SFJAZZ Festival Review

Great theatre, great sound, great views of the stage from most seats& great staff.

Great settings for amazing music. Super intimate event though it's not all that small. Great to find a place where music is what matters

This was a great way to spend a Tuesday night before Christmas.

Awesome venue! The seating, the sound & friendly accommodating staff

A great jewel in the crown of the city's cultural spaces.

Great acoustic room with seats. Helpful volunteer staff.

Great spot with several venues inside, all with wonderful acoustics. Consistently strong programming, with top acts. Only downside: this is a concert hall, not a club, so it has a certain sterility to it. No funkiness about it at all, which is funny given the nature of the music. As long as you know what you are in for, that's not an issue.

Saw the best show, Gospel Brunch, with one of my favorite friends. The man next to me was singing along and had an amazing voice. All seats are good seats because it's small.

Great acoustics, great arrangement. Seats could have been improved. Bit on the pricier side.

Really cool venue(s), lots of good shows and acts, conveniently located

Great experience everytime I visit SFJAZZ Center, beautiful music, kind workers that take care of your needs... I love to bring my family there everytime is possible!!

Used for a corporate event, load in & out was challenging, staff is great

The jazz is consistently varied, and we always have a great time. Architecture, location, sound, staff: cool!

Member events are wonderful, beautiful location with fantastic line ups.

Great variety of artists, awesome acoustics, wonderful volunteer ushers!

I saw Kronos performing as part of the Kronos Festival. They were AMAZING! SF Jazz is a relatively new facility. The seats are comfortable, the acoustics are excellent, and most seats have a good view of the stage. There's a bar/restaurant attached to the SF Jazz with a small, but good selection of appetizers & entrees, and reasonable prices. It gets pretty busy, so get there at least 90 minutes before the show for a relaxed experience. There is also a bar in the lobby, & you can take your drinks into the theatre. It's a great place to experience music!

A pleasure to listen to music in the auditorium. Attention. .impeccable. Thank you

Nice space for jazz. There isn't a bad seat in the house. And, most importantly, every time I have been there the sound has been excellent.

Incredible venue. The bar downstairs is really pricey, but the steep-sloped stadium seating is really well-done and unique. Offers a very intimate musical experience even though it seats a couple hundred people

SFJazz is really great. The accoustic is amazing the stars are selected and the whole ambiance invites to stay a bit longer for one or two cocktails.

Such a space of creativity.
The workshop we attended was very hands-on and the performers were very generous (and patient!) with the attendees and their time.

My wife and I have been going to the Maceo Parker show for 3 years now. We love celebrating with Maceo performance.

Love this venue. Very comfortable, versatile and varied genres, outstanding sound. A great SF asset.

Great place to explore music, great venue with decent prices for shows

Great venue and excellent concerts! JAZZ HQ in the bay, comfortable room and tremendous acoustic. Top!

Great acoustics no matter where you sit. Nice that it is built from the ground up out of a passion for jazz. It's one of the few places that plays REAL jazz still.

The best place in San Francisco, if not the only place, to see touring jazz artists. Sightlines are amazing in the Miner Auditorium and decent in the Henderson Lab, and there are few bad seats from that perspective, but I am docking the Center one star for these reasons: (1) Seats in the Miner are rock hard and your tailbone will hate you after an hour. (2) The portable chairs in the Henderson are placed too close to one another. You will have an intimate relationship with your neighbor. (3) Acoustics are generally good, but the stage usually is overmiked.

$14 for a cocktail and not enough seating (too many reserved signs). Go early, if you want a good seat

Excellent customer service. The staff is great. The auditorium is fantastic, there s not a bad seat in the house. Really, there isn t!

But (just my opinion) I find their shows hit and miss. I didn t like the last 3 I saw. There s a kind of randomness to the programming, or maybe you d call it eclectic. A lot of it strikes me as academic musical exercises. Honestly i feel they are not attracting a lot of the great jazz talent that s out there, aside from some stellar headliners that they seem to be able to pay big bucks for. Nashville and New Orleans have great music, artsy creative or just plain jammin every night but they don t come West I guess.

No bad seats in the house, very modern but intimate venue. Become a member and support them!

Impressive space to experience jazz and it's history and current place as an important American art form

A venue dedicated to Jazz and Jazz alone. Top talent. If you like live jazz, this is the place to go.

Stadium seating gets you the best view from any seat in the house.

Great venue with a comfortable and relaxed environment. Ethan Lipton and Orchestra were playing and it was acoustically pleasing and well done.

So fun, such a wonderful venue. The acoustic are superb.

Great venue for medium size events, very intimate setting

Took a class here to learn some things about music production. The instructor, a well known Bay area musician and producer, began the class by discussing and demonstrating "sampling" in songs. The VERY FIRST EXAMPLE that he BLASTED throughout the studio room was a song that repeated the "N" word over and over and over and over again. I was appalled that he would play this in what I assumed was a "classy" and "dignified" venue. It was extremely vulgar, unprofessional, and I was HIGHLY offended and uncomfortable as a Black man. In addition, he did not take his time or wait for the class to grasp the many concepts that he spit out at a rapid-fire pace. I'm not slow and I'm certain the majority of the class was as confused and bewildered as I was. It was a complete waste of money and time and I left feeling very unsettled.

Just OK. Sound good but a little cold Nordic design

Modern concert hall, great sound and not too big. Bar service is generally good, haven't tried their restaurant yet.

Miner Auditorium is a really great venue. All seats are good.

Great venue! Amazing sound! Always outstanding performances! Thank you SF Jazz, I will be coming back for more!

Stunning venue with a sought-after line-up of talent. We saw Robert Glasper and Bilal. Such a fun show!

the acoustics here are unreal. we saw Kronos Quartet and it was a sublime listening experience.

love the seating arrangements that include a section behind and above the stage. very unique experience.

Nice venue, though my seat was on the balcony directly under a spotlight which management refused to turn down during the show, though I asked politely to three different people.. Annoying. Why? Seat A17. What you get for an $85 ticket.

Very nice venue for a small conference. Location within the city is very convenient.

Homayoun Sakhi was just amazing last night. Thank you SFJAZZ, great job!!!

One of the most amazing-sounding venues in the world. Great drinks. Artists are ALWAYS happy to be at SF Jazz...

I highly recommend for its youth and family jazz education programs. Likewise for its diverse pantheon of innovative jazz artists.

We've been members of SFJazz for some time and have really enjoyed our experiences. It's such an enriching, local venue with a really great lineup of performers. Prices are reasonable and if you choose to become a member (tax deductible) all ticket processing fees are waived. Plus they have member prices for various shows throughout the year. Members also gain early access to tickets before being sold to the public.

There is a restaurant/bar on the bottom floor with a small menu of appetizers/meals and plenty of libations. Staff members are always warm, friendly, helpful, and approachable. We love SFJazz!

SFJAZZ, love you! We live 3+ hours away, but still became members. Just went to our second concert there, in the smaller venue. Great sound, a little hard to see but I can live with that. :) The large venue is perfect.

Will have to check out the food options next time.

You are a Bay Area (and beyond) treasure!

Amazing room, with the perfect size for cozy concerts. I love the fact people can seat on the back side of the stage giving a wide open perspective of the show with an impressive sound system.

Intimate decor nice sound system first visit from Detroit

Great show. A ton of old white farts acting all stuck up. But the show was really nice

Excellent venue. Great performances. The Tony Williams Tribute w/ Cindy B. Santana was Amaaaaazing!!! My daughter Bella had the chance to meet her back stage & still hasn't stopped talking about her experience!