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Celebrate the Arts

Known as the Smithsonian of the West, Balboa Park hosts an incredible concentration of arts and culture offerings including 17 museums and performing arts venues. San Diego is also home to two Tony® Award-winning theaters, historic sites, public art, music venues, dance performances, film festivals, galleries, missions and much more to explore.

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San Diego's Rich and Diverse Culture

From Balboa Park to Chicano Park to Oceanside, San Diego is home to three state-designated cultural districts that embody the very best of the region.

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Balboa Park, The Cultural Heart of San Diego

Just minutes from downtown, explore the history, legacy, and future of this ever changing, always amazing cultural park.

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Self-Soothing Artifacts Workshop:

Jan 25, 2025

How do we soothe ourselves in the age of efficiency? How do we find time for care in the age of speed? How do we transform healing into daily acts of resistance and revolution?

Join artist Maria Antonia Eguiarte in an object-making workshop that plants the seeds surrounding these questions through the creation of a self-soothing artifact. Using fiber, wire, and other materials, we will create a hand-held object informed by mindfulness and awareness of the needs of our bodies, souls, and beings.

This program is intended for adult audiences. Capacity is limited to 25 participants.

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Pine Mountain Logs

Feb 21, 2025

Ticket Price: $27 advanced / $30 day of show / $48 reserved loft seating (available over the phone or in person at out box office)

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Historic Archery Day

Feb 15, 2025

We’re stringing our bows and fletching our arrows for Historic Archery Day at the San Diego Archaeological Center! Join us to shoot rounds and learn about how different cultures around the world crafted, hunted, and fought with bows and arrows. 


This event is family friendly. Kids will enjoy a supervised range at the front of the museum all to themselves, with an adults-only range for more powerful bows in the back. No experience or gear required!

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Zakir Hussain & Third Coast Percussion

Mar 8, 2025

The GRAMMY Award-winning Third Coast Percussion has commissioned international tabla superstar Zakir Hussain to compose a major new work that blends the sounds of tabla with a classically trained percussion ensemble. A shared spirit of collaboration and curiosity reverberates among the five artists who will share the stage for the first time as part of a special double bill concert presentation.

Part of Third Coast Percussion’s 20th Anniversary season, this tour also brings new works by Jessie Montgomery, Jlin, and Tigran Hamasyan, with multiple premieres including at Carnegie Hall.

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$3 Off Birch Aquarium at Scripps

Birch Aquarium at Scripps
Valid: Dec 19, 2024 - ongoing

Use code SDTA at checkout to save $3 off general admission for up to six people. Tickets must be reserved online in advance for a specific date and time.

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San Diego Automotive Museum
Valid: Oct 1, 2024 - ongoing

Show your San Diego Convension Center badge and recieve 25% off the regular adult admission. 

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Amazing Scavenger Hunts by Urban Adventure Quest
Valid: Feb 2, 2024 - ongoing

Turn San Diego's Old Town or Balboa Park into a giant game board with this fun Scavenger Hunt Adventure. Combine the excitement of the Amazing Race with a three-hour city tour. Guided from any smart...

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