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Shows of the Night: Monday, June 12th

BUY TICKETS: SYML w/ DJ Julie Slater (of The SoCal Sound 88.5) at No Vacancy (7:00pm)

Here we go with another week of great live music, Scenestar readers. We'll start the week with an intimate concert taking the title of Show of the Night: SYML! The singer-songwriters will be playing a radio fundraiser for The SoCal Sound 88.5 with the station's own DJ Julie Slater opening for him tonight at No Vacancy in Hollywood. You can also see SYML at the Belasco Theater in Downtown Los Angeles on Friday, August 18, in support of his latest release, The Day My Father Died.

If you can't get into our Show of the Night, your other music options include performances by Baseball Game, Glare, Kevin Hart, Su Lee, Narrow Head, Peach PRC, Jeff Ross, Aliah Sheffield, Avery Tucker, Wolf Woodcock, and many more.

Click here for ticket links and info on today's shows and upcoming local shows on our concert calendar. For any further updates, be sure to also follow us on Twitter for any last-minute news and set times (posted daily in the comments section) if available for select shows!

Game Awards + Tenacious D at Hollywood Bowl

The Game Awards will be celebrating ten years with one of our favorite rock bands! Tenacious D has been chosen to join conductor Lorne Balfe and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl on Sunday, June 25, when they play orchestral renditions of your favorite video game tracks which includes music selections and suites from Arcane, Diablo, Elden Ring, Final Fantasy® XVI, God of War, Hades, Hogwarts Legacy, League of Legends, Marvel’s Spider-Man, Starfield, Star Wars Jedi, and The Last of Us. Tenacious D will play their new hit track "Video Games," and maybe more!

Hollywood Bowl Releases Their 2023 Schedule

One of our favorite times of the summer concert season is finally here! The Hollywood Bowl has revealed who's performing during their 2023 summer season. The Los Angeles Philharmonic has announced its schedule, and there are a lot of exciting options to look forward to this year. The Hollywood Bowl 2023 concert calendar includes performances by Air Supply, Alvvays, Los Auténticos Decadentes, The Beach Boys, Rubén Blades, Joe Bonamassa, Michael Bolton, Boy George and Culture Club, Cafe Tacvba, Cat Power, Chicano Batman, Jacob Collier, Fleet Foxes, Floating Points, Buddy Guy, Beres Hammond, Herbie Hancock, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, Gladys Knight, Kool & the Gang, Diana Krall, John Legend, Maxwell, Modest Mouse, Morris Day and the Time, Carla Morrison, My Morning Jacket, Pixies, Portugal. The Man, Maggie Rogers, Say She She, Sparks, They Might Be Giants, Village People, John Williams, Charlie Wilson, and many more. Also, the Los Angeles Philharmonic conductor—and Scenestar favorite—Gustavo Dudamel will once again make several appearances for orchestral performances but will be leaving for New York in 2025 so take advantage of seeing his artistry while you can. More artists will be added closer to the general on-sale date and during the concert season.

Some of the individual LA Phil concerts that are on sale now include Opening Night with Janet Jackson and Ludacris on Saturday, June 10; Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival with Kamasi Washington, Leon Bridges, St. Paul and The Broken Bones, Digable Planets, Big Freedia, and more on Saturday, June 17, and Sunday, June 18; King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard on Wednesday, June 21; Jill Scott on Thursday, June 22; and Louis Tomlinson on Tuesday, June 30.

Lease shows that are currently scheduled at the Hollywood Bowl that are also on sale now include performances by Andrea Bocelli, Death Cab For Cutie, Matchbox Twenty, Reba McEntire, Willie Nelson, Phish, The Postal Service, and Shania Twain.

Shows of the Night: Monday, October 3rd

BUY TICKETS: Stevie Nicks w/ Vanessa Carlton at the Hollywood Bowl

The first full week of "Rocktober" is here, Scenestar readers. The week starts off with a lot of great concert options which include our Show of the Night queen: Stevie Nicks! The Fleetwood Mac vocalist has a solo tour date tonight when Stevie Nicks will team up with opener Vanessa Carlton, for an all-ages show at the Hollywood Bowl.

If you can't get into our Show of the Night, your other music options include performances by Bomba Estereo, Bonavega, Cherry Glazerr, Cortex, Drauve, Enhypen, Freddie Gibbs (Signing), HorrorPops, Dermot Kennedy, Missio, Nascar Aloe, Pixies, Henry Rollins, Silversun Pickups, Steve Miller Band, Strawberry Guy, Tamino, and many more.

Click here for ticket links and info on all of today's shows as well as upcoming local shows on our concert calendar. For any further updates, be sure to also follow us on Twitter for any last-minute news and set times (posted daily in the comments section) if available for select shows!

Shows of the Night: Tuesday, July 19th

BUY TICKETS: Rise Against w/ The Used & Senses Fail at the Kia Forum

Happy Tuesday, Scenestar readers. Let's keep rocking on All-Star week with a performance by our Show of the Night selection: Rise Against! Rise Against will be rocking in support of their latest release Nowhere Generation, tonight with openers Senses Fail and The Used to perform at The Kia Forum. The band recently played up the central coast at the Santa Barbara Bowl on Saturday, July 16.

If you can't get into our Show of the Night, your other music options include performances by Martin Courtney (of Real Estate), Dhruv, Fab The Duo, Fox Royale, Lime Cordiale, Ozomatli, Stray Kids, Swade, Bernie Williams, and many more.

Click here for ticket links and info on all of today's shows as well as upcoming local shows on our concert calendar. For any further updates, be sure to also follow us on Twitter for any last-minute news and set times (posted daily in the comments section) if available for select shows!

Tegan and Sara Are Back at the Fonda Theatre

We can finally welcome back Tegan and Sara on their upcoming tour! After postponing their tour date at the Hollywood Palladium due to the pandemic, the twins out of Canada will now be headlining a more intimate show with opener Tomberlin at the Fonda Theatre on Tuesday, November 15. You can also see them up the Central Coast at the Majestic Ventura Theater on Friday, November 11, and in Orange County at House of Blues Anaheim on Sunday, November 13.

The shows are in support of their upcoming album release, Crybaby.

The Mars Volta Reunion Show at Grand Park?

PHOTO BY ED FREY OF THE MARS VOLTA AT ECHOPLEX

The Mars Volta are finally back after not playing in Los Angeles in over a decade! The last time the band played locally was when they opened for Soundgarden at The Kia Forum in 2011. After teasing the coordinates to Grand Park over the weekend, the band has set up a "VoltaCube" listening station, with a stage set-up nearby in Downtown Los Angeles starting today despite no official announcement of the band actually performing. No phones are allowed inside of the cube.

Fans can listen to a preview of the band's newest music since 2012's Noctourniquet starting on Sunday, June 19, to Tuesday, June 21, from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Contest: Juneteenth at the Hollywood Bowl

The LA Phil is set to host one of the most star-studded events in Los Angeles this month! In celebration of Juneteenth, the Hollywood Bowl will be hosting "Juneteenth: A Global Celebration of Freedom" on Sunday, June 19. The event will feature performances by Khalid, Earth, Wind & Fire, The Roots, Lucky Daye, Jhené Aiko, Robert Glasper, Killer Mike (of Run The Jewels), Billy Porter, Mary Mary, Anthony Hamilton, Michelle Williams, Mickey Guyton, the Debbie Allen Dance Academy, and more. Plus, Thomas Wilkins and Derrick Hodge lead the Re-Collective Orchestra, marking the first-ever performance of an all-Black symphony orchestra in the Hollywood Bowl’s 100-year history. Musical direction for the night is provided by Adam Blackstone and Questlove.

Guest appearances and special presenters (both live and pre-recorded) include Michelle Obama, Beyoncé, Yolanda Adams, Miles Brown, Jordan Chiles, Deon Cole, Affion Crockett, D Smoke, Michael Ealy, David Gross, Jemele Hill, Lil Rel Howery, Leslie Jones, Opal Lee, Marsai Martin, K. Michelle, Kendrick Sampson, Jill Scott, Amanda Seales, Gabourey Sidibe, Raven-Symoné, Terrence J, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, and Susan Kelechi Watson. The event will also be broadcast on CNN.

We're giving our readers the chance to experience this event live courtesy of our contest for tickets to the show!