Summer Nights at the Hollywood Bowl = Magical

Thomas Wilkins and Bramwell Tovey at the Hollywood Bowl
Thomas Wilkins and Bramwell Tovey | Photo by Mathew Imaging

Pack your picnic baskets. It's almost time for another amazing summer at the Hollywood Bowl. Yesterday the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association announced the Hollywood Bowl 2008 Summer Season. Esa-Pekka Salonen will lead the Los Angeles Philharmonic in two performances of Mahler's 8th Symphony in his final concerts at the Bowl as Music Director. Bramwell Tovey was named Principal Guest Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic of the Hollywood Bowl. He will conduct his own Urban Runway on July 8 and several other concerts throughout the summer.

And after his memorable performance with Pink Martini last summer, Thomas Wilkins was named Principal Guest Conductor of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra.

Other highlights include KCRW's World festival, Bugs Bunny on Broadway, Swing Night with Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, and Jazz at the Bowl.

Hollywood Bowl seats
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lunch onstage at The Hollywood Bowl
Photo by Julie Wolfson/LAist

Onstage at The Hollywood Bowl
Photo by Julie Wolfson/LAist

This summer the KCRW World Festival features:

  • Gilberto Gil and Devandra Banhart
  • Feist, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Pacifika
  • Gnarls Barkley, Youssou N'Dour, Deerhoof
  • UB40, Beres Hammond, Barrington Levy
  • Ozomatli, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Lila Downs, Nortec Collective

See you this summer at the Bowl.

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Definately going to catch Gilberto/Devendra.

looking forward to another summer of concerts at the Bowl!

any truth to the radiohead rumors? pretty please?

I would love to see Radiohead. I'll try to find out.

So far they are giving out no information. I'll keep trying to find out.

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