The Hollywood Bowl has prominently featured itself in the annals of our history and pop culture. Legendary classical composers, world famous orchestras and countless performance artists of all genres have performed inside its half shell hollow for generations and continue to do so to this very day. It has been an enduring symbol for America’s culture and a great historic pride for the people of Los Angeles for nearly a century. First to open its doors to the public in 1922, It has endured through two great wars and countless government changes and historic turmoil and will forevermore be etched in our collective memories as one of the bastions of the performance arts in our country. This month of July the Hollywood Bowl will pay tribute to the Reggae music genre and the historic changes that the music has brought with it with Reggae Night X: Tuff Gong Worldwide and Ziggy Marley Salute Legends of Reggae, this coming July 31, 2011, Sunday.

Reggae Night X marks the 10th anniversary of Reggae in the Hollywood Bowl and will feature the son of Reggae’s legendary patron Bob Marley: Ziggy Marley. It will also feature artists of Tuff Gong Worldwide, Ziggy Marley’s record label (which was also the same name of his father’s own record label). It will feature artists from Rita Marley, Judy Mowatt, Marcia Griffiths (collectively known as the I-Threes), Ras Michael and Mighty Diamonds. Added to the line up of special guests is the Wailing Souls. KCRW radio’s Jeremy Sole will host the evening’s event.

Reggae music has been a globally successful genre ever since it came out, and the name “Bob Marley” was practically indistinguishable when people come to think of reggae music. After his death, Bob Marley’s oldest son, Ziggy Marley, has been carrying the torch of reggae music worldwide and continues on in his father’s many social awareness programs. Ziggy himself, an accomplished musician and a repeat Grammy Award winning performance artist, is a very active philanthropist with ties to many global social organizations such as with the United Nations and his own Unlimited Resources Giving Enlightenment (or URGE).

His music label, Tuff Gong Worldwide-whose original incarnation was founded by his father-was one of the very first music labels that were solely artist-owned, adding another notch to Bob Marley’s vision of producing and distributing socially conscious music free from the constraints of big record labels and their policies.

Aside from Reggae X, the Hollywood Bowl’s repertoire of musical performances is fully booked for the entire year, and July and August’s lineup include multi-Grammy Award winning Sarah Maclachlan (July 15 and 16), The Queen of Country Music, Dolly Parton (July 22 and 23), Michael Feinstein and the Singing Stars of Television featuring the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra (July 29 to 30), the Tony-award winning Broadway musical Hairspray (August 5 and 6), En!Fuego: Voices and Guitars Rodrigo y Gabriela, Mujeres de Agua featuring Javier Limon and Buika (August 12 and 13), Walt Disney’s Fantasia featuring John Maceri and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra (August 19 and 20) and legendary composer John Williams in John Williams: Maestro of the Movies (August 26 and 27).

Whatever musical genre you’re craving, the Hollywood Bowl will be sure to satisfy it. Be sure to add The Hollywood Bowl in your itinerary this month and have the chance to check out reggae’s legends in Reggae Night X this July underneath the stars in The Hollywood Bowl.

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