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One of summer's biggest parties is back this weekend, Scenestar readers! The Blue Note Jazz Festival returns to the Hollywood Bowl on Saturday, June 14, and Sunday, June 15, with host Arsenio Hall presenting stacked lineups on both days.

Saturday will include performances by The Isley Brothers, De La Soul, Derrick Hodge, D Smoke, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Bill Charlap, Keyon Harrold, Lakecia Benjamin, Pedrito Martinez, Brandon Woody, Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance Ensemble at UCLA, and LA County High School for the Arts.

Sunday will bring Grace Jones, Willow, Stanley Clarke N•4EVER, The Soul Rebels, Rapsody, Goapele, Brandee Younger, Joe Lovano's Paramount Quartet, Julian Lage, Asante Santi Debriano, Will Calhoun, Weedie Braimah & The Hands of Time, Mohini Dey, DC6 Singers Collective, and LAUSD Beyond the Bell All-City Jazz Big Band to the stage.

We're giving our readers the chance to experience the yearly festival courtesy of a contest for a pair of tickets to the Sunday edition of the Blue Note Jazz Festival!

For your chance to win a pair of tickets to this all-ages show, send an entry with your full name, contact info, and whatever else you want to say to contest@thescenestar.com before Friday, June 13, at 2 p.m. PT. If chosen, the winner will have their tickets sent in a separate email to use through their Hollywood Bowl account, courtesy of the L.A. Phil.

If you don't win, tickets for the show on Sunday are on sale now via the venue's ticketing site for $27 to $229 each (all-inclusive of fees) for the all-ages show.

Enter our ticket giveaway now or click below to purchase your tickets to attend the Blue Note Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl!

BUY TICKETS: June 14th: Blue Note Jazz Festival 2025 at the Hollywood Bowl