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Janelle Monáe Channels Prince and MJ With the SF Symphony, 5/16/13

Janelle Monáe and her Androids with the San Francisco Symphony Thursday, May 16, 2013 Louise M. Davies Hall Better than: Monáe's last wonderful performance in SF at the 2012 Black and White Ball Last night at Davies Hall, Janelle Monáe pretty much wore the same thing she always wears on stage. ... More >>

SF Symphony Goes on Strike

If you had tickets to the local symphony tomorrow night, time to make other plans. Some 100 musicians of the Grammy-winning SF Symphony walked off the stage today (so to speak) to protest their prolonged and unsuccessful wage negotiations with symphony management. David Gaudry, the chair of the mu ... More >>

The Undertones Blow Out The Amps At SF Popfest 2011

Romana MachadoThe Undertones​SF Popfest: The Undertones The Mantles Melted Toys The Smittens May 27th, 2011 @ Rickshaw Stop Better than: Sitting at home on a cold May night with your Raspberries mp3s and all the Debby Boone albums you can burn. Ricki Lee Jones was playing at Davies Hall, whic ... More >>

Symphony Charges S.F. Library $480 Yearly, Despite $2.6M Annual Taxpayer Subsidy

Thanks for placing your overdue-book fines in my pocket​The San Francisco Symphony will receive $2.6 million in taxpayer subsidies during the current fiscal year. Nonetheless, it charges the San Francisco Public Library an additional $480 per year for dropping off old programs, the San Francisco c ... More >>

Mos Def and Erkyah Badu Davies Hall Show Announced

Baduizm: Erykah Badu​ If you missed your first chance to see hip-hop take over the normally-staid Davies Hall--home of the San Francisco Symphony, don't fret. Ankh Marketing and Guerilla Union (promoters of Rock the Bells) has just announced an upcoming performance by the mighty Mos Def and the di ... More >>

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