Nikhil Chandran: Unbelievably great acoustics. Defs try to get centre seats!
Bernard: Check out the balcony on the top floor, it's a great view
San Francisco Symphony: Avoid the traffic, tolls, and the $$ parking garage fees - take BART to Civic Center station and walk four blocks west to the hall. You'll arrive in a better mood.
6. SFJazz Center
9.5
201 Franklin St (at Fell St), San Francisco, CA
Jazz and Blues Venue · Civic Center · 53 tips and reviews
Matthias P.: Awesome venue. Only great seats in the house and amazing artists! Loved it!
Travel + Leisure: The $64 million, 35,000-square-foot SF Jazz Center is America’s first stand-alone space for jazz, with a 700-seat auditorium designed to evoke both a club and concert hall.
Holger Lüdorf: Fantastic built-for-Jazz building near City Hall. The acoustics are great and perfect for jazz. Feels more like an amphitheater than a classic concert hall.
9. Grace Cathedral
8.8
1100 California St (at Taylor St.), San Francisco, CA
Church · Nob Hill · 81 tips and reviews
Sasha: Beautiful inside. Great way to take a break from the world. Peet's coffee downstairs.
Fast Company: Let there be light: The solar-power system in this cathedral was designed, financed, and installed by SolarCity (#38 on Fast Company's 2011 list of Most Innovative Companies)
Davidk: Don't let the facade fool you, Grace strongly embraces GLBTQ peeps, agnostics and atheists. See the Keith Haring altarpiece and AIDS memorial quilt in the interfaith chapel by the front doors.
14. The Warfield Theatre
8.5
982 Market St (at Golden Gate), San Francisco, CA
Music Venue · Tenderloin · 66 tips and reviews
Roy Scopazzi: My favorite large venue in San Fran. Park at the large parking lot nearby or take BART, don't try for street parking. Don't worry about where you're sitting, it's a great view from anywhere.
Chris Mason: Make sure you grab a $16 beer. That shit is tight!
Paul Billings: You can now bring your drink back to your seat in the balcony!
15. Bimbo's 365 Club
8.3
1025 Columbus Ave (btw Chestnut & Francisco), San Francisco, CA
Rock Club · North Beach · 48 tips and reviews
Wolfgang's Vault: great shows, great sounds - it's like being in old-time San Francisco
Nipul Chokshi: Check out a Tainted Love show here -- awesome 80's music
Mazda: Founder Agostino Giuntoli left Tuscany, Italy in 1922 at the age of 19 and sailed to America. He spent five years working his way to San Francisco and found a job as janitor at the famed Palace Hotel.