Specifically this review is for the SJ Made event that happened this past weekend (May 30-31, 2026) in the History Park San Jose. L O C A T I O N There are two locations for paid parking which was stated on the website. Paid garage located at 1278 S 10th Street Paid parking lot located at 350 E. Humboldt Street We opted for the closer parking. Luckily you can pay on mobile if you have reception. I luckily did out of the 4 of us that were there. Otherwise, you'd have to wait in line to pay at the kiosk. So budget some time to pay for waiting for the kiosk in case you don't have cell phone reception. Parking was $15 + fee. E V E N T It's a large park and if you show up as one of the first 100 people, you get a free tote bag with this year's design for the event. Unluckily even though we showed maybe half an hour after the opening, it was all gone. So make sure you go early if you want the freebie. The event itself is free and it's outdoors so you can bring your furry friend but they need to be leashed. There are large water filling stations and port o potties. Feel free to bring your water canteens. It said you couldn't bring outside drinks or food but we were able to bring in our own filled bottles as well as some Starbucks drinks. But of course worse case is that you have to bring back your stuff to your car. It's not a far walk but it's still a walk from the parking structure. They do have a nice map of the booths as well as events throughout the day. They also have a bunch of food stands and trucks there if you want to make it a day. We opted to just go outside for food as the lines were long and the day was hot. Although not as big as the Winterfest, this event was a nice outdoor one with various craft goods. I always am in awe with all these makers. They're all so talented! O V E R A L L If you're wanting to do some walking and perusing of crafts, it's not a bad way to spend a couple hours of your day. I'm unsure if there's any free parking around, but you could try searching. We just didn't do much research on it. read more

SJ Made - Map for May 30 & 31, 2026 event - Flea Markets Near Me - San Jose, California

Fantastic. Support the small art businesses! And baked good and all kinds of goodies from very creative local vendors! read more

I have been going here since it opened. I heard about it after my sticker friends posted about it. It is in downtown San Jose Japantown. Perfect spot for it imo. At first I thought the artist changes to give room to others but looks like that is not the case. They did increase the merchandise and do change stuff around so there's always something new to look at. They also have events like the Garfield Art Show. I went in line at opening to get this sweet sweet piece of art. Oh, and all are local artist. Come on over and support them ! read more

SJ Made - Flea Markets Near Me - San Jose, California

SJ Made is a maker's fair with a ton of different vendors! From artists, designers, creators, bakers, small batch food vendors and more. There's something for everyone. This fair definitely skews more towards the kawaii style. There's tons of art, stickers, ceramics, jewelry, stuffed animals, and more. Parking is right next to the convention center and is free which is nice! The concession food (outside of the bakers inside the convention hall) is pretty basic. Very limited hot foods available, they mostly have generic snacks. I would plan to eat before or after attending! read more

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I didn't know SJ Made had its own store since my friend introduced me to this spot. It's small and does not accommodate all the vendors, unlike their summer and holiday festivals. It was great to check their stickers, prints, keychains, jewelry, apparel, and more. I even love posing in front of BTS Jungkook and J-Hope. Overall, the prices are the same as the vendors', and the service was alright. Great to check out and support small local artists while in SJ Japantown. Street parking is free for 90 minutes and might be limited on the weekends. read more

All those sweet kawaii products you see at a street fair or festival? Several venders are represented under one roof. I was able to pick up Pinoy Xmas gift tags and drinking glasses with glass straws. Win! read more

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HUGE, lots and lots and lots of vendors. If you like cute trinkets / odds and ends, local artists, small businesses Asian themed merchandise, this fair is for you. I am not a huge "trinket" person or collector but it was fun to walk around :) Parking was easy. read more

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Adorable shop. Great place to buy enamel pins, cute stickers, tote bags, keychains, prints, etc. Great place to buy gifts or accessories. They don't take cash btw. read more

SJ Made - Flea Markets Near Me - San Jose, California

I love art and wine festivals because there are so many eclectic artist and crafts. One gets to see while attending the festival. Too bad they're not all year around! This quaint little shop is the perfect marriage between local artists, and being all year around!! It seems that each section/wall/display case is one particular artist from a local area with their own business cards and social media info. I loved all the eclectic, various types of art, candles, essential oils, and knickknacks. This particular store had!! I recognize some of the artist from seventh Empire studios also! I will definitely be back to check out the different artworks throughout the year at the store! read more

SJ Made - Flea Markets Near Me - San Jose, California

An adorable shop with lots of local vendors! This is the place to find cute gifts and art. I will go again next time I'm in the area!

I love visiting here and seeing all the new items that come in. As someone who collects art from small businesses and artists, it's extremely inspiring to see a collection all in one place like this. The store is quite small, but every time I come here I see something I love. Parking is free for 90 minutes, which is super convenient to take a short look around. Will definitely be coming back! read more

SJ Made - SJMade Haul - Flea Markets Near Me - San Jose, California

Too many not home made trinket vendors and not enough true hand made and unique vendors. Was disappointed.

There's all the different vendor that's here with all artist lots of vendor with different stickers, purses, purse bags, clothes, all kind of good stuff. read more

If you're looking for unique, hand crafted and sometimes eclectic goods and want to support local small businesses then this is the place for you. I love the Japantown shop, there's always something new and something cool. Prices are very affordable and you end up with something that you can't find on Amazon or anywhere else. Great place to shop gorgeous honey decor and gifts. read more

I absolutely LOVE SJ MADE! So much so that every time I'm back in San Jose visiting my parents, I HAVE to make a visit. SJ Made sells a bunch of amazing artisanal products made by local artists, creators, etc. I absolutely love novelty items and the fact that everything is made or created locally makes it so much better! There is a parking garage attached to SJ Made which is super convenient. It's located on the bottom floor facing San Pedro. Their shop is small, but packed with so many goodies. Their items also rotate a lot, so every time I visit, they have new stuff for me to buy! This place is dangerous... every time I walk out, I spend several hundred dollars. I've bought so many different things from prints, enamel pins, stickers, lanyards, bags, pouches, stuffed animals, home decor, etc. My favorite artists are Le Petit Elefant, sumlilthings, Neko Oi, etc. Everything is so cute and kawaii! They also had a holiday craft fair that I went to the first time on Black Friday last year and it was so fun! I took my mom and we had a great time looking at all of the vendor booths. My only "gripes" are that I wish their store was bigger so they could carry even MORE amazing items, and sometimes it takes awhile to get rung up because there's usually only one person working, and their iPad/scanning system is not that efficient. They also have a lot of stuff that is display only, so you have to wait for them to find everything you want from their stockroom. You might have to wait awhile depending on how many items you buy and how many people are ahead of you in line. Overall - I absolutely LOVE SJ MADE!! Seriously my favorite place to go in DTSJ! read more

So glad this place exists! Absolutely adorable selection and really pleasant atmosphere. The prices are really reasonable for what they are. Love it! read more

The sjmade holiday craft fair is one of my favorite festivals in the Bay. Unlike the Harvest Festival which features mostly well established vendors this spotlights smaller up and coming (but by no means less talented) local artists. The wifey loves the uniquely scented candles and diffusers, the essential oils and handmade soaps, and the skincare items. My favorites are the different flavored caramels and the snacks. The corn nuts are fire! I read that the fair will not be happening this winter because of covid, but I'm definitely looking forward to going in 2021... read more

caveat: I've never been to the actual shop location in downtown, only the Holiday Fair over Black Friday weekend (last year and this year); the selection of items and variety of art styles are amazing and you will surely find something to buy, however big or small :) well, ok, I didn't actually purchase anything last year (was being very price conscious at the time) but there were a LOT of things I *wanted* to buy. however, I did get a few items this year! still a lot of other things I saw I would've loved to get but didn't quite have a place for in the house :( the fair itself is definitely worth a visit when they set up at the Santa Clara Convention Center every Black Friday weekend! read more

Support your local vendors! I bought a cute gift bag (bag, shirt, and card) for $20 as a kid's birthday gift that I had to go to that evening. I completely forgot but I blame the FB app because I don't get notifications that an event is coming up! I bought a samosa, 2 chocolate bars from Vice Chocolates (accepts cards!!): dark chocolate w/ Fleur de Sel and chocolate w/ fig and star anise (I know it sounds gross but it won awards and based on the sample I tried before buying it, I know why!). I bought 3 kinds of peanut butter brittle... burnt almond and 2 ball game types (one w/ pretzel and beer and the other potato chips, YES, potato chips, garlic, and beer). It wasn't just the products and the local vendor that I enjoy, it's the service I received, too! Totally worth me spending over $20 on just junk food FOR MYSELF. read more

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If you're looking for tons of Asian merchandise, this is the place for you. Definitely not what I was expecting from a holiday craft faire. Will skip this one in the future. read more

SJ Made Crap. Rubbish for the tasteless. I can't believe what people will buy these days. It doesn't matter if something is handmade if it's made with talentless hands. Everything looked the same -- bad. And if there were some good vendors, the location was so horribly cramped you didn't want to stay. Horrible management and location. No signage either! read more

SJ Made - Flea Markets Near Me - San Jose, California

While the Holiday Craft Market may be at San Pedro Square, the weekly (Saturday) SJ Made events are at Whole Foods. And they are awesome. SJ Made is a Pop Up fair for artisnal, craft, and other locally produced entrepreneurs (think Shark Tank). They have a few locations around San Jose, but can be found with the most frequency at Whole Foods every Saturday. We first heard about them from a hair bow seller we found at one of the car shows I tend to go to. And funny enough the SJ Made event is also a space where vendors from some local YEE's I've been to reside weekly. So, score. Of the vendors who make their rounds I personally really love Roxanne's Biscotti. I especially love the butterscotch biscotti ends, OMG yum. They are just a delight to eat and incredibly reasonably priced for how tasty they are. SteamyWorks also sometimes shows, and they're a lot of fun to check out and create things with. The honey had the best time a few weekends ago making a spinning coaster! It's fun to drop in while you're grocery shopping or *cough* Black and Brown *cough* in the area for some reason. We have a great time and it's fun to see the different vendors and their wares! read more

SJ Made actually took into consideration the thoughts and complaints that resulted from the first SJ Eats event, when they planned for the second SJ Eats event. They really listened to their customers and made an effort to improve by delivering a new and revised SJ Eats 2.0! It's just too bad that the turnout wasn't as great as the first time around. I guess the lack of organization and preparation really left a sour taste in people's mouths. Luckily, I decided to give them a second chance! SJ Eats 2.0 was much better than SJ Eats 1.0. There were more catering trucks, much more space, and I don't think there were any major issues with food shortages. Parking was plentiful and free before 6pm. There weren't any crazy lines either. I went with three others for lunch and we got to try a bunch of food from four different trucks. The weather was nice and there were plenty of tables available for seating. There was a live band, but I couldn't really hear them from where I was sitting. I heard that they are trying to make the event a weekly thing--that would be really cool! It would give people the opportunity to try different catering trucks that they aren't normally able to try during the week, due to work and such. read more

You can have the best product/service but if you're not communicating with you clients, it can be a detriment to your company. That said, my wife and I saw a yelp schedule for SJ Made to be starting @ 11am today. We decided to take a bike ride from downtown to check it out. When we got there door was locked and a there was a chick at the counter. She saw us in the corner of her eye but acted like she didn't. Just as we were walking back to our bikes, a very polite dude came out and told us that times changed to 1pm. Not sure where times were posted but I don't sit around trying to double and triple check my info for something like shopping. Good luck with your business but you just lost two consumers. I hope you and your partnered vendors treat this as a lesson to running a business. read more

I'm a huge proponent of buying local, I pretty much only buy gifts and jewelry from local artisans. I love events like these, and had high hopes for finding some unique items. We've been to Bazaar Bizarre, and Renegade Craft Fair in SF, and were hoping SJ Made would be similar. I realize this is their first event, but it needed some work. Having vendors in different buildings wasn't ideal. I didn't mind walking from one building to the other, but i felt it messed with the flow, and I think a lot of people only made it to one building. There wasn't a great variety of items. Hopefully, if they do this event again, they'll get more vendors. The vendors were pleasant, and I did buy two items i really liked. Although, for my time and money, I'd rather go the events in SF. read more

what's up san jose?! THANK YOU: for giving me a little civic pride..some municipal moxie... now that san jose is becoming a burg i can brag about I am glad that there are some duds i can rock without appearing like i should be on King/Story. THANK YOU: loved the venue...haven't seen tied house that packed since, well, ever. the place vibed 'under construction'...totally worked for me. THANK YOU: for introducing me to CUSTOM SLR! great team with a great suite of products. THANK YOU: for letting me pay on your iPad! how effing cool is that. NEXT TIME: tell me where it is! i walked by the 'space available for lease' sign like 4 times before resigning to have a beer at Firehouse and realizing it was right in front of me the whole time read more

This was a great event for local SJ vendors. There was a lot of great art work, clothing lines, and accessories. The was also a live band in one of the event buildings. I'm pretty sure surrounding businesses were pleased to have people bring downtown San Jose to life. This was the time for hidden gems to be recognized. read more

SJ Made was a great event. It was so nice to check out the local venders and see San Jose represent! Everyone was nice and helpful. I came pretty early, so there wasn't a huge crowd, but I liked what I saw. There were a LOT of hip hop gear, which made good for competition and gave a great representation of the young, modern hip hop culture. There were also a lot of jewlery, and hand-made items. A definite plus to bring back for future events. San Jose definitely needs it! read more

Excuse me for appropriating some Fieri-isms, but the Holiday Market was OFF THE HOOK! I stopped by at around 4, and the market was still bustling. Even though it was rainy, people were milling around, exploring, snapping up all the goodies like crazy! The market is very girl-centric - lots of knit items, cute handmade jewelry, some soaps/lotion, and adorable accessories. There's also a pretty decent assortment of things for the guys - there were two 3D printing booths, a booth selling silk ties, interesting wooden watches, and other randoms. My favorites of the day: - Sweetdragon and their handmade brittle. Amazing brittle in interesting varieties - their Day at the Ballpark is made from nuts, beer, mustard, salt, and pretzels. At $5/bag (2 good-sized chunks of brittle in each), I got 2 bags for my mom.... and I stored it for safe keeping in my tummy. oops :( - Yeah Hello - cute jewelry, also available on Etsy - Bugs and Monsters - repurposed Goodwill mugs, painted with mustaches and Totoro. Also has unique Christmas ornaments and cards, decorated with various creatures and cephalopods. I mustache you a question - who don't like an octopus on their Christmas card?! - Delk's Bees - flavor-infused honey from Santa Cruz. Super interesting combos, like basil honey, habanero honey, rosemary honey, and the amazingly potent (in a good way) coffee honey. $10/jar and each jar is supposed to keep for at least a year. Between putting it into yogurt and sneaking spoonfuls directly, I estimate my lemon honey will be done in about a week. Sure SJ Made is a little pricier than waltzing into Target, but definitely worth the extra few dollars to support local artisans and get really cool/unique/yummy things. It's well-organized, has a great mix of vendors, and you never know what you'll find. So treat yourself to something unexpected, stroll around SP Square afterward, get your parking validated, and grab some eats! read more

I love the different handmade arts and crafts especially the jewelries, drawings, paintings, and candles. The Usuals also featured many of their items such as t-shirts, dresses, and accesorries. It was great to see many people supporting the independent DIY companies and groups. Great job and thanks for sharing your beautiful creations! read more

Great event... got to shop and spend..

My husband and I went over to SJ Made yesterday (we found it online while searching for something fun to do) and thought it was excellent. There were at least 75 vendors, all with unique, creative hand-crafted items, and most at really affordable prices. We made purchases at 9 different booths, some for us and some for gifts. I wish I had noted all of the vendors names that we purchased from, but I didn't think of it at the time :(. We came home with two pen & ink prints, a stained glass bird, a hat, 2 t-shirts, an amp in a soda can, a necklace, a photo art magazine and a piece of wall art. We also enjoyed a great lunch on the patio of the San Pedro Marketplace - perfect for people watching :). Parking in the garage across the street was easy (and free) and all in all we had a great day there. read more