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Herbst Theatre

401 Van Ness Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94102 map
cross street: McAllister
district: Civic Center

Tel. 4153924400
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Events Calendar
Tue Sep 09
The Pulse of Our Nation—How Do We See America’s Role in the World?
The conventional wisdom about Americans–that we’re isolated from the world, politically fragmented, and inclined toward material pleasure–isn’t just flawed, it may be 180 degrees from the truth. Drawing on thousands of in-depth surveys, John Zogby, P... More		 Tickets
Fri Sep 12
Long-term X PRIZEs
Founder and Chairman of the X PRIZE Foundation, Peter Diamandis is dedicated to bringing about radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity. In this lecture, Diamandis will discuss a new class of X PRIZEs which are larger in purse size and far m... More
Sat Sep 13
Nadja Plays Piazzolla: The Sounds of Brazil and Argentina
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg’s inaugural set of concerts as NCCO Music Director will include a selection of Brazilian and Argentine music, featuring herself as soloist on Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires and Ginastera’s Glosses on Themes by Pablo... More		 Tickets
Thu Sep 25
Carol Channing & Friends in Concert
A special kick-off concert in honor of HELLO, CAROL! A Celebration of Carol Channing, the first major retrospective exhibition ever mounted on the life and work of this Broadway and Hollywood legend, will be held on Thursday, September 25 at 7:30 p.m... More		 Tickets
Tue Oct 21
Brower Youth Awards
9th Annual Brower Youth Awards celebration On October 21 six young environmental leaders will be given the Brower Youth Award in San Francisco. Join us for an exciting awards ceremony! Tuesday, Oct 24, 7:30 pm-10:00 pm. free and open to the public fo... More
Wed Oct 22
Jimmy Scott; Melody Gardot
Jimmy Scott is the ultimate soul survivor, a haunting jazz crooner whose influence filtered through American music long before he attained late-career recognition as a jazz treasure. At 83, his sense of time remains impeccable, and he is a master sto... More
Thu Oct 23
Archie Shepp
A rare U.S. concert by an icon from the 1960s free jazz era! Known for his collaborations with New Thing avatars Cecil Taylor and John Coltrane, Shepp refined an Afrocentric methodology on his classic albums Fire Music and The Magic of Ju-Ju. Shepp c... More
Sat Oct 25
Sophie Milman; Eldar Trio
Two thrilling young talents, both from the former U.S.S.R, highlight the global reach of jazz. Milman, 25, was born in the Ural Mountains and discovered jazz while living in Israel. A massive star in Canada, the sultry Toronto-based chanteuse won a J... More
Sun Oct 26
MACEO PARKER
Always a formidable improviser, alto saxophonist Maceo Parker was baptized by the two supreme prophets of funk, James Brown and George Clinton. After a quarter century of collaborating with the two soul visionaries he started spreading the gospel of ... More		 Tickets
Sat Nov 01
ARTURO SANDOVAL
Like his mentor Dizzy Gillespie, trumpeter Arturo Sandoval is equally gifted as a performer and entertainer. His Grammy-winning discography contains work as a founding member of the Cuban supergroup Irakere, classical recordings, and the score for th... More		 Tickets
Sat Nov 01
ARTURO SANDOVAL
Like his mentor Dizzy Gillespie, trumpeter Arturo Sandoval is equally gifted as a performer and entertainer. His Grammy-winning discography contains work as a founding member of the Cuban supergroup Irakere, classical recordings, and the score for th... More		 Tickets
Sun Nov 02
Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra with Carla Bley
There could not be a better time for the re-emergence of Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra. A seminal figure since anchoring Ornette Coleman’s revolutionary 1950s quartet, bassist Haden fomented his own revolution on his debut album as a lea... More		 Tickets
Sun Nov 02
Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra with Carla Bley
There could not be a better time for the re-emergence of Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra. A seminal figure since anchoring Ornette Coleman’s revolutionary 1950s quartet, bassist Haden fomented his own revolution on his debut album as a lea... More		 Tickets
Wed Nov 05
Toumani Diabaté
Toumani Diabaté is the living voice of one of the most beautiful sounds in the world: the African kora, a 21-string West African harp that has been played by griots in the Diabaté line for 71 generations. Born in Mali, he has collaborated with artis... More		 Tickets
Thu Nov 06
Natacha Atlas; Rahim Alhaj
Musically and geographically, Natacha Atlas has always been an itinerant. The Anglo-Egyptian singer has spent more than a decade fusing electronic beats with North African and Arabic music, finding links between seemingly disparate musical genres, ex... More		 Tickets
Fri Nov 07
Dr. Lonnie Smith Feat. Donald Harrison
A double dose of soul is just what the doctor ordered. Dr. Lonnie Smith that is, the reigning old-school Hammond B3 maestro who’s been handing out funkified prescriptions since breaking in with George Benson in the mid-1960s. Another 1960s B3 avatar,... More		 Tickets
Tue Nov 18 - Wed Nov 19
Joan Baez
"The most accomplished interpretive folksinger of the 1960s, Joan Baez has influenced nearly every aspect of popular music in a career still going strong. Baez is possessed of a once-in-a-lifetime soprano, which, since the late '50s, she has put in t... More		 Tickets

About Herbst Theatre

Purchase Herbst Theatre Tickets from TicketMaster The Herbst Theatre, located in the center of the War Memorial Veterans Building, is a vital and active performance venue for numerous organizations presenting a wide range of artistic, cultural and entertainment programming. Originally designed as the Veterans Auditorium, the theatre was refurbished and renamed Herbst Theatre in 1977. It was on this stage that the United Nations Charter was signed on June 26, 1945, making the Herbst Theatre of singular and international historic importance.