Hollywood Bowl’s 2026 season includes Foo Fighters & St. Vincent with orchestras & more

Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl has announced its 2026 summer season, running from June through November. It’ll be the LA Phil‘s 104th season at the venue, and they’ll celebrate conductor and artistic director Gustavo Dudamel with a special week of shows that have them joined by a variety of guest artists, including Foo Fighters, who will also have YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles) joining them on August 22.

St. Vincent is also doing an orchestral performance, with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra on August 2, with Anoushka Shankar opening. It’s one of a few orchestral performances she’s announced this year, in addition to Boston and Vienna, VA.

The 2026 season also includes the Blue Note Jazz Festival with Patti LaBelle, Wyclef Jean, Gregory Porter, Samara Joy, Yussef Dayes, and more (June 13-14); Juneteenth with Chance the Rapper (June 19); The Roots, Nas, T.I., Bun B, and De La Soul (June 27); music from the films of Wes Anderson (July 10-11); Joe Hisaishi film music concert featuring Studio Ghibli & more (July 21-23); ZZ Top with Cheap Trick (August 5); Al Green and The Womack Sisters (August 14); Herbie Hancock celebrates Miles Davis (August 19); Squeeze, Adam Ant, and The English Beat (September 19); Gregory Alan Isakov with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and José González (September 20); and more. See the full schedule below.

Single show tickets for summer season shows go on sale May 5 at 10 AM, with new subscriptions and group sales for select concerts beginning today (2/18) at 10 AM, and “Create Your Own” packages starting March 24 at 10 AM. More details on their site.

HOLLYWOOD BOWL: 2026 SUMMER SEASON

Blue Note Jazz Festival
Saturday, June 13, 6PM
Sunday, June 14, 6PM
Patti LaBelle
Wyclef Jean
Gregory Porter
Samara Joy
Yussef Dayes
Cimafunk
Robert Glasper presents R+R=NOW (ft. Terrace Martin, Chief Adjuah, Derrick Hodge, Justin Tyson & Taylor McFerrin)
Kokoroko
Elena Pinderhughes
Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance Ensemble at UCLA
LAUSD Beyond the Bell All-City Jazz Big Band
LA County High School for the Arts Band
Arsenio Hall, host

Juneteenth with Chance The Rapper
Friday, June 19, 8PM

Opening Night: The Best of Broadway
Saturday, June 20, 8PM
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Guest vocalists to be announced

Reggae Night XXIV
Sunday, June 21, 7PM
KCRW Festival
Ziggy Marley
Burning Spear
Zuri Marley, DJ Set

A Roots Picnic Experience
A Great Night in Hip-Hop
Saturday, June 27, 7:30PM
The Roots
Nas
T.I.
Bun B
De La Soul

July Fourth Fireworks Spectacular with The Beach Boys
with Special Guest John Stamos
Thursday, July 2, 7:30PM
Friday, July 3, 7:30PM
Saturday, July 4, 7:30PM
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
John Stamos, special guest

Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass & Other Delights
Sunday, July 5, 7:30PM
Wilkins Conducts Bernstein & Ellington
Wednesday, July 8, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Valerie COLEMAN Fanfare for Uncommon Times
STILL Mother and Child
Shaina TAUB Suffs Song Cycle
BERNSTEIN Three Dance Episodes from On the Town
ELLINGTON Harlem

The Classical World Cup
Thursday, July 9, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Tito Muñoz, conductor
Randall Goosby, violin
GINASTERA Four Dances from Estancia
BARBER Violin Concerto
Adam SCHOENBERG Art of the Goal (world premiere, LA Phil commission)
REVUELTAS Sensemayá
COPLAND Billy the Kid Suite

Music from the Films of Wes Anderson
Friday, July 10, 8PM
Saturday, July 11, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Thomas Wilkins, conductor

Music from the Films of Wes Anderson
Sunday, July 12, 7PM
KCRW Festival

Tchaikovsky & Beethoven
Tuesday, July 14, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Cristian Mǎcelaru, conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7

Salsa Night: Nathy Peluso & Grupo Niche
Wednesday, July 15, 8PM
Mozart & Brahms
Thursday, July 16, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Roberto Gonzáles-Monjas, conductor
Mao Fujita, piano
KORNGOLD Straussiana
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 19
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4

Let the Sunshine In: The Music of ’69
Friday, July 17, 8PM
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Ted Sperling, conductor
Lizzy McAlpine
Morgan James
Noah J. Ricketts
Bryonha Marie Parham

Blues Traveler • Gin Blossoms • Spin Doctors
Saturday, July 18, 8PM

Bob Moses and Cannons: The Afterglow Tour
Sunday, July 19, 7PM
KCRW Festival

Joe Hisaishi Film Music Concert
Featuring Studio Ghibli & more
Tuesday, July 21, 8PM
Wednesday, July 22, 8PM
Thursday, July 23, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Joe Hisaishi, conductor
California State University, Fullerton University Singers
Robert Istad, director

Smokey Robinson & Gladys Knight: Just the Two of Us
Friday, July 24, 8PM
Saturday, July 25, 8PM

Boris Brejcha with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Sunday, July 26, 7PM
KCRW Festival
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

Rhapsody in Blue & Shostakovich
Tuesday, July 28, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Marin Alsop, conductor
Conrad Tao, piano
Anna CLYNE Masquerade
GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5

Pictures at an Exhibition
Thursday, July 30, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Emmanuel Tjeknavorian, conductor
Zlatomir Fung, cello
KHACHATURIAN Gayane, Suite No. 3
TCHAIKOVSKY Variations on a Rococo Theme
MUSSORGSKY (arr. Ravel) Pictures at an Exhibition

Tchaikovsky Spectacular with Fireworks
Friday, July 31, 8PM
Saturday, August 1, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Chloé Dufresne, conductor
Troupe Vertigo
USC Trojan Marching Band
TCHAIKOVSKY Excerpts from Swan Lake Suite
TCHAIKOVSKY Marche Slave
TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture

St. Vincent with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Sunday, August 2, 7PM
KCRW Festival
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Anoushka Shankar

Mendelssohn & Haydn
Tuesday, August 4, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Louis Langrée, conductor
Marc Bouchkov, violin
MENDELSSOHN The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave)
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
HAYDN Symphony No. 104, “London”

ZZ Top with Special Guest Cheap Trick
Wednesday, August 5, 8PM

Brahms & Bizet
Thursday, August 6, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Louis Langrée, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violin
FARREC Overture No. 1
BIZET Selections from Carmen and L’Arlésienne Suites
BRAHMS Violin Concerto

How to Train Your Dragon in Concert
Sunday, August 9, 7:30PM
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

Mozart Under the Stars
Tuesday, August 11, 8PM
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Nicolas Ellis, conductor
Angela Hewitt, piano
MOZART Overture to Don Giovanni
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major, K. 482
MOZART Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”

Al Green • The Womack Sisters
Friday, August 14, 8PM

Top Gun: Maverick in Concert
Saturday, August 15, 8PM
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Lorne Balfe, conductor

Gershwin, Bernstein & More
Tuesday, August 18, 8PM
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Peter BOYER American Mosaic
BERNSTEIN Overture to Candide
GERSHWIN An American in Paris
BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

Herbie Hancock Celebrates Miles Davis
Wednesday, August 19, 8PM

Celebrating Gustavo at the Bowl: Beethoven 9
Thursday, August 20, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Musicians of YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles)
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Grant Gershon, Artistic Director
Jenny Wong, Associate Artistic Director
Los Angeles Children’s Chorus
Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, Artistic Director
Michael GIACCHINO/Amanda GORMAN New work (world premiere, LA Phil commission)
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9, “Choral”

Celebrating Gustavo at the Bowl: Dudamel’s Playlist
Friday, August 21, 8PM
Guests to be announced

Celebrating Gustavo at the Bowl: Foo Fighters with the LA Phil and YOLA
Saturday, August 22, 8PM
Foo Fighters
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Members of YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles)

Celebrating Gustavo at the Bowl: A Musical Legacy
Sunday, August 23, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Guests to be announced

Beethoven’s Fifth
Tuesday, August 25, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Anna Handler, conductor
Bing Wang, violin
Robert deMaine, cello
Joanne Pearce Martin, piano
Grace-Evangeline MASON ABLAZE THE MOON
BEETHOVEN Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

Rachmaninoff & Adams
Thursday, August 27, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gemma New, conductor
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
John ADAMS Short Ride in a Fast Machine
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2
RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances
Smooth Summer Jazz

The Commodores • Boney James • Sheila E
Sunday, August 30, 6:30PM

Dvořák & Bruch
Tuesday, September 1, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Anja Bihlmaier, conductor
Bomsori, violin
GIBSON beyond the beyond
BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8

Amadeus in Concert
Thursday, September 3, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Norman Huynh, conductor
Pacific Chorale
Robert Istad, Artistic Director
Kibsaim Escárcega, Assistant Conductor

Maestro of the Movies: A Tribute to John Williams
Friday, September 4, 8PM
Saturday, September 5, 8PM
Sunday, September 6, 7:30PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
David Newman, conductor
Los Angeles Ballet at the Bowl
Tuesday, September 8, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Los Angeles Ballet
Program to be announced

Buddy Guy 90
Wednesday, September 9, 8PM

Ravel, Debussy & Saint-Saëns
Thursday, September 10, 8PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Philippe Jordan, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
SAINT-SAËNS Bacchanale from Samson et Dalila
RAVEL Piano Concerto in G
RAVEL La valse
DEBUSSY (arr. Stokokowski) Clair de lune
RAVEL Boléro

Fireworks Finale: OneRepublic
Friday, September 11, 8PM
Saturday, September 12, 8PM

Squeeze • Adam Ant • The English Beat
Saturday, September 19, 8PM

Gregory Alan Isakov with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Sunday, September 20, 7:30PM
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Gregory Alan Isakov
José González
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

John Coltrane 100th Celebration with Lakecia Benjamin
Wednesday, September 23, 8PM

The Concert: A Tribute to ABBA
Thursday, September 25, 8PM
MenAlive

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music Sing-A-Long
Saturday, September 26 at 8PM, Pre-Show 6:30PM
Melissa Peterman, host

Jon Batiste
Sunday, September 27, 7:30PM