Located on the corner of West San Carlos Street and Almaden Boulevard, the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts was designed by the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. The performing arts center, a local landmark with easy freeway access, stages concerts, lectures, symphony and ballet performances and musical theater.

Events at the Center for the Performing Arts are supported by full staging facilities, reception, box office, concessions, coat check for patrons, rehearsal rooms and an after-theater reception area.

The theater seats 2,665 patrons, with 10 wheelchair seats. An infrared system provides audio for the hearing-impaired.

Parking is available in the main Convention Center garage located at 408 South Almaden Blvd. or 350 South Market Street.