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Los Angeles Area. Event Guide:
Hollywood Bowl
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Contact Information:
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2301 North Highland Avenue 
Hollywood, CA 90068
323-850-2000
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Description:
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The Hollywood Bowl is a modern amphitheater in Hollywood, California, USA, that is used primarily for music performances. The "bowl" in this context is the natural cavity in the earth into which the amphitheatre is built, rather than the shape of the band shell. Officially opened in 1922 on the site of a natural amphitheater formerly known as the Daisy Dell, it has been the summer home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic since then. The Bowl is also home to a second resident ensemble, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. The Hollywood Bowl is well known for its band shell, a distinctive set of concentric arches that has graced the site since 1929. Popular entertainers including Frank Sinatra, the Beatles, the Who, and Johnny Cash have given performances under the shell. (It is also the scene of Bette Midler's concert at the beginning and end of the movie Beaches (1988).) Adding to the atmosphere of the Bowl, the famous Hollywood Sign, several miles away, is visible from the Bowl site.
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