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Delicious food and beverage options are available for purchase at our full-service Mercado restaurant and bar. At various locations around the venue, our Airstream Bars offer local beer, wine, distilled spirits, and non-alcoholic beverages.

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Did you know we offer special packages and pricing discounts for groups? We have the experience and the incredible venue to make your special moment even more memorable.

All Access Passholders also have the option to upgrade to our exclusive Terrace Experience! This includes a drink ticket, guar­an­teed seat­ing, pri­or­i­ty entry at open­ing, pri­vate restrooms, Airstream bar, fire­side tables, heaters, and the best views of the Field of Light exhibit. You may also add a charcuterie or cru­dité platter for two to your Terrace Experience.

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Illumination Company Information Type Division Founded January 17, 2007; 17 years ago Headquarters Santa Monica, California, U.S. Founder(s) Chris Meledandri

All pass levels get access to Sensorio’s beautiful event lawn, delicious food and beverages for purchase at the Mercado and Airstream bars, live entertainment stage and more.

Sensorio’s exhibits lie at the intersection of art, technology and nature. Laid out thoughtfully over acres of gently rolling hills, each exhibit uses light and color in a way that feels both completely natural and otherworldly at the same time. We’ve drawn on the creativity of master artist Bruce Munro – and with our newest exhibit DIMENSIONS by HYBYCOZO – to push the boundaries of imagination and scale in ways you’ve never seen.

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Learn more about each of our exhibits, their artistic foundations and some interesting facts behind their logistics here.

When the sun goes down in the hills of Paso Robles, the lights come up at Sensorio, one of California’s largest immersive art exhibitions.

Meledandri left his post as President of 20th Century Fox Animation in early DreamWorks and Pixar 2007 where he supervised or executive produced movies including Ice Age (2002), its sequel Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006), Madagascar (2005), Cars (2006), and Horton Hears a Who! (2008). After leaving, he founded Illumination Entertainment. By 2008, a deal was announced positioning Illumination as NBC Universal’s family entertainment arm that would produce one to two films a year starting in 2010. As an independent production company, Illumination retains creative control and Universal exclusively distributes the films. During the Summer of 2011, Illumination acquired the animation department of the French animation and visual effects studio Mac Guff, which animated Despicable Me (2010) and The Lorax (2012), and formed Illumination Mac Guff.

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Exit Highway 46 East and turn left. Continue for about 4 miles. The Sensorio entrance is the second left, just past Eberle Winery.

Walk easy paths through more than 100,000 glowing bulbs, like bioluminescent flowers from a jewel-toned fantasy land. Explore several solar-powered exhibits that merge light and music technology with dreamy color in a sensory experience you have to see to understand. From magical family moments to unforgettable date nights to unique corporate events, let Sensorio illuminate your evening.

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Sensorio, the intersection of art, technology and nature, was designed as a destination for entertainment, exploration, meditation, adventure, and delight. It honors the natural topography of the landscape, offering visitors amusing, musical, and kinetic experiences. The Cen­tral Cal­i­for­nia des­ti­na­tion launch­ed in May 2019 with Field of Light by Bruce Munro, and celebrates its fifth anniversary in May 2024, coinciding with the opening of DIMENSIONS by HYBYCOZO. The new exhibit is the latest in a series of expansions planned for Sensorio over the next few years. Another new exhibit by artist Bruce Munro is planned for later in 2024, as well as an expansion of the Terrace area that will be available for private parties. In the long run, plans are also underway for the development of an on-site hotel and conference center at Sensorio.

Illumination (formerly known as Illumination Entertainment) is an American computer animation studio, founded by Chris Meledandri in 2007. Illumination is owned by Meledandri and the Illumination brand is co-owned by Universal Pictures, a division of Comcast through its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal. Meledandri produces the films, while Universal finances and distributes them. The studio is the creator of the Despicable Me, Hop The Secret Life of Pets and Sing franchises and the film adaptations of Dr. Seuss' books The Lorax and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. The Minions, characters from the Despicable Me series, are the mascots of the studio.

Exit Highway 46 East and turn right. Continue for about 4 miles. The Sensorio entrance is the second left, just past Eberle Winery.

Take Highway 41 or 46 Westbound. The Sensorio entrance is located just past the El Paso de Robles City Welcome sign, on the righthand side.