Coldplay performs during the 8th annual "We Can Survive" concert at the Hollywood Bowl on Oct. 23, 2021.
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If you like getting a jump on planning your summer, now's the time. The Hollywood Bowl's summer season was announced Tuesday morning.
There are numerous highlights, but a few notable events include an opening night performance from Janet Jackson, a 90th-birthday tribute to Quincy Jones, and cult rockers Sparks playing with They Might Be Giants.
The Bowl, which is situated in the Hollywood Hills and seats 17,500 people, curates a wide variety of programming. The experience of going to a summer show has become a quintessential part of L.A. life. With its open-air setting, it's proven a particularly appealing venue in our pandemic times.
Other legendary pop/rock artists performing this year include the Beach Boys as part of the Bowl's annual July 4th Fireworks Spectacular; Kool & the Gang together with the Village People; '80s pop group Culture Club; and Air Supply with Michael Bolton. You'll also see film composer John Williams joining conductor Dudamel for the annual John Williams shows with the L.A. Phil, as well as a full lineup of jazz, soul, and R&B led by L.A. Phil Creative Chair for Jazz Herbie Hancock.
The Full Lineup
June
6/10: Opening Night at the Bowl — Janet Jackson: Together Again, with special guest Ludacris, musicians of YOLA
6/17-6/18: Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival hosted by Arsenio Hall; lineup includes Kamasi Washington, Leon Bridges, West Coast Get Down (additional special guests to be announced), St. Paul and The Broken Bones, Digable Planets, Poncho Sanchez, Aziza, The Soul Rebels with Big Freedia, Samara Joy, Lionel Loueke and Gretchen Parlato, Boukman Eksperyans, Butcher Brown, Andrew Gouché and Prayze Connection, The Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance Ensemble at UCLA The Cardinal Divas of SC, LACHSA Jazz, LAUSD / Beyond the Bell All-City Jazz Big Band, and additional names to be announced.
6/21: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
6/22: Jill Scott
6/24: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 in Concert with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
6/25: The Game Awards 10-Year Celebration with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
6/30: Louis Tomlinson (formerly of boy band One Direction)
July
7/2-7/4: July 4th Fireworks Spectacular with The Beach Boys joined by the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
7/6: A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Dudamel — Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Master Chorale
7/7-7/9: Maestro of the Movies: John Williams with the L.A. Phil, joined by Dudamel
His latest solo exhibition is titled “Flutterluster,” showing at Los Angeles gallery Matter Studio. It features large works that incorporate what Huss describes as a “fluttering line” that he’s been playing with ever since he was a child — going on 50 years.
Littlefeather recalls an “incensed” John Wayne having to be restrained from assaulting her and being threatened with arrest if she read the long speech Brando sent with her.
