Balboa Theatre - San Diego

Balboa Theatre - San Diego Balboa Theatre is downtown's award-winning and historic home of music, comedy, dance, and more! Refurbished and reopened in 2008.

Built in 1924, the Balboa Theatre was an elegant vaudeville and movie palace in downtown San Diego. Special Coverage & Design Awards won by the Balboa Theatre Restoration. Most of these were awarded in 2008-2009:
Alonzo Award (Downtown Partnership)
Orchid Award
Save Our Heritage Organization (SOHO)
City of San Diego Historical Resources Board (HRB)
AIA California
California Preservation Foundatio

n (CPF)
Best of San Diego 2008, Urban Restoration, San Diego Magazine
2008 Reconstruction & Renovation Awards, Platinum, Building Design + Construction
American Public Works Association Project of the Year Award (San Diego Chapter)
AIA West Mountain Region
AIA Ohio
Contract Interiors Award – Restoration, Building Design + Construction
Overall Top Project – Restoration, California Construction
Sources + Design publication – January/February issue
In League – League of Historic American Theatres - Fall issue

Sound on for this one! 🔊 Home Free will get you in the holiday spirit with their new rendition of “O Come All Ye Faithfu...
11/24/2025

Sound on for this one! 🔊 Home Free will get you in the holiday spirit with their new rendition of “O Come All Ye Faithful" 🎅🎄 Tickets are on sale now to see Home Free live at Balboa Theatre on November 30! Head to https://bit.ly/3VJeyGq to get yours.

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Thanks for watching y’all! If you liked this, then you’ll love seeing us live ➡️ https://homefreemusic.lnk.to/tourYT ► Free Concert Tickets Monthly and Sneak...

Celebrate the holiday season with the whole family at World Ballet Company 's The Nutcracker 🩰 Sat, December 6 @ 6:00 PM...
11/21/2025

Celebrate the holiday season with the whole family at World Ballet Company 's The Nutcracker 🩰 Sat, December 6 @ 6:00 PM & Sun, December 7 @ 2:00 PM ✨

With over 150 dazzling costumes, beloved characters, and Tchaikovsky’s timeless music, it’s a celebration for all ages. Gather your loved ones for an evening of laughter, magic, and memories at the Balboa Theatre.

Get your tickets today: https://bit.ly/3YXAFv8

11/20/2025

🎶 Opening up into a new day! 🎶 SanDiegoTheatres.org got a makeover 😍 We are proud to introduce our new & improved website, created in collaboration with carbonhouse. We invite you to explore!

Spend your New Year's Eve with Deon Cole this year! 🎤🔥 Tickets on sale Friday at https://bit.ly/4a02au4.
11/19/2025

Spend your New Year's Eve with Deon Cole this year! 🎤🔥
Tickets on sale Friday at https://bit.ly/4a02au4.

11/18/2025

🎶 Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya, tomorrow... 🎶 The new SanDiegoTheatres.org is only a day away - November 19, 2025.

📣 Just Announced 📣 Hilarious comedian and TV star Cristela Alonzo is hitting the road with her brand new The Midlife Mix...
11/17/2025

📣 Just Announced 📣 Hilarious comedian and TV star Cristela Alonzo is hitting the road with her brand new The Midlife Mixtape Tour, coming to Balboa Theatre on March 14! 🎉 Come party like it's 1999 (and your back doesn't hurt yet!) and be one of the first to get tickets this Wednesday @ 10:00 AM (code: COMEDY).
🎟️ https://bit.ly/3M7oBUb
🎟️ General sales begin Friday @ 10:00 AM

11/17/2025

Here’s the list of the first 30+ cities I’m playing in 2026 on “The Midlife Mixtape” tour! Still announcing a couple more as they come in but for now, here they are.

I’m playing Florida for the first time since 2019! Tickets go on sale this Friday, November 21 and will be available at my website! 😘

Charlie Berens is coming to Balboa Theatre on February 20, and his new comedy special "Neighborly" drops December 1 on Y...
11/14/2025

Charlie Berens is coming to Balboa Theatre on February 20, and his new comedy special "Neighborly" drops December 1 on YouTube. Grab a beer & some brats, put your Packers gear on, and get ready to laugh!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PbePAmV_8I
🎟️ Tickets available here: https://bit.ly/4nvixlX

Exclusively on YouTube. December 1st. Comedian and NY Times best-selling author Charlie Berens brings his brand of Midwest Nice to a new hour full of stories...

Mark Twain Tonight is a one-man show, bursting with Twain’s “uproariously funny” and “pungently wise” (Time Magazine) hu...
11/13/2025

Mark Twain Tonight is a one-man show, bursting with Twain’s “uproariously funny” and “pungently wise” (Time Magazine) humor. Emmy-Award®️ winning Actor Richard Thomas is the first and only actor authorized to perform the show since its original inception with Hal Holbrook.
📆 Coming to Balboa Theatre February 12, thanks to our partners at Broadway San Diego
🎫 Get your tickets https://bit.ly/3JeLg02

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUjCxbro3ZI

Playing February 12, 2026Emmy-Award® winning Actor Richard Thomas brings to life “the nation’s one true comic genius” (The New York Times) in Mark Twain Toni...

🐲 The global phenomenon that is DUNGEONS & DRAGONS is coming to San Diego November 18 to the 23!The Twenty-Sided Tavern ...
11/12/2025

🐲 The global phenomenon that is DUNGEONS & DRAGONS is coming to San Diego November 18 to the 23!
The Twenty-Sided Tavern is an interactive fantasy adventure blending theatre, gaming and one-of-a-kind storytelling.
🎟️ https://bit.ly/4nxLKMD
🎲 Special Guest November 18-19: Anjali Bhimani (Ms. Marvel, Overwatch, Critical Role).

Presented by our partners Broadway San Diego
📸 Photos by André Chung

This weekend, experience Moana screened with live music! 🌊 🏝️ Featuring an ensemble of top Hollywood studio musicians, P...
11/11/2025

This weekend, experience Moana screened with live music! 🌊 🏝️ Featuring an ensemble of top Hollywood studio musicians, Polynesian rhythm masters, and vocalists.
🐚Friday, November 14.
🎫https://bit.ly/4nJkAE3
🪝Presented by La Jolla Music Society

🐓 Please Note: This is not a theatrical performance. No actors will be in character.

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868 4th Avenue
San Diego, CA
92101

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Built in 1924, the historic Balboa Theatre was an elegant vaudeville and movie palace in the heart of downtown San Diego. The historic theatre reopened in January 2008 with much acclaim from audiences and performers. It has received numerous special awards and recognition from local, state, and national professional organizations.