Performing arts and banquet event hosting in La Mesa's MacArthur Park anchors at the La Mesa Performing Arts Room, a city-operated facility at 4975 Memorial Drive. The room's hardwood dance floor, mirrored wall, and high ceilings support performing arts productions with staging infrastructure from local providers like Stage Rental San Diego. A full catering kitchen and included rectangular tables and folding chairs allow self-contained event production without outside furniture or equipment rental for most configurations. Capacity configurations seat 120 guests in banquet format or 135 in theater-style arrangement, with recital and concert programming drawing from La Mesa's music education community at studios like Wagner's School of Music. The attached 30-by-20-foot bonus room supports independent buffet staging, while the facility's half-moon West Terrace encircled by vine-covered brick columns extends event capacity into a controlled outdoor footprint.