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  • Live Music Winner

    Fillmore

    Location: San Francisco
    Music promoter Bill Graham is the man generally credited with making the Fillmore the San Francisco rock institution that it is today. In the '60s,...
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  • Slim's

    Location: San Francisco
    Opened in 1988 by rock musician Boz Scaggs of The Steve Miller Band, Slim's is an awesome spot to catch live music. You'll find up-and-coming touri...
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  • Boom Boom Room

    Location: San Francisco
    The SceneThe atmosphere is appropriately gritty but not unwelcoming, with red vinyl seating along the walls, a spacious dance floor and lengthy bar...
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  • Warfield

    Location: San Francisco
    In the 1920s, the Warfield was a vaudeville house where audiences watched entertainers such as Al Jolson. Today it plays host to pop, rock and come...
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  • Great American Music Hall

    Location: San Francisco
    Of the numerous San Francisco nightspots that feature live music, many people list the Great American Music Hall as their favorite. The building it...
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  • Bottom of the Hill

    Location: San Francisco
    The bookers at Bottom of the Hill seem to work overtime lining up an ever-changing roster of bands, both big and small, three times a night, seven ...
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  • Cafe Du Nord

    Location: San Francisco
    Built in 1907, Cafe Du Nord was once a speakeasy, and time seems to stand still here. After waiting in line, you'll descend into a basement room th...
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  • 12 Galaxies

    Location: San Francisco
    Named for San Francisco's beloved Frank Chu and his ever-present conspiracy sign, the spiffed up former Club Galia is a virtual hive of trucker-hat...
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  • The Independent

    Location: San Francisco
    There aren't many real, raised-up, stage-dive worthy platforms in small clubs in San Francisco, but the space that has housed the The Justice Leagu...
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  • Rickshaw Stop

    Location: San Francisco
    Despite its name, you won't find rickshaw drivers waiting to whisk you away on foot-powered vehicles congregating outside this Civic Center bar. Op...
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