Sacramento Memorial Auditorium

This room despite its old age is still a great venue. Dig the maple plank basketball court floor. The nosebleed balconies (where I'm sitting right now) give a wide unobstructed view. The row in front of me is 3 feet lower. Avett brothers tonight have drawn a multi-generational crowd. Every one is happy. Surrounding neighborhood has many restaurants and places for after parties. Midtown Sac rocks!

Overall: 4/5Came here for my daughter's graduation on a hot Friday night in June! I appreciated the air conditioning in this place. It was a nice relief from the heat. So just know, the place is well ventilated.Very spacious and well designed, considering its a much older venue then neighboring venues such as the Safe Credit Union Convention Center next door. The place was clean, the Men's restroom was clean.The auditorium itself had nice acoustics and lighting. Solid spot!

Location of auditorium is centrally located and is beautiful from the outside.Parking can be a bit difficult and expensive ($25 for parking across the street) but we found free parking a few blocks away.Saw stand up comedy there and felt the size was just right to see and hear everything clearly. I would definitely see another show event there.

I was not allowed to bring my small purse into the theater and forced to leave it in my car, even though the rules that were sent out via email and on their website are RECOMMENDED for bags, and my bag was a half inch taller than the guidelines. I wasn't allowed to bring mine in but other people had larger bags than mine who were allowed in, thru different lines. They told my friend her bag was fine the first time, and after we got rid of my bag and came back, they tried to tell her that her bag was too big. They were super inconsistent. If venues are going to enforce the bag size, your email needs to state that it is a REQUIREMENT so people can appropriately prepare on how they are going to carry in items like their phone, epi pen, asthma inhalers, etc.

Besides running out of food 30 minutes before the show, everything was great. Beautiful building, nice staff and great performance.

This is a tough venue for musical stage performances. The floor is one level (maybe VERY slightly inclined) so floor seats can be challenging for shorter people. Also, the seats on the floor are temporary and installed with no continuity - the space between rows varies from not even inches to almost a foot. The row behind us had room for people to place full handbags between the seats. Our row barely allowed us to shuffle sideways. The signage isn't great for floor seats since they aren't permanent.The acoustics were decent and the stage itself was well done. The set has elaborate screens and those were visible at all angles and done well. There were no ushers handing out programs so we actually sat down before realizing we would need to head back out to the lobby to pick up our programs. The bathrooms were a challenge too. There were multi-stall portables located outside of the building. When I stopped into them after the show (the lines were too bad at intermission) they were locked. Why would you lock a bathroom without allowing patrons a chance to use them before exiting? We didn't purchase any food or drinks so I can't speak to the quality but at intermission, when heading to the restroom, the lines looked long as usual. No idea how fast they moved. I can't wait until the remodel is done and we can return to our normal venue. I would hesitate to attend another performance here unless I had no other place to see the performance.

I went to the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium tonight for the first time to see A Christmas Story which is one of my all time favorite Christmas movies. Our seats were row AA 1 & 3 which were pretty decent. The theatre is not huge nor is it small so pretty much all the seats on the floor are good seats. After looking around I don't think I would want to sit in the middle or balcony side seats though as you would either have to sit sideways or tilt your neck/head toward the stage which after about 30 minutes I could see being a problem. The sound system was clear and their lighting was good. The stage is big enough for to accommodate all the sets and props. Seats were not too hard but after sitting in them for an hour I did start to get a little fidgety. They did have several concession areas open that had alcohol and some small goodies. Parking was close by and there are plenty of restaurants around to grab a bite before or after your show. I'll definitely be back to see some more performances in the near future.

** low stars for seating only.**Upper Balcony.... Wooden seats, close together= not comfortable. If you are an average sized person, this is not the area you want to sit in. Also, for the particular event we were attending, I feel seats were overpriced. It is a beautiful, overall, auditorium. I do not think I will be attending events here. The floor seats are not slanted, the lower balcony is padded, but still smaller seats.

We went here for our sons graduation we all had tickets and then was treated like prison inmates once we entered the staff was hostile rude and aggressive! They started locking family members with tickets out my husband had to run back to car and was not allowed back in until others almost started rioting it was really crazy then they announced all crazy once your kids name is called meet them outside it was a nice way to ruin a very special day for so many young graduates

First time at this venue. What a great place! Beautifully restored old historic building. So much classic detail. Staff very friendly and helpful. Bar lines moved quickly. Small but good selection of craft brews. Saw the Avett Brothers. The sound was amazing! As was the lighting; it did a great job complementing their music! The audience was into the Avetts right from the start! Wonderful vibe throughout!