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. By integrating a variety of San José artists and makers, this event platform fuels inspiration and collaboration across communities, creating a safe and culturally relevant environment. 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.
A collective of San Jose native creatives produces SJD. We source all event programming through an open call to submission. An Arts and Culture Board made up of 8 diverse locals will review and select final applicants for event programming.
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The Fifth Annual San Jose Day - Saturday, April 8, 2023
San Jose Day’s come-back year, since the pandemic!
At the Fifth Annual San Jose 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 Jose Day!
The Fourth Annual San Jose Day 2020: Virtual Art Show
The San Jose Day Festival 2020 has been postponed until further notice, due to COVID19.
4/08 was still celebrated- just online! On April 08, 2020, 14 emerging artists participated in San Jose Day’s first virtual art show. Visit @sanjoseday on Instagram to see 14 new works of art, dedicated to the love of San Jose.
Kamiko, shot by Leopoldo Macaya
The Third Annual San Jose Day - Sunday, April 7, 2019
Our biggest event yet! With just about 2,000 attendees, over 50 vendors, live music and art, classic car show, food + beer, and games!
In 2019, San Jose Day was selected to be part of the Knight Foundation’s #SpeakUpSanJose initiative to fund 20 organizations to foster community engagement.
The Third Annual SJ Day was hosted at Gordon Biersch Brewing Company.
The Second Annual San Jose Day - Sunday, April 8, 2018
Celebrated at Breezy Excursion, we worked a selected group of artists that to represent and emulate the culture of San Jose in their own way. Our previous year allowed artists to openly submit art, whereas this year each artists was asked to create an original piece that represented what San Jose meant to them.
This year featured 30 visual artists, one MC, and a reveal of the “#DoItForSJ” documentary.
foto by Abraham Menor
community mural painting at 408 Day
The First Annual San Jose Day - Saturday, April 8, 2017
Our first San Jose Day, also commonly called “408 Day”, was celebrated at Local Color in Downtown San Jose. Showcasing over 30 visual artists, five musical performers, and only a handful of vendors. The first San Jose Day was put together just short of 2 weeks, this was our first time throwing a show.
408 Day was inspired by the annual event, “415 Day” put together by San Francisco Rapper, Equipto.