The Masonic

The Masonic is a concert hall Nob Hill San Francisco located in United States.

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1111 California St (btwn Jones & Taylor) San Francisco , CA 94108 United States

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Max

I love the Masonic. Great venue. I HATE that they jack up parking to $35 during events . Plan ahead and park down the street a block.

Clarice Louie

The concerts . The renovation of the auditorium . The mosaic history of the building is fascinating. It is now associated with Live Nation.

Lisa S.

Don't sit at either end of row W in the lower section. The floor of row V doesn't slope down until the 3rd seat in, so the people sitting in row V block the view of row W.

Kendal Cockrel

Great venue, especially for more intimate shows. No re-entry so if you're looking to buy merch after a show, go straight to the merch table instead of getting herded out with the rest of the crowd.

Wendyrama

The VIP lounge and staff overall are exceptional. Heads up: legally they can't serve a cocktail neat. Ask for another glass. :-)

Jason

If you're just there for a comedian show, save yourselves a few bucks and snag an upper balcony seat on either far side. You'll see them just as well as any other seat.

JD Malone

Very intimate place with great views . Staff is rather blah though. They close the bar half way through the last act so get there during intermission.

Don Nimura

Park on Level 5 of the parking lot and you'll pop right out on Pine. Beats the heck out of trying to get of the top exit with all the pedestrians walking by.

Holly Ross

The only issue (as always) are the super-agro (garage ? parking ?) attendants. I'm disabled, and don't move super fast - maybe don't yell at me to "move it," Slow your roll, bros.

Kaylen Parker

The intimacy of the floor space was super nice. And the building itself is awesome, I felt like I was walking up the red carpet.

Steven Kaye

Concessions outside the concert spaces - a lifesaver for people like me who foolishly walked up Taylor.

Don Nimura

Park on the lower level 5 and you pop right out of the garage after your concert .

Joey Combs

Cool venue, although the drinks are kinda pricey . If you love Sierra Nevada they have at least 4 beers to choose from (I think they're a sponsor).

Aaron Atkins

The music was phenomenal, very intimate venue with a great sound system .

Garrett Stoffel

Beautiful auditorium . Great venue to rock out, or relax and see a great show.

Nigel York

United Nations and it's birth were ratified here and The Fairmont and likely the mystery house which is as obvious as the church and it's NWO agenda and exploit of Manifest Destiny art . Real. Yes.

Rachel Roth

For balcony seats , get central ones as the sound isn't as good off to the side.

Ryan Tamares

While the view from almost any seat is great, seats are not so comfy , cf. Davies Symphony Hall etc

Bianca Cappelletti

Amazing acoustics !!! Nice staff and a great experience! Cozy theater !

Asha Servia

Park at the Grace Cathedral across the street, slightly cheaper and you get to be in a gorgeous building. If you've got balcony seats , good luck - the stairs are fierce. Happy Birthday Margaret Cho!

Austin Wang

Street parking is near impossible around here. Use public transit if you can help it.

Graham Geiselman

Awesome little small/midsize venue. Not a bad seat in the house!

Omer Gelbard

Great view from every seat

Keith Smith

Intimate feel for a larger venue.

Christian Baker

There is no bad seat in the venue, so overpay for floor seats with that knowledge .

jansen c

Pretty much no bad seats in the lower level

Alex Silarajs

Really expensive since the renovation, but a good spot to see a favorite band.

Ashley L

Very nice,intimate venue . Parking available in their lot for a large fee! I parked @ the sutter stockton garage which is a walk but totally reasonable for only $8!

kumi monster

concerts , conventions , all sorts of things to see here.parking is $$$ though!

Shirley

Event Parking $30 - try and avoid parking all the way at the bottom as you're the last to get out.NOTE: Parking vendors check your tickets again which was the reason it took over 30mins to get out.

Eric Castro

This is a poor concert venue , in part because of the physical design, and in (large) part because of the house staff . If possible, see your concert anywhere else.

Bennett W Wong

Definitely another venue to turn to for holding concerts or graduation ceremonies.

Ben Russo

Rock out to great bands here.

Rich Yannacone

Great sound and waitresses !

Billy

Beautiful auditorium . They close the bar about halfway through the final act though :/

J T

The acoustics are quite bad - the Steven Wilson concert was extremely loud and jarring. It drove me nuts .

Emily Limon

Best Temple of Tunes in all of SF.

X-tina ????

Feels like an intimate setting . Great view of the band.

Steve Collins

Great venue!

Vivek Venkatram

Laufey The Goddess Tour

Larry McCain

Get here early to get a good seat!

Greg Lowe

Live music

creatrix tiara

concession stand food is overpriced - eat before you get in here!

Daniel Gordon

smoking porch outside, just ask an attendant where it is

Mike Minor

Right side of entry doors is an elevator . Not a good place to get jammed up.

Stephanie Loftus

Parking garage was oversold and the spaces are tiny. Ughhh

Carolyn

Horribly slow security. Get there much earlier than you need to

ValleyGirl

Il Volo performed here!

Evelyn G

This place can get a bit drafty - bring a sweater!

Will Goldstone

Pop your collar- solidarity.

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