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Grace Cathedral

1100 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94108 map
cross street: Taylor
district: Nob Hill


Tel. 415.749.6300, 415.749.6350
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Events Calendar
Sun Nov 22
While avoiding the typical concert artist career path, David Hatt has, through diligent research and study, acquired an extensive concert repertoire consisting of the standard organ literature as well as works of many lesser-known and lesser-heard co... More
Mon Dec 07
Don’t miss the trumpets and tubas, trombones and more reverberating in the rafters. The program will include holiday favorites and light classical masterpieces, with a few delightful surprises thrown in. Formed in 1995, The Bay Brass is comprised... More
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Sat Dec 12 - Mon Dec 21
Continuing a tradition of sixty two years, Grace Cathedral presents this annual holiday series with the Grace Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys, accompanied by full orchestra and our world-famous Aeolian-Skinner organ. The program will include sacr... More
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Sat Dec 12 - Sat Dec 19
Bring the whole family for a merry sing-along at Grace Cathedral! Join the festive Pacific Boychoir in singing your favorite carols of the holiday season. There will also be a special surprise guest in red velvet! Based in Oakland, the Pacific Boych... More
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Thu Dec 17 - Fri Dec 18
From Dublin to the theatres of London, Handel’s Messiah had captivated and intrigued audiences by its near-operatic qualities. But when Handel inaugurated annual benefit performances in London’s Foundling Hospital “for the Maintenance and Education o... More
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Sun Dec 27
Noted Bay Area organist, Jonathan Dimmock, brings a ‘French touch’ to the Grace Cathedral organ by playing the entire Nativity Suite of Olivier Messiaen. This is some of the most remarkable organ music of the 20th century; pure meditation and glory. ... More
Thu Dec 31
Start the New Year funny with 90 minutes of classic Charlie Chaplin short films: The Cure, The Immigrant, and The Adventurer. Famed New York organist Dorothy Papadakos will accompany the films on the cathedral’s renowned Aeolian-Skinner organ. Is ... More
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About Grace Cathedral

Grace Cathedral is the daughter of historic Grace Church. The first little chapel was built in the gold rush year of 1849, and the imposing third church, for a time called Grace "Cathedral," was destroyed in the fire following the 1906 earthquake. The railroad baron/banker Crocker family gave their ruined Nob Hill property for a diocesan cathedral, which took its name and founding congregation from the nearby parish.

Dean J. Wilmer Gresham nurtured the young cathedral, and work began on the present structure in 1928. Designed in French Gothic style by Lewis Hobart, it was completed in 1964 as the third largest Episcopal cathedral in the nation.

Famed for its Ghiberti doors ("The Gates of Paradise"), labyrinths, varied stained glass, and medieval and contemporary furnishings, as well as its carillon, organs, and choir, the Cathedral has become an international pilgrimage center for church-goer and visitor alike.