The historic Fox Theatre, a 20-screen cinema, the county history museum, Lathrop House, and murals. Anything with a show or event this week comes first.
A 20-screen multiplex that opened in 2006 as part of downtown's revival, with an XD large-format screen, D-BOX seats, and recliners. The Jefferson garage is directly below it.
A Gothic-meets-Moorish movie palace that opened in January 1929 as the New Sequoia Theatre and became a Fox house later that year. Now on the National Register of Historic Places, it books concerts, tribute shows, and touring acts. Tickets are sold online or by phone.
A volunteer-run arts center in the historic Hotel Sequoia, with rotating gallery shows, free drop-in art sessions on Thursdays, and hands-on workshops. It's open during events and when volunteers are on site.
↻ Make & Take Thursdays: Every Thu, 12:00 PM
A 5,600-square-foot dance studio teaching salsa, bachata, Argentine tango, ballroom, and wedding first dances, with drop-in group classes for beginners and an upstairs ballroom for Thursday fusion socials.
↻ Salsa Classes: Every Tue & Thu, 6:00 PM
↻ Bachata Wednesdays: Every Wed, 6:00 PM
↻ Solar Fusion Dance: 2nd & 4th Thu monthly, 8:30 PM
A green arch over Broadway announcing the city's 1925 boast, lit up at night. Smaller replicas bookend the historic district. It's the classic Redwood City photo op.
Kseniya Makarova's mural wrapping the walkway over Winslow Street, one of the newest additions to downtown's outdoor art.
Large-scale murals including Jet Martinez's 100-foot piece honoring the chrysanthemum farms that once ringed Redwood City.
Downtown's living room, a plaza in front of the 1910 domed courthouse. It hosts the free Friday-night Music on the Square concerts each summer (the 20th season ran May to September 2026), holiday events, and a lit art kiosk with rotating installations.
An escape room inside the Game Kastle game store, which you can pair with a few rounds at the open play tables.
One of the Peninsula's oldest mansions, a Gothic Revival house from the 1860s. It was rolled down Hamilton Street to a new site behind the History Museum and restored with period wallpaper and furnishings. Tours start with a museum ticket from November 7, 2026.
A major stop in fare Zone 2, next to Sequoia Station. Since electrification, express trains stop here as well as limited and local trains, giving fast runs to San Francisco and San Jose. Courthouse Square is about a five-to-eight-minute walk up Broadway.
County history housed in the 1910 courthouse, with a stained-glass rotunda dome. The new Taube Family Carriage House is due to open November 7, 2026, and one ticket will cover the carriages, new exhibits, and the Lathrop House. Admission is free on the first Friday of each month.
↻ Free First Fridays: 1st Fri monthly, 10:00 AM
The Kaiser medical campus, office buildings, and Redwood Creek edge on the bay side of downtown. The city's downtown plan targets it for more nightlife and casual dining.
An alley lined with ten murals by young local artists, organized by the city's Art Commission. It's a colorful shortcut off Main Street.