Our Neighborhood
For more than 100 years the Hollywood Bowl has been a treasured venue for Angelenos and people from around the world. The LA Phil, the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation, and the elected representatives of this community are committed to ongoing and robust communication to ensure that the concerns of neighbors are heard and that this iconic cultural resource is accessible to people throughout the County, the Southland and beyond.
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Neighborhood Updates
The LA Phil provides regular updates to neighbors about the latest Hollywood Bowl happenings including open rehearsal access, events, street closures, and more.
Street Closure Text Alerts
To offer another option for neighbors to be kept up to date, we have launched a text reminder system specifically for hard street closures. Sign up to get messages about street closures that may occur on busy Hollywood Bowl event days. Once you're registered, you will receive a text message on the morning of each street closure.
New Shuttle Lots
The Bowl has added a transportation hub to help streamline access for Park & Ride, Bowl Shuttle, Metro, and rideshares. These efforts help reduce the number of cars coming to the Bowl by more than 2,000 vehicles each evening.
Working with Our Neighbors
The Hollywood Bowl works with neighbors in formal and informal ways, all in a commitment to collaboration. In addition to making this world-famous concert venue accessible to diverse audiences, we work hard to serve our 5000+ neighboring households immediately surrounding the Hollywood Bowl.
Neighborhood Feedback
A critical part of our work with the surrounding community is soliciting, receiving, and reviewing feedback on what's going on in the neighborhood. Please use the following forms to provide your experience related to:
Neighborhood Events
From an annual neighborhood pancake breakfast to "donuts in the driveway" events in the community, to special, neighbor-only events, the Hollywood Bowl regularly hosts those who live in the vicinity. Working with our local neighborhood association partners, we plan and invite neighbors as often as possible to attend events, including with regular ticket giveaways. To learn about upcoming events, please contact your neighborhood association.
Hollywood Hills West Neighborhood Council
Community Advisory
The Hollywood Bowl convenes regular meetings of the Community Advisory Committee. This group includes senior representatives of the Hollywood Bowl, two representatives from the six surrounding neighborhood associations and the Hollywood Hills West Neighborhood Council: Cahuenga Pass Association, Outpost Neighborhood Association, Hollywood Heights Association, Hollywood Dell Civic Association, Whitley Heights Civic Association, and Hollywood Knolls Community Club.
The meetings are held quarterly to provide Hollywood Bowl updates and work together to address community concerns. Often representatives from County Supervisorial District 5, City District 4, the County Department of Parks & Recreation, and LADOT attend these meetings, which always include staff and representatives of The Ford, the Hollywood Bowl, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association. The current members of the Community Advisory Committee are:
Hollywood Heights
Todd Henricks
Joyce Dyrector
Cahuenga Pass
Krista Michaels
Dan Bernstein
Whitley Heights
John Gittelsohn
James Roncal
Hollywood Knolls
Dan Savage
Joel Samuels
Hollywood Dell
Jodi Ehrlich
Alexa Iles
Outpost Estates
Chris Wintrode
Ben Nunemaker
Hollywood Hills West NC
Naomi Kobrin
Brian Dyer
Community Access to the Bowl
Run by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association (LA Phil), the Hollywood Bowl is a public park, with is managed by the Los Angeles County Parks Department.
When the venue is not in use for an event, the park is open for exercise, picnicking, and other activities.
Public Hours for the Hollywood Bowl
The Hollywood Bowl park is open to the public 7 days a week (Monday-Sunday) from 8am-3pm. For seating area hours, refer to the newsletter.
Updated August 28, 2024; subject to change
Year-Round Coffee Shop
We’re now serving coffee, breakfast pastries, sandwiches, snacks, salads, and beverages from 7am-3pm daily at the Hollywood Bowl Plaza Marketplace (near the box office). Enjoy a pre-work coffee from the South LA Cafe or a lunchtime sandwich and hang out at the plaza or one of our on-site picnic tables.
Parking is free in Lot A until 3pm. Enter parking Lot A from N Highland Avenue. After parking in Lot A, you’ll find the cafe located in the Plaza Marketplace between the Hollywood Bowl Store and the Box Office.
Neighborhood Investments
Every year, the LA Phil invests resources into serving the communities surrounding the Hollywood Bowl. These investments include physical upgrades to the venue, updated programs and services to reduce impacts, and the hiring of experts to address key concerns around traffic and sound. As an internationally known venue, we continue to evolve to meet the changing needs of our neighbors.
Traffic Mitigation
Reducing the number of cars traveling to the Hollywood Bowl has been a long-term effort. The Hollywood Bowl actively works with neighbors, government partners, and lease partner Live Nation Hewitt Silva to develop measures to promote alternative means of transportation.
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The Bowl's Park & Ride and Shuttle bus programs transport more than 200,000 patrons per year.
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The LA Phil has worked with its neighbors and partners to implement changes this year that will improve access to the Hollywood Bowl for all events, whether presented by the LA Phil or our lease event partners.
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Our goals with these recommended changes are to try to improve the overall concertgoing experience by mitigating traffic congestion, improving the experience for our neighboring communities, and continuing our efforts to reduce the environmental impact of the Bowl.
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To ease congestion before and after concerts, the Hollywood Bowl has prioritized Park & Ride and Bowl Shuttle service as the preferred means of transportation to and from the Bowl.
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In short, beginning this season, on-site parking will be available in Lots A and D and reservations must be made in advance; Lot B will serve Shuttle and Park & Ride visitors, ADA parking, and will have limited on-site parking; and we are expanding our Rideshare capacity by dedicating Lot C as our Rideshare Hub.
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The Hollywood Bowl regularly works with neighbors and City Council offices to limit the number of overlapping high-traffic events in the area, which includes the Hollywood Boulevard theater district.
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For every event, the Hollywood Bowl works with the Los Angeles Department of Transportation to deploy traffic control officers in the area. When we expect a particularly large number of patrons, we increase the number of officers deployed to minimize gridlock.
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We have increased digital signage to orient patrons and discourage non-concertgoers from driving through the area.
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Working with LAPD and LADOT, the Hollywood Bowl has worked to increase the enforcement of traffic and parking laws in the area during events.
Reducing Sound “Spillage”
Before the start of the 2022 Season, the Hollywood Bowl installed a new cardioid system to focus sound to the audience and reduce spill-over into the neighborhood. This builds on other recent efforts to reduce sound impact including sound monitors for every show, restrictions against extra sound systems brought in by performers, and modified sound level pre-show sound checks.
Neighborhood Tickets
Recognizing the resource that this arts venue is to the region, we are committed to working with neighbors to provide access to the offerings of the Bowl. In addition to a longstanding practice of providing 4,000 vouchers to neighbors for Philharmonic performances, we also provide a series of additional tickets to adjacent neighborhood associations so they can arrange neighbor events at the Bowl as well as reward volunteers and active members in their own community. We have also significantly increased the number of concerts eligible under our voucher program.
For more information, please contact your neighborhood advisory group representatives.
Frequently Asked Questions
1: Why are there street closures on some concert nights?
On select high-traffic concert nights, Milner Road at Highland Avenue as well as Camrose Drive at Highland Avenue are fully closed to all traffic except for emergency vehicles. This full closure also allows mapping apps like Waze, Google, and Apple Maps to direct drivers away from using these streets. Due to California law, streets cannot limit access to residents only.
If you'd like notifications about upcoming closures on Hollywood Bowl event days, sign up to receive a text message the morning of each full closure.
2: There are many traffic officers placed around the neighborhoods during concerts. What is their role?
For every event, the Hollywood Bowl works diligently with the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) to deploy traffic control officers in the area. When we expect a high number of patrons, we increase the number of officers deployed to minimize gridlock.
Traffic officers work for the LADOT rather than LAPD. On concert nights, some traffic officers are assigned to issue parking citations while others are assigned specifically to direct traffic. Traffic officers are not authorized to cite drivers for moving violations.
When traffic is flowing, you may see traffic officers standing to the side, as per LADOT protocol.
On rare occurrences, traffic officers may be assigned to a different part of the city due to other events in the city and unknown circumstances, such as emergencies.
For more information about traffic at the Bowl, see our fast facts.
3: Are there plans to expand the Park & Ride Bus and Bowl Shuttle program?
Yes, we already have and continue to do so each year. As shuttle and bus ridership increases each year, we continually monitor the number of patrons purchasing tickets for the Park & Ride or Bowl shuttles to ensure we have enough buses bringing patrons to the Bowl. Our goal is to continually increase mass transportation ridership to the Bowl – the easiest way to get to the Bowl for patrons and the best way to ease congestion in the area. Learn more about our Park & Ride or Bowl Shuttles.
4: Do you work with rideshare and traffic apps to recommend routes that don't disrupt the neighboring communities?
Yes, we work with rideshare and traffic apps within the limits set by them and the City of Los Angeles. By implementing full closures at Milner Road at Highland Avenue as well as Camrose Drive at Highland Avenue, mapping apps like Waze, Google, and Apple Maps direct drivers away from using these streets.
Additionally, we work with Uber and Lyft to implement geofencing to allow Hollywood Bowl patrons to only access those services in certain areas. In 2024, we implemented a new system to allow patrons to more quickly access their rides in Lot C, away from surrounding neighborhoods. Learn more about rideshare at the Bowl.