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Music City SF’s Grand Opening Party (2024)

Saturday, October 19, 2024 - 6:00 pm to 12:00 am | Cost: $25*
*$25 General Admission, $45adv/$55dos (Includes Complimentary Appetizer & Drink)

1355 Bush St | 1355 Bush Street, San Francisco, California, 94109

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Join us for two special events: The Music City SF Grand Opening party kicking off our Seven Nights, Seven Genres + The 3rd Annual Songwriters Festival!

The grand opening of Rudy Colombini’s Music City San Francisco Epicenter and Artist Accelerator – all 29,000 sq. ft of it – at 1355 Bush St. near Polk, will host its Grand Opening on October 19, 2024.

The event begins with an outdoor Songwriters Festival on Polk Street from Noon – 6 pm, featuring some of San Francisco’s best songwriters.

Music City Grand Opening Party
Saturday, October 19, 2024 | 6pm-12am
1355 Bush St, San Francisco, CA 91409 (All ages venue)
Get Tickets: $25 General Admission, $45adv/$55dos (Includes Complimentary Appetizer & Drink)

Experience 20 live performances spanning a variety of genres, including Jazz, R&B, Rock, Hip Hop, Latin, and more!

Featuring live music across multiple indoor stages:

Guests must be 21+ to consume alcoholic beverages

The Grand Opening Party inside Music City San Francisco, a five-story complex still sparkling from its recent $20 million revamp, runs 6pm-12am. The evening features 20 acts across several genres performing on seven distinct stages, including the large upstairs main stage.

Add in its ever-expanding 90 exhibit San Francisco Music Hall of Fame Gallery, a bar, casual restaurant, its music-themed hotel/hostel on the top two floors, and twenty live streaming-enabled, plug and play rehearsal studios, and it is no surprise that Colombini has dubbed Music City SF “Disneyland for Music Lovers.”

And specifically, San Francisco music lovers.

The 3rd Annual Music City Songwriters Festival
October 19, 2024 | 12pm-6pm
Polk Street at Bush Street
FREE outdoor festival

Featuring 2-stages with 10-bands and DJs on Polk at Bush + Fern Alley

Join us in association with the Lower Polk CBD, Lower Polk Neighbors and Avenue Greenlight. Music City SF seeks to strengthen the ecosystem of live music in San Francisco and add to the vibrancy of the Lower Polk neighborhood, by producing the 3rd Annual Music City Songwriters Festival.

**This is a Free Event**
Join us in support of our community, artists, makers, musicians, DJs, and local merchants.

MC: Steve Ward Moore

Polk & Bush Street Stage:

  • DJ OMAR (Popscene)
  • Pamela Parker’s Fantastic Machine
  • Anthony Arya
  • Ben Misterka
  • Rudy Colombini Band

Fern Stage:

  • Alex Sandra
  • Ambr Wave
  • Austin Waz
  • Alex Wick
  • Brad Nofal
  • Tom Quell
  • Eric Escobedo
  • Nilo Ayele
  • and more TBA

Location: Polk Street between Bush & Sutter + Fern Street

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.


Cost: $25*
*$25 General Admission, $45adv/$55dos (Includes Complimentary Appetizer & Drink)
Categories: *Top Pick*, In Person, Live Music, Sponsored
Venue: 1355 Bush St
Address: 1355 Bush Street, San Francisco, California, 94109

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