The Hollywood Bowl Review

Wonderful place to see any Venue! Love the Hollywood Bowl.

The Concert was amazing... except for the AH that was behind my bench talking and laughing the whole time.

Iconic concert venue with great acoustics, a must visit.

A beautiful place to be able to go listen to music outdoors with an excellent view

This is an experience everyone should go to once...very fortunate to have a box seat every summer with family. Just saw cindi lauper a few weeks ago..great show.

Nothing says Los Angeles like a concert at the bowl

Only good seats are down low, thank goodness for video screens. We weren't even in the cheap seats and Rod Stewart looked like he was 3 inches tall.
Brace yourself for a HIKE not a stroll up hill.

awesome venue, and you can bring in any food or drink you want!

Nice venue for a concert. Just a pain to get in and out of...

Hollywood Bowl is very spacious and open. Make sure to bring a jacket if you re going to a show at night. The food their is pretty good, but pricey. We watched John Williams and it was spectacular, on the other hand stack parking was not.

Great concert venue, small intimate great acoustics nestled in the Hollywood hills great place to see summer concert under the Stars

Loved this venue not a bad seat in the house. The food was amazing.

Second time at Hollywood bowl and both times for KTMF. Acoustics is great! I wanted to listen to opera and classical here and two guests this year performed just that and it sounded beautiful! My usual seats are in lower section, behind box seats. Although they are bench, I find them to be best value and you can rent cushions for $1 or bring your own. There are also super seats which are the 3 middle section of the same row and have backs and cup holders like at baseball stadiums, these are almost if not double double bench price. These are the most popular but you do pay a premium. You can also bring your own food and drinks, no glass containers or you can purchase from their food court, there are several walk up restaurants and a market inside and cost is pretty expensive; mac n cheese is $17 from the market, coffee or hot chocolate is $3, bottle water is $5-$6, cheeseburger is $14, garlic fries $7, note that burgers are cooked medium well. I suggest bringing your own food if you're on a budget or have food allergies, otherwise food is pretty good. Bathrooms are nice and clean. I did notice that there was another bathroom located on the left side of the bowl and had more stalls for women at least, much bigger and line goes pretty quick. Parking is stacked so if you plan on leaving early I suggest you not park here. There are buses that pick up and various locations and drop off specifically for the bowl, one location that I'm aware of is the LA zoo. You can also park at the mall, Hollywood and Highland and walk up about a mile uphill or park at the church parking lot down the hill, $20 cash donation and walk up. This is a wonderful venue, just plan ahead, traffic and parking can be crazy.

The Bowl is probably one of the best places to watch a concert. The sound is some of the best, and so is the staff. Sure, parking is too expensive and messy (but I don't park there), and drinks & food are way overpriced. But you have fun here nonetheless.

The sound quality and the experience is wonderful it really is. The food choices look delicious, that you can bring your own picnic basket to some events is awesome I just wish they didn't have stacked parking. It takes forever to leave the parking lot.

Very beautiful outdoor venue for concerts, but
parking and traffic is horrible.

In The event of large Sellout crowds Hollywood Bowl is horrifically organized. Parking is stacked. Streets sorrounding the venue are crammed. Be mindful of these things bring your patience and a lot of time to spare.

Great venue. Felt like VIP at the Jack Johnson concert!

Probably one of the best place to see a concert during the summer. Classic venue in the Hollywood Hills with great views no matter where you sit.

Great summer evening!! As always, so impressed by the program.

Just walked in on an off day to walk around. Very interesting. Lots of seating, all wooden. Cool stage. Other amenities on the ground too. Museum was closed. Staff was very nice. Free parking.

Great Gustavo tenth anniversary LA conductor celebration !!! With synchronized fireworks.

Nothing like summer nights at the Hollywood Bowl. Went to check out Herbie Hancock on a hot summer evening with my wife and 2 year old son. Ended up getting to witness a killer jam session with all kinds of special guests. Not to mention all the helpful staff available on site for any questions you might have. Shoot even the porter stopped to help me out. Overall I'd suggest everyone see themselves a summer show at the bowl, put it on your bucket list!

Great place for outdoor concerts. It's hard to get out of the parking lots after the event

Winding hills and horrible parking. Prepare to take it while grabbing your ankles for parking cost. Also, all the added venue fees on tickets and fact that $100+ per ticket gets you seating beyond mezzanine is garbage. Venue is meh; people go here to be pretentious and because they love Hollywood... a fine display is moppishness . Any other amphitheater s is simply the right/better/smarter/sensible/logical choice. Zzzz.... *white noise*....

/endrant

The perfect venue to see a show outdoors. Parking is tight but manageable.

The additional picnic areas is awesome!! I had a very enjoyable experience with FAMILY and friends. My only complaint is the $8.00 small cup of BEER!! Come on! What's up with that??

Love the Hollywood Bowl. During the day, you can walk around provided you are respectful.

Must see. did not attend any concerts. you can see the Hollywood sign from here.

I really like how the Hollywood Bowl has an open view. My family went there in the summer of July 2016 with the spectacular fireworks! It was a thrilling experience!

The most stunning venue I've been to. I saw Bon Iver with TU Dance with a friend and it was transcending. There's so many seats though, it's not intimate at all. There are are few hills to walk up to get to your section wherever that might be. Security was nice. Getting through was quick and painless. The burger I got from 21 kitchen was decent, the bun was WAY TOO BIG. Should've gotten a double and not a single. 10 dollar domestic drafts should never been a thing.

We have been here for watching Star Wars A New Hope with live orchestra. It was amazing - The atmosphere wad breathtaking!

Over all the new additions. Had a ball concert line up great could hardly stay in my seat.

Great music venue in Hollywood!

I always walk from my house as the traffic around the bowl is insane.

Every year we go at the 4th of July and its awesome.

Super fun! Awesome sound! Go see a show here. It's worth it.

Make sure to get here early. If you do then you'll love what ever show you're there to see.

The Hollywood Bowl is an amphitheater in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It was named one of the 10 best live music venues in America by Rolling Stone magazine in 2018. The Hollywood Bowl is known for its band shell, a distinctive set of concentric arches that graced the site from 1929 through 2003, before being replaced with a larger one beginning in the 2004 season. The shell is set against the backdrop of the Hollywood Hills and the famous Hollywood Sign to the northeast.

The "bowl" refers to the shape of the concave hillside the amphitheater is carved into. The Bowl is owned by the County of Los Angeles and is the home of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, the summer home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the host venue to hundreds of musical events each year. It is located at 2301 North Highland Avenue, west of the (former) French Village, north of Hollywood Boulevard and the Hollywood/Highland subway station, and south of Route 101.

So much history and beauty surrounds you at this venue.

Always have a great time and all performances are awesome. What a wonderful venue.

Does the Bowl even need to be rated?! If you already don't know about the Bowl, then you need to crawl back under your rock....

Great Venue. Even with crowds of leaving-Earth-epic proportions, we managed to find our seats, enjoy a great performance, picnic with friends, and leave in one piece!

Truly spectacular performance space. My companion and I thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and the sound quality was amazing. The only downside I would say would be next time, I wouldn't take a car there. It was well over an hour before we could get out of the parking lot after we returned to our vehicle. The cab fare would have been worth it.

Always fun to go to the Hollywood Bowl on the Fourth of July!

Take a shuttle to the bowl. There are many available. The cost is minimal and you avoid the cost of parking and the hassle of getting to your car and waiting to get out of the lot.

Very helpful and friendly staff. The box seats had a fantastic view. Hollywood Bowl offers a great concert experience. Only negative - helicopters flying overhead.

Holy cow I don't think I will come across a more perfect venue in my lifetime than this place. Flew down from SF to see Into The Woods and wow wow wow I was IMPRESSED. The staff are lovely and so well organized and made the entire event run flawlessly. I am also amazed that people can bring in their own picnic baskets, drinks, and food! Practically unheard of where I'm from!
I hope to visit again sometime soon

In the 25 years that I have been going to the Bowl, I've never passed into the main arena(?) without goosebumps. No matter what happens on stage, I leave with a sense of awe at how much energy this place has. I believe many folks are similarly impacted. Tonight was no exception. George Benson was great, as always. Both acts that preceded him were both wonderful surprises.
Tomorrow (tonight) will be my first back to back since the 3 day Playboy Jazz Festivals of the 90s. Orff's Carmina Burana.
Carmina Burana was simply the best performance I've seen, ever. Big part of that was the venue. And the soprano, amazing!

It's a fun historical place to see a show, but the parking is bad, the crowd management is bad, and the wooden seats are more than a little dated. I never look forward to the venue when I'm seeing a show at the Hollywood Bowl.

Love this venue! They always have top talent performing under the beautiful Hollywood skies.

You wanted to see your fav artist and they will be here best place, for a good show

I really like this venue. But I have to disagree with 75% of the music programming. It seems the same performers keep coming back and some don't even try any more. It's a lovely place to see a show and have a picnic, whether bought at the venue or packed at home. Parking sucks. Better to take a shuttle or other public transportation.

Parking is stacked. They actually give you decent sized drinks for the money. Security has different ideas about what vaping equipment you can take through security.