Bluey's Big Play at the Balboa Theatre — Family Car Service
November 13-15, 2026 at the Balboa Theatre, 868 Fourth Ave (not the Civic) · matinee and evening performances across the weekend. Skip the Gaslamp parking hunt with the kids — bring your own car seats, we bring the room and the time to fit them.
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Flat round trip: $100 BMW i7 (2) / $120 Rivian R1S (up to 4) / $140 Escalade IQ-L (up to 5) · bring your own child seats · (858) 522-0264
TL;DR
Bluey's Big Play runs at the Balboa Theatre (868 Fourth Ave, downtown San Diego — note: the Balboa, not the Civic), November 13-15, 2026, presented by Broadway San Diego, with matinee and evening performances across the weekend. It's a little-kid audience, which means strollers, snacks and car seats meeting Gaslamp garages and metered lots that fill fast. EGT flat round trip from anywhere in metro San Diego: $100 BMW i7 (2, $50/seat) · $120 Rivian R1S (up to 4, $30/seat) · $140 Escalade IQ-L (up to 5, $28/seat) — bring your own child seats (EGT doesn't supply them; tell us ages when you book and we build in time to install), curb drop at the theatre door, driver staged nearby for the moment the show lets out. Each vehicle runs one round trip per performance (early drop + late drop). Limited slots per vehicle — book early and tell us which performance. Call (858) 522-0264.
Show day at the Balboa Theatre — what actually happens with kids
The Balboa Theatre is the historic 1924 house at Fourth Ave and E St, on the edge of the Gaslamp Quarter and Horton Plaza — a different building from Broadway San Diego's usual Civic Theatre home a few blocks north. A Bluey weekend brings a wave of families, and downtown's garages and metered lots around Fourth Ave fill fast; the hard part isn't the show, it's crossing downtown blocks with a toddler, a stroller and a car seat on your arm.
When the show lets out, every family exits at once into the same crosswalks and garage elevators. EGT drops your crew at the theatre door, stages the driver nearby, and rolls when you text — your seats already installed from the morning pickup, no garage spiral, no buckling battles in a rideshare line.
Why a car wins this outing: no Gaslamp parking hunt with kids in tow, no post-show crowd crawl, no surge pricing when the matinee empties. California law requires an age- and size-appropriate restraint and car services aren't exempt, so bring the seat your child already uses — your driver arrives early enough that installing it isn't a scramble. The flat rate covers the whole outing, both legs, with no hourly clock.
Event dates and venue per Broadway San Diego (broadwaysd.com); confirm performance times on the official schedule. Checked .
Why families book EGT instead of driving or rideshare
- Car seats — bring your own: EGT doesn't supply child seats, and California law requires a proper restraint for young kids. Tell us your children's ages and how many seats you're bringing when you book: the right vehicle is assigned, your driver arrives early so installation isn't rushed, and he helps position and stow them. More on car seats & group travel.
- No downtown parking with kids: Gaslamp garages and metered lots near Fourth Ave fill fast on a family-show weekend — you're dropped at the theatre door.
- No surge: rideshare spikes the moment a matinee empties; EGT's rate is published and flat for every rider.
- Nap-schedule friendly: your driver is staged nearby and rolls when you text — straight from curtain to car to home.
- Family value: for a family of five the Escalade IQ-L is just $20 per seat, round trip, door to door; the Rivian R1S fits four plus their own car seats comfortably.
Reserve your family ride — Bluey's Big Play (Nov 13-15)
Pick your vehicle, tell us which performance and your kids' ages plus how many car seats you're bringing (EGT doesn't supply them) — EGT calls you back to confirm. One slot per vehicle, confirmed in the order requests arrive. Prefer to skip the form? Call (858) 522-0264 or text us — an owner answers.
One slot per vehicle — book early
$100 BMW i7 (2) / $120 Rivian R1S (up to 4) / $140 Escalade IQ-L (up to 5), flat, round trip — bring your own child seats. Each vehicle runs an early drop and a late drop per performance. When slots are full it's a cancellation list.
Call (858) 522-0264Date already sold out? Sold out means that date, not the calendar — and cancellations do happen. Join the cancellation list and we call you first when a vehicle frees up. Every EGT sell-out is logged, dated, on the public sell-out record — that is why booking the next date early is the move. Call or text (858) 522-0264.