San Francisco War Memorial & Performing Arts Center

San Francisco War Memorial & Performing Arts Center A cultural landmark comprised of six venues, San Francisco's Home for performing arts.

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06/17/2026

📣 From our friends at the San Francisco Arts Commission 🖼️

“I hope when people leave or even walk into and stand in the midst of, ‘I split the ground, so it would not close over me,’ they feel the strength of all three of us.” – Tricia Rainwater.
 
In the exhibition curated by Shirin Makaremi , two emerging Bay Area artists, Kelley Finley and Tricia Rainwater approach survival as both a personal and collective experience. Delving into personal and communal histories, the artists explore what it means to sustain communities and how resilience is an ongoing process.
 
‘I split the ground, so it would not close over me’
📍SFAC Main Gallery in the War Memorial Veterans Building 📆 Now thru August 29, 2026

🎶 SAN FRANCISCO 🎶 Siavash | سیاوش Live in Concert!Get ready for an unforgettable night as the legendary Siavash takes t...
06/14/2026

🎶 SAN FRANCISCO 🎶 Siavash | سیاوش Live in Concert!
Get ready for an unforgettable night as the legendary Siavash takes the stage! With his iconic voice and electrifying energy, he’ll perform fan favorites like “Dokhtar Irooni” and more.

Blending Persian pop with dance rhythms and deep emotion, Siavash’s music unites generations and cultures. This is more than a concert—it’s a celebration of nostalgia, passion, and the power of music.

Don’t miss your chance to experience Siavash live and feel the magic for yourself!

📅 Saturday, August 29, 2026
📍 Herbst Theatre
🎟️ Tickets Available Now — Calendar 🔗 in Bio

⭐️ A limited number of VIP tickets including Meet & Greet with Siavash Shams are available.

06/12/2026

Our friends are gearing up for some amazing performances in their upcoming season. Catch them on select dates in the Herbst Theatre!

Five programs. Five distinct voices. One season in motion.




Together with New Century, these artists help shape a season that grooves, reflects, blooms, pulses, and rises.

Subscriptions are available now for Music In Motion
Follow the calendar 🔗 in our bio OR visit https://www.ncco.org/

✨ Some stages don’t just host performances — they bear witness to history. ✨So deeply honored to have welcomed Oakland B...
06/12/2026

✨ Some stages don’t just host performances — they bear witness to history. ✨

So deeply honored to have welcomed Oakland Ballet to the Herbst Theatre stage for their breathtaking Dancing Moons Festival: Angel Island Project — a work as profound as any that has graced this historic hall.

This wasn’t just a ballet. It was an act of remembrance. A tribute to the hundreds of thousands of Asian immigrants who passed through Angel Island’s detention center between 1910 and 1940 — their anguish, their hope, and their unbreakable spirit brought to life through movement, music, and poetry carved into walls.

Seven AAPI choreographers. A soaring score by composer Huang Ruo. The incomparable Del Sol Quartet. The voices of Volti choir under conductor Robert Geary. And Oakland Ballet’s extraordinary dancers — all of them pouring their hearts onto OUR stage.

We are proud that Herbst Theatre could be the San Francisco home for this milestone production. The Bay Area’s arts community is richer, deeper, and more beautifully whole because of work like this.

To Oakland Ballet, to the artists, to every audience member who showed up — thank you. 🙏🏽

The walls of Herbst hold the echoes now, too. 💫



📸 Vin Eiamvuthikorn

Part opera, part party. 🎭 🎉In the Barber’s Seville, schemers and scamps abound, donning disguises to match the latest in...
06/12/2026

Part opera, part party. 🎭 🎉

In the Barber’s Seville, schemers and scamps abound, donning disguises to match the latest intrigue. Whether it’s a count playing the soldier, a vixen playing the saint, or a music teacher spreading slander for the fun of it, everyone is chasing their hearts’ hidden desires. Who will you become tonight? What disguise will you slip on to join the game?

Tickets limited for this one-night-only event!

Some lobby content includes adult material; recommended for 21+. Only part of The Barber of Seville is performed during the Encounter event.

Follow the calendar 🔗 in bio or visit sfopera.org

✨ Cinderella had her castle, we have the Green Room ✨There’s something about this space that makes you feel like you’ve ...
06/08/2026

✨ Cinderella had her castle, we have the Green Room ✨

There’s something about this space that makes you feel like you’ve stepped straight into a fairytale. The gilded columns, the chandelier cascading down into infinity, the soft mint walls — it’s pure magic. 🕯️

Grateful for evenings that feel like a dream you never want to wake up from. 💫



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Thank you Tutu School for another great performance at the Herbst Theatre! 🩰🧑‍🩰 What a magical journey through A Tutu T...
06/08/2026

Thank you Tutu School for another great performance at the Herbst Theatre! 🩰🧑‍🩰 What a magical journey through A Tutu Tale Untangled: Twirling in the Tower.

We always love having you in the theater!

🇺🇸 The San Francisco War Memorial & Performing Arts Center stands not just as a landmark of culture and art — but as a s...
05/25/2026

🇺🇸 The San Francisco War Memorial & Performing Arts Center stands not just as a landmark of culture and art — but as a sacred tribute to those who gave everything so we could gather here freely. Today, we pause.

On this Memorial Day, we honor the fallen. The ones who never came home. The ones whose names are etched in stone and memory, whose courage carved the path for generations to come.

This building has witnessed history — from the signing of the United Nations Charter to countless performances that move the human spirit. But above all, it moves us to remember.

Take a moment today, wherever you are, to reflect. Light a candle. Say a name. Hold someone close.

Freedom is never free. Honor is forever. 🕊️


🎶🩰🎭 San Francisco, bow down — because the stage is HERS.We are bursting with pride for the extraordinary women leading t...
05/23/2026

🎶🩰🎭 San Francisco, bow down — because the stage is HERS.

We are bursting with pride for the extraordinary women leading the arts at our beloved San Francisco War Memorial & Performing Arts Center! 🌉✨

🎵 Elim Chan — Music Director,
🎵 Jenny Wong — Chorus Director,
🩰 Tamara Rojo — Artistic Director,
🎭 Eun Sun Kim — Music Director,
🏛️ Kate Sofis — Managing Director, SF War Memorial & Performing Arts Center

Five visionary women. One iconic building. One city that has never sounded, moved, or sung more beautifully. 💫

This isn’t just history for San Francisco — it’s history for the arts. We are SO proud to call this city home and to celebrate the brilliance happening right here, every single night under those gilded rooftops.

Tag someone who needs to get to a show ASAP! 👇

05/21/2026

Join us in welcoming Elim Chan as the 13th Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony!

A vibrant and imaginative podium presence, her remarkable career trajectory has seen high-profile repeat engagements across the world.

She makes her first appearances as Music Director Designate June 5–6, conducting a program of works by Wagner, Debussy, and Berlioz, with mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke. Chan begins her term as Music Director with the 2027–28 season.

Learn more: sfsymphony.org/elimchan.

© Unitel blue; performance footage courtesy of the Munich Philharmonic

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