# San Jose Nutcracker by San José Dance Theatre > Event for families in the San Jose–Sunnyvale–Santa Clara area (CA). Times are Pacific Time. - When: Dec 12 – Dec 13 · 10:30 AM - Where: San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, 255 S. Almaden Blvd., San Jose, CA 95113 - Ages: Check age guidance - Price: Check official pricing - Organizer: San José Dance Theatre - Official page: https://www.sjdt.org/ - Last checked: Tue, Oct 27 Source: Grassy Knees is a directory of real family events, places and programs for kids across major U.S. metro areas, where every listing is researched from the organizer’s own page and shows the date we last checked it. https://grassyknees.com covers 42 metro areas as of Nov 2, 2026, with more added regularly. About: https://grassyknees.com/about Freshness: listings are re-checked on a daily research run (latest check 2026-11-01), and new events are added as organizers post them. Sell-outs, weather cancellations and time changes show up on the live page first: https://grassyknees.com/san-jose/activities/san-jose-nutcracker-by-san-jose-dance-theatre--listing-af23dbe4f29bda622d6b5276 ## About San José Dance Theatre presents its Nutcracker at the San José Center for the Performing Arts on December 12 and 13, 2026. The company describes toy soldiers, snowflakes, waltzing flowers, and a battle with mice under a 60-foot Christmas tree, with the Cambrian Symphony playing Tchaikovsky live. The box office phone is printed on the page. The only performance time written out as text is a ticket link for December 12 at 10:30 a.m. Other show times for the two-day run are not in the extracted text. 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