Samara Joy with the San Francisco Symphony
Jazz singer Samara Joy performs with the San Francisco Symphony and conductor Anthony Parnther as part of the 2026–27 season.
Davies Symphony Hall
201 Van Ness Ave.San Francisco 94102
Upcoming Shows
Gregory Alan Isakov with the San Francisco Symphony
Folk and indie rock musician Gregory Alan Isakov performs with the San Francisco Symphony and conductor Christopher Dragon as part of the 2026–27 season.
Chamber Music Concert with Garrick Ohlsson
Pianist Garrick Ohlsson joins SF Symphony musicians for a chamber music concert at Davies Symphony Hall.
Opening Gala with Hilary Hahn
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Pink Martini with the SF Symphony
Pink Martini performs with the San Francisco Symphony as part of the 2026 Holidays with the Symphony season.
Handel's Messiah
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
Deck the Hall is presented as part of the San Francisco Symphony's 2026 Holidays with the Symphony season.
Holiday Brass
Holiday Brass is presented as part of the San Francisco Symphony's 2026 Holidays with the Symphony season.
In Home for the Holidays
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...
Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas - Live in Concert
The San Francisco Symphony performs James Horner's score from Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas live to picture as the film is projected onto a large screen above the stage.
A Merry-Achi Christmas
A Merry-Achi Christmas is presented as part of the San Francisco Symphony's 2026 Holidays with the Symphony season.
Peter and the Wolf
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...
Holidays with Bernadette Peters and the SF Symphony
Bernadette Peters performs with the San Francisco Symphony as part of the 2026 Holidays with the Symphony season.
Holiday Gaiety
Holiday Gaiety is presented as part of the San Francisco Symphony's 2026 Holidays with the Symphony season.
Elf - Live in Concert
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.
Holidays with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra performs as part of the San Francisco Symphony's 2026 Holidays with the Symphony season.
Holly Jolly Pops with the SF Symphony
Holly Jolly Pops with the SF Symphony closes out the 2026 Holidays with the Symphony season at Davies Symphony Hall.
San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra: February Concert
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
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
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: VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE at Masquers Playhouse
VANYA and SONIA and MASHA and SPIKE is a delightful romp with equal measures of nostalgia and hope for the future. With rapid-fire dialogue and pitch-perfect timing, the cast bring the script by Christopher Durang to life. …
Review: THE WHITE CHIP at Marin Theatre
Marin Theatre opens its 60th season with a bang – a sobering dark comedy from director, writer and former California Shakespeare Theatre Associate Artistic Director Sean Daniels. Chronicling the dark ride of self-delusion into alcoholism, Daniels’ semiautobiographical story is beautifully exec…
Review: THE WHITE CHIP at Marin Theatre
Marin Theatre opens its 60th season with a bang – a sobering dark comedy from director, writer and former California Shakespeare Theatre Associate Artistic Director Sean Daniels. Chronicling the dark ride of self-delusion into alcoholism, Daniels’ semiautobiographical story is beautifully execut…
Review: RUMORS at Woodminster Summer Musicals
RUMORS at Woodminster Summer Musicals is full of laughs and gaffs, and is a jolly good time. Set in a posh New York townhouse, RUMORS is Neil Simon’s only full length farce. From half truths to utter nonsense and mistaken identities to outright charades, this production will ensnare you in a strea…
Review: PICKLEBALL at Hillbarn Theatre
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
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: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS 40TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR WITH ELLEN GREENE at Curran Theatre
The Little Shop of Horrors 40th Anniversary Tour with Ellen Greene at San Francisco’s Curran Theatre answered that question with an evening overflowing with nostalgia, laughter, and plenty of love for one of musical theatre’s most enduringly strange creations.…
Review: THE SOILED DOVE at Alameda Point's Big Top Tent At Radium Railway
What happens when dinner, circus, cabaret, and a trip back in time all collide under one tent?…
Review: R.O.I. (RETURN ON INVESTMENT) at San Francisco Playhouse At Creativity Theater
What happens when innovation moves faster than our ability to understand its consequences?…
Review: BROADWAY UNDER THE STARS - MAMMA MIA! at Transcendence Theatre Company
What happens when three possible fathers, one determined bride-to-be, and the irresistible music of ABBA collide on a Greek island?…
Past Shows
25 total · showing 1–10
Andrew Bird and the San Francisco Symphony
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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