Noontime Concerts has remained a treasured Bay Area landmark, presenting hundreds of classical concerts performed by outstanding local and international musicians each Tuesday afternoon in the heart of San Francisco. Founded at Old St. Mary’s Cathedral, the series is now in its 34th year and is recognized as a valued local institution that continues to fulfill its mission to enrich the community and cultural life of the Bay Area.

Noontime Concerts are not ticketed but suggested donations are solicited to ensure all can enjoy performances regardless of ability to pay. Low-cost live musical performances are offered at a time convenient for downtown workers, visitors to San Francisco, students, shoppers, and music lovers in general. Currently, Noontime Concerts are presented live each week on Tuesdays at 12:30 in historic Old Saint Mary’s Cathedral and simultaneously live-streamed to a virtual audience.

Recent and upcoming accomplishments include:
1. High-quality live-to-tape recordings of all concerts are streaming live each week and then post-produced for social media access and archived to Noontime Concerts’ concert library for anytime viewing at https://www.noontimeconcerts.org.
2. An Emerging Artist Series, a quarterly scholarship-based live performance opportunity for young talented musicians who demonstrate the potential for future impactful work in classical performance and presentation.
3. An ongoing series that focuses on Women Composers.
4. A new series called Roots and Influences with a global and cultural classical music emphasis.
5. On August 28, 2022, Noontime Concerts presented Majesty of the Spiritual featuring 12 world-class opera stars and 4 pianists at Herbst Theatre in San Francisco to a culturally diverse audience of approximately 800 people. The concert celebrated the history and presentation of African American Spirituals within a classical music context. The audio-visual production of this program will be released in late summer 2024.