Your Guide to Live Music in San Francisco This Spring
Whatever style of music gets you grooving, you can find a way to hear it live in San Francisco.
Few cities have as much musical history as San Francisco. Titans of every genre have cut their teeth here in the City by the Bay; and the artists that San Francisco has nurtured and loved have gone on to reshape pop culture as we know it, generation after generation.
Live music is not hard to find in San Francisco. Here are some great upcoming performances you can experience during your next stay.
August Hall
St. Lucia
May 17
Indie musical duo St. Lucia will celebrate their double album, Fata Morgana. The show at August Hall will use a "Two Sets, No Opener" format.
Vundabar + YOT Club
May 29
Vundabar and Yot Club will co-headline at August Hall. Opener Goon will join them. This anniversary tour celebrates post-punk and surf rock genres with style.
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
Miguel
March 12
Multi-Platinum, Grammy Award-winning R&B artist Miguel brings his Caos tour to Bill Graham Auditorium. After an eight-year hiatus, his newest album explores the ebb and flow of his artistic life and musical style.
FKA Twigs
April 7
FKA Twigs, acclaimed for her genre-bending music and innovative performance style, will perform her catalogue of hits for the Body High tour, joined by opener Eartheater.
Raye
May 10
Raye, known for crafting an unpredictable hybrid of pop, R&B, electronic, jazz, and rock, brings an otherworldly fantasy atmosphere and dynamic range to her performances.
Chase Center
Nine Inch Nails
March 15
Nine Inch Nails, a Grammy-winning band and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, brings their Peel It Back Tour to Chase Center on Sunday, March 15.
Florence + The Machine
May 15
Florence + The Machine is known for lead singer Florence Welch’s powerhouse vocals. Their newest album, Everybody Scream, is a perfect blend of mysticism, witchcraft, and magic. Critics call it a “downright optimal soundtrack for dancing naked under the moonlight."
A$AP Rocky
June 25
The Don’t Be Dumb world tour will stop at Chase Center. This is Rocky’s first album in nearly 8 years. Billboard says, DON’T BE DUMB "not only rewards patience but adds new wrinkles to the rapper’s approach—an evolved relationship with melody and a wiser lyrical slant."
The Independent
BRONCHO
May 18
BRONCHO, originally formed by founder Ryan Lindsey to craft music for an early 80s punk film, has since built a reputation for experimental, constantly mutating sounds.
The Masonic
Waxahatchee and MJ Lenderman
May 5
Waxahatchee and MJ Lenderman, both praised for their indie-folk vocals and raw lyricism, will deliver an intimate performance at the Masonic.
Belle and Sebastian
June 10-11
Belle and Sebastian, the beloved Scottish indie-pop band, will perform for two nights at the Masonic in June. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of their debut album, Tigermilk, they will perform the full album each night, along with a second set of fan favorites.
The Midway
Peaches
March 19
The iconic feminist musician, producer, and performing artist takes the stage at The Midway to perform her catalogue of avant-garde electronica.
The Warfield
Oklou
April 17
French vocalist, producer, and composer Oklou is an ethereal and haunting presence. Her recently released debut album "Choke Enough" is an otherworldly, hyperpop masterpiece.
Chet Faker
May 5
This Australian artist rose to fame in 2011 with a viral cover of "No Diggity" by Blackstreet, leading to a platinum debut album and multiple ARIA Awards. His upcoming album, A Love For Strangers, continues his artistic evolution.
The Human League
May 26
Don’t you want me, baby? The beloved techno-pop act is bringing their anniversary tour to the U.S. Dance the night away to your favorite hits from the 80s and 90s.
SFJAZZ
Ken Okada Group
April 2-3
Bassist, composer, and bandleader Noriyuki “Ken” Okada leads this supercharged, modern, jazz-fusion quartet, featuring several of the West Coast’s finest instrumentalists – including 15-year-old Japanese drumming phenomenon YOYOKA, a remarkably gifted young artist whose viral YouTube videos have gained millions of views. Okada and the band present the groove-heavy jazz-funk of his recent album, Square One.
Keb' Mo'
April 2-5
An iconic artist who helped reintroduce electric blues into the pop music mainstream, guitarist, singer, songwriter, and five-time GRAMMY winner Keb’ Mo’ gained worldwide fame by embracing the country-blues style of Robert Johnson and combining it with modern blues, R&B, and soul.
Ulysses Owens Jr. and Generation Y
April 23-24
Three-time GRAMMY-winning drummer and composer Ulysses Owens Jr. is one of the busiest instrumentalists in modern jazz, a veteran of work with Christian McBride, Kurt Elling, and Gregory Porter. He presents his Generation Y ensemble of young masters over two nights in the Joe Henderson Lab, playing music from his debut with the band A New Beat.
SFJAZZ Gala 2026
May 7
SFJAZZ puts on its largest fundraiser, "Milestones: Celebrating Miles & Trane at 100", a celebratory evening honoring the centennials of Miles Davis and John Coltrane, two visionaries who changed the course of music forever. The 2026 SFJAZZ Gala will also honor guitar icon George Benson with the SFJAZZ Lifetime Achievement Award, celebrating his innovation and lasting influence on generations of musicians and fans. The Gala Concert and after-party are open to the public.
San Francisco Symphony
John Malkovich in Aleksey Igudesman’s The Music Critic
March 6
In an entertaining evening of music and comedy, created and conceived by violinist Aleksey Igudesman, actor John Malkovich slips into the role of the evil critic who traverses—and trashes— some of the best music of all time in a gleeful romp.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
April 30 and May 1-2
The 11-time Oscar-winning conclusion to Peter Jackson’s epic trilogy presents the final confrontation between the forces of good and evil fighting for control of the future of Middle-earth. Howard Shore’s Academy Award®-winning score is performed live by the SF Symphony and Chorus to the film on the big screen. Rated PG-13.
Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony
May 8-10
Ever subtle, ever ambivalent, Tchaikovsky juggles joy and tragedy in his Fourth Symphony, led here by guest conductor Dima Slobodeniouk.
Scheherazade
June 12-14
The Chinese-born New Zealand conductor Tianyi Lu makes her San Francisco Symphony debut with Rimsky-Korsakov’s cinematic orchestral showpiece Scheherazade.
Explore San Francisco Music Festivals
Throughout the year, exciting music festivals happen all across San Francisco, attracting the biggest names across many different genres. Find out which are happening during your stay.
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