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Hawthorne Historic Inn and "Free" Music Concerts at the Rady Shell

  • Stephen Parker
  • Sep 19, 2025
  • 1 min read

Updated: Oct 25, 2025

Two miles from the Hawthorne Historic Inn is San Diego's most beautiful concert venue. The "Shell music venue in San Diego" is a stunning world class architectural marvel and venue for the San Diego Symphony . Built next to the bayfront. Terraced seating for up to 10,000 people and FREE when you are a pedestrian walking on the footpath just outside the Shell. And the sound quality is fantastic. 2.4 miles from the Hawthorne Historic Inn to the Rady Shell.

Made of cloth! It utilizes 32,000 square feet of PTFE, 8,700 square feet of PVC, and about 1,400 square feet of single skin ETFE. The roof cantilevers 15 meters from the front of the stage and can carry a load of up to 50 metric tons. The Shell accommodates an orchestra of up to 150 musicians and choir with a front-of-stage width of 32 meters and depth of 20 meters.

If you stay on the path surrounding the Shell....the music is free.


The Shell - a unique musical venue two miles from the Hawthorne Historic Inn

You can almost see the Shell from the Inn

 
 
 

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