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San Diego is – and always has been – about more than our dazzling beaches and bays. It is a city driven by diversity, culture and innovation in everything from art to theater to food to craft beer and beyond.

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San Diego's Rich and Diverse Culture

From Balboa Park to Chicano Park to Oceanside, San Diego is home to three state-designated cultural districts that embody the very best of the region.

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Favorite Spots to Take Pictures in San Diego

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Balboa Park, The Cultural Heart of San Diego

Just minutes from downtown, explore the history, legacy, and future of this ever changing, always amazing cultural park.

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2022 San Diego County Fair

Jun 8 - Jul 4, 2022

Pow! Wham! Shazam! Superheroes are the stars of this year’s San Diego County Fair...from the action-packed pop culture superheroes from comic books and the silver screen, to those awe-inspiring Community Heroes we’ve found right in our own neighborhoods.

Soar through the air on adrenaline-pumping carnival rides, strike a power pose with your favorite superheroes, taste your way through the Fair’s superfoods, and discover entertainment surprises around every corner.

All Fair Admission & Parking tickets must be purchased online in advance.
To better serve Fair guests, the San Diego County Fair is moving to a cashless payment experience. Cashless payments are safer and faster, too–avoid wait times at the gate and spend more time enjoying the Fair!

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Dispatch & O.A.R.

Jul 6, 2022

Wednesday, July 6, 8:00pm at the Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre

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Third Eye Blind

Aug 11, 2022

Thursday, August 11, 7:00pm

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The Spirit of the Fourth

Jul 4, 2022

The board of Rancho Bernardo’s Spirit of the Fourth has decided to proceed with all our usual July 4th events for 2022.

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San Diego's Rich and Diverse Culture

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Favorite Spots to Take Pictures in San Diego

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Balboa Park, The Cultural Heart of San Diego

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2022 San Diego County Fair

Jun 8 - Jul 4, 2022

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Dispatch & O.A.R.

Jul 6, 2022

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Third Eye Blind

Aug 11, 2022

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The Spirit of the Fourth

Jul 4, 2022

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Galleries & Museums

Kids Go Free to the San Diego Model Railroad Museum

San Diego Model Railroad Museum

Valid: Oct 1 - Oct 31, 2022

With over 27,000 square feet of tracks, trestles and trains, the San Diego Model Railroad Museum is North America’s largest museum of its kind. Guests enter a world of wonder and exploration...

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Show Your Badge & Save at the Maritime Museum!

Maritime Museum of San Diego

Valid: Jun 23 - ongoing

Come and explore our connection with the sea at the Maritime Museum of San Diego! Spanning 500 years of seafaring history, your visit to the Museum will give you a chance to step aboard an historic...

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Tours & Sightseeing

Save 20% on an Amazing Scavenger Hunt Adventure

Amazing Scavenger Hunts by Urban Adventure Quest

Valid: Jan 3 - ongoing

Turn San Diego's Old Town or Balboa Park into a giant game board with this fun Scavenger Hunt Adventure. Combine the excitement of the Amazing Race with a three-hour city tour. Guided from any smart...

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Best Places to See Contemporary Art

Trendsetting venues showing the best in local, national and international art

San Diego draws inventors, dreamers, pioneers and creators. It's an optimistic city, full of fresh ideas and energy, consistently ranked one of the best places to launch a startup. Maybe it's the ocean's endless movement and renewal, but whatever the source, the spirit of experimentation extends to San Diego's arts scene. Here are some of the leading museums and galleries who set the pace for the region that visitors won't want to miss.

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San Diego Music Scene for Teenagers

Venues, stores and tours

Teens on a San Diego vacation will enjoy all-ages music venues, record stores and a unique tour where teens can get caught up in San Diego’s local music scene.

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Arts & Culture

Explore San Diego’s Colorful Public Art

Vibrant artworks by internationally renowned artists

With nearly perfect weather year-round, most visitors to San Diego want to spend as much time outdoors as possible. Fortunately for art lovers, San Diego’s great outdoors also happen to be home to vibrant artworks by internationally renowned artists. Make a day (or two) of hunting for these famous sculptures around San Diego.

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Art +Tech

Part of San Diego's unique artistic identity

San Diego's coastal beauty constantly inspires landscape painters and nature photographers, with many showing their artwork in Balboa Park's Spanish Village Art Center or in galleries throughout ARTS DISTRICT Liberty Station. But local artists are also strongly influenced by science and technology - that's no surprise, given San Diego's reputation for being a "smart city".

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