Know before you go

Parking

Here you’ll find info, links and further reading to help you get ready for the theater! Scroll down for specific info about your event.

Parking: If you need accessible parking, email us or add a note to your order to reserve a spot in front of our glass doors at 529 S. Second St. We will accommodate as many as possible.

For everyone else, there are many lots downtown (street spots can be hard to find). Most ParkSJ garages offer 90 minutes of free parking, and ParkSJ.org is a great resource. The closest city lot is the First Street and I-280 Lot, under the freeway. Parking there is limited, but free on weekends and after 6 p.m. on weekdays.

Public transit: For the VTA light rail, take the Blue Line or Green Line to the Convention Center station, an at-grade station with the platform in the median of West San Carlos Street, between Almaden and Market.

Or, choose the Frequent Bus, line 66 or 68, or the Rapid Bus (with limited stop services), line 568. There’s a bus stop at Second and William. Learn more about all options at the VTA’s Downtown Transit Guide, or check out the full system map or downtown map.

Actors dancing and waving lights at a party. — It’s always a party at City Lights! Here, actors Damaris Divito, center, and Jessica Whittemore hit the dance floor at a theater fundraiser.

MORE ABOUT YOUR EVENT

Here are more links and resources for upcoming events:

anthropology: This compelling high-tech thriller comes to our stage May 14-June 7 courtesy of City Lights associate playwright Lauren Gunderson. We’ve presented many of Lauren’s plays, including Silent Sky, I and You, and the Christmas at Pemberley series. But now you’ll experience a new sci-fi side of her work! We would rate this show PG-13 for some mature content.

Check out these awesome new photos from our production of anthropology.

Ride the Cyclone went viral on TikTok in recent years, and we’re thrilled to have it at City Lights for our summer 2026 musical! More resources coming as we get closer to opening.

City Lights’ 2026-27 season: Subscribe now and get dibs on the best seats during our 44th season, which starts in September. Join us for this exciting mix of comedy, chaos and connection: “Eureka Day,” “The 1940s Radio Hour,” “Based on a Totally True Story,” “Arsenic and Old Lace,” “Dream Hou$e” and “Company.” Single tickets go on sale June 1.