Libbey Bowl

My friends and I have never been to Ojai so the free concert at the Libbey Bowl gave us a good reason to visit Ojai yesterday. Due to car problem, we arrived at Ojai much later than anticipated and we were very anxious to go to the Bowl to grasp good seats for the concert. I exchanged emails with the mgr of the Bowl, she told me that there are 900+ seats. There are not a lot of seats by LA standard especially for a great performance. To our surprised, the Bowl was only 20% filled last night. It is truly hard to understand why didn’t people in the city attend the free concert when there didn’t seem much to do in the city. The Air Force Guards musicians worked hard to share their music with the community, it was really a shame with such a low turn out, perhaps, the city should make more effort to promote the events outside of the city, if people in the city are not interested, they should attract visitors from LA or Ventura County to attend the concerts. These visitors will spend $ in the city. It will be a win win situation. I have a great impression of Ojai even before i got there. The Bowl mgr was so patient in answering my emails. We don’t normally get that kind of service in LA. The parking is free in Downtown Ojai, that is another plus for the city folks.

Eric Burdon/​Dishwalla show… great place for a show.
Very small venue so not a bad seat. The seats themselves are very comfortable.
Lots of nice trees and grassy areas to hang out.
Beer and food vendors were reasonable and tasty.
Acoustics were good. Pleanty of room if you want to get up and dance infront of the stage.
A few negatives… porta potties… that you keep having to go in/​out of venue… each time… really??? Then don’t serve beer.
Second negative is that if you are left of stage one of the sides (facing tennis courts) has no exit, so you have to climb through alot of people. Not sure if this is also true right of stage? Most people climb over the rail, but watching older people do this, ahhh… didn’t seem safe… and a design flaw.
Overall a nice place for a show.

Super cool bowl, a little gem. Intimate space. Seats are very clean. Trees all around, under the stars. OPen space and grassy area in the back, and clean too. Clean bathrooms. HIghly recommended.

Super cool Outdoor music festival held here. the Ojai Music festival.
Lawn seats are amazing cuz you can have a small picnic and watch old hippies have an experience listening to pianos play!
The grass is really nice and mowed.
The place is clean, and the bathrooms don’t look like world war 2.
yes I wil go back, and also great park surrounding it.
yay!

Granted, I’m a fan of outdoor music venues, but this place is adorable. Since it’s not that big, going to a show here pretty much guarantees an intimate experience. It was recently remodeled, so the seats are very clean and reasonably comfortable for the ~2.5-hour performance we saw there. Surrounded by trees and with stars above, it is very serene and picturesque. There is an open space up front where people can stand/​dance if they want, as well as a grassy area in the back of the chairs where blankets can be laid.