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Coronado · Coronado
$5 – $8
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Family Events
Every family-friendly event we can verify, in date order, with the venue and neighborhood so you can judge the drive. For the ages-and-stages planning — naps, strollers, height limits — use the age guides below.
59 events on the calendar San Diego CountyLast updated
Quick answer: The reliable family calendar in San Diego is built from three sources: free library and museum programming, weekend outdoor festivals and markets, and ticketed shows at the theaters and the bay. Balboa Park's free Tuesday resident days and the beach-adjacent parks carry most weekends on their own.
Pulled from the same San Diego County event database as our weekend, tonight and monthly calendars, then narrowed to this category. Dates and venues update automatically.
Coronado · Coronado
$5 – $8
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Museum of Photographic Arts · Balboa Park
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SeaWorld San Diego · Mission Bay
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SeaWorld San Diego · Mission Bay
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320 North Broadway Escondido CA 92025
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The New Children's Museum · Downtown
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Poway Road · Poway
Free
Museum of Photographic Arts · Balboa Park
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Warwick's · La Jolla
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The New Children's Museum · Downtown
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The New Children's Museum · Downtown
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The New Children's Museum · Downtown
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The New Children's Museum · Downtown
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The New Children's Museum · Downtown
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The New Children's Museum · Downtown
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Poway · Poway
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The New Children's Museum · Downtown
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The New Children's Museum · Downtown
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Athenaeum Music & Arts Library · La Jolla
free
The New Children's Museum · Downtown
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The New Children's Museum · Downtown
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San Diego Central Library · East Village
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Balboa Park · Balboa Park
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SeaWorld San Diego · Mission Bay
$65–$99
320 North Broadway Escondido CA 92025
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Warwick's · La Jolla
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The New Children's Museum · Downtown
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2640 Historic Decatur Rd. San Diego CA 92106
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Belly Up Tavern · Solana Beach
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The New Children's Museum · Downtown
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The New Children's Museum · Downtown
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The New Children's Museum · Downtown
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The New Children's Museum · Downtown
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Del Mar Fairgrounds · Del Mar
$30+
MCAS Miramar · Miramar
Free
SeaWorld San Diego · Mission Bay
Included with admission
Warwick's · La Jolla
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The New Children's Museum · Downtown
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Museum of Photographic Arts · Balboa Park
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MCAS Miramar · Miramar
Free (parking $20)
The New Children's Museum · Downtown
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Museum of Photographic Arts · Balboa Park
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San Diego Zoo · Balboa Park
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San Diego Zoo · Balboa Park
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San Diego Zoo Safari Park · Escondido
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San Diego Zoo · Balboa Park
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San Diego Zoo · Balboa Park
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San Diego Zoo · Balboa Park
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San Diego Zoo · Balboa Park
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San Diego Zoo · Balboa Park
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LEGOLAND California · Carlsbad
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Broadway Pier · Downtown
Free
Snapdragon Stadium · Mission Valley
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SeaWorld San Diego · Mission Bay
$75–$109
SeaWorld San Diego · Mission Bay
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Jacobs Music Center · Downtown
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Downtown Encinitas · Encinitas
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Broadway Pier · Downtown
Free
SeaWorld San Diego · Mission Bay
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Dated picks straight from our San Diego events calendar, ranked by venue, verification and completeness. Every listing shows its own date, so this list stays accurate all week.
Browse the full calendar on San Diego events, or jump to today, tonight, this weekend, or concerts this week.
Under about age five, free and open-ended events — parks, markets, library programs, beach mornings — outperform anything you pay for. Save the ticketed shows for older kids.
San Diego family events peak between 9am and noon: cooler, less crowded, and it protects the afternoon nap. Evening festival slots are where meltdowns live.
Street fairs and grass venues are hard on strollers and short on shade. A carrier plus hats often beats a stroller at a crowded outdoor event.
Library story times run weekly across the county, Balboa Park museums rotate free resident days through the month, and most neighborhood street fairs and farmers markets have free kids areas.
This page lists the verified weekend family events. If it is thin, the dependable defaults are Balboa Park, the Mission Bay playgrounds and calm-water beaches, and the Coronado ferry.
Outdoor daytime events are; crowded evening festivals generally are not. Our toddler guide breaks down which attractions and events work with naps and strollers.
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