Entertainment and holiday cheer are all part of this classic San Diego celebration, and we've got the complete line up . The main-stage Spreckels Organ Pavilion highlights choral presentations from a variety of groups and the Del Cerro Baptist Church Christmas Story Tree is featured each night. The Palisades Stage presents holiday music and dance. Music, theatrical, and dance presentations in many of the museums and cultural organizations-including the San Diego Junior Theatre, San Diego Civic Youth Ballet, and the traditional Santa Lucia Procession at the Museum of Man-fill the heart of Balboa Park.
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Puppet Show: Christmas Variety Show
Dec 4, 09 thru Dec 5, 09
During Balboa Park December Nights.
Evening performances only
6:00, 7:00 & 8:00pm
Celebrating Our 50 States
Dec 4, 09 thru Dec 5, 09
Casa del Prado Room 101
San Diego Floral Association showcases trees decorated to reflect each of the fifty United States.
Program at the International Cottages
Dec 4, 09 thru Dec 5, 09 12/4: 5pm-9pm
12/5: noon-9pm
International Cottages Stage
Music, dance, and costumes from countries around the world.
Most performances are on the half-hour. Check back for updates
Children's Chorus
Dec 5, 09 12:40-1:10pm
Spreckels Organ Pavilion
Pointless
Dec 5, 09 12:40-1:10pm
Palisades Stage
Bayou Brothers
Dec 5, 09 1:10
Bon Temps Dance Pavilion - Plaza de Panama
Local favorites bring their foot stompin' style, conjuring up the energy of bayou dance halls, backyard crawfish boils and festival fun.
Academy of Egyptian Dance
Dec 5, 09 1:15-1:45pm
Palisades Stage
Egyptian belly dancing
Peninsula Singers
Dec 5, 09 1:20-1:50pm
Spreckels Organ Pavilion
A community chorus
Alice Birney Elementary
Dec 5, 09 1:50-2;20pm
Palisades Stage
Students from the international studies magnet perform ballet folklorico
Sounds of Freedom
Dec 5, 09 2:00-2:40pm
Spreckels Organ Pavilion
The Sounds of Freedom is a San Diego-based patriotic show choir of Heritage Christian School 7th - 12th grade students as well ...
Dance Lessons with Pat Muller
Dec 5, 09 2:20
Bon Temps Dance Pavilion - Plaza de Panama
Lindsey Yung
Dec 5, 09 2:25-2:40pm
Palisades Stage
A truly remarkable singer/songwriter
San Diego Cajun Playboys
Dec 5, 09 2:50
Bon Temps Dance Pavilion - Plaza de Panama
The reigning winners of the Cajun French Music Association's Le Cajun award for the "best Cajun band outside of Louisiana"
Mystic Steppers
Dec 5, 09 2:50-3:15pm
Palisades Stage
Ballet, ballet en pointe , jazz, lyrical jazz, tap, hip-hop, and Polynesian
Martin Luther King Jr. Community Choir
Dec 5, 09 2:50-3:30pm
Spreckels Organ Pavilion
Singing gospel, promoting the arts
In a Chord
Dec 5, 09 3:20-3:50pm
Palisades Stage
San Diego's premiere vocal jazz ensemble with a sound like the Hi- Lo's and Manhattan Transfer.
In aChord astounds audiences with jazz, pop, ...
Metro Dance
Dec 5, 09 3:40-4:10pm
Spreckels Organ Pavilion
Dance Demon and Lesson with Meeshi
Dec 5, 09 4:00
Bon Temps Dance Pavilion - Plaza de Panama
Performing Folk Dancers of Balboa Park
Dec 5, 09 4:00-4:30pm
Palisades Stage
Authentic dances from countries around the world.
RB Chorale
Dec 5, 09 4:20-4:50pm
Spreckels Organ Pavilion
Musical productions features music ranging from Broadway to Harry Potter
The Stilettos
Dec 5, 09 4:30
Bon Temps Dance Pavilion - Plaza de Panama
Up-beat music of the 50s lives in the fun-inducing retro sounds of California's favorite rockabilly & swing band.
San Diego Choraleers
Dec 5, 09 4:35-5:20
Palisades Stage
La Jolla Renaissance Singers
Dec 4, 09 5-6:50pm
San Diego Museum of Art
In period costume, this a capella vocal group performs music from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance.
Pomerado Brass Quintet
Dec 4, 09 thru Dec 5, 09 5-6pm
Natural History Museum
Traditional holiday music
Courtly Noyes
Dec 5, 09 5-9pm
San Diego Museum of Art
Popular vocal and instrument group performs Renaissance Christmas music.
Junior Theatre Performs @ December Nights
Dec 4, 09 thru Dec 5, 09 5-9pm
Junior Theatre Stage @ Casa del Prado
Students perform a variety of holiday musical numbers
Louisiana Mojo Dawg Band
Dec 4, 09 5:00
Bon Temps Dance Pavilion - Plaza de Panama
Michael DeClouet of Lake Charles Louisiana and friends (Sean Henahan-lead guitar; Tom Dillon- fiddle, guitar; Carol Jergenson- bass guitar; ...
Opening Organ Prelude
Dec 4, 09 5:00-5:30pm
Spreckels Organ Pavilion
Holiday tunes by San Diego Civic Organist Carol Williams.
House of Scotland Pipe Band
Dec 5, 09 5:00-5:30pm
Spreckels Organ Pavilion
The House of Scotland Pipe Band has been a fixture in Balboa Park since 1964.
These pipers and drummers make up the official band of Balboa ...
San Diego Youth in Action
Dec 4, 09 5:00-5:40pm
Palisades Stage
Dance and mime performed to Christmas music
Navy Band Southwest Brass Quintet
Dec 5, 09 5:30 & 6:30
Air & Space
Opening Ceremonies: Welcome to Balboa Park December Nights
Dec 4, 09 5:30-6:00pm
Spreckels Organ Pavilion
Bethel Baptist
Dec 5, 09 5:30-6:00pm
Palisades Stage
Pena Andaluza en California
Dec 5, 09 5:40-6:10pm
Spreckels Organ Pavilion
The flamenco group of the Peña Andaluza includes singers, dancers and guitarists
Navy Band Southwest Office Brass
Dec 4, 09 5:45
Air & Space
Navy Band Southwest Holiday Carolers
Dec 5, 09 5:45 & 6:30
Air & Space
Tim Cook's Steelbone Bontemps Band
Dec 5, 09 5:50
Bon Temps Dance Pavilion - Plaza de Panama
Cajun country, a little Tex-Mex, and Basin Street sounds.
Singing Solo
Dec 4, 09 5:50-6:20pm
Palisades Stage
Santa Lucia Procession
Dec 4, 09 thru Dec 5, 09 6 & 8 pm
Museum of Man
As part of the long-standing tradition of Balboa Park December Nights and Christmas on the Prado the holiday traditions of Sweden are brought to ...
Nutcracker Ballet
Dec 4, 09 thru Dec 5, 09 6, 7, 8pm
Casa del Prado Theater
Nearly 100 young dancers perform excerpts of this annual holiday classic
San Diego Sun Harbor Chorus
Dec 4, 09 6-6:40pm
Spreckels Organ Pavilion
Four part a cappella harmony in the Barbershop style
Tuba4s
Dec 4, 09 thru Dec 5, 09 6-8pm
Natural History Museum
Holiday tunes tuba style!
Navy Band Southwest Woodwind Quintet
Dec 4, 09 6:00 & 7:00
Air & Space
Tchopatoulis Street
Dec 4, 09 6:10
Bon Temps Dance Pavilion - Plaza de Panama
New Orleans funk band plays a lively mix of classic New Orleans streets beats, funk, R&B, Zydeco, blues, jazz and swing.
Valencia Park Center for Academics, Drama and Dance
Dec 5, 09 6:10-6:40pm
Palisades Stage
Messengers from the Mount
Dec 5, 09 6:20-6:50pm
Spreckels Organ Pavilion
Gospel Pantomime ministry comprised of dedicated adult, teen and youth members
Josh & JB
Dec 4, 09 6:30-7:00pm
Palisades Stage
Born and raised in San Diego, California brothers Josh and JB Welch make up this talented intellectual young group.
Both Josh ...
St. Mark's Bell Choir
Dec 5, 09 6:30-7:15pm & 7:45-8:30pm
Museum of San Diego History
Handbell Choir
San Diego Harmony Ringers
Dec 4, 09 thru Dec 5, 09 6:30-7:30pm & 7:45-8:30pm
Museum of San Diego History
Classic handbell choir
Sounds Divine
Dec 5, 09 6:50-7:20pm
Palisades Stage
San Diego Chorus of Sweet Adelines
Dec 4, 09 6:50-7:30pm
Spreckels Organ Pavilion
THE SAN DIEGO CHORUS is a women’s a cappella chorus singing 4-part harmony (barbershop style) and dedicated to local entertainment and ...
Navy Band Southwest Seabreeze
Dec 4, 09 7:00
Air & Space
Bonita Vista High School Sound Unlimited and The Music Machine
Dec 5, 09 7:00-7:50pm
Spreckels Organ Pavilion
This high-energy group performs a variety of music, from Broadway musicals, swing and multicultural, to contemporary pop tunes.
Dance lessons with Sylvia Castelluzzo
Dec 4, 09 7:10
Bon Temps Dance Pavilion - Plaza de Panama
Chet and the Committee
Dec 5, 09 7:10
Bon Temps Dance Pavilion - Plaza de Panama
Blues, swing and boogie
San Diego Dance Works
Dec 4, 09 7:10-7:40pm
Palisades Stage
Three Chord Justice - Country
Dec 4, 09 7:30
Bons Temps Dance Pavilion - Plaza de Panama
A true gumbo of Americana....country, blues, rock and folk.
Put a little twang in the corner of your world.
Belly Dance Fusion
Dec 5, 09 7:30-8:00pm
Palisades Stage
Unique blend of bellydance, hip hop, yoga and interpretive forms of dance.
Lis & Di
Dec 4, 09 7:50-8:30pm
Palisades Stage
Pacific Camerata
Dec 4, 09 7pm
San Diego Museum of Art
A variety of Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music
San Diego Cloggers
Dec 5, 09 8:10-8:40pm
Palisades Stage
Dance Lesson with Greg Benusa
Dec 5, 09 8:20
Bon Temps Dance Pavilion - Plaza de Panama
Theo & the Zydeco Patrol
Dec 5, 09 8:40
Bon Temps Dance Pavilion - Plaza de Panama
A sound straight from the backwoods Zydeco dance clubs features Cajun style button accordion, keyboard accordion, washboard and vocals in ...
University City High school Dance Team
Dec 4, 09 8:40-9:10pm
Palisades Stage
Large group of diverse dancer perform to holiday tunes
Southwestern College Chamber Singers
Dec 4, 09 8:40-9:30pm
Spreckels Organ Pavilion
Holiday selections
Downbeat Big Band
Dec 5, 09 8:50-9:45pm
Palisades Stage
Sensational big band, swing, and jazz standards.
Billy Lee and the Swamp Critters
Dec 4, 09 9:00
Bon Temps Dance Pavilion - Plaza de Panama
"Zydeco-groovable" tuns with original and traditional Zydeco and Cajun and New Orleans.
Lighthouse Baptist Church Choir and Drama Team
Dec 5, 09 9:00-9:50pm
Spreckels Organ Pavilion
Evangelical Christian choir.
Prince Habib
Dec 4, 09 9:20-10:00pm
Palisades Stage
A singer/songwriter known for smooth, soulful vocals and engaging freestyle live performances.
Prince Habib possesses a bright, ...
San Diego Civic Dance
Dec 4, 09 thru Dec 5, 09 Begins at 5:15pm, hourly
Casa del Prado Courtyard
Hourly dance performances beginning at 5:15pm featuring tap, jazz, modern, breakdance and more
Del Cerro Baptist Church - Christmas Story Tree
Dec 4, 09 thru Dec 5, 09 Friday - 7:40-8:30pm
Saturday - 8:00-8:50pm
Spreckels Organ Pavilion
The Christmas Story Tree started out as a church program in the sanctuary of Del Cerro Baptist in 1976. In 1986 the Tree moved to Balboa ...
Native American Storytelling
Dec 4, 09 thru Dec 5, 09 Friday at 6 & 8pm;
Saturday at 1, 3, 5 & 7pm.
My Ancestors' Village
Balboa Park December Nights
Dec 4, 09 thru Dec 5, 09 Friday, 5:00-10:00pm
Saturday, Noon-10:00pm
San Diego’s favorite kick-off to the holiday season, will take place for the 32st consecutive year on Friday, December 4, 5:00-10:00 ...
AIM San Diego West
Dec 5, 09 Noon-12:30pm
Palisades Stage
AIM San Diego travels throughout Southern California and Mexico presenting the Gospel, honoring the military and encouraging their ...
Little Hawk Dancers
Dec 5, 09 Saturday at 2 & 4pm
My Ancestors' Village
Louisiana Saturday Night Band
Dec 5, 09 noon
Bon Temps Dance Pavilion - Plaza de Panama
Combination of Cajun, Zydeco, blues, country and Rock. Foot stomping real Louisiana dance hall music.
Oak Park Music Conservatory
Dec 5, 09 noon - 12:30pm
Spreckels Organ Pavilion