3+ week, 10+ hour ago   (490+ words) Opening night of the San Francisco International Piano Festival did what a well-programmed and well-performed concert should: it refreshed and enlarged a listener's sense of the familiar while making a persuasive case for a composer new to many ears. While…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (381+ words) Charli xcx has postponed her San Francisco fan event at the last minute following backlash from fans online. The British pop singer was initially scheduled to appear at Amoeba Music's Haight Street store for a fan Q&A event on…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (494+ words) The Cartoon Art Museum has closed its Fisherman's Wharf home, leaving the nearly 42-year-old San Francisco institution without a public gallery while it decides what comes next. The museum announced Friday, July 31, it will not renew its lease at 781 Beach…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (161+ words) Each summer, spectators of the San Francisco Mime Troupe are part of an ancient tradition. Written by Michael Gene Sullivan, "Wreckage: A Musical Tragicomedy" features Sullivan as an AI developer charged with releasing an tool that could accidentally destroy the…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (123+ words) San Francisco's Tonga Room is a tiki institution and one of the last venues in the city with a house band. The band, Island Groove, performs as a four-piece group with guitar, drums, keyboard and vocals. Bandleader CJ Simbre has…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (349+ words) A cult-favorite Japanese punk band canceled its San Francisco show after a serious New Mexico crash injured all three members. Peelander-Z was scheduled to perform at Bottom of the Hill on Monday, May 25, with UltraBomb and the Freak Accident as…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (240+ words) Yahoo Chan, 39, will start with the 2027–28 season and was given a six-year term. She was given the title music director designate until then. Chan was born in Hong Kong and studied at Smith College and the University of Michigan. She…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (429+ words) The San Francisco Symphony will dedicate three June performances of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony to Michael Tilson Thomas, the late conductor whose 25 years as music director transformed the orchestra and helped make it one of the Bay Area's defining cultural institutions....

5+ mon, 3+ day ago   (546+ words) A cool coincidence has San Franciscans - and those who love the city - observing an informal local holiday known as 415 Day. On April 15, 1850, San Francisco was officially incorporated as a U.S. city. The date also mirrors the city's original 415 area code, creating…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (125+ words) The Police's music gets a symphonic twist in San Francisco as Stewart Copeland performs with the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Stewart Copeland and Police Deranged with the SFCM Orchestra: 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, April 10-11. $74.50-$224.50. SFJazz's Robert N. Miner Auditorium, 201 Franklin St., S.F. www.sfcm....