California Center for the Arts, Escondido Reviews

I attended the Shen Yun show and loved it!
It's always a good experience going to events at CCFTA...

I love this place. The people there are super friendly and it is always really clean. I love that it was teenagers who painted the walk way on one of the parts as well. I hope this helps somone out.

Went for a lowrider exhibit/canelo fight put on by sugabear awesome experience

Like it there im pretty sure A Step Beyond gos therei im in Step Beyond.

Amazing exhibit of Niki St.Phall's work in So. California. Impressive!

Awesome place for an event!! Needs better directions for parking, though. if it's your first time, parking is behind the center.

Walked around the park today. Great afternoon. The place is all decorated for Christmas. Will have to go back at night for the lights.

It's very peaceful. Very quiet. Good place if you just want a break from everything.

Wonderful exhibits! We'll set up for social distancing. Lovely gift shop, friendly & helpful staff.

Pink Martini was great tonight! The Acoustics are superb for this big band an awesome vocalists. I love coming to this venue

The acoustics are excellent. Sat in the Mezzanine for the United States Marine Band, aka "The President's Own, and heard excellent details and soft passages. Seems like an opera house seating arrangement with 2 balconies, Mezzanine, Dress Circle, main floor "orchestra" seating and side boxes. No one is very far from the stage.

World class facility, hardly a bad seat in the house. Try out the balcony on either side!

Very pleasant eve. One of my favorite places in Escondido. Good entertainment, Brogue Wave, Celtic music last pm outside under the stars. Staff and volunteers very cordial and helpful and it is/was free to the community!
Each Fri pm July and Aug fun for friends and family! Way to go California Arts Center!

A wonderful evening with Hawaiian Slack Key Masters! The Aloha was flowing...the vibe was most soothing...a smile on every face!

Had so much fun attending an event at this location. Very well-organized & clean!

Went here for a birthday party one month ago as I never knew this place existed. Excellent place for 18 months to 6-7 year olds. Lots a fun stuff for the kids, dressing up cloths, climbing frames, educational activities etc. All under one roof in a safe environment. Went here again for a second this week as it was raining and again the kids had a blast. Little on the expensive side, but I only paid for the day. I'm sure they'll have membership discounts.

Great venue for events. The people who work here are nice. I've been here for Nerd Con and I'm going to see Ben Folds with the Symphony Orchestra soon. The layout is pretty. It's cool that they can have outdoor concerts too.

And awesome show of ballet folkloric o de Amalia Hernandez

A cute and very modern theater, loved our experience!

Great Acoustics, great staff, friendly and helpfiul

Went to see The President's Own Marine Corps Band. Great venue!

This venue is absolutely wonderful and a real crown jewel for the city of Escondido!

Great place for events, however there was not much secure parking though.

Beautiful venue for dance performances. Plenty of parking and easy to find.

The only negative is that there are no vending machines or food/drink sources on site for feeding hungry or thirsty little performers. You have to leave the "campus-site" to purchase these. When dancers are at competition for 6-7-8+ hours this is hard so pack snacks and drinks!!! (For consumption in the dressing area or just outside the theatre.)

The Drive-In idea is great. But the prices are ridiculously high! Who can afford this? People are not working right now. Why should I pay all that money when I can go to the Drive-In theaters in Santee and in South Bay and pay only $10 a person and I can bring my own food and drinks.

Ohh my god,! Love the concert tribute to janis joplin!
She was amaxing!!
And then people that were there, helpingbgindingbourvseats very nice.

This is where my work hosts a yearly event. There is plenty of parking. Wish there was more space inside but great for company events. Can face some traffic leaving especially around 5pm.

Terri Frye was so helpful. The entire place is so nice and the customer service is excellent!

My entire Administration of Justice class (from Palomar College, San Marcos Campus) got to see Bryan Stevenson here on March 7th, 2018. & What a great experience it was!
The flyers had a great map on them that showed exactly where to go. That, plus the friendly & helpful staff made it very easy to find the concert hall, my door, &, eventually, my seat.
The place is beautiful -- absolutely stunning. Very modern, yet also very elegant!
A big plus: Parking was not a stressful or inconvenient task (on arrival nor during exit). That one, I was NOT expecting!

The event was great - the whole night was great! I'd be more than happy to come back here for another event!

I love this venue. Close parking, the theater isn't so big that you need to bring binoculars, but big enough that you feel the majesty of the performance.

This venue is lovely for big name shows as well as small local theater.

Beautiful auditorium and free parking, a great setting for a great show. Slightly difficult to get from parking to the lobby on the other side of the building. Allow 5 to 10 minutes to meander through the maze of courtyards. Enjoyed the quieter feel of a smaller city and many decent restaurants in the area. We enjoyed watching the beautiful dance of Shen Yun even with the slightly clumsy religious and political overtones.

The venue was fabulous, invited by Samaritan's Purse, Franklin Graham host speaker, fantastic.

This was a hard rating. The place is stunning. Parking was great (30 min early) Loved the performance (Lee Brice) and sound and staff were super. Reasoning for the not great rate? The bar situation was atrocious!!! They need to bring a bar manager in and revamp immediately!!! 4 lines all trying to do mixed drinks off 1 center bar, all mixers are in a whole separate back room. Want a rum and coke? That's gonna take 5 minutes to make after a 30 minute line!!! Why bother paying to see a show? Want a simple beer or wine? You get to wait in those exact same lines! No joke.
Add a (or 3) simple beer/wine ONLY lines. Pop a top, pour and pay.
Get those sodas out of the back room at more than 1 can per order!!! Get these bartenders more than 1 place to get harder alcohol. People should not miss over 1/2 the show to just get a soda (no alcohol). This was seriously the worst I've ever experienced. They didnt even have non-alcoholic lines for water or straight sodas.
This HAS to be fixed before I ever go back.

An amazing outdoor venue!! Such a fine line up on Aug 8th...Charlie Musslewhite, Jimmie Vaughn, & Mr Buddy Guy...all of 83 years old!! He still shreds his guitar, wilfully!!!

Incredible concert ob Friday nights with vendors and food trucks.

Shen Yu is not as good as it once was. There are no photos because they will not allow you to take photos. The only thing you really get is a memory and a sore butt from the chairs at the Escondido Arts Center.

Bill Murray was here (weird as always)--brightened up the decor.

The venue is nice but the people who work here aren't very friendly.

Nice venue for seeing shows and performances pretty park outside too

I have been here for shows, a Gala, and for job workshops. It is clean and well maintained. We went to watch Little Mermaid and Peter Pan. Both shows had young performers who were very impressive in their art. The Gala was held in their banquet hall. It was a good size for a few hundred people and the food was great! I would recommend this place for a party or even for shows! Plenty of parking and close to freeways!

Beautiful theatre! Parking is ample and the entertainment choices are great. I had never been there before my son's school music concert. Now, that I now, I will keep my eye out for entertainment that is appealing to me.

Had a great time on the 4th more tables on the VIP area would be nice

Seriously! There isn't a bad seat in the whole entire house! The sound was great and the building itself is up to date and nice. Seats are comfortable too. Parking is near. So you don't have to walk too far.

Plenty of parking spaces. Clean. Was get for kids ball.

Very nice stage and setting I really was comfortable

Beautiful property. Acoustics were fantastic. We saw Alan Cumming "Legal Immigrant" Awesome show. I was kind of shocked that I have lived here for 11 years and never been in this theater.

I would love to see them get bigger acts in the near future. I think their biggest headliner this past year was David Archuleta.

I will definitely be returning. Fingers crossed on bigger acts in the future.

The California Center for the Arts in Escondido is a great venue to see a concert. We went to see Michael McDonald there and found there was not a bad seat in the house. They have a variety of events, including concerts and performing arts, festivals, film screenings, museum exhibits and free community events.

The Christmas spectacular is fantastic, just get to it early. Best Santa I've ever seen

Judy in Administration was so nice, very helpful, and so patient with me regarding the President's Own concert.

Visited the museum with a class. Exhibit was Ansel Adams photography from Manzanar and Wendy Maruyama's artwork Executive Order 9066. Also on display was student artwork.

Great venue for concert!! Gorgeous areas for picture taking

Great venue, good acoustics, reasonable priced and seating options. Plenty of free parking but no EV chargers.