Americana Afternoon featuring Spike Sikes
October 25
Chinatown
Rootsy acoustic Americana
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© 2026 Go Playfully Inc
🏛️California Historical Landmark 86
🏢Look for the 1924 telephone building facade
🎭Original theatre opened January 18, 1869
Stand where calcium light first hit a West Coast stage: this historic site marks where the original California Theatre launched San Francisco's entertainment scene in 1869. Today, a landmark plaque and the grand Pacific Telephone Building are all that remain of the venue that once hosted the city's brightest stars.
Historical landmark
Downtown heritage
Architecture spot
🏛️California Historical Landmark 86
🏢Look for the 1924 telephone building facade
🎭Original theatre opened January 18, 1869
Stand where calcium light first hit a West Coast stage: this historic site marks where the original California Theatre launched San Francisco's entertainment scene in 1869. Today, a landmark plaque and the grand Pacific Telephone Building are all that remain of the venue that once hosted the city's brightest stars.
Historical landmark
Downtown heritage
Architecture spot