The 37th San Diego International Summer Organ Festival 2025 is just two days away!
Beginning next Monday, and continuing into September, some of the world’s finest organists will be performing in Balboa Park at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion!
Today, as I walked through Balboa Park, I caught the first outstanding organist, Joshua Stafford, as he rehearsed at the Spreckels Organ. Joshua is the Jacobsen Chair for the Organist of Chautauqua Institution, in New York. You might recall that our own beloved Jared Jacobsen served as San Diego Civic Organist from 1978 to 1984.
Joshua will be playing Bohemian Rhapsody, Carmen Fantasy and other all-time favorites! Yes, on the world’s largest outdoor instrument!
If you’ve never been to one of the free San Diego International Summer Organ Festival concerts, you’re missing out on something special. Not only is the music always first rate, but the late evening atmosphere, particularly when the organ pavilion’s many lights come on, is magical. How can it not be? It’s Balboa Park!
Click here to see the full lineup of performers during the 2025 summer festival. Bring your dinner or a snack if you’d like, then settle on one of the pavilion’s benches (or your lawn chair), and live it up!
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I’ve been enjoying all your pictures of different things around San Diego, including the organ at Balboa Park. I notice you have take a lot of pictures of events at Balboa Park. How do you think the advent of paid parking will affect these events? I would imagine it would have a negative impact on things like the succulent sale, etc. 😦
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It would probably discourage some people from coming, unfortunately. Yes, I live near Balboa Park and love the place–which results in many blog posts!
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