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La Paloma Theater

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The La Paloma Theatre
471 South Highway 101
Encinitas, California

THEATRE HIGHLIGHTS

Dating back to the late 1920s, The La Paloma Theatre is a single screen, movie house, in Encinitas, CA.
The La Paloma Theatre is known for off-beat movies, including foreign films and documentaries. The theatre also shows films on surfing, skateboarding and snowboarding, three locally popular sports.

The theatre is located in the heart of Encinitas historic downtown, a few blocks from Moonlight State Beach. Nearby are outdoor cafes, restaurants, bars, and specialty shops. The downtown area is a great place to walk around.

Over the years many musical performers have performed at the La Paloma, including Loreena McKennitt, Nickel Creek, Ralph Stanley, Jerry Garcia and Eddie Vedder.

La Paloma, which means The Dove, was one of the first theatres to show talking pictures. The theatre also showed silent movies, playing its pipe organ during the performance and vaudeville stage acts that preceded it.

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La Paloma Theatre dates back to the late 1920s
La Paloma Theatre dates back to the late 1920s.
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