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Grand Lake Theater

This beautiful Art Deco theater (built in 1926) shows first-run movies. It has a spectacular neon sign that is lit on weekends, and is famous for the ultra-liberal (and sometimes conspiracy-minded) weekly sign proclamations from the theater owner. At Friday and Saturday evening shows, an organist plays standards in the main theater.

Address
3200 Grand Ave
Getting there
corner of Grand Ave. and Lake Park Ave. near I-580

Listing from Wikivoyage: Oakland, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Updated 28 Sept 2026. Something wrong? Tell us.