Bottom Of The Hill

What Bottom Of The Hill does

Bottom Of The Hill is an independent live music venue and bar operating at 1233 17th Street in San Francisco's Potrero Hill neighborhood, founded in 1991 and continuously operated for over 34 years. The venue hosts ticketed concerts and special events across a wide range of genres — punk, indie rock, folk, metal, psychedelic, post-punk, electronic, and more — and runs both all-ages and 21+ programming. It serves two primary customer segments: Bay Area live music enthusiasts and independent/touring musicians seeking performance venues, with notable acts including Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Deerhoof, and Andre Nickatina. The venue's go-to-market is event-driven: it drives ticket sales through its website calendar, online ticketing via the third-party Stubmatic platform, and at-the-door walk-up sales, supported by Facebook, Instagram, and a Mailchimp newsletter.

The business model is built on two revenue streams: ticket sales (transaction-based, with face values typically $10–$45 plus $4–$15 service fees, and multi-day festival passes priced at $90–$120 face value) and on-site food and beverage sales, including alcoholic beverages at 21+ events. Door pricing is set $3–$10 higher than advance to incentivize online pre-purchase. From a technology standpoint, the venue does not operate a proprietary product — it relies on a website (bottomofthehill.com), Stubmatic for ticketing, Mailchimp for email, RSS for calendar updates, and basic social media profiles. Pricing is purely transactional/pay-as-you-go, with occasional free community events such as school showcases and student performances.

Operationally, the venue is a small, privately held corporation (Bottom Of The Hill Inc., domiciled in California) with 1–10 employees, no parent company, no subsidiaries, and no disclosed institutional investors, funding rounds, or M&A activity. Its calendar extends into 2026 with frequent sell-outs, indicating sustained demand, and it periodically produces multi-day programming such as the Asian Man Records 30th Anniversary celebration and the SF Bay Pop Fest. There is no evidence of strategic geographic expansion, new product lines beyond event programming, leadership transitions, or technology investment beyond basic venue operations.

Name

Bottom Of The Hill

Legal name

Bottom Of The Hill Inc.

Website

https://bottomofthehill.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Bottom Of The Hill is an independent live music venue and bar in San Francisco, founded 1991, hosting ticketed all-ages and 21+ concerts across genres for Bay Area music fans and touring musicians.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Live Music Venue

NAICS

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities (71131), Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (722410), Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries (711)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Live Music Clubs & Venues (MPAGAIAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Live Music Venues & Concert Bars (THAFAEAD)

Keywords

• Live music venue
• Concert nightclub
• Live entertainment
• Music club events
• Independent music venue

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Ticket Sales: Primary revenue stream from ticket sales for live music events. Tickets are sold online through Stubmatic ticketing platform and at the door. Prices range from $10 to $45+ depending on the show, with service fees added to online purchases.
2. Food and Beverage Sales: On-site food and beverage sales during events, including alcoholic beverages (21+ events) and general refreshments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Bottom Of The Hill operates a live music venue and bar in San Francisco's Potrero Hill neighborhood, hosting all-ages and 21+ concerts and special events since 1991. The venue sells tickets to nightly performances featuring local Bay Area bands and touring national acts across diverse genres including punk, indie rock, folk, metal, post-punk, Americana, and electronic music. Revenue is generated through advance ticket sales via the Stubmatic platform, at-the-door sales, on-site food and beverage sales, and multi-day festival passes for special events.

Product overview

Bottom Of The Hill is a live music venue in San Francisco, operating since 1991. The venue does not offer a technology product portfolio but rather provides in-person entertainment services including live concert events, ticketed shows across multiple genres (punk, indie rock, folk, metal, electronic, and more), and venue rental for private events. The venue's offerings are distributed through third-party ticketing platforms rather than a proprietary technology product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Live Music Concerts

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Market position

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/bottomofthehill
• Instagraminstagram.com/bottomofthehillsf
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bottom-of-the-hill

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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