5 Best Performing Arts Venues in Costa Rica

There are frequent dance performances and concerts in the Teatro FANAL and Teatro 1887, both in the Centro Nacional de la Cultura.

This theater has chamber concerts and plays many weekend evenings. The cultural center is a great place to meet North American expatriates.

You'll find frequent dance and stage performances at this theater, housed in the country's one-time customs terminal. It is home to the Compañía Nacional de Teatro (National Theater Company).

This 1897 neobaroque theater is the home of the excellent National Symphony Orchestra, which performs on several Friday evenings and Sunday mornings between March and November. The theater also hosts visiting musical groups and dance companies. Tickets are $10–$50—far less than you'd pay for a comparable production back home.

San José's second-most-popular theater has a full calendar of music and dance shows, as well as a few offbeat productions. There is something on a couple of nights a week; tickets are $5–$25.