This was a cool annual community festival I attended in the Willow Glen neighborhood this past weekend, offering several merchandise and organization booths, bouncy houses for kids, and San Jose Sharks signings with a long-ass line of sports fans. There was also a nice variety of food trucks and vendors available to grab a meal while there, like Shrimp'n Ain't Eazy, Lord of the Ribs, and Dip'N Dive featuring an appetizing surf & turf melt on their menu. I ordered a yummy baked potato from La Papa's food stand and savored every last bite.
Guests were able to enjoy live music by a couple different bands throughout the day. 10Til2 in the early afternoon playing covers including Santeria, Cake by the Ocean, Pour Some Sugar On Me, When We Were Young by The Killers, Just Like Heaven by the Cure, and I Wanna Be a Billionaire by Travie McCoy & Bruno Mars. And the Houserockers in the late afternoon with more fun tunes to keep the crowd going, like Pretty Woman and Dancing in the Street.
Only downside to the event was the setting in a bank parking lot, so no grass and mininal seating despite a good amount of standing tables set up under tents, just a handful of folding chairs scattered throughout. Other than that, the festival seemed to be organized pretty well, with a very laid back and cheerful atmosphere. Nothing too unique or fancy about it, but the fact that it was free to attend makes it worthy of 5 stars in my book. read more