San Diego Fandom, Theater, and Open-Air Spaces
Comic-Con Museum makes fandom the focus of this San Diego collection through rotating exhibitions on comics, science fiction and cinema. Quartyard brings open-air music and food trucks, The Old Globe supplies indoor and outdoor theater settings, and Waterfront Park adds fountains and bayfront lawns. Compare museum time, performances and outdoor space around the programs that interest you.
At Comic-Con Museum, a year-round extension of San Diego Comic Convention presents rotating exhibitions on comics, science fiction, and cinema. Screen-used costumes and childhood characters share the galleries with a small theatre, gift shop, and educational programming. Families can also join the venue’s family-friendly scavenger hunts.
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Quartyard is an open-air container park in San Diego's East Village, with Seahorse Coffee, craft beer, food trucks, a dog park, and live music in the same space. Scheduled programming includes Soul Sundays and themed Bingo Loco nights. Shows enforce a strict no-re-entry policy, so collect outside food before entering.
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The Old Globe pairs an indoor stage with an outdoor amphitheatre for Shakespeare, classic musicals, and first-run new plays. Its two distinct performance spaces offer both an indoor theater setting and an open-air one. Drinks and snacks are available in surrounding areas before performances, and groups of ten or more save on tickets and pay no ticket fees.
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Waterfront Park is a downtown bayfront open space centered on the County Administration Center. Interactive splash fountains and broad lawns frame views of San Diego Bay, with a children’s play area nearby. The park hosts Kinfolk Fest for Juneteenth and Sounds and Blankets, where visitors listen to local artists on the grass. It is open daily from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
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