The San Francisco Opera Orchestra plays a Pride concert at War Memorial Opera House tonight, June 26, at 8 p.m. Sapphira Cristál hosts, $29 gets you in, and there's a dance party with Juanita MORE! after.

The San Francisco Opera is doing Pride tonight at War Memorial Opera House, 301 Van Ness Ave. Curtain is 8 p.m., Friday, June 26. Tickets start at $29.

The SF Opera Orchestra plays a celebration of LGBTQIA+ composers and anthems — music by Michael Tilson Thomas, Offenbach, Brandi Carlile, Luther Vandross, and Stevie Wonder. Drag performer Sapphira Cristál hosts the evening; soloists are Nikola Printz, Melody Moore, and Reginald Smith Jr., under conductor Robert Mollicone. Stay after the performance for a dance party hosted by Juanita MORE!

This is not a standard opera night. The program is built to be celebratory — a range from the operatic to the pop, with drag anchoring the whole room — and the post-show party brings it the rest of the way. It's also a genuine deal for a building that typically runs $100+ on a weekend; $29 for orchestra-plus-afterparty during Pride week is the move.

Transit: BART to Civic Center (Market & 8th), then a six-block walk up Grove to Van Ness, or catch Muni 47/49 directly on Van Ness. Don't drive — Pride weekend parking near City Hall is a mess, and the separate Pride kickoff event at Embarcadero Plaza (also 8 p.m. tonight, free) means the whole downtown corridor is packed.

Two-hour call: Get there at 8, stay for Juanita MORE! You're done by midnight and you saw something you couldn't have seen anywhere else this weekend.

Tickets at sfopera.com.