It’s concert season! As spring turns to summer and L.A.’s iconic outdoor venues begin opening their doors, The Hollywood Bowl is celebrating with $1 tickets to select shows.
You read that right. You can catch a $1 show at the Hollywood Bowl this summer! Named the top Outdoor Concert Venue of the Year in 2025, any show at the Bowl is a stellar experience.
The current available shows are The Classical World Cup on July 9, 2026, and Brahms & Bizet on August 6.
The Classical World Cup
The officicial program describes the event as a “soccer-themed program of works from across the Americas.”
Tito Muñoz makes a performance feel “like the center of a social triangle of concerts, parties, and going to church” (I Care If You Listen). Now, he throws more fun into the mix, turning the Hollywood Bowl into a sports arena during this World Cup-themed classical program.
Muñoz debuts with the LA Phil, conducting an exhilarating selection of pieces from the Americas—including Copland and Ginastera’s high-spirited cowboy suites, Revueltas’ rip-roaring and aggressive “Chant for Killing a Snake,” and a world premiere by Emmy-winning and Grammy-nominated composer Adam Schoenberg. Paired with original footage of elite training and match play from director Josh Kahn, The Art of the Goal blends the rhythm of sport with the expressive depth of orchestral music.
Before intermission, Randall Goosby brings an athletic approach to Barber’s Violin Concerto, revealing its rich colors, textures, and characters. “I’m a sucker for anything lyrical and beautiful. It’s such descriptive and expressive music. Each movement [has] stories that are wrapped up in it. It’s always fun to play,” Goosby says.
“With a buttered cream technique that belies the perfect fingering and light but firm bowing, [Goosby] stands out from all of his fellow violinists” (Stage and Cinema). Catch his first performance at the Bowl since 2022!
Adam Schoenberg is leading the world premiere of the LA Phil commissioned piece, The Art of the Goal.
Gate time is at 6pm.
Brahms & Bizet
This program is described as a Hungarian-themed concerto.
Louis Langrée, known for his “interpretations rich in specificity and color, to a degree that can impress even seasoned musicians” (The New York Times), returns to the Bowl with selections from Bizet’s lyrical L’Arlésienne and sensuous Carmen suites.
Brahms wrote his only violin concerto for the greatest soloist of his time and filled it with dazzling passages, dramatic sweeps, and a Hungarian-themed flourish of a finale. Augustin Hadelich, a violinist of “silvery tone and pinpoint intonation” (Los Angeles Times), takes on the brilliant work, which was memorably featured in Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood. About his 2017 recording, Gramophone reported: “Hadelich’s performance of Brahms’s Violin Concerto abounds with subtle detail…he has a sure sense of that vital Brahmsian ebb and flow.”
The evening begins on a confident note as Langrée leads Louise Farrenc’s First Overture. Equally graceful and energetic, the piece is driven by punchy brass and elegant woodwind melodies, setting the tone for a powerful program.
Gate time is at 6pm.
You can find all ticket info here.