Balboa Park December Nights is the largest free community festival in San Diego. Come to Balboa Park and celebrate the holidays with lights, food, music and fun. The two-day extravaganza, Balboa Park's holiday gift to San Diego, features free admission to museums and cultural attractions (from 5 to 9 p.m. both evenings), international foods, multicultural music and dance performances, carolers, bell-ringers, choirs and bands, along with a variety of holiday-themed areas.

 
For more information about Balboa Park December Nights 2012, visit
http://www.balboapark.org/decembernights/

The Reuben H. Fleet Science Center will be open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on December 2 and 3. Regular admission prices apply until 5 p.m. each day. Starting at 5 p.m., exhibit gallery admission is free. Plus, starting at 5 p.m. each night, you can experience a giant-screen film in our Heikoff Dome Theater for the discounted price of $9.50.

December Nights at the Fleet includes:

• Fun for all ages with 100+ hands-on exhibits;
• Discounted IMAX® screenings every hour
• Festive fare at Galileo's Holiday Eats, featuring cinnamon buns, clam chowder or chili served in bread bowls, hot apple cider, brownies and more!
• Stellar holiday shopping at the North Star Science Store, with a selection of gifts you won't find anywhere else, including cool science kits, IMAX DVDs, bountiful books, chocolate sea monsters, unusual stocking stuffers - plus special themed gift packages!