On July 11, 1922 the Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Alfred Hertz, inaugurated the first official season of music under the stars at the Hollywood Bowl.
Over the years the tranquil venue tucked away in the Hollywood Hills – and a stone’s throw from the US 101 Hollywood Freeway – has hosted some of the biggest musicians, bands, and orchestras in modern times.
From the two women in 1920 performing atop a barn door, to the Beatles and Hendrix in the ’60s, to King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard in 2023, magic has a way of happening in that natural bowl off Highland Avenue.
“The Hollywood Bowl was marvellous. It was the one we all enjoyed most, I think,” John Lennon said after the Beatles first played there in 1964, “because it seemed so important. We got on, and it was a big stage, and it was great. We could be heard in a place like the Hollywood Bowl, even though the crowd was wild: good acoustics.”
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