SFJAZZ Center

Help build the future of SFJAZZ.

SFJAZZ Center

Building the shape of jazz to come

By any measure, SFJAZZ is a world leader and key reference point for jazz presentation, education and creation. But now, we have an extraordinary opportunity to literally “build” on this legacy and embark on the next stage of our journey with the building of the SFJAZZ Center.

The SFJAZZ Center is being built specifically for the growth of jazz music and audiences alike. It is the first concert hall of its type in the United States: a freestanding, high-quality performance venue with flexible seating and staging for artists of every stature. Designed by award-winning architect Mark Cavagnero and located in San Francisco’s vibrant cultural corridor, the SFJAZZ Center will comprise 35,000 square feet in a transparent, freestanding LEED Certified structure.

With this spectacular new building, SFJAZZ will take its place alongside the Symphony, the opera and other major institutions, as a permanent home for jazz—America’s original, indigenous art form.

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"For the first time, jazz in America will have a counterpart to the symphony hall, an edifice that proclaims the value of jazz to anyone who sees it on the street." — The Chicago Tribune

"The SFJAZZ Center is ambitious in its vision to present the diverse spectrum of jazz at a first-rate facility."
— San Francisco Chronicle