Soccer Celebration brings a full month of excitement to Downtown San Jose from June 11 through July 19, complete with interactive fan zones, creative food and drink specials, and engaging activities the whole family can enjoy.
"You don't have to be dreadlocked to be Rasta. We live in Rasta Cruz and my other world is stewarding ganja. Ganja is how I've supported myself. I'm a friend of cannabis personally and as a band."
San Jose is home to one of three surviving Japantowns in the country. The other remaining Japanese communities are also in California cities: San Francisco and Los Angeles. Japanese immigrants came to San Jose in the late 1890s in search of farm work, originally settling in Chinatown before establishing their own cultural community in the region.
Chef Tiana has an amazing personality and she is doing something very similar to what I'm doing at Maydan. I preserve my culture through food and try to explain the Middle East to people through feeding them, and she does the same thing. One of her parents is Black and one is Filipino and she represents Southern food culture with Filipino food,
Grace Cathedral's annual fundraising gala Carnivale, this year entitled "Noite de Carnaval: A Celebration of Joy," took place on the evening of February 13, 2026. The event was inspired by Brazil's Carnival, which began on the same evening in cities such as Rio de Janeiro.
Keepers of the Steps, the living archive and cultural program at the United Irish Cultural Center dedicated to preserving generations of Bay Area Irish dancers, teachers, and families. Through stories, images, and lived experience, we'll reflect on how dance carries lineage, identity, and community forward.
Performers, vendors, and politicians of every stripe participated in the celebration. While artists painted kids' faces and children fished for prizes, District 11 congressional candidates Connie Chan and Scott Weiner stumped in Cantonese to win over votes.