San Diego International Airport is proud to showcase the region’s vibrant arts community through our Performing Arts Program. Featuring a dynamic mix of live concerts and rotating artist residencies, travelers can experience everything from local music to innovative, site-specific performances. While concerts bring energy and entertainment to terminals year-round, our curated residencies highlight exceptional talent through multi-month engagements that transform the airport into a stage for artistic expression.
Let us be part of your travels! Check out these concerts, performances, and special events on your next adventure.
Current Performing Arts Residency
Fern Street Circus brings laughter and playful connection to airport visitors with Wonders of Travel—Clowning Through the Terminal. Drawing on their decades of expertise in theater, circus arts, and clowning, Fern Street Circus will co-create interactive, unscripted performances with passengers, led by the eccentric clown duo known as Abuelita and Gerold. These performers specialize in clowning that focuses on promoting wellness and healing in non-traditional performance environments. From emotional baggage drop-offs to clown spas and parades, each encounter invites travelers to revel in the absurd side of travel while easing stress and sparking joy.
The Performing Arts Residency Program at SAN provides a platform for artists to develop and present new work that enriches the airport experience while supporting San Diego’s vibrant performing arts community. This five-month, process-oriented residency invites two artist groups or collectives to create and perform original pieces across a range of contemporary disciplines—including dance, music, theater, and cross-disciplinary digital media—transforming the airport into a space for artistic exploration and public engagement.
San Diego International Airport (SAN) offers travelers a vibrant array of live performances through its Performing Arts Program. This initiative features an ongoing concert series and special events that showcase a diverse lineup of local talent, including singer-songwriters, composers, musicians across various genres, dancers, and theatrical or oratorical performers . Notable recent performances include the percussion-based dance ensemble DrumatiX, which transformed ambient airport sounds into rhythmic performances , and Malashock Dance’s “You Are Here / Usted Está Aquí,” a project that interpreted travelers’ stories into choreographed pieces.
San Diego International Airport (SAN) provides seamless travel experiences with nonstop flights to destinations worldwide, offering convenient services and amenities for all travelers.
