SFJAZZ Center

History

The SFJAZZ Center, also known as the SF Jazz Center, is an all-ages music venue in the Hayes Valley neighborhood of San Francisco, California, that opened in January 2013. It is recognized as the "first free-standing building in America specifically built for jazz performance and education." It is home to SFJAZZ, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to presenting and facilitating jazz education in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since 1983, SFJAZZ has produced the San Francisco Jazz Festival, and since 2004, the SFJAZZ Collective. The SFJAZZ season, in addition to the SFJAZZ-produced San Francisco Jazz Festival and Summer Sessions, includes over 400 performances annually in the San Francisco