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Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
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Bill Graham Civic Auditorium

San Francisco, CA · Capacity: 8,500

Opened:1915
Capacity:8,500
Location:San Francisco, CA

About Bill Graham Civic Auditorium

Opened March 2, 1915 for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Renamed 1992 to honor Bill Graham. Hosted the 1920 Democratic National Convention and the SF Warriors (1964-67). Site of the 1968 'Mother of All Demos' computer presentation.

  • Opened: 1915
  • Capacity: 8,500
  • Address: 99 Grove Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Fan Guide · Bill Graham Civic

A grand civic hall named for a legend

Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, a 1915 beaux-arts hall named for San Francisco's legendary concert promoter, is the city's big general-admission room — a high-ceilinged space for major touring shows in the Civic Center.

It's by City Hall and the Civic Center, near the Hayes Valley dining scene.

Below are the San Francisco stays, restaurants and bars fans use around the auditorium.

Fan tip: Hayes Valley's restaurants are a short walk — the spot for dinner before a Civic show.

Where Fans Stay, Eat & Drink near Bill Graham Civic Auditorium

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Hotels, bars, restaurants and things to do near Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco — every pick web-researched and source-cited, closest to the venue first.

Where to Stay

Bars & Pubs

The Interval at Long Now — Fan Bar
Fan Bar

The Interval at Long Now

Housed inside the Long Now Foundation at Fort Mason with extraordinary bay views, The Interval is the bar that visiting tech billionaires, athletes with intellectual curiosity, and anyone who wants something genuinely different from a sports bar choose for post-game drinks. The cocktail menu is thoughtfully constructed, the book collection is extraordinary, and the 10,000-Year Clock prototype behind the bar is a conversation piece unlike any other. Warriors players have been spotted here on off nights.

Restaurants

Things to Do

Haight-Ashbury Musical Heritage Walk — Things to Do
Things to Do

Haight-Ashbury Musical Heritage Walk

The Haight-Ashbury district's musical heritage is so concentrated that walking its streets is a continuous encounter with rock history, from the houses where the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane lived to the clubs and record stores that shaped the Summer of Love. The neighbourhood's surviving independent music stores, particularly Amoeba Music, continue to serve as pilgrimage destinations for fans who want to participate in the living tradition rather than merely observe its history. San Francisco's unique capacity to connect present-day fan culture to its transformative past makes this walk unlike any other music history tour on Earth.
Chase Center — Attraction
Attraction

Chase Center

The San Francisco Warriors' stunning new waterfront arena is one of America's most technologically advanced sports and entertainment venues, with concert programming that reflects the Bay Area's extraordinary cultural appetite and willingness to support artists at the highest level. The Mission Bay location provides dramatic bay views and easy transit access that make arriving for events a pleasure, and the surrounding entertainment district continues to develop around the arena's gravitational pull. Bay Area music fans are among America's most musically knowledgeable, making shows here among the most rewarding for artists.
The Fillmore — Attraction
Attraction

The Fillmore

Bill Graham's legendary Fillmore Auditorium is one of rock and roll's most sacred spaces, where Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and the Grateful Dead defined the psychedelic era in concerts that changed popular music forever. The tradition of giving every audience member a complimentary apple at the end of the night continues, connecting modern fans to a half-century of concert history through a simple gesture. The corridors lined with original poster art and photographs constitute a museum of rock history that fans can study for hours.
Kezar Stadium — Attraction
Attraction

Kezar Stadium

Kezar Stadium in Golden Gate Park is where the San Francisco 49ers played for their first 24 seasons, a historic open-air stadium that still hosts high school football, soccer, and college events within walking distance of world-class museums and gardens. Football historians and 49ers fans make the trip to understand the team's origins in this intimate community stadium. The park setting and neighborhood location give it a charm that modern stadiums simply cannot replicate.
Oracle Park Splash Hit Zone — Attraction
Attraction

Oracle Park Splash Hit Zone

Oracle Park's location on McCovey Cove creates one of baseball's most unique traditions — the splash hit, where home run balls land in the water beyond the right-field wall and kayakers scramble to retrieve them. Even non-baseball fans gather in kayaks and on the promenade during Giants games to watch this extraordinary spectacle unfold. The combination of bay views, fog rolling in, and the crack of the bat makes this the most cinematically beautiful ballpark experience in the sport.

Plan Your Trip to Bill Graham Civic Auditorium

Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco is tracked across 0 events and seats 8,500 fans. Here's how fans build a trip around it:

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Sources & References

Structured facts on this page (capacity, opening year, architect, ownership) are compiled from public reference databases and verified against venue coordinates.

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