Upcoming Events
Here are this month’s events. Use the search to look for events in other months, too!
Celebrate Christmas with Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and their swinging holiday hits
Upcoming
November 28, 2026
7:30 pm
  • Balboa Theatre
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy brings its Wild and Swingin’ Holiday Party to the historic Balboa Theatre downtown. It’s one night of swing, jazz, and Christmas...
Upcoming
November 29, 2026
7:00 pm
  • Balboa Theatre
Nothing sounds more like the holidays than Karen Carpenter singing “Merry Christmas, Darling.” The Carpenters Songbook: At Christmas brings that sound back to the stage...
Upcoming Events
Roller skaters whirl across the stage at Cirque Musica Holiday Wonderland
December 9, 2026
7:30 pm
  • California Center for the Arts
Cirque Musica Holiday Wonderland is coming to the San Diego area for the first time, and it’s landing in Escondido at the California Center for...
Families enjoy a festive evening at Holiday Lights El Cajon
December 6, 2026
3:00 pm
Downtown El Cajon is about to glow. Holiday Lights in Downtown El Cajon returns to turn the heart of downtown into a festive wonderland, and...
Will Ferrell’s Holiday Jam
December 5, 2026
9:00 pm
  • Music Box
Celebrate the season at Will Ferrell's Holiday Jam. Enjoy live music, surprises, and support cancer survivors heading to college.
Feel the full force of orchestra and chorus at Mahler’s Symphony No. 2
December 5, 2026
7:30 pm
This December, La Jolla Symphony & Chorus is bringing one of classical music’s biggest works to the stage. Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, known as “Resurrection,”...
December 5, 2026
5:30 pm
Hilton San Diego Gaslamp Quarter’s fourth annual Holiday Fundraiser for Give Kids the World Village is a chance for locals and the hospitality community to...