San Jose Center for the Performing Arts

The San Jose Center for the Performing Arts is a performing arts venue located in Downtown . It opened in 1972 and is now home to San Jose Dance Theatre and Broadway San Jose.
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  • Type: Theater building
  • Description: theater in San Jose, California, United States
  • Also known as: Center for the Performing Arts” and “San Jose Community Theatre
  • Address: 255 Almaden Boulevard, San Jose, 95113
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Tech Interactive and SAP Center.

Museum
is a science and technology center that offers hands-on activities, labs, design challenges and other STEAM education resources. It is located in downtown , adjacent to the . is situated 920 feet northeast of San Jose Center for the Performing Arts.

Stadium
at San Jose is an indoor arena located in . Its primary tenant is the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League, for which the arena has earned the nickname "The Shark Tank". is situated 2,800 feet northwest of San Jose Center for the Performing Arts.

Railway station
Photo: Pedro Xing, CC0.
is an at-grade light rail station on the Blue Line and the Green Line of the VTA light rail system. The station platform is located in the median of West San Carlos Street, between Almaden Boulevard and Market Street. is situated 800 feet east of San Jose Center for the Performing Arts.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include SoFA District and Downtown Historic District.

Neighborhood
SoFA is an arts, cultural, and entertainment district of Downtown San Jose, . Home to numerous cultural institutions, art galleries, and theatre companies, including the , the San José Opera, and the Symphony San Jose, SoFA bills itself as "'s Creative District".

Neighborhood
The of is a designated U.S. Historic District area of the city roughly the size of one square block. It is bounded by S.

Often called "the capital of ", is the largest city in the Bay Area, 3rd largest in , and the 12th largest city in the United States, with a population of over 997,000 residents as of 2024.

San Jose Center for the Performing Arts

Latitude
37.32967° or 37° 19′ 47″ north
Longitude
-121.89248° or 121° 53′ 33″ west
Elevation
89 feet (27 metres)
Open location code
849W84H5+V2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 34852843
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­theatre
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­civic
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q7414436
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In Other Languages

“San Jose Center for the Performing Arts” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: 圣荷西表演艺术中心
  • Chinese: 聖荷西表演藝術中心

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