*The Hollywood Bowl hosted the 2026 Blue Note Jazz Festival presented by LA Phil. The legacy of the Playboy Jazz Festival ...

Summer’s biggest jazz party in Los Angeles is back with a lineup that has fans ready to box step. The Blue Note Jazz Festival, slated for June 14-15 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, will feature ...

When the Hollywood location of the Blue Note first opened, it was during difficult times. Like almost all of L.A., the venue was impacted by the January wildfires, and a March opening was pushed back ...

*The Blue Note Jazz Festival made its debut splash at the Hollywood Bowl back on Father’s Day weekend. The 2-Day musical celebration has taken over the annual spot in the past held by first, The ...

For one night only next month, The Blue Note becomes the Pink Pony Club. The Ninth Street music mainstay will dedicate Dec. 7 to the music of Missouri phenom Chappell Roan at a dance party co-hosted ...

Danny Bensusan opened the Blue Note in Greenwich Village in 1981 and helped it quickly became home to some of the biggest names in jazz. Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, Oscar Peterson and Lionel ...

In the past, the Playboy and Hollywood Bowl Jazz festivals thrived on a carnival-esque cornucopia of styles. When Hugh Hefner first launched the Playboy Jazz Festival, the billings consisted almost ...