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December Nights is back for 2022! Join us on December 2 and 3 for the City of San Diego’s largest holiday festival in beautiful Balboa Park. This free family-friendly event brings San Diegans together to enjoy the lights, the sounds, the attractions, and of course, the amazing food. Check the City of San Diego’s December Nights webpage for up-to-date information! Performance schedule is here. Free museum admission includes: Air & Space Museum, Automotive Museum, Comic-Con Museum (lobby only), Fleet Science Center, San Diego History Center, ICA San Diego (always free), Japanese Friendship Garden, Marie Hitchcock Puppet Theater, Marston House, Mingei International Museum, Model Railroad Museum, Museum of Us, Natural History Museum, San Diego Museum of Art and the Timken Museum of Art (always free). Find specific times for each museum's free access here: https://balboapark.org/plan-your-visit/december-nights/ Transportation and parking information is here. Balboa Park on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

Legal tent camping for people experiencing homelessness will begin in certain San Diego locations later this year.

Celebrate Turkey Day in beautiful Balboa Park. Join us at The Prado on Thursday, November 24 as we serve a delicious 3-course menu from 1-7 p.m. Indulge in Oven Roasted Brined Turkey Breast and Turkey Leg, Local Pan Seared Halibut or try our famous Red Wine Braised Beef Short Ribs. Save room for Vanilla Crème Brulee or Pumpkin Mousse! Menu is priced at $64.95 for adults and $16.95 for kids, excluding tax, gratuity and surcharge. For reservations, please call 619-557-9441. A copy of the Thanksgiving Dinner Menu can be found here. Stay Social! Facebook & Instagram

Artists at Work! Come explore Spanish Village Art Center located in Balboa Park. Watch local artists working daily in their historic studios and on their colorful courtyard. Just in time for the Holidays. Free admission Visit: www.spanishvillageart.com or call 619-233-9050 Spanish Village Art Center - Balboa Park on Facebook / Instagram

We’re dependent on our cars because of freeways and the decisions made around building them. Now imagine a future where we don’t need to drive our cars every day. What would it take to decommission a freeway in San Diego? That is the premise explored in a new podcast by KPBS called “Freeway Exit.” The first two episodes of the six-part series are available May 9, followed by a new episode dropping each week through June 6.

Mariachi Champaña Nevin’s delightful and inspiring Mexican Christmas concert returns to San Diego! Featuring a reenactment of Las posadas — Mary and Joseph’s arrival in Bethlehem. With familiar American holiday classics plus traditional Mexican carols, people of all ages and backgrounds will revel in the joy of a traditional Mexican Christmas Eve. Mariachi Champaña Nevin and Mónica Ábrego have performed versions of this program with the San Diego Symphony over the years, now bring the whole family to enjoy the full program for the first time at the Balboa Theater! Program will include: La fiesta de la nochebuena 1. Feliz Navidad 2. Santa la noche (O Holy Night) 3. Las posadas 4. Cucurrucucú paloma 5. Ave María 6. Bendicción 7. Navidad, Navidad Vecinos navideños 1. Duerme y no llores (Sleep, Don’t Cry) 2. El niño del tambor (The Little Drummer Boy) 3. Los peces en el rio (The Fish in the River) 4. Noche de paz (Silent Night) El cascanueces (The Nutcracker Suite) And more!

Through the power of her voice, Rupi Kaur brings a captivating performance to the world stage in an all-new spoken word poetry experience. Audiences are taken on a journey of personal loss and love, growth, mental health, community, friendship, and strength. These universal themes take center stage as original music scores the show and projections immerse audiences. Performing new unpublished pieces, poems from ‘home body’ and greatest hits from her iconic books ‘milk and honey’ and ‘the sun and her flowers’ - join Rupi on her World Tour as we reconnect with each other and most importantly, ourselves. Date | Tuesday, June 7 at 8 p.m. Location | Balboa Theatre Get tickets here! Ticket prices ranging from $56 to $300. For more information, please visit sandiegotheatres.org/event/2022/06/rupi-kaur or call (619) 615-4000.

Writer, philanthropist and entrepreneur, Daniel Habif is known as one of the best and most important Spanish-speaking lecturers in the world. In the last two years, he has held more than 320 conferences, managing to appear in more than 170 cities and achieving resounding success. Join Daniel Habif for his Ruge Tour 2022 at Balboa Theatre this Thursday, May 19 at 8 p.m. Get tickets here! Ticket prices ranging from $45.50 to $145.50. For more information, please visit sandiegotheatres.org/event/2022/05/daniel-habif or call (619) 615-4000.

Since the release of Kingfish, his Grammy-nominated 2019 Alligator Records debut, guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Christone “Kingfish” Ingram has quickly become the defining blues voice of his generation. With his eye-popping guitar playing and his reach-out-and-grab-you-by-the-collar vocals, Ingram performs every song with unmatched passion and precision. While his new songs tell personal stories, they also tell of shared human experiences. With 662, he creates contemporary blues music that speaks to his generation and beyond, delivering the full healing power of the blues. And he can’t wait to bring that power on stage. As he recently told DownBeat magazine, “You need that crowd to connect. You need that crowd to be there so you can tell their story to them. Somewhere, somebody has the blues.” Date | Monday, May 16 at 7:30 p.m. Location | Balboa Theatre Get tickets here! Ticket prices ranging from $21 to $42. For more information, please visit sandiegotheatres.org/event/2022/05/christone-kingfish-ingram or call (619) 615-4000.

The San Diego International Fringe Festival is returning to live and in-person shows from May 18 to 28 at venues in Balboa Park and elsewhere.