM
T-Pain
Color of Noise Orchestra
Derrick Hodge, conductor
Opening Night at the Bowl
Henry Mancini 100th Celebration
Sunday, June 23, 7:30PM
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Special guests to include Michael Bublé, Dave Koz, and Monica Mancini
Roots Picnic: Hip-Hop is the Love of My Life
Saturday, June 29, 8PM
The Roots
Queen Latifah
Common
Digable Planets
Arrested Development
The Pharcyde
Black Sheep
And more…
July Fourth Fireworks Spectacular with Harry Connick Jr.
Tuesday, July 2, 7:30PM
Wednesday, July 3, 7:30PM
Thursday, July 4, 7:30PM
Harry Connick Jr.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Beck with the LA Phil
Saturday, July 6. 8PM
Beck
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Steven Reineke, conductor
Patti LaBelle
Sunday, July 7, 7:30PM
Scheherazade
Tuesday, July 9, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Elim Chan, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violin
Unsuk CHIN subito con forza
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
All-Gershwin
Thursday, July 11, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Lionel Bringuier, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Isabel Leonard, vocalist
GERSHWIN Cuban Overture
GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue
GERSHWIN Song Selections
GERSHWIN Variations on “I Got Rhythm”
GERSHWIN An American in Paris
Maestro of the Movies: John Williams with the LA Phil
Friday, July 12, 8PM
Saturday, July 13, 8PM
Sunday, July 14, 7:30PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
John Williams, conductor
David Newman, conductor
Ray Chen Plays Tchaikovsky
Tuesday, July 16, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
David Afkham, conductor
Ray Chen, violin
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”
Big Band Night
Maria Schneider Orchestra • Count Basie Orchestra
Wednesday, July 17, 8PM
Ballet Folklórico de Mexico with the LA Phil
Thursday, July 18, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor
Ballet Folklórico de México de Amalia Hernández
Salvador López López, general director
Viviana Basanta, artistic director
CHÁVEZ Symphony No. 2, “Sinfonía India”
Juan Pablo ConTRERAS Mariachitlán
Gabriela ORTIZ Antrópolis
REVUELTAS Sensemayá
Arturo MÁRQUEZ Danzón No. 2
LARA (arr. Ferrer) Danzones de Lara
MonCAYO Huapango
Disney ’80s-’90s Celebration in Concert
Friday, July 19, 8PM
Saturday, July 20, 8PM
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Sarah Hicks, conductor
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit • Sylvan Esso
Uwade
Sunday, July 21, 7PM
KCRW Festival
Mozart Under the Stars
Tuesday, July 23, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
MOZART Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 3
MOZART Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”
All-Beethoven
Thursday, July 25, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
David Robertson, conductor
Sunwook Kim, piano
Clara-Jumi Kang, violin
Hayoung Choi, cello
BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture
BEETHOVEN Triple Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5
Chaka Khan
Friday, July 26, 8PM
The Music of Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, and More:
Boublil and Schönberg’s Do You Hear the People Sing?
Sunday, July 28, 7:30PM
Stravinsky & Khachaturian
Tuesday, July 30, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Kevin John Edusei, conductor
Martin Chalifour, violin
KHACHATURIAN Violin Concerto
KHACHATURIAN Spartacus Suite No. 2
STRAVINSKY The Firebird Suite (1919 version)
Schumann & Bruch
Thursday, August 1, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Xian Zhang, conductor
Karen Gomyo, violin
WAGNER Overture to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1
R. SCHUMANN Symphony No. 1, “Spring”
Tchaikovsky Spectacular with Fireworks
Friday, August 2, 8PM
Saturday, August 3, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Otto Tausk, conductor
Behzod Abduraimov, piano
USC Trojan Marching Band
TCHAIKOVSKY Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY Suite from Sleeping Beauty
TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture
Reggae Night XXII
Jamrock Reggae Night at the Bowl
Sunday, August 4, 7PM
KCRW Festival
Prokofiev & Shostakovich
Tuesday, August 6, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Ryan Bancroft, conductor
Denis Kozhukhin, piano
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 10
Laufey with the LA Phil
Wednesday, August 7, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Conductor to be announced
Symphonic Tango & Flamenco
Thursday, August 8, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
François López-Ferrer, conductor
Blake Pouliot, violin
Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana
Emilio Ochando, choreographer
FALLA The Three-Cornered Hat Suite No. 2
PIAZZOLLA Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
DEBUSSY Ibéria
RAVEL Boléro
Artist to be announced
Saturday, August 10, 8PM
Sunday, August 11, 7:30PM
India.Arie
Friday, August 9, 8PM
All-Rachmaninoff
Tuesday, August 13, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
Alexander Malofeev, piano
RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2
Herbie Hancock: Head Hunters 50th
Wednesday, August 14, 8PM
Herbie Hancock
Harvey Mason
Bennie Maupin
Bill Summers
Marcus Miller
The Elements with Joshua Bell
Thursday, August 15, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Rodolfo Barráez, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
COPLAND El Salón México
Kevin PUTS/Edgar MEYER/Jake HEGGIE/Jennifer HIGDON/Jessie MonTGOMERY The Elements
BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
The Gipsy Kings
Featuring Nicolas Reyes
Friday, August 16, 8PM
Saturday, August 17, 8PM
Smooth Summer Jazz
George Benson
Sunday, August 18, 6:30PM
All-Dvořák with Midori
Tuesday, August 20, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Christian Reif, conductor
Midori, violin
DVOŘÁK Carnival Overture
DVOŘÁK Violin Concerto
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7
Gary Clark Jr.
The War and Treaty
Wednesday, August 21, 8PM
The Rite of Spring
Thursday, August 22, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Teddy Abrams, conductor
Program to include:
Michael Tilson THOMAS Agnegram
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
Pink Martini Featuring China Forbes
Friday, August 23, 8PM
Saturday, August 24, 8PM
Mt. Joy
Sunday, August 25, 7PM
KCRW Festival
Singin’ in the Rain in Concert
Tuesday, August 27, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
David Newman, conductor
Gustavo Dudamel & Yunchan Lim
Thursday, August 29, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Yunchan Lim, piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5
Marvel Studios Infinity Saga Concert Experience
Friday, August 30, 8PM
Saturday, August 31, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Toto
Christopher Cross
Sunday, September 1, 7:30PM
Carmen and Carnival with Dudamel
Tuesday, September 3, 8PM
Thursday, September 5, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Sergio Tiempo, piano
Karin Lechner, piano
Rihab Chaieb, mezzo-soprano
Roberto SIERRA Fandangos
BIZET Scenes from Carmen
Roberto SIERRA Alegría
SAINT-SAËNS Carnival of the Animals
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
Wednesday, September 4, 8PM
Trombone Shorty
Big Boi
Natalia Lafourcade with the LA Phil
Friday, September 6, 8PM
Saturday, September 7, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Vance Joy
‘dream your life away’ 10-Year Anniversary Tour
Sunday, September 8, 7PM
KCRW Festival
Dudamel Leads Beethoven 9
Tuesday, September 10, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Key’mon Murrah, countertenor
Hera Hyesang Park, soprano
Samantha Hankey, mezzo-soprano
Anthony León, tenor
Dashon Burton, bass
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Grant Gershon, Artistic Director
Jenny Wong, Associate Artistic Director
BERNSTEIN Chichester Psalms
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9
Sammy Davis, Jr. at 100
Wednesday, September 11, 8PM
Dudamel and the Stars of Opera
Thursday, September 12, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Diana Damrau, soprano
Jonas Kaufmann, tenor
VERDI Overture to I Vespri siciliani
MASCAGNI Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana
VARIOUS Selected arias and duets
RESPIGHI Pines of Rome
Boyz II Men
Friday, September 13, 8PM
Saturday, September 14, 8PM
Sunday, September 15, 8PM
Fireworks Finale
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Wednesday, September 18, 8PM
The Concert: A Tribute to ABBA
Friday, September 20, 8PM
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music Sing-along
Saturday, September 21, 6PM Pre-show; 7:30PM film
Melissa Peterman, host
Cumbia at the Bowl!
Sunday, September 22, 7PM
KCRW Festival
Grupo Cañaveral de Humberto Pabón
La Sonora Dinamita
Los Hermanos Flores
Camilo
Thursday, September 26, 8PM
Mitski
Sharon Van Etten
Saturday, September 28, 8PM
