Amnesia

Live-music bar on Valencia Street. About 100 capacity. Bands and DJs most nights, cover under $15.

August Hall

Multi-room venue near Union Square with a 700-capacity live music hall, a cocktail lounge, and a downstairs club...

Bill Graham Civic Auditorium

8,500-capacity 1915 hall across from City Hall, renamed for the late concert promoter in 1992. The big-tour stop...

Bimbo's 365 Club

North Beach nightclub at 1025 Columbus Avenue since 1951. About 600 capacity. Red velvet, wood bar, and a...

Bird & Beckett Books

Glen Park bookstore on Chenery Street with live jazz Friday and Saturday nights since the early 2000s. Small...

Biscuits & Blues

Biscuits & Blues is a basement room in Union Square that trades bright lights for vintage chandeliers and...

Black Cat

Black Cat sits on the edge of the Tenderloin and draws a real mix of people: drag performers,...

Boom Boom Room

Blues and soul club at Fillmore and Geary, open since 1997. About 200 capacity, with live music most...

Bottom of the Hill

Live-music club at 17th and Missouri in Potrero Hill, open since 1991. About 250 capacity. Closing after December...

Brick & Mortar Music Hall

Independent music hall at 1710 Mission Street, open since 2011. About 250 capacity.

Cafe Du Nord

Basement music venue under Swedish American Hall, around 250 capacity. Indie, electronic, and singer-songwriter shows, often Noise Pop...

Chase Center

18,064-seat arena on Mission Bay, home of the Warriors since 2019. Hosts concerts and major touring acts in...

Davies Symphony Hall

Davies Symphony Hall is all golden wood and perfect curves, designed so every seat feels close to the...

DNA Lounge

SoMa nightclub on 11th Street since 1985. Two stages, three dance floors, and 600 capacity. Live music to...

Elbo Room Jack London

Elbo Room in Oakland’s Jack London Square sits above a Mexican restaurant, and the smell of carne asada...

Great American Music Hall

Concert venue on O'Farrell Street since 1972 in a 1907 building. About 600 standing or 470 seated. Frescoed...

Herbst Theatre

916-seat hall in the War Memorial Veterans Building, completed in 1932. Home to City Arts & Lectures and...

Ireland's 32

Inner Richmond Irish pub on Geary Boulevard. Sunday afternoon trad sessions, weekend Irish breakfast, and matches on the...

Keys Jazz Bistro

80-seat jazz club on Broadway since 2022, run by pianist Simon Rowe. Live sets nightly with a California-Italian...

Kilowatt Bar

Kilowatt Bar in the Mission is a neighborhood spot with a dance floor and a focus on electronic...

Madrone Art Bar

Divisadero and Fell art bar with DJs most nights. About 100 capacity. The Prince Tribute first Saturdays is...

Make-Out Room

Make-Out Room in the Mission is a small bar where the stage sits literally in the middle of...

Mr. Tipple's Jazz Club

Mr. Tipple’s Jazz Club near Civic Center is an old school jazz joint with dark wood, low lighting,...

Neck of the Woods

Two-stage live music bar on Clement Street in the Inner Richmond. About 200 capacity upstairs. Indie, country, soul,...

Nourse Theater

1,650-seat 1927 hall on Hayes Street, run by City Arts & Lectures. Lectures, dance, and concerts in a...

O'Reilly's Pub

O’Reilly’s Pub on Haight Street is a neighborhood bar where live music is secondary to the bar experience...

Old Skool Cafe

Bayview nonprofit supper club where formerly incarcerated youth run the kitchen and floor. Live jazz Fridays and Saturdays.

Palace of Fine Arts Theatre

Palace of Fine Arts Theater sits inside that white dome like some secret San Francisco gift, with the...

Regency Ballroom

1,400-capacity concert hall in a 1909 Masonic Temple at Van Ness and Sutter. Touring rock, hip-hop, electronic, and...

Rickshaw Stop

Rickshaw Stop near the Panhandle is a concert venue where you can actually see and hear the performer...

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

San Francisco Conservatory of Music on Van Ness is where serious classical work happens in a room built...

San Francisco Symphony

San Francisco Symphony’s home is Davies, but their name carries the weight of excellence that echoes through Van...

Sheba Piano Lounge

Sheba Piano Lounge on Fillmore Street is a vintage space where the piano anchors the room and the...

Swedish American Hall

1907 Swedish American Patriotic League hall near the Castro. Around 200 capacity. Concerts programmed mostly by Noise Pop....

The Chapel

Music venue on Valencia Street in the Mission, open since 2012. About 500 capacity in a 1914 building.

The Fillmore

The Fillmore on Geary carries the weight of San Francisco’s live music legacy in every corner, where artists...

The Foundry SF

The Foundry SF in the Mission brings industrial rawness to live music, with the concrete and steel absorbing...

The Hotel Utah Saloon

Hotel Utah Saloon occupies a historic building on 4th Street with wood beams and windows looking out onto...

The Independent

500-capacity indie music venue on Divisadero in NoPa. Touring acts that are about to break or already have.

The Knockout

Dive bar and music venue on Mission Street in Bernal Heights, open since 2005. About 100 capacity.

The Lost Church

99-seat nonprofit theater on Columbus Avenue in North Beach. Books folk, singer-songwriters, theater, and comedy.

The Lucky Horseshoe

The Lucky Horseshoe on Cortland Avenue is a dive bar where the jukebox actually gets played and live...

The Masonic

3,481-capacity concert venue on Nob Hill, run by Live Nation since 2014. The 1958 Masonic auditorium turned music...

The Saloon

Blues bar on Grant Avenue in North Beach, dating to 1861. Free live music seven nights a week.

The Warfield

2,300-capacity Goldenvoice venue on Market Street, built 1922. Main floor standing, reserved balcony. Rock, hip-hop, and indie touring...

War Memorial Opera House

1932 Beaux-Arts hall on Van Ness. Home to the San Francisco Opera and Ballet. About 3,128 seats. Schedule...