Nightlife & the Arts in San Francisco

Fodor's Choice in San Francisco

Name	Category	Location

BooM BooM RooM John Lee Hooker's old haunt has been an old-school blues haven...	Music Clubs	Japantown

Castro Theatre Designed by art-deco master Timothy Pfleuger and opened in 1922...	Film	Castro

City Arts & Lectures Each year this program includes more than 20 fascinating conversations...	Readings / Lectures	San Francisco

Club Fugazi Club Fugazi's claim to fame is Beach Blanket Babylon, a wacky...	Cabaret	North Beach

El Rio A dive bar in the best sense, El Rio has a calendar chock-full...	Music Clubs	Mission District


Great American Music Hall You can find top-drawer entertainment at this great, eclectic...	Music Clubs	Tenderloin

San Francisco Ballet For ballet-lovers, this company is reason alone to come to the...	Dance	Civic Center

San Francisco Opera Founded in 1923, this world-renowned company has resided in the...	Opera	Civic Center

San Francisco Symphony One of America's top orchestras, the San Francisco Symphony performs...	Music	Civic Center

Stern Grove Festival The nation's oldest continual free summer music festival hosts...	Festivals	Sunset

Teatro ZinZanni Contortionists, chanteuses, jugglers, illusionists, and circus...	Theater	Embarcadero

Vessel A relatively new club/lounge that's enticing, romantic, and ultrahip...	Bars	Union Square

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Across the street from the Museum of Modern Art and abutting...	Arts Centers	SoMa
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