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Upcoming Events

CMC presents high-quality, low cost concerts and events at its Mission District Branch and throughout the city.

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Bootleggers Ball
Saturday, 
April 11, 2026
7:00 pm
 – 10:00 pm
CMC Concert Hall
544 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA 94110

Longtime community partner Bootlegger’s Ball returns to the CMC Concert Hall! A classy dance party straight out of Prohibition days with some of the hottest jazz and swing bands in the Bay Area. This month’s live music will be Jessica King and the Sweetest Thing with special guest Dan Barrett. Tickets and info at www.sfbootleggersball.com […]

Cost: $25 General, $20 Students/Seniors
Organizer: Bootlegger’s Ball
21V Voices Taking Space web cal
Sunday, 
April 12, 2026
4:00 pm
CMC Concert Hall
544 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA 93110

21V joins forces with the New Voices Bay Area Transgender, Intersex & Genderqueer Chorus and the Community Music Center in an affirming celebration of identity, joy, and resilience. This groundbreaking intergenerational concert also marks the launch of 21V’s pilot Transgender Youth Choir Project, inviting young trans voices into the vibrant music of 21st century music […]

Cost: Free
Website Banner Guitar
Friday, 
April 17, 2026
7:00 pm
 – 9:00 pm
Community Music Center Concert Hall
544 Capp Street San Francisco, CA 94110

Come hear CMC’s guitar faculty in concert! Featuring soloists, duets, ensembles, and bands — plus a few of our talented students — this free performance showcases the depth and range of musicianship right here at CMC. All are welcome! When: Friday, April 17, 7pm Where: Community Music Center Concert Hall Admission: Free Composers Featured (partial list) James […]

Cost: Free
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Saturday, 
April 18, 2026
4:00 pm
CMC Concert Hall
544 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA 94110

Join Michael Long (CMC violin faculty) and friends for a casual afternoon of beautiful Italian and Italian-inspired chamber music for strings. The program will open with two duos. Italian cellist and composer Giovanni Sollima’s “Heimat-Terra” is inspired by a text concerning the ozone hole but also civilizations, cultures, languages, sounds, etc. by the anthropologist Edgar […]

Cost: Free
Organizer: Michael Long & Friends
Open Mic 2026
Wednesday, 
April 22, 2026
6:00 pm
 – 9:00 pm
CMC Concert Hall
544 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA 94110

The free, all-ages, all-genres Open Mic Night returns to CMC! If you’re working out a tune, want to give it a try on stage, meet some other musicians in the community, you’re invited to join the fun. Whether you’ve got an original piece or a cover, are practicing for a recital, workshopping something that’s half-complete—the mic is yours! […]

Cost: Free
The Retraction web cal
Friday, 
April 24, 2026
8:00 pm
CMC Concert Hall
544 Capp Street

A mad woman, a proto-feminist, and an icon of Wicca communities, Isobel Gowdie, a peasant woman tried for witchcraft in Auldearn, northeast Scotland, in 1662, has been interpreted in many ways since her four lengthy and detailed confessions were re-discovered in 1833. Likely under torture, she confessed to everything: twenty-seven spells, carnal dealings with the […]

Cost: $15–$25 (Discount for CMC Community)

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