Through art making, Dutch artist Afra Eisma processes her own personal trauma and creates spaces for visitors to do the same. Vibrantly colored weavings and stuffed sculptures combine with handmade ceramic elements to form new worlds where aliens, insects, and humans gather. Mythological beings and dreamlike places blend with body parts to create safe spaces ...
Soar with The Blue Angels in a brand-new documentary featuring never-before-seen footage that chronicles a year with the Navy’s elite Flight Demonstration Squadron—from selection through the challenging training and demanding show season—showcasing the extraordinary teamwork, passion, and pride that fuels America’s best, the Blue Angels.
Motorcycles in the Park. Come show off your ride or check them out. Free Coffee and Donuts while supplies last. The Museum will open at 8am with a discounted admission price of $10 before 10 am. Sponsored by Law Tigers. This event occurs on the 4th Sunday of the month. Visit Events at the Museum ...
The 2024-2025 USA Badminton Open Local Championships for the SoCal will be in San Diego, CA at Balboa Park Activity Center.
The Best Buddies Friendship Walk is the leading event in the country supporting inclusion for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Join more than 50,000 participants at 80 events across the globe to support the Best Buddies programs in schools, workplaces, and communities. You’ll be making the world more welcoming to people with IDD ...
Our cottages will be serving food representing their respective cultures and providing entertainment on the HPR stage.
May 4, 2025 10:00AM-4:00PM | Fujidana All of the activities, vendors and performances will take place inside the garden’s gates. We invite guests to make special koinobori, play games, and eat kashiwamochi. Performances will run throughout the day. Guests can also enjoy wearing yukatas, courtesy of the SD Kimono Club. Come join us for an ...
The Annual Balboa Park Pow Wow, hosted by the San Diego American Indian Health Center, invites you to experience a weekend full of tradition, vibrant performances, and cultural pride. This family-friendly event is an opportunity to witness the richness of Native American heritage through music, dance, art, and community connection. All People Are Welcome This ...
Enjoy a day of scientific learning, exploration, and fun! Come celebrate all things STEM with us on Saturday, May 10, at our new event, A Celebration of Science! From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at our flagship location in Balboa Park, you can immerse yourself in the magic of science for a significantly reduced admission ...
The Annual Balboa Park Pow Wow, hosted by the San Diego American Indian Health Center, invites you to experience a weekend full of tradition, vibrant performances, and cultural pride. This family-friendly event is an opportunity to witness the richness of Native American heritage through music, dance, art, and community connection. All People Are Welcome This ...
Experience the enchanting world of Javanese gamelan music and dance with Joko Sutrisno and Tri Martodikromo. Joko, an acclaimed performer, composer, and educator, and Tri, a celebrated dancer of this refined tradition, have thrilled audiences in both Indonesia and the United States. In this special performance, Joko will be joined by the Indonesian Consulate Community gamelan and ...
This award-winning immersive dramedy is sure to please. Vera wants to be a nun, but can’t let go of her past, or v*brators. Her situation is complicated by the onset of rapturous prayers, leading the audience to become advice-giving “saints” who help Vera make the biggest decisions of her life, starting with what shirt to ...
March for Babies brings people together through events across the country and online while raising critical funds to tackle America's maternal and infant health crisis—one person, one community, and one step at a time. The US is the most dangerous high-income nation for childbirth. When you participate, you're helping to end preventable maternal and infant ...
The annual lawn program is held on May 17th, or the Sunday closest to that date. May 17th commemorates the enactment of our constitution in 1814. Entertainment is provided by musical performers and folk-dance groups, including the Southern CA Damekor. Come try our lefse, vafler, hot dogs and “gratis” free ice-cream for kids and “de ...
Cars and Coffee is where beautiful vehicles and their fabulously owners come together to show off their collection and to share in their mutual interest. Along with this, spectators usually join in for the sights and sounds. These car enthusiasts gather in the parking lot just outside the Museum for our monthly informal car meet, ...
The Japanese Friendship Garden & Museum is hosting a World Bee Day celebration on Sunday, May 18th World Bee Day is held in recognition of the role bees play in sustaining a healthy ecosystem, ensuring our food supply and ultimately the future of humanity. The purpose of our event is to raise awareness of the ...
The annual Lawn Program of the House of Israel is held every year on a Sunday, typically in April or May. (See schedule for specifics) The entertainment is a colorful display of singers and dancers, who will share their ethnic and cultural history by performing dances and songs in beautiful costumes showing Israel’s tradition in ...
Save the date! and join us Sunday May 18th. From 12am to 5pm @centrocultural in Balboa Park. You are invited to an afternoon of music, delicious food, natural medicine, arts and crafts, a healing area with incredible holistic therapists, and local POC artisans with products for all occasions. Activities for the kiddos! Come and celebrate ...
This is your night to experience the Fleet with an evening just for the 18+ crowd. Imagine having the entire place to yourselves! You can stroll through the galleries, get your creative juices flowing in Studio X, our fantastic makerspace, or check out our newest exhibition Pause|Play and have some fun in the ball pool. Plus, you can ...
Celebrating Asian and Pacific Islander culture, history, and heritage.
Motorcycles in the Park. Come show off your ride or check them out. Free Coffee and Donuts while supplies last. The Museum will open at 8am with a discounted admission price of $10 before 10 am. Sponsored by Law Tigers. This event occurs on the 4th Sunday of the month. Visit Events at the Museum ...
Join us to connect with Czech & Slovak heritage in a lively and entertaining way. Everyone is welcome!
Your favorite fantastic worlds in film and television are the product of not just visual effects, but the music and sounds that accompany them. In what ways can sound and music shape our perceptions of that which we see? Join us for an entertaining and educational discussion of the aural dimension of popular media, with ...
2025 "A Taste 4 SPORTS" S4EA is celebrating our 18th Annual "A Taste 4 SPORTS" on May 29th from 6-9pm at the Balboa Park Club. S4EA is honoring the Ron Newman Family as our 2025 'SPORTS Family of the Year'. 200-300 guests will taste food from 15-20 restaurants, listen to the music by the ‘Beatle ...
Bringing the fun to the run since 1998, Rock 'n' Roll Running Series San Diego is a favorite among locals and tourists alike. Starting at Balboa Park and finishing in Downtown San Diego, you’ll explore up to eight well-known neighborhoods and experience an insider tour that even the locals rave about. This ultimate foot tour highlights ...
The Legacy of Apollo: Through the Eyes of the Pioneers Who Were There, for Those Who Dream of the Future A Black-Tie Gala Honoring the Pioneers of Deep Space Exploration Join us May 31,2025, for an unforgettable evening at the San Diego Air & Space Museum, when history meets the future in a night of storytelling, inspiration and ...
