Brad Paisley coming to the Hollywood Bowl

Brad Paisley is coming to the Hollywood Bowl Saturday, October 20th.  Special guests include The Band Perry, Scott McCreery and Easton Corbin.  This is a leased event so special policies apply.

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The Hollywood Bowl Box Office is open

Today the Hollywood Bowl Box Office opens at 10AM.  The parking lot opens at 7AM and they pass out 500 wrist bands at 8AM.  At 6AM looks like the parking lot was full and people had been camping out overnight.  Not sure why folks don’t use the internet. Maybe it feels like a rite of passage.

Although I read comments that the ticket site gets bogged down for the first few hours after the box office opens and is difficult to checkout.

 

The Hollywood Box Office is open

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Pool section boxes or folding chairs?

For most Hollywood Bowl performances the Pool section (closest to the stage) is configured with private boxes (see the seating chart).  For many of the leased events held at the Hollywood Bowl the boxes are removed and replaced with folding chairs.  While still the closest seats to the stage you lose the ability to dine in your own space.  You might be OK with this especially given the fact that many of the leased events are higher-energy concerts where you might be on your feet all night (Aerosmith, Coldplay, etc).  Just know before you go.

One exception is the Playboy Jazz Festival.  While a leased event the private boxes remain in the pool section.

Pool section at the Hollywood Bowl

Pool configuration at the Hollywood Bowl for leased events

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Hollywood Bowl Box Office opens May 5th

The Hollywood Bowl Box Office opens Saturday, May 5th at 10AM.  This also means that single tickets go on sale as well.  If you are a social network friend of the Hollywood Bowl (Facebook or Twitter) they are offering a early purchase on three concerts starting today.  The Bowl’s version of a Pick 3.

Hollywood Bowl Box Office

Hollywood Bowl Box Office

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New summer line-up additions

Fitz & The Tantrums will join Ben Harper and Malian singer and guitarist Vieux Farka Touré at KCRW’s World Festival concert on Sunday, July 1. Check out the offical Hollywood Bowl page.

Kris Kristofferson, Courtney Taylor-Taylor and Lucinda Williams joins the Glen Campbell Goodbye Tour.

Principal Guest Conductor Thomas Wilkins, will lead the of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra for Pixar in Concert performance Friday, Saturday and Sunday

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Wilco date announced

Sunday, September 30, 2012, 7:00PM

Hollywood Bowl 2012 subscribers can login on to their account and purchase tickets now.

 

wilco at the hollywood bowl

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Aerosmith returns to the Hollywood Bowl

Aerosmith is coming back to the Hollywood Bowl on Monday, August 6th.  As was the case two years ago Cheap Trick will open.  Tickets, starting at $45 and rising to $350 for the best box seats, go on sale Saturday, March 31, at 10 a.m., with pre-sales for fan-club members, American Express card-holders and more running from Tuesday at 10 a.m. until Friday at 10 p.m.

It is a leased event so special rules apply.  Vist the Hollywood Bowl event page for more information.

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No Easter service at the Hollywood Bowl this year

Due to the on-going construction the annual Easter Service held by the Bel Air Presbyterian Church will not be held at the Hollywood Bowl this year.

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Construction at the Hollywood Bowl

Most of the Hollywood Bowl is fenced off due to construction. Seems like lots of work being done. One specific project is the renovation of 12 bathrooms.

Rios Clementi Hale Studios will be handling the rehab of six men’s and six women’s bathrooms. The plans call for new layouts, new fixtures, waterless urinals, super quick Dyson hand dryers, indirect lighting, new partitions, and new graphics inspired by the Bowl’s Art Deco architectural style. Green floors are under consideration, “as a way of bringing a suggestion of the outdoors into stylish white-black-and-stainless-steel interiors.”

The project was budgeted to cost $3 million.

Hollywood Bowl 2012 construction

Getting ready for the 2012 Hollywood Bowl season

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Totally 80′s returns to the Hollywood Bowl again this year!

I’ve been to the 70s and 80s shows. They are fabulous. Such a high energy crowd. Our favorite twisted sweethearts The Go-Go’s return after 30 years to celebrate their 1982 smash, Vacation. Released that same year were The Psychedelic Furs’ “Love My Way,” The Motels’ “Only the Lonely,” and Bow Wow Wow’s “I Want Candy.”

Saturday, September 29th. Tickets and more info here.

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