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Music in San Francisco

Upcoming live music in San Francisco, from park concerts and festival stages to library programs and club shows. Each listing links to the organizer's own page and shows the date we last checked it, and only upcoming dates are shown. Set times and lineups can change, so check the organizer's page before you go.

Several of the city's best-known music events are free and come back every year. The Stern Grove Festival presents free summer concerts at 19th Avenue and Sloat Boulevard and calls itself the nation's longest-running free music festival. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass fills Hellman Hollow and the nearby meadows of Golden Gate Park for a free weekend in early October, with no tickets needed. Downtown, the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival stages free outdoor performances from May through October. San Francisco Public Library also hosts performances at its branches, and all of its programs are free and open to the public.

Sources: Stern Grove Festival, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, SF Public Library.

Music

7th Annual Butchertown Jazz Festival

Sun 11 Oct, 12:00pm
Lane Street between Underwood and Van DykeFree
Music

Italian Heritage Parade

Sun 11 Oct, 12:30pm
Fisherman's Wharf to Washington SquareFree
Music

Fleet Week High School Band Challenge

Mon 12 Oct, 9:00am
Golden Gate Park BandshellFree
Music

Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration

Mon 12 Oct, 12:00pm
Yerba Buena GardensFree
Music

Bistro Moustache at Scopo Divino

Mon 12 Oct, 5:00pm
Scopo Divino
Music

Richard Howell’s John Coltrane Tribute at Yerba Buena Gardens

Thu 15 Oct, 12:30pm
Great Lawn, Yerba Buena GardensFree
Music

Fort Mason Night Market

Fri 16 Oct, 5:00pm
Fort Mason Center for Arts & CultureFree
Music

Potrero Hill Festival

Sat 17 Oct, 10:00am
20th Street, Potrero HillFree
Music

Joe Bataan at Yerba Buena Gardens

Sat 17 Oct, 2:00pm
Yerba Buena GardensFree
Music

Hisaishi Conducts Hisaishi

Thu 22 Oct, 7:30pm
Davies Symphony HallVaries
Music

In Their Name: Día de Los Muertos Opening at SOMArts

Fri 23 Oct, 6:00pm
SOMArts Cultural Center$15; free for youth 16 and under (no one turned away for lack of funds)
Music

SF Symphony: Music for Families

Sat 24 Oct, 2:00pm
Davies Symphony HallVaries
Music

Afro-Filipino Jazz Project at Yerba Buena Gardens

Sat 24 Oct, 2:00pm
Great Lawn, Yerba Buena GardensFree
Music

SF Music Day 2026 at the War Memorial

Sun 25 Oct, 12:00pm
San Francisco War Memorial & Performing Arts CenterFree (suggested donation $30)
Music

The Wildwoods at 4 Star Theater

Wed 28 Oct, 8:00pm
4 Star Theater$22 advance / $27 door
Music

Dance Fridays Halloween: Live Salsa, Bachata & Cumbia

Fri 30 Oct, 7:45pm
Dance FridaysFrom $20 (21+; rises Oct 24 & Oct 30)
Music

Halloween Hoopla

Sat 31 Oct, 12:00pm
Yerba Buena Gardens (Children's Garden)Free (RSVP)
Music

San Francisco Diwali Festival

Sun 8 Nov, 1:00pm
Yerba Buena GardensFree
Music

Bhangra & Beats Diwali Night Market

Fri 13 Nov, 4:00pm
Yerba Buena Gardens & Jessie SquareFree (RSVP)
Music

The Nightmare Before Christmas in Concert

Tue 24 Nov, 7:30pm
Davies Symphony HallVaries
Music

Hook in Concert

Fri 27 Nov, 7:30pm
Davies Symphony HallVaries
Music

PIER 39 Christmas Tree Lighting

Thu 3 Dec
PIER 39Free
Music

San Francisco Ballet’s Nutcracker

Fri 4 Dec, 7:00pm
War Memorial Opera HouseVaries
Music

Deck the Hall: Holiday Family Concert

Sun 6 Dec, 11:30am
Davies Symphony HallVaries
Music

Smuin’s The Christmas Ballet

Thu 10 Dec, 7:30pm
Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCAVaries
Music

Youth Orchestra: Peter and the Wolf

Sun 13 Dec, 2:00pm
Davies Symphony HallVaries

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Cite this page: Project SF, “Music in San Francisco”, projectsf.com/event-type/music/.