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Celebrated on 4/08 of every year, San José Day is an outdoor cultural event that welcomes all to enjoy San José's diverse local live music, dance performances, poets, local artists and vendors, food, and a classic car show. San José Day event preserves our existing culture and welcomes new and existing residents and visitors from outside the city to experience and be a part of San José. This is a free and family-friendly event.
At the Fifth Annual San José Day, we showcased 16 local music and spoken word performers, 98 local gallery artists, 60 small business vendors, 5 food trucks, and held our biggest classic car show to date! Hosted at the Mexican Heritage Plaza, we brought just under 8,000 people into the East San Jose Mayfair district to experience San José Day!
In April 2024, San José Day is coming back to Downtown San José for an outdoor street fair festival! We will continue to showcase our amazing local talent through live music, art, and dance performances. We will have the streets full of local small businesses, family-friendly activities, food and beverage vendors, and classic cars. This is the perfect spring kick-off event to bring the family and furry friends outdoors to immerse in San José's culture!
We need your help to raise $25,000 to bring the 6th Annual San José Day to life! San Jose Day is a not-for-profit community event. We strive to keep vendor fees low and pay participating creatives with integrity. Producing large-scale events comes with steep permitting, civic service, and equipment fees that amount to over $16,000! Any amount helps achieve this special project for San José. We greatly appreciate your support!
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Inspired by San Francisco's 415 Day, San José Day was born from an artist interview with native rapper Equipto. Shortly after our interview in 2017, The First San José Day (previously called 408 Day) sprouted in Downtown San José at the original Local Color as a 35-local artist group show with 5 live musical performances. Our first event humbly hosted 300 guests.
San José Day has transformed over the years. In 2018, we filmed a documentary called #DoItForSJ and previewed the documentary at a 24 local artist group show and a vinyl DJ at Breezy Excursion. The 2nd Annual San Jose Day hosted 150 attendees.
In 2019, San José Day took a big leap to host a festival-style outdoor event at Gordon Biersch in Japantown San José. This was the first year we received grant funding of $12,500! The 3rd San Jose Day hosted 55 local Vendors, 3 food trucks, and 5 musical performances, bringing 2,000 attendees to the event!
As the world shifted in 2020, San José Day pivoted to an 18 local artist online show through Instagram. Over one week, the online art show had over 15,000 engagements! Each artist was compensated through the $8,000 grant we received pre COVID-19.
We took a couple of of years to rest after the pandemic and returned
strong for the
5th Annual San
José Day at the Mexican Heritage Plaza. With much
anticipation, our program hosted
16 local music and spoken word performers, 98 local gallery
artists, 60 small business vendors, 5 food trucks, and held our
biggest classic car show to date! We were pleasantly
surprised to welcome just under 8,000 attendees to
experience San José Day in the East San José Mayfair District! This
project was supported by $18,300 in grant funding in addition to
generous individual donations from supporters like you!
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