Free Holiday Show Under 1200+ LED Lights w/ SF Opera & SF Ballet (Civic Center)

Civic Center CBDFulton Plaza hosts a free holiday-season performing arts showcase beneath the SPECTRA lights, featuring short live works from the San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Ballet, African American Shakespeare Company, RAWdance, and additional downtown arts organizations. The event includes a post-show reception with opportunities to meet participating organizations, ticket sales and raffles, plus bites and drinks for purchase. RSVP for an event-day reminder. SPECTRA is a large-scale public LED art installation in San Francisco’s Civic Center. Created by artist Joshua Hubert and presented by the nonprofit Illuminate alongside city partners, it spans 1.6 acres above Fulton Plaza across the rooftops of the San Francisco Public Library and the Asian Art Museum, where 1,271 individually programmable LEDs will pulse and shimmer in an audio-reactive display of color and light. Original Event Description: _Holiday Season, Performing Arts Showcase A night under the SPECTRA lights featuring downtown’s most exciting performing arts organizations for one unforgettable event.On Friday, November 13, from 5–8 pm, Fulton Plaza will come alive beneath the dazzling SPECTRA lights for the holiday season’s Performing Arts Showcase, a celebration bringing together some of downtown’s most exciting performing arts organizations for one unforgettable evening.Guests will be treated to a dynamic lineup of live performances of what’s on stage Fall 2026-Winter 2027. Expect short works from the San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Ballet, the African American Shakespeare Company, and RAWdance, and more. From powerful voices and sweeping orchestral music to captivating movement and theatrical performances, the showcase offers a little bit of everything — and is a memorable way to launch the holiday season.This event is free; RSVP for an event day reminder.The event will also feature a post-show reception with an opportunity to mingle with the performing arts organizations, ticket sales, ticket raffles from the SF Symphony and Orpheum Theatre, and bites and drinks for purchase._ Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.