- The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square will return to the Hollywood Bowl for a benefit concert on June 24 and 25.
- Proceeds from the concerts will benefit global charities, matched by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- The concerts, which will feature multiple special guest performers, will be broadcast nationwide.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square will take its "Songs of Hope" tour to an iconic venue this week.
Performing under the stars at the Hollywood Bowl, the choir will be joined by several special guests, including Donny Osmond.
"This will be 100 years exact to the year that we sang in the Hollywood Bowl for the first time," said choir member Chathum Nielsen. "It's going to be such an iconic venue to sing from."
This is the fourth time the choir has performed at the Hollywood Bowl: first on July 28, 1926, then August 20, 1941, and again on May 23, 1963.
"It's a nice symmetry, isn't it?" said choir President Michael O. Leavitt. "The first one was in 1926, and here we are in 2026 and performing there again."
The choir will perform two benefit concerts this week, on Wednesday, June 24, and Thursday, June 25.
Several musical artists will join the choir on stage: entertainer Donny Osmond; renowned composer David Foster and his wife, Katharine McPhee, a veteran of Broadway, film and television; another husband-and-wife team; Stephanie J. Block and Sebastian Arceles, who previously performed with the choir for the 2025 Christmas concerts; and the Bonner family, a musical group known for their uplifting performances.
The choir has traveled the world on its "Songs of Hope" tour from the Philippines to South America. Choir members say they are excited to bring the tour to California.
"There's something to be on American soil, to be in a place that is iconic like the Hollywood Bowl, and to be able to sing these songs that we know and love and that the audience knows and loves," said choir member Jennifer Dotson.
The concert will be broadcast at hundreds of watch parties across the country.
"Our audience will be so much bigger than who will physically be there at the Hollywood Bowl," said Nielsen.
"When we did this in Brazil, we had almost 130,000 people in watch parties. I expect it'll be at least that large and maybe larger," said Leavitt.
All ticket sale revenue will be donated to trusted charities that serving women and children worldwide, including CARE, Helen Keller International and The Hunger Project. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will also match the revenue raised, doubling the charitable donations.
"This is actually a unique concert for us," said Leavitt. "We're using it as a means of being able to work with members of the community around the world to help people in need, women and children in particular."
The performances are sponsored by the O.C. Tanner Gift of Music Trust.
Dotson hopes audiences will walk away inspired.
"Music is universal. It touches the heart where sometimes the words can't get to," she said. "I want them to feel our love for the Savior, No. 1. That is the biggest part, that the Savior is hope. It's the hope tour."
Tickets are still available at the Hollywood Bowl website.
