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San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center | 401 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA
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InterMusic SF Presents SF Music Day 2025: Deeply Rooted. A Daylong Celebration of Bay Area Music Featuring 85+ Artists, 20 Ensembles, and 6+ Hours of Performances!
InterMusic SF proudly announces the 18th edition of SF Music Day, returning on Sunday, October 19, 2025, to the San Francisco War Memorial & Performing Arts Center. This year’s festival, themed Deeply Rooted, brings together more than 85 artists across 20 ensembles for over six hours of continuous live music, highlighting the creativity and cultural breadth of the Bay Area.
SF Music Day
Sunday, October 19, 2025 | 12-6p
San Francisco War Memorial + Performing Arts Center, 401 Van Ness Avenue, SF
Get Tickets – $23 General Admission (fees included)
- Tickets can be purchased online in-advance through City Box Office, or in-person in the Herbst Theatre Lobby at SF Music Day.
- After 17 years as a free festival, SF Music Day will now be ticketed. To ensure accessibility, discounts are available for families, students, military personnel, and community members with financial need, with a no-one-turned-away-for-lack-of-funds policy.
Artists include the 2025 Tiny Desk Concert Winner Ruby Ibarra, alongside acclaimed artists such as Kala Ramnath & Abhijit Banerjee, Ensemble San Francisco, Liberty Ellman Trio, and Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ & Blood Moon Orchestra. From Brazilian choro and chamber-folk to hip-hop, Indian classical, jazz, and experimental, the program reflects the Bay Area’s vibrant and evolving soundscape.
Performer Line-Up:
Anne Hege • Ben Goldberg: So Long Rob • Benicia Chamber Players • Berkeley Choro Ensemble • The Destiny Muhammad Trio with Tshaka Campbell • Elizabeth Schumann • Ensemble San Francisco • Julie Herndon • Kala Ramnath + Abhijit Banerjee • Liberty Ellman Trio • LIEDER ALIVE! feat. Esther Rayo + Peter Grünberg • Lisa Mezzacappa 5(ish) • Pedro José Pastrana Trio • Ruby Ibarra • Scott Amendola, Kasey Knudsen, Mat Muntz Trio • Turas Ensemble • Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ + Blood Moon Orchestra • Young Chamber Musicians
About InterMusic SF
Since 1998, InterMusic SF has served the small ensemble music community. As a nonprofit organization, we are dedicated to sustaining and nourishing the Bay Area creative environment by offering dynamic programming that serves hundreds of Bay Area-based musicians celebrating, practicing, composing, and sharing small ensemble music with local audiences.
The 18th Edition of SF Music Day, presented by InterMusic SF, will welcome 3,000+ festival-attendees–of all ages–to experience a stunning lineup of outstanding musicians. It also brings a major shift: after 17 years of offering free admission, SF Music Day will now be a ticketed event. While we acknowledge that this is a big change, we want our wonderful community to know that we’re committed to keeping SF Music Day accessible, with low-cost and discounted tickets for families, students, members of the military, and community members with financial need.
We hope you’ll stand with us in taking this bold and necessary step toward a sustainable future for one of the Bay Area’s cultural treasures – SF Music Day.
For more information, intermusicsf.org
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Cost: $23*
