![]() presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft gave separate speeches, two months apart, at Spreckels Organ Pavilion in 1915. Nearly all performances at the pavilion are free, including the weekly, year-round Sunday organ concerts by San Diego Civic Organist Raúl Prieto Ramírez and this summer’s 34th annual San Diego International Organ Festival (continuing each Monday through Sept 5).ĭid you know? Former U.S. ![]() The home of the world’s largest outdoor pipe organ, it was built and donated to the city by philanthropists John and Adolph Spreckels for the 1915 Panama-California Exposition. It is also one of the most picturesque, thanks to the pavilion’s circular Italian Renaissance-styled design. Located in the heart of Balboa Park, where it opened 108 years ago, Spreckels Organ Pavilion is the oldest permanent outdoor concert venue in San Diego. ![]() Who has played there: Virgil Fox, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, New York Symphony Orchestra, Los Tucanes De Tijuana, The Village People, Jon Foreman of Switchfoot, Drive Like Jehu
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