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🙌 Things to do around SJ this weekend (10/4-10/6)

The Little Italy Italian Festival, the Fall Festival, and the Spina Farms Pumpkin Patch.

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Cindy Liu
October 03, 2024

Welcome back to SJ Weekender. Hope you’re staying cool in the heat wave (things can hopefully start feeling like fall soon 🥲). As requested by popular vote, we’re continuing to have more event recs this week—lots of fall-themed fun for you!

Without further ado, here’s your roundup of the best things to do around San Jose this weekend—don’t miss the Little Italy Italian Festival, the Fall Festival, and the Spina Farms Pumpkin Patch.

🌟5 Weekend Events to Attend

  • When: Sun. (10/6), 11AM-7PM

  • Where: Little Italy (North Almaden Boulevard, San Jose, CA 95110)

  • Price: Free admission

  • Description: Get the best of Italy in a day from our local Italian community. There’ll be one of the largest Italian car shows in the country, bites from all the best Italian restaurants around the bay, and nonstop live entertainment to keep things fun.

  • When: Sun. (10/6), 10AM-6PM

  • Where: History Park (635 Phelan Avenue, San Jose, CA 95112)

  • Price: Free admission

  • Description: Come for a culture-packed day with live music and dance performances, healing workshops, activities, and more. Enjoy the colorful swirls of folklorico dance, learn how to ground yourself with meditative breathwork, or contribute to a community mural.

  • When: Sat. (10/5), 9AM-2PM

  • Where: Martial Cottle Park (5283 Snell Ave, San Jose, CA 95136)

  • Description: Jump into your fall spirit with this cute fall-themed market. There will be over 55 vendors selling fall-themed goods, a pumpkin patch, a pop-up petting zoo, and more! Dog friendly.

  • When: Fri. (10/4) 3-9PM, Sat. (10/5) 10AM-9PM, Sun. (10/6) 10AM-5PM

  • Where: Santana Row, near Left Bank Brasserie (377 Santana Row Suite 1100, San Jose, 95128)

  • Description: Missed last week’s Great Glass Pumpkin Patch? Here’s another chance to find your perfect glass pumpkin for the fall season. There’ll be thousands of hand-blown glass pumpkins made by local Bay Area Glass Institute artists and artisans from around the country.

  • When: Fri. (10/4-10/5), 5-10PM

  • Where: SoFA District (South 1st Street, San Jose, CA 95113)

  • Price: Free admission

  • Description: Grab your favorite artsy people and decompress with some cool art after work. Stroll around the exhibitions and check out the last Street Mrkt indie urban art fair of the season on South 1st Street, where there will be over 50 artists selling one-of-a-kind creations.

đźš— 1 Place to Visit

  • Where: 225 Laguna Ave, Morgan Hill, CA 95037

  • Price: Free admission (parking is free Mon. to Thurs, $10 cash Friday, and $20 cash on the weekends)

  • Description: If you’re up for a bit of a road trip (roughly an hour and a half’s drive), you’ll find one of the coolest pumpkin patches around the bay. Pick your perfect pumpkin, try your hand at a corn maze ($8), go on a cow ride ($8)—plus, they even have giant dinosaurs you can check out! Make sure to bring cash, and check out their calendar for special deal days.

đź‘€ New to SJ

  • Where: 2221 Tasman Dr, Santa Clara, CA 95054

  • Description: A hip new American bar/restaurant near Levi Stadium. Try their eggplant parmesan ($22), BBQ ribs ($24), and honey-glazed chicken wings ($18).*

*Prices based on online sources; might change.

Thanks for reading!

See you next week,
Cindy

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