Musicin San Francisco
The creative spirit and steadfast countercultural streak is on display in San Francisco’s music scene. It's time to immerse yourself in our deep music history and experience the San Francisco sound.
San Francisco is a city where one can hear every music genre you can imagine. From rock and roll, hip hop, and jazz to classical, folk, alternative, electronic, and pop, we’ve got you covered.
Stadium concerts at the Chase Center, Oracle Park, and Bill Graham Auditorium complement street music, smaller venues like The Midway and the amazing (and free!) Stern Grove.
Catch our world-renowned San Francisco Symphony perform or amble into The Great American Music Hall. World class music festivals pepper the calendar, including Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Outside Lands and the new Portola Music Festival on Pier 80.
The City by the Bay has been memorialized in countless tunes for generations. Legendary songs like “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” by Tony Bennett and “Lights” by Journey are just a few. Listen to great music in a place that has inspired many to create and entertain us all.
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Music Lover's Guide to San Francisco
Dive straight into San Francisco’s musical atmosphere with the historic Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, our many legendary venues and one-of-a-kind festivals all year long.
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Music in
San Francisco
Whether you want to walk in the footsteps of Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and other artists from San Francisco's Summer of Love, or experience the city's vibrant music scene of today, explore more inspiration for your next visit.
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Music City San Francisco, home of the Music City Hotel and SF Music Hall of Fame, creates a “guide of all guides” of local music venues in SF.
Jimi Hendrix lived in San Francisco in the 1960s and became one of the iconic musical talents of the Summer of Love. Experience the mark he left on the city.
Learn about San Francisco's Jazz and Blues history and check out all the best places to see it performed live today.
Celebrate San Francisco's deep-rooted black history at these music venues that have hosted some of music's most legendary black artists.
Learn how David Shaff, an electronic music composer at Audium, not only sees but also hears San Francisco.
Bay Area native Molly Tuttle is a Nashville-based musician who still gets inspiration from San Francisco and comes back to visit every chance she gets. Here's what she loves to do in San...
Go back in time to the Summer of Love in 1967 when more than 100,000 people converged on Haight-Ashbury to join the cultural revolution.
San Francisco has a rich history and a creative spirit when it comes to the local music scene.
Arts & Culture
San Francisco is a city of inspiration. You can see it all around you, in whichever neighborhoods you visit.
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Museums & Galleries
With more than 50 amazing museums and hundreds of galleries to explore, there is no shortage of ways to be inspired in San Francisco.
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Public Art
From your first steps off the plane at SFO to our biggest and brightest bridge, you'll discover that San Francisco has public art everywhere.
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Performing Arts
Performing arts in San Francisco has a calendar full of fun shows. Catch a theater performance, head to the opera, see the ballet or check out local dance groups and prepare to be entertained.
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