SF Venues

Amnesia

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

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,...

Cafe Du Nord

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

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...

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,...

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.

Rickshaw Stop

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

Sheba Piano Lounge

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

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 Lucky Horseshoe

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

Theater

22 spots

A.C.T.'s Strand Theater

ACT's second stage on Market Street, in a renovated 1917 movie house. 283 seats in the main theater...

A.C.T.'s Toni Rembe Theater

The Toni Rembe Theater is where ACT experiments and takes risks. You’ll notice the flexible staging setup immediately,...

American Conservatory Theater (ACT)

ACT's main stage on Geary Street since 1967, in a 1909 Beaux-Arts building rebuilt after the Loma Prieta...

Bayfront Theatre

Perched right on the bay at Fort Mason, the Bayfront Theatre gives you that rare San Francisco moment...

Bayview Opera House

The oldest theater in San Francisco, built 1888. Community arts center for Bayview-Hunters Point. Around 220 capacity.

Club Fugazi

Club Fugazi is where the walls practically vibrate with the energy of small-scale live performance. Squeeze into this...

Cowell Theater

Cowell Theater at Fort Mason offers a 450-seat space with a singular advantage: the bay is literally outside...

Curran Theatre

The Curran is that rare theater with real architectural bones and a 1922 glamour that hasn’t been scrubbed...

Custom Made Theatre Co.

99-seat black-box theater on Sutter Street producing new work, contemporary plays, and revivals. Pay-what-you-can pricing.

Exit Theatre

The Exit Theatre in the Tenderloin is raw and unpolished by design. Exposed pipes, mismatched chairs, and the...

Golden Gate Theatre

1922 BroadwaySF house at 1 Taylor Street, capacity 2,297. The touring Broadway productions land here.

Magic Theatre

New-American-plays theater at Fort Mason since 1967. Premiered Sam Shepard's True West and Buried Child. 162-seat main stage.

Marine's Memorial Theater

The Marines’ Memorial Theatre is a 580-seat house on the 12th floor of the Marines’ Memorial Club, built...

New Conservatory Theatre Center

New Conservatory Theatre Center on Van Ness brings LGBTQ-centered stories to a 200-seat stage. The space pulses with...

Orpheum Theatre

1926 BroadwaySF house at 1192 Market Street, capacity 2,203. Touring Broadway productions in a restored Spanish Gothic interior.

Phoenix Theater

The Phoenix Theater on Mason Street is a mid-sized 600-seat house that programs contemporary work with a local...

Potrero Stage

100-seat black-box on Potrero Avenue, run by PlayGround. New plays, short play festivals, and touring small-cast work.

San Francisco Opera

Second-largest opera company in North America, founded 1923. Performs at the War Memorial Opera House. Seasons run September...

San Francisco Playhouse

San Francisco Playhouse occupies the second floor of a Union Square building, offering 150 seats of intimate, professionally-produced...

Shelton Theater

The Shelton Theater shares a Sutter Street building with Custom Made, offering another intimate 100-seat space for local...

SHN

Shockingly Human (SHN) theaters on Market Street bring major touring productions to San Francisco with production values that...

The Marsh

140-seat Mission theater for solo performance, spoken word, and works in development. Full bar. Reasonable ticket prices.

Concert Hall

16 spots

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...

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...

Herbst Theatre

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

Nourse Theater

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

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...

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...

Swedish American Hall

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

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 Masonic

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

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...

Dance Venue

16 spots

Alonzo King LINES Ballet

Alonzo King LINES Ballet performs on 7th Street with a distinct contemporary style that blends classical technique with...

Audio SF

SoMa nightclub on 11th Street with a Funktion-One sound system and a house and techno booking calendar. The...

Beaux

Castro gay bar on Market Street with dance floor, drag shows, and themed nights. Around 250 capacity.

CounterPulse

CounterPulse on Turk Street programs performance and dance that centers marginalized voices and takes risks with form and...

El Rio

Mission bar at 3158 Mission Street since 1978. Back patio, live music, drag, salsa, and queer dance nights....

Located on Folsom in SOMA, F8 brings warehouse energy to a space filled with dancers who take their...

Halcyon SF

Halcyon sits on 11th Street in SOMA as a venue that balances sleek design with genuine respect for...

Joe Goode Annex

Joe Goode Performance Group's secondary studio and performance space on Alabama Street. About 75 seats around a sprung...

Monarch

This SOMA venue commands attention from the street and delivers inside with a serious sound system and high...

OASIS

Drag and cabaret bar at 11th and Folsom since 2014. Drag brunch, comedy, and dance parties. Around 200...

ODC Theater

ODC Theater on 17th Street in the Mission hosts a resident company known for inventive choreography and generous...

Phonobar

Phonobar sits quietly on Grove Street but once you’re inside, the sound wraps around you in the best...

Public Works

Public Works sprawls across a massive warehouse on Erie Street with multiple rooms and outdoor space, letting different...

Roccapulco

This Mission District institution opens up with a bar front and dance floor that gets packed on weekends...

San Francisco Ballet

The oldest professional ballet company in the United States, founded 1933. Performs at the War Memorial Opera House...

Temple Nightclub

SoMa nightclub at 540 Howard Street since 2009. Multiple rooms, a long bar, and around 1,000 capacity. House,...

Comedy Club

5 spots

Cheaper Than Therapy Comedy

This spot on Sutter Street delivers exactly what the name promises: comedy that cuts through pretense and leaves...

Cobb's Comedy Club

Cobb’s has been the home of San Francisco comedy since 1982, and walking in you still feel the...

Doc's Lab

100-seat basement comedy and music room in North Beach, on the site of the original hungry i.

Marrakech Magic Theater

Close-up and stage magic in a Moroccan-themed lounge on Eddy Street. About 80 seats. Drinks and small plates...

Punch Line Comedy Club

The Punch Line sits on the edge of the Financial District where Battery Street gets a little looser,...

Community Space

5 spots

Bindlestiff Studio

Bindlestiff Studio sits on 6th Street in SOMA as a small but fierce community space where artists make...

Community Music Center

The Community Music Center sits on Capp Street in the Mission as a working music school where you...

KQED HQ

KQED HQ on Mariposa Street in the Mission is a public media center with studios, screening rooms, and...

Noe Valley Ministry

Concert series in an 1888 former church on Sanchez Street. About 200 seats. Folk, indie, and acoustic music...