SoFA Street Fair, San Jose CA, Sept 13, 2015

Beginning with its debut in 1992, The SoFA Street Fair drew music-lovers of all ages to experience world-class music by legendary local acts, while taking in the unique (counter)culture of the neighborhood. In no time, the festival became one of the most highly anticipated events in downtown San Jose, drawing crowds of 20,000 in its prime. Some would say it helped define what the community is today—a thriving arts and live music destination.

Now, the event is back and better than ever with three outdoor stages, 12 indoor stages, and up to 100 performances throughout the day. Food trucks, beer gardens, all-ages activities and artisan vendors will fill the streets, with LīVE events all day and night in adjacent arts and music venues. It’s all happening Sunday, September 13, for all ages, and always FREE to all, just as it was in 1992.


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Chinese Moon Festival, Overfelt Park San Jose Ca Sept 13, 2015

Chinese Moon Festival 2015
Sunday, September 13, 2015
1:00pm to 5:00pm
Free Admission and Parking

Overfelt Gardens
368 Educational Park Dr.
San José, CA
In the Chinese Cultural Garden ]

This is a tobacco/alcohol-free event

One of the stories told to children during Moon Festival is of the fairy living in a crystal palace. She comes out to dance on the shadowed surface of the moon. Legend says the "lady living in the moon" dates back to ancient times when ten suns appeared in the sky. The Emperor ordered a famous but mean archer to shoot down the nine extra suns. Once the task was accomplished, Goddess of Western Heaven rewarded the archer with a pill of immortality. But his wife, wishing to save people from his bad disposition, took the pill herself. She has been banished to the moon ever since. They say her beauty is greatest on the day of the Moon Festival.

The date of our Moon Festival was about a week after the real Moon Festival date. But because our student leaders need time to organize 200 school volunteers, it has become our tradition to select the third Sunday of every September to be this community's Chinese Moon Festival. We wish to acknowledge these young people for their spirit, hard work and dedication. Our event would not be as fun and wonderful without them, and we hope they come to fill their lives with the same joyfulness they present here today.

The Moon Festival is celebrated by billions of people. They celebrate it with dances, feasting and moon gazing. Delicious moon cakes are a traditional enjoyment. But on this day, we offer you the pleasure of sharing arts, crafts and creative activities in a Chinese garden setting. Culture is fun! Without art, music, poetry or dance - what would imagination do? We hope you enjoy what we've had fun planning for you. Have a Great Time!!!!!

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Italian Family Festa, San Jose Ca., Aug 29-30, 2015

Guadalupe River Park & Gardens Next to the SAP Center / SJ Shark Tank San Jose, CA

Sat Aug 29 (11am) Sun Aug 30 (11am)

Stop by and experience what Italians already know. Now in its 36th year, the Italian Family Festa draws more than 35,000 attendees annually. Share the day with friends and family while enjoying authentic Italian food, live entertainment and seeing the arts and crafts from merchants.

The festival features live continuous entertainment, a wine tasting garden in the Piazza Piccola Italia, Italian foods both sweet and savory, culinary demonstrations, bocce ball, bambino bocce, a grape stomp contests, opportunities to win prizes, unique arts & crafts and other activities for the entire family to enjoy.

All proceeds from the Festa help the Italian American Heritage Foundation (IAHF) maintain and promote Italian history in the Santa Clara Valley area, as well as to continue and enhance our IAHF Scholarship Program.

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Assyrian Food Festival, San Jose Aug 22-23, 2015

Bring the whole family and join us in celebrating the 23rd Annual Assyrian Food Festival: The Celebration Continues! This two-day event, open Saturday 11am-9pm and Sunday 11:30am-9:00pm, will feature traditional Assyrian food (real kabobs!); live music, dancing, and entertainment; a wine bar; the original Samovar Alley featuring exotic teas, coffee, and pastries; arts, crafts, and exhibits; vendors from all over the world; and a Kids' Zone, as well as $5 Raffle for a chance to win one of the Great Raffle Prizes. It’s a great deal of fun!!! ( Watch our YouTube videos in Assyrian or English)

The annual festival is an opportunity to showcase Assyrian food, traditions and educate the community about the Assyrian heritage as well as to preserve and to continue passing on Assyrian cultural traditions to the next generation. If you enjoy trying authentic food, music, and dance, make plans to attend the festival! You can mingle with and learn about the people whose ancestral homeland is known in history as "the cradle of civilization."

The festival will be held at the Assyrian Church of the East, Mar Yosip Parish. ADMISSION IS FREE, PARKING & SHUTTLE FREE, no pets please.
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Gilroy Garlic Festival, July 24, 25 and 26, 2015

Come to the 2015 Gilroy Garlic Festival (July 24, 25 and 26) for great garlicky food, live cooking competitions, and lots of fun for the whole family!
The heart of the Garlic Festival is Gourmet Alley, the gigantic outdoor kitchen where the world-famous “Pyro Chefs” put on a spectacular flame-up show while preparing garlic-laced calamari and scampi in huge iron skillets. Other Festival favorites include pepper steak sandwiches, pasta con pesto, fried calamari, and sausage sandwiches, as well as Gilroy garlic fries and garlic bread. And don’t forget the only-in-Gilroy garlic ice cream!
You’ll also find live entertainment on three stages, live cooking contests and demonstrations, arts & crafts, wine tasting, and a fun Children’s Area and Teen Zone too. This year celebrity chef Daphne Oz from ABC-TV’s The Chew will be on hand to emcee the Garlic Showdown on Sunday, and we’ll also be hosting the first-ever Garlic Dream Wedding
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Santa Clara County Fair 2015, July 30th - Aug 2nd, 2015

 

 

Join your community at the Santa Clara County Fair for the best value-for-money, fun-filled, family days out in Silicon Valley. July 30th - August 2nd.
Carnival; Kids’ Zone; Karaoke: entertainment - music, magic, and more; Demo Derby on Saturday; Roller Derby on Sunday. Country star Austin Webb in concert Thursday night. Hear and see your friends and neighbors perform on the Community Stage. Sea lions. Farm animals. Cooking demonstrations. Fair food. Competitive exhibits. Junior Auction on Sunday. Fun for all the family.

For more information see www.thefair.org

Cost: Payment required - General admission $8; Youth/Seniors $5.

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Silicon Valley S.T.E.A.M. Festival, July 11, 2015

 

Hot San Jose Nights presentsSECOND ANNUAL
Silicon Valley S.T.E.A.M. FestivalScience  Technology Engineering  Arts & Aviation  Math

Saturday July 11, 2015 - 10am-4pm - San Jose Reid Hillview Airport
2500 Cunningham Ave, San Jose, California

 

CARS CARS CARS!  Hundreds of vintage/classic/hotrods/exotic cars - sponsored by Hot San Jose Nights and The Car Guy Channel!

AIRPLANES!  WARBIRDS!  HELICOPTERS!

Up to 100 Exhibitors with awesomely fun Hands On Stuff to Do

Live Music!

Gourmet Food!

FREE ADMISSION, FREE PARKING!

Much MUCH more!

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San Jose Fantasy Faire! April 11th from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m - April 12th from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m

Come to the San Jose Fantasy Faire!  

April 11th from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

April 12th from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

 

 

More fun than you can shake a wand at. If you stand too close, you'll get GLITTER all over you!

 

Attire yourself in your most beautiful princess or faerie finery, don your wings or pick up a wand, belt on a sword or pull on an eye patch, then gather your friends and family and cross the threshold of the San Jose Fantasy Festival where, on April 11-12, 2015, characters from folklore, fairy tales and fantasy will come alive to frolic for a magical spell of time.

 

The event is a family-friendly festival, a blending of myth and popular fantasy. Find yourself a part of a wondrous gathering of knights and princesses, as they stand side-by-side with elves and fairies, on a weekend filled with performances to enchant children and grown-ups alike.

Come and celebrate the Fantasy Faire by dancing in your faerie finery, princess gowns, knightly garments, pirate garb, steampunk attire, or superhero wardrobe in the large dance area

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ArtSplash, Montalvo Arts Center, Saturday, April 18, 11am-4pm.

A free and family-friendly festival, ArtSplash is an invitation for the community to explore and enjoy the beautiful Montalvo Arts Center! Join the fun on Saturday, April 18, 11am-4pm.

Now in its fifth year, ArtSplash features live musical performances, hands-on art activities, tours of the historic Villa and gardens, visual arts throughout the property, and more. Guests will also have the unique opportunity to go behind the scenes in open studios at Montalvo's Lucas Artists Residency—and the chance to talk with the artists-in-residence and witness them in creative action.

A variety of delicious food trucks (and ice cream!) will be on hand with options to satisfy anyone's palate. So, bring your walking shoes and your appetite and plan to spend the day.
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Harvest Festival Original Arts and Craft Show - Nov 28,29,30, 2014

With 24,000 handmade American art & crafts in hundreds of booths, all day entertainment, and kids activity center, each Harvest Festival features hundreds of artisans exhibiting American handmade items including beautiful jewelry, clothing, specialty foods, photography, original art, hand-turned wood, music, ceramics and much more.

Enjoy three fun-packed days of shopping, stage and strolling entertainment, and festival food all for the price of one ticket. Remember to get your hand stamped to return as many times as you want without paying again.

There's something for everyone in the family, including Kidzones with craft activities for the little ones in most venues - make a day of it.


San Jose Convention Center
150 West San Carlos Street
San Jose, CA       

Fri Nov 28 (10am)

Sat Nov 29 (10am)

Sun Nov 30 (10am)

                                             
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San Jose Museum Of Art - Community Day: El Día de los Muertos - Nov 1, 2014

Saturday, November 1, 2014

11 AM–5 PM

Free Museum admission

Celebrate El Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) with a full day of live entertainment, cultural demonstrations, and hands-on family fun. Decorate calaveras de azucar (sugar skulls) and make other traditional and not-so-traditional crafts inspired by this festive holiday.

Schedule of events

• 11–11:15 AM: Opening ceremony led by Aztec Dancers Calpulli Tonalehqueh
• 12–1:30 PM and 2–3:30 PM:  Roaming skeleton performers
• 1:15–1:45 PM: Traditional Aztec music and dance by Calpulli Tonalehqueh
• 1:30–4 PM: Ofrenda building demonstration by local artist Phyllis Carrasco

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Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival - October 18-19, 2014

World Pumpkin Capital Celebrates The Great Gourd
October 18–19, 2014 * 9am to 5pm
Main Street, Half Moon Bay, California

Saturday, October 18
7 a.m.	Pancake Breakfast, Mac Dutra Park, Main St. @ Kelly Ave.
9 a.m.	Festival Opens
10 a.m.	Costume Contest, HMB Library Parking Lot, 620 Correas St.
12 noon	Great Pumpkin Parade
2 p.m.	Pie Eating Contest (age 11 and under), Bank of America lot
2:15 p.m.	Pie Eating Contest (age 12 and over), Bank of America lot
5 p.m.	Festival Closes
Sunday, October 19
7 a.m.	Pancake Breakfast, Mac Dutra Park, Main St. @ Kelly Ave.
8 a.m.	Pumpkin Run/Walk on Coastside Trail 5K Run + "Enhanced" 5K Run, 5K Walk, & Kids Fun Run Starts at Hatch School (Kelly Ave. @ Hwy. 1) Run Info-line: 650-712-7322 or www.seniorcoastsiders.org
9 a.m.	Festival Opens
10 a.m.	Pumpkin Carving for Fun (not a contest), Bank of America lot
2 p.m.	Pie Eating Contest (age 11 and under), Bank of America lot
2:15 p.m.	Pie Eating Contest (age 12 and over), Bank of America lot
5 p.m.	Festival Closes
Admission is free No Pets Please Info-Line: 650-726-9652 Facebook: www.facebook.com/HalfMoonBayPumpkinFestival Twitter: www.twitter.com/HMBPumpkinFest

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Holistic Arts Fair in San Jose on Sep 27, 2014 10:00 AM - 7 PM

The 16th annual HOLISTIC ARTS FAIR happens the weekend of September 27 and 28, from 10 AM to 7 PM, at Community of Infinite Spirit, 1540 Hicks Ave. in San Jose (take Highway 17 to Hamilton Ave., east 2 miles to Hicks Ave.; left about 3 blocks). Experience dozens of life-changing events. Discover today’s leading trends in visionary arts, holistic health, human potential, spiritual and psychic awareness, and future alternatives. Receive readings, healings and guidance on the path to health and wholeness. Admission is free to all exhibits and events, and parking is free behind the center and on Hicks Ave. The Fair is produced by Holistic Arts Fair Association, a non-profit educational organization. Some proceeds will be donated to charities. Hear lectures and panels by recognized experts in holistic fields, and sacred music. Speakers include Dr. Bernd Friedlander on controlling inflammation and restoring energy, Seth channel Mark Allen Frost, an "interview with God" by Sonia Sneed, Lynn Rogers on the female Edgar Cayce, and Robert Perala on the Divine Blueprint for a new world. Over 60 exhibitors will offer products and services covering the full range of today's holistic alternatives. Visit our web site at philosopherswheel.com for the latest updates, or call (408)448-6726
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The 22nd Annual Assyrian Food Festival August 23rd & 24th 2014 in San Jose, CA.

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Millbrae Art & Wine Festival - Aug 30-31, 2014

The Last Blast of Summer
Aug. 30-31, 2014 * 10am to 5pm
Broadway Avenue, Millbrae, California
Let the good times roll for #44 … the festive spirit and flavor of the “Big Easy” is coming to the Bay Area! For some sun-splashed, Mardi Gras-style fun this Labor Day weekend, head to lively, pulsating downtown Millbrae for the city’s annual big bash—the 44th Art & Wine Festival, August 30-31. Every year, the last unofficial weekend of summer brings massive crowds to this peninsula city, that could easily serve as a typical small town movie set, for the Bay Area’s biggest Labor Day weekend bash, transforming its charming downtown streets into a resplendent sea of people and colorful tents

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12th Annual Diwali Festival of Lights - Cupertino CA - Sept 27, 2014

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12th Annual Diwali Festival of Lights

The Cupertino Chamber of Commerce and its Asian American Business Council (AABC) is proud to present its 12th Annual Diwali Festival of Lights on Saturday, September 27, 2014. This year we are presenting a new expanded entertainment program from 10 am to 5 pm. This FREE event brings over 12,000 people to our beautiful Memorial Park, (Stevens Creek Blvd/Mary) in Cupertino, and is a showcase of multicultural music, dance, fun kids zone, workshops, arts and crafts, fun, frolic and food. The purpose of this festival is to get together and celebrate intercultural understanding that promotes economic prosperity.

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Luna Park Chalk Art Festival - Sept 20, 2014

Luna Park Chalk Art Festival 2014

Backesto Park

Thirteenth Street & Empire
San Jose, California 95112

Now in its seventh year, the Luna Park Chalk Art festival bring together thousands of artists, arts students, and art lovers from all cultural and artistic backgrounds for a day of community celebration in a beautiful downtown San Jose park.
See art created live throughout the event while artists create works of art. Listen and dance to Live music, and savor the delicous food provided by the various themed food trucks.

The 2014 chalk art/art festival will kick-off on the morning of Friday the 19th.  On Friday, we highly encourage all chalk artists to start on their murals. The festival main event is scheduled for Saturday, September 20th from 10am-5pm! This is a RAIN OR SHINE EVENT!!!  Yipee!!!

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Russian Fair: Arts, Crafts, Enterprise & Entertainment - Palo Alto CA - Sept 7, 2014

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Russian Fair: Arts, Crafts, Enterprise & Entertainment

Join us for a colorful, artistic and fun event for the whole family and help us celebrate the achievements, successes and rich cultural heritage of the Russian-speaking community in Bay Area. Enjoy delicious food, fiery dances, creative vendors, arts and entertainment for children and a festive atmosphere.

We’ll feature talented members of the creative Russian-speaking community: performers, artists and local business owners. The event has been a tradition for more than two decades in Palo Alto.

Enjoy giving back to the community? We are looking for awesome volunteers, sponsors and vendors! Please contact Lilia at russian.reg@paloaltojcc.org

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Silicon Valley Pride Festival: Honoring our Past, Securing our Future - August 17, 2014

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Silicon Valley Pride Festival: Honoring our Past, Securing our Future

Join in the fun and festivities and celebrate the diversity of our community! The Silicon Valley Pride Festival is a one-day event taking place Sunday, August 17, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Discovery Meadow in San Jose. Headline performances by international recording artist Kristine W, RuPaul’s Drag Race favorite Raven, chart-topping rap artist Cazwell, Deepa Soul, Movin' 99.7 DJ St. John, DJ Matth and many more. The festival features local and national entertainers, vendors, food and fun!

For almost 40 years Silicon Valley Pride has honored the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community and its allies. Held annually, festival attendees come from all over the Bay Area to participate in the festival and related events. It is the largest LGBT event held in the South Bay and each year thousands of guests attend.

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Santa Clara County Fair - July 31 - August 3, 2014

Santa Clara County Fair
Santa Clara County Fairgrounds
344 Tully Road
San Jose, CA 95111www.thefair.org

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