# Music for Families: Animal Kingdom Concert — San Francisco Symphony > Event for families in the San Francisco–Oakland–Fremont area (CA). Times are Pacific Time. - When: Sat, Oct 24 · 2:00 PM - Where: Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco, CA 94102 - Ages: Recommended for ages 5–12 - Price: Ticketed; kids' tickets half off - Organizer: San Francisco Symphony - Official page: https://seats.sfsymphony.org/single/23864 - Last checked: Sat, Oct 24 Source: Grassy Knees is a directory of real family events, places and programs for kids across major U.S. metro areas, where every listing is researched from the organizer’s own page and shows the date we last checked it. https://grassyknees.com covers 32 metro areas as of Oct 24, 2026, with more added regularly. About: https://grassyknees.com/about Freshness: listings are re-checked on a daily research run (latest check 2026-10-24), and new events are added as organizers post them. Sell-outs, weather cancellations and time changes show up on the live page first: https://grassyknees.com/san-francisco/activities/music-for-families-animal-kingdom-concert-san-francisco-symphony--listing-e14e3597962bc7fb38c57e4b ## About The San Francisco Symphony's first Music for Families concert of the season takes children on a musical tour of the animal kingdom. Resident Conductor of Engagement and Education Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser leads the orchestra, with pianists John Wilson and Elizabeth Dorman. The program includes Flight of the Bumblebee, The Cat from Peter and the Wolf, Respighi's The Birds, Elgar's The Tame Bear and Saint-Saëns's Carnival of the Animals, with its prowling cats, lumbering elephants and chirping birds. The Symphony recommends it for ages 5–12. As a Music for Families program it is one of the few concerts where children under 3 may attend, with a ticket. Kids' tickets are half off. 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