Final Bow for Gustavo Dudamel Headlines Hollywood Bowl’s Expansive 2026 Season

February 18th, 2026 by thehollywoodhome

Final Bow for Gustavo Dudamel Headlines Hollywood Bowl’s Expansive 2026 Season

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The 2026 summer season at the Hollywood Bowl arrives with both celebration and transition at its core. Anchoring the lineup is a week in August honoring Gustavo Dudamel in his 17th and final season as Music and Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, alongside a roster that stretches confidently across classical, jazz, hip-hop, pop, rock, film music and fireworks spectacles.

The season officially opens June 20 with “The Best of Broadway,” a curtain-raising evening devoted to musical theater’s most enduring songs. From there, the Bowl’s famously eclectic programming accelerates into a three-month survey of global sound.

View all of the Bowl’s summer season highlights below, and get your tickets here.

Celebrating Gustavo

A focal point of the summer will be “Celebrating Gustavo at the Bowl,” culminating August 22 when Dudamel shares the stage with the Foo Fighters in a joint concert that underscores his genre-expansive tenure. Over nearly two decades, Dudamel has redefined what a major American orchestra can do in an outdoor amphitheater, moving fluidly between canonical symphonies and collaborations with artists far outside the traditional classical sphere. This August tribute reflects that breadth, spotlighting some of his favorite collaborators and the stylistic range that has marked his leadership.

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Jazz, Hip-Hop and American Song

Jazz programming launches in a major way June 13 and 14 with the Blue Note Jazz Festival, hosted by Arsenio Hall and featuring artists including Patti LaBelle, Wyclef Jean, Robert Glasper, Samara Joy and Gregory Porter. Later in the season, Wynton Marsalis brings Jazz at Lincoln Center to the Bowl, and Herbie Hancock honors the centennial of Miles Davis with a commemorative program in August.

Juneteenth has become a meaningful fixture in Bowl programming, and this year Chance the Rapper leads the celebration. Hip-hop continues to command the stage as The Roots return for the third annual west coast edition of their Roots Picnic, titled “A Roots Picnic Experience: Great Night in Hip-Hop.”

Pop, Rock and Legacy Acts

The 2026 season leans heavily into multigenerational appeal. OneRepublic will headline the September Fireworks Finale, while Jon Batiste closes out Bowl-produced programming on September 27. St. Vincent takes a symphonic turn in a performance with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra.

Independence Day traditions return with the “July Fourth Fireworks Spectacular” featuring The Beach Boys alongside the Bowl Orchestra for three nights. Additional double bills and co-headlining evenings include ZZ Top with Cheap Trick; Smokey Robinson with Gladys Knight; Ziggy Marley with Burning Spear; Squeeze with Adam Ant and The English Beat; Bob Moses with Cannons; and Blues Traveler with Gin Blossoms and Spin Doctors. Soul icon Al Green also joins the summer slate.

Two nonagenarian legends who continue to perform with formidable energy will make appearances: Herb Alpert brings his revived Tijuana Brass to the Bowl following sold-out shows at Dolby Theatre, and blues titan Buddy Guy returns amid renewed acclaim.

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Film Music Under the Stars

The Bowl’s giant screen remains central to the summer experience. “Music from the Films of Wes Anderson” takes over for three July nights, followed by a tribute to Joe Hisaishi, long associated with Studio Ghibli. John Williams returns for his customary September concerts.

Full live-to-picture presentations include Amadeus, How to Train Your Dragon and Top Gun: Maverick, while the audience becomes part of the orchestra during the annual sing-along screening of The Sound of Music.

Beyond LA Phil Programming

As in past seasons, the LA Phil’s announcement does not encompass concerts produced exclusively by Live Nation-Hewitt Silva. Already announced third-party events include performances by Paul Simon, Rod Stewart, My Chemical Romance, Andrea Bocelli, Jack Johnson, Pitbull, Lewis Capaldi, Bright Eyes, The Human League, John Mellencamp, Santana, The Doobie Brothers, The Black Crowes, Tedeschi Trucks Band and Mac DeMarco, along with a staging of “The Last Five Years” starring Ben Platt and Rachel Zegler, plus several Netflix Is a Joke events featuring Shane Gillis, John Mulaney, FEID and Marcello Hernández.

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Tickets and Season Outlook

Individual tickets for the 2026 Hollywood Bowl summer season go on sale to the general public May 5. Taken together, the lineup reflects the Bowl’s dual identity as both civic institution and cultural crossroads, culminating in a valedictory moment for Dudamel that promises to be as expansive and unexpected as his tenure itself.

Hope to see you all at the Bowl this summer!

Here is a full chronological list of this summer’s LA Phil-produced offerings:

JUNE

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 featuring Terrace Martin, Chief Adjuah, Derrick Hodge, Justin Tyson,
and 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

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

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

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,

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

AUGUST

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

SEPTEMBER

Dvořák & Bruch
Tuesday, September 1, 8PM
Los Angeles
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
KCRW Festival

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