Indie Rock in San Francisco, CA

The Fillmore on Geary Boulevard is where the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane turned psychedelic rock into a global movement. The Great American Music Hall, a 1907 landmark turned jazz palace, still books indie and punk. The Independent in the North of Panhandle draws alternative crowds, while Mission electronic clubs push boundaries. Jazz never left the Tenderloin, and punk lives in basements. San Francisco's sound is its history: counterculture, reinvention, and a refusal to sit still. Discover indie rock bands, musicians, and venues in San Francisco on Bandmate.