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Davies Symphony Hall

tgarcia@sfsymphony.org
San Francisco 94102

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Opening Gala with Hilary Hahn

Sep 24

Violinist Hilary Hahn joins conductor Giancarlo Guerrero and the San Francisco Symphony to celebrate the start of the 2026–27 season. The program includes Hahn performing Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto, alongside John Adams's The Chairman Dances and Nicolai...

All San Francisco Concert

Sep 25

Giancarlo Guerrero conducts the 47th annual All San Francisco Concert, which honors local social service and neighborhood organizations. The program includes John Adams's The Chairman Dances, Carl Maria von Weber's Bassoon Concerto featuring Principal Bassoon Joshua Elmore in...

Fantastic Negrito with the San Francisco Symphony

Sep 26

Oakland native and multi-Grammy Award-winning artist Fantastic Negrito joins the San Francisco Symphony and conductor Jonathan Taylor Rush for a collaboration that brings his bold, genre-defying sound into a symphonic setting.

A Concert for MTT

Oct 2

A Concert for MTT is a special memorial concert honoring the life, artistry, and enduring legacy of Michael Tilson Thomas, one of the most transformative figures in the San Francisco Symphony's history. The evening will feature personal tributes, archival footage and recordings...

Lang Lang in Recital

Oct 4

Pianist Lang Lang performs works by Mozart, Beethoven, Albéniz, Granados, and Liszt, including Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 8 Pathétique and Piano Sonata No. 31, selections from Albéniz's Suite española, Granados's Quejas from Goyescas, and Liszt's Consolation No. 2 and...

San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra: Season Opening Concert

Nov 22

The San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra, led by Wattis Foundation Music Director Radu Paponiu, opens its 2026–27 season with a program featuring Michael Tilson Thomas's Agnegram, Zoltán Kodály's Dances of Galánta, and Johannes Brahms's Symphony No. 4.

Handel's Messiah

Dec 4 – Dec 5, 2026

Handel's Messiah is performed with conductor Ruben Valenzuela, soprano Lauren Snouffer, countertenor Reginald Mobley, tenor Zachary Wilder, bass-baritone Enrico Lagasca, and the SF Symphony Chorus as part of the 2026 Holidays with the Symphony season.

Deck the Hall

Dec 6

Deck the Hall is presented as part of the San Francisco Symphony's 2026 Holidays with the Symphony season.

Holiday Brass

Dec 6

Holiday Brass is presented as part of the San Francisco Symphony's 2026 Holidays with the Symphony season.

In Home for the Holidays

Dec 9

Renowned R&B group All-4-One and vocalists Sheena Easton, Ruben Studdard, and Lindsey Webster honor the memory of legendary singer Peabo Bryson, a beloved presence at the SF Symphony's holiday concerts for nearly 30 years, by performing some of Bryson's signature hits as well as...

A Merry-Achi Christmas

Dec 13

A Merry-Achi Christmas is presented as part of the San Francisco Symphony's 2026 Holidays with the Symphony season.

Peter and the Wolf

Dec 13

The San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra, led by Wattis Foundation Music Director Radu Paponiu, performs Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf with guest narrator Mychal Threets. Threets is a Bay Area librarian, the Resident Librarian for PBS and PBS Kids, and the host of the...

Holiday Gaiety

Dec 17

Holiday Gaiety is presented as part of the San Francisco Symphony's 2026 Holidays with the Symphony season.

Elf - Live in Concert

Dec 18 – Dec 20, 2026

The San Francisco Symphony performs John Debney's score from Jon Favreau's Elf live to picture as the film is projected onto a large screen above the stage, with Debney himself conducting.

San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra: February Concert

Feb 28, 2027

Radu Paponiu conducts the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra in a program featuring Ludwig van Beethoven's Coriolan Overture, Pietro Mascagni's Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana, Keiko Abe's Prism Rhapsody for Marimba and Orchestra featuring 2026 SFSYO Concerto...

Carmina burana with the SF Symphony Chorus

Apr 11, 2027

The San Francisco Symphony Chorus and Chorus Director Jenny Wong perform Carl Orff's Carmina burana in Wilhelm Killmayer's arrangement for two pianos and percussion. Based on medieval German poetry, the piece is well known for its iconic opening O Fortuna, which has become a pop...

San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra: Season Closing Concert

May 23, 2027

The San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra closes its 2026–27 season under Radu Paponiu with a program featuring Gabriella Smith's Tidalwave Kitchen, performed in connection with Smith's work as San Francisco Symphony Creative Partner, along with Maurice Ravel's Ma Mère l'Oye...

Review: PICKLEBALL at Hillbarn Theatre

Review: PICKLEBALL at Hillbarn Theatre

by AJ Jaffari · August 24, 2026

Pickleball at Hillbarn Theatre, written by Jeff Daniels, takes one of the country’s fastest-growing sports and serves it up as an unabashedly silly comedy filled with eccentric players, romantic entanglements, and plenty of physical humor. …

Review: FALLEN ANGELS at Altarena Playhouse

Review: FALLEN ANGELS at Altarena Playhouse

by Kelly Rogers Flynt · August 22, 2026

Altarena Playhouse brings Noël Coward’s FALLEN ANGELS to life with wit and charm. When the sardonic writing of a genius playwright meets the witty interpretation of a theater, it produces a night full of laughs and insights. …

Review: ORPHEUS DESCENDING at Oakland Theater Project

Review: ORPHEUS DESCENDING at Oakland Theater Project

by Kelly Rogers Flynt · August 12, 2026

ORPHEUS DESCENDING remains painfully relevant. Tennessee Williams’ southern gothic play intertwines wisps of Greek myth with the racist Mississippi of the Jim Crow era. The lines are drawn, the expectations are set, but some people will choose their own lot rather than what’s handed to them. Des…

Review: THE FULL MONTY at Woodminster Summer Musicals

Review: THE FULL MONTY at Woodminster Summer Musicals

by Kelly Rogers Flynt · August 10, 2026

THE FULL MONTY at Woodminster Summer Musicals is full of laughs, groves and moves, and even poignant moments. When an everyday Joe faces his challenges with a crazy idea, friends by his side, and a whole lot of courage, audiences respond. Show up for the laughs, stay for the joy. This show is one yo…

Past Shows

25 total · showing 1–10

Andrew Bird and the San Francisco Symphony

Aug 1

Grammy Award-nominated violinist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird makes his debut with the San Francisco Symphony with conductor Sarah Hicks. Bird celebrates the 20th anniversary of his acclaimed record The Mysterious Production of Eggs with a top-to-bottom...

St. Vincent with the San Francisco Symphony

Jul 30

Grammy Award-winning musician, singer, and songwriter St. Vincent makes her debut with the San Francisco Symphony and conductor Jules Buckley. Regarded as one of the most innovative presences in modern music for nearly 20 years, St. Vincent has won six Grammy Awards and...

Matilda—Film with Live Orchestra

Jul 25 – Jul 26, 2026

Director and star Danny DeVito joins the San Francisco Symphony to host and narrate the film Matilda live, while composer David Newman conducts his score live-to-picture. Based on the book by Roald Dahl, Matilda tells the story of a little girl gifted with genius intelligence...

An Evening with Sutton Foster and Kelli O'Hara

Jul 18

Tony Award-winning performers Sutton Foster and Kelli O'Hara join the San Francisco Symphony for a special tribute to Broadway and beyond, inspired by the 1962 CBS special Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall. With conductor Michael Rafter and pianist Dan Lipton, Foster and O'Hara...

FeaturedWest Side Story—Film with Live Orchestra

Jul 9 – Jul 10, 2026

Sarah Hicks conducts the San Francisco Symphony performing Leonard Bernstein's score to the 1961 film West Side Story live, while the remastered film is shown in high definition with the original vocals and dialogue intact. The 10-time Academy Award-winning romantic tragedy was...

A.R. Rahman & San Francisco Symphony

A.R. Rahman & San Francisco Symphony

Jul 2

This summer, experience the interesting collaboration between Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman and the world-renowned San Francisco Symphony at concerts this year, next year, and even a few years after that. The first concert in this series takes place this summer on a...

A.R. Rahman with the San Francisco Symphony

Jul 2

A Grammy and two-time Academy Award winner, A.R. Rahman is one of the world's most prolific composers and the musical genius behind the score of Slumdog Millionaire. He brings his genre-spanning compositions—ranging from Eastern classical, pop, world music, and rap—to new...

Mendelssohn 5 & Bruch Violin Concerto

Jul 1

Chloé Van Soeterstède makes her conducting debut with the San Francisco Symphony, leading the first SF Symphony performance of Concert Overture in D major by Elfrida Andrée, a 19th-century composer and activist who fought for gender equality in Sweden. Violinist Paul Huang...

Chamber Music at Davies Symphony Hall

Jun 28

In the final chamber music concert of the 2025–26 season, San Francisco Symphony musicians perform works by Gareth Farr, Sarn Oliver, Joan Tower, and Gabriel Fauré. The program includes Farr's Taheke, Oliver's CAT (Contemporary Artful Tonalities) String Quartet, Tower's...

Denève Conducts Saint-Saëns' Organ Symphony

Jun 25 – Jun 27, 2026

Conductor Stéphane Denève leads the San Francisco Symphony in a program featuring the first SF Symphony performances of Guillaume Connesson's Flammenschrift, a work the composer described as a psychological portrait of Beethoven. Organist Olivier Latry makes his Orchestral...

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Pickleball in San Francisco / Bay Area Pickleball
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