Superstar violinist Hilary Hahn takes the stage with Giancarlo Guerrero and the San Francisco Symphony in a celebratory program to open the new season.

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Opening Gala with Hilary Hahn

Davies Symphony Hall

Step into the 2026–27 Season with an unforgettable evening at San Francisco’s iconic City Hall. Your night begins with a sparkling cocktail hour, followed by an exquisite dinner prepared by celebrated local chefs, all set beneath the magnificent dome of City Hall’s breathtaking rotunda. Then journey across the plaza to the War Memorial Opera House for the opening night of Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra, led by Music Director Eun Sun Kim. When the final ovation fades, return to City Hall for a spectacular after-party, featuring music, dancing, and the company of fellow opera lovers.

Opera Ball 2026

San Francisco City Hall

Join us for the 47th Annual Gala! This festive evening at the historic San Francisco War Memorial Building will include SFGC Alum Michele Kennedy and our very own Premier Ensemble and Concert Group performing in the Herbst Theatre followed by a gala reception in the Green Room.

47th Annual Performance and Gala

San Francisco War Memorial

War Memorial and Performing Arts Center

Please join us for this elegant evening and participate in our silent and live auctions. Enjoy local wine with a 3-course dinner and live music in the 5-star atmosphere the St. Regis San Francisco always provides.

Annual Gala & Auction

The St. Regis San Francisco

The closing party of SPOT Festival, presented by Kaleido festival. 18+ and requires a SPOT wristband. Lineup: Mbizo, Flexitrax, Deb Foam.

SPOT Afterparty – Kaleido Edition

Volume Village

RBAN party at RUST Nightclub celebrating their upcoming collaboration with RUST. DJ lineup: SELMA, Karlitas Way & Fuad. Free entrance until 00:00, 60 DKK 00:00-04:00. 21+.

RBAN – RUST Nightclub

RUST

The Shame Disco. DJ Reform94 throws a youth disco for adults, with the best/worst music from the nineties.

Reform94

Union Scene

A free, family-friendly street dance on the west side of the Stadium of Fire site, featuring a Miner Music DJ spinning tunes from across the decades, held after the fireworks on Independence Day.

Street Dance: Post-Stadium of Fire Celebration

LaVell Edwards Stadium

Join us for Pocket Opera’s most fun fundraiser of the year – our annual gala. We return to the University Club for a delightful afternoon featuring delicious food, wine, an exciting auction with great prizes, and music from Pocket’s finest artists.

Annual Gala 2026

The University Club of San Francisco

A.C.T.'s Annual Gala

Saint Joseph’s Arts Society

Join fellow revelers and supporters of American Bach for a festive evening of music, wine & cocktails, heavy hors d'oeuvres, and an auction of amazing experiences available only at Sparkle!

Sparkle Gala & Fundraiser

Superstar pianist Yuja Wang takes the stage with Jaap van Zweden and the San Francisco Symphony in a celebratory program to open the new season.

Opening Gala

Celebrate the artists, the art, and help solidify the future of the Magic. We are all about community and family, please join us as we unveil our exciting 2026 programming year! As always, mingle, dine, dance and drink with artists, fellow supporters, friends, performers and of course, the Magic staff.

Magic Gala 2025

Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture

The Gala is SFJAZZ’s largest fundraiser of the year and includes a number of exciting events, including our festive VIP Cocktail Reception and Dinner catered by Paula LeDuc Fine Catering located at our Gala Tent, our Luminary Reception at SFJAZZ Center, an All-Star Gala Concert featuring Terence Blanchard, honoree Don Was, jazz vocal great Kurt Elling, trumpet superstar Ambrose Akinmusire, rising star saxophonist Melissa Aldana, guitar icon Bill Frisell, jazz legend Charles Lloyd and his Sky Quartet with pianist Jason Moran, bassist Larry Grenadier, and drummer Eric Harland, the award-winning ensemble SFJAZZ Collective and many more to be announced soon.

SFJAZZ Gala 2025 Honoring Don Was A benefit FOR SFJAZZ artistic and education programs

SFJAZZ Center

Save the date for an exquisite evening brimming with dance, beauty, and enduring friendship. Enjoy a world premiere with American jazz trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire along with Alonzo King’s iconic ballet honoring the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Scheherazade—featuring music reinterpreted by Zakir Hussain.

LINES Ballet 2025 Gala

Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA

Please join us for this elegant evening and partake in our silent and live auction; enjoy local wine with a 3-course dinner and wonderful music in the 5-star atmosphere that the St. Regis San Francisco always provides. Bid on local favorites and unique items during the fabulous auction program and enjoy performances featuring the San Francisco Boys Chorus and special guest artists. The evening raises tuition assistance funds for the San Francisco Boys Chorus’ music education and training program. Tickets are SOLD OUT. If you can’t make it please contribute a Scholarship Donation. Your support makes a difference.

Annual Gala & Auction 2025

The concert will be held at Lanterman Auditorium, 4491 Cornishon Avenue, in La Cañada Flintridge. 

2024 Season Opening Gala Concert

Lanterman Auditorium

Beginning his journey in 1975 as a tenor in Trial by Jury/HMS Pinafore, Baker has been an instrumental component of the success and longevity of Lamplighters. Help us celebrate his legacy by attending our largest fundraiser of the year, which includes the Gala committee’s trademark parodies of original G&S lyrics and music, a silent auction, and Fund-A-Need! Be sure to add on the VIP Reception to enjoy premier seating at the show, along with celebratory champagne and cake, and to toast over 50 years of Lamplighters memories with our treasured leader and friend!

The Great Gilbert & Sullivan Bake Off!

Diane B. Wilsey Center for Opera

San Francisco's best costume party returns! Join us in celebration of OL shared belief in the power of live theater and A.C.T.'s thrilling 2024/25 Season. A festive gala event to bring us together to be who we are, or who we want to be. It's going to be a ball...for ALL!

All Hallows' Gala

August Hall

Grammy®-nominated Nicholas Phan is “one of the world’s most remarkable singers” (Boston Globe), praised for his keen intelligence, captivating stage presence, and natural musicianship. The Wall Street Journal calls beloved artist Jake Heggie “arguably the world’s most popular 21st-century opera and art song composer.” Both of these prolific, sought-after artists have a long history with San Francisco Performances.

Gala Performance

Any concert with Lang Lang is an event. The superstar pianist takes the stage with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony in a celebratory program featuring Saint-Saëns’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Carnival of the Animals (with Lang Lang playing alongside his wife, pianist Gina Alice), together with selections from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet

Opening Gala With Lang Lang

Join us for our Fall Fundraiser Dinner 2024, an evening filled with delightful conversations, exquisite Japanese cuisine, sake tasting, and live performances, including a Kyogen excerpt. Your participation will help bring Yugen’s unique programs to life, including the beloved A Noh Christmas Carol this holiday season and Volpone in Spring 2025.

Fall Fundraiser Dinner 2024

Theatre of Yugen

We're doing it again! 

At our 2022 Gala we filled the dining room to the brim, Ed Harris, Kathy Baker and the rest of the original cast of Sam Shepard's Fool For Love did a reading from the play.

We are filling the dining room with incredible Bay Area Artists, The Creatives of 2023, Magic Residents and Collaborators, DJ's, Dancers, Live Music and, as always, you never know who might show up!

Help us celebrate 2023 and ring in the upcoming 2024 year of exciting programming! Mingle, dine, dance and drink with artists, fellow supporters, friends, performers and of course, the Magic staff. 

In the continued spirit of the New Era Magic, our ticket pricing is diverse. Please see details via the link below.

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