Venues
Irvine venues and places we cover
The places in and around Irvine we are asked about most, and what an event at each one usually takes.
Adventure Playground
A city-run build-and-play yard where children hammer together their own forts out of scrap lumber and paint them.
FivePoint Amphitheatre
An outdoor amphitheater on the Great Park land with a capacity in the twelve-thousand range, running a summer and fall concert season plus one-off events.
The Giant Wheel at Irvine Spectrum Center
The 108-foot observation wheel that anchors the Spectrum's central plaza, running year round and busiest on weekend evenings and through the holiday season.
Irvine Spectrum Center
The open-air retail and entertainment center at the south end of the city, with a cinema, restaurants, the carousel and the wheel, and a plaza that hosts events through the year.
Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum
UC Irvine's art museum and research institute, holding the university's collections and running exhibitions, openings and academic events.
Pretend City Children's Museum
An interactive children's museum built as a miniature city, with a program of family days, birthday bookings and outdoor events in the adjoining lot.
San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary
A three-hundred-acre freshwater marsh and ponds managed as a wildlife sanctuary, with walking trails, birding events, volunteer work days and school groups.
Tanaka Farms
A working family farm running produce tours, U-pick strawberry and watermelon seasons, a pumpkin patch and a Christmas tree lot, with school groups through most of the year.
William R. Mason Regional Park
A three-hundred-acre regional park with a lake, wooded picnic areas, an amphitheater and a wilderness section, used constantly for company picnics, family gatherings and organized runs.
Orange County Great Park
The city's largest park - a sports complex with dozens of fields, the balloon ride, the Palm Court Arts Complex, farm and food events, the amphitheater and a continuing program of construction across the site.
Answers
About venue bookings
Yes - city parks, county regional parks, the Great Park, the campus and the private venues. Each has its own access rules, and we work to them.
The venue or the city usually sets the requirement, not us. If your permit states a restroom number, send us the wording and we will quote to it.
Only if it is firm. Most parks want units on the paved lot or path edge, and that is generally where they serve people best anyway.
Runs start at 4am, and for a large build we will deliver the day before.
Anything open to the public does - at least one, plus one per eight units.
You do, with the venue, and then tell us the arrangement at booking. We will not turn up expecting a gate to be open.
Booking a venue in Irvine?
Tell us the venue and the headcount and we will size it against their rules.