This Weekend in the Valley: Friday, June 7 – Sunday, June 9

The following is a calendar of events happening this weekend near Santa Clara and Sunnyvale. Want to share an event to be featured? Please email the details to info@svvoice.com for consideration.

 

All Weekend

California’s Great America presents Food & Wine Festival — Saturday, June 8 – Sunday, June 30 (2 p.m. – 8 p.m., Saturdays – Sundays) at California’s Great America (4701 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara)

Park admission includes access to the event. Food & beverage offerings and select activities are available to purchase for an additional charge.

Event page: https://www.cagreatamerica.com/events/food-and-wine-festival

 

San Jose Stage Company presents Dirty Rotten Scoundrels — Wednesday, June 5 – Sunday, June 30 at San Jose Stage Company (490 South 1st St., San Jose)

Tickets: $34+

Event page: https://www.thestage.org/dirty-rotten-scoundrels

 

Sign Up for Santa Clara City Library Summer Reading Program — June 1 – July 31

Event page: https://www.sclibrary.org/books-more/books/summer-reading

 

Sign Up for Sunnyvale Summer Reading Program — June 1 – August 31

Event page: https://www.library.sunnyvale.ca.gov/services/reading-programs

 

City Lights Theater Company presents Clyde’s — Thursday, May 16 – Sunday, June 9 at City Lights Theater (529 S. Second St., San Jose)

Tickets: $38 – $60

Event page: https://cltc.org/event/clydes/

 

Friday, June 7

Foundation and Friends Book Sale — 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. at Northside Branch Library (695 Moreland Way, Santa Clara)

Event page: https://www.santaclaraca.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/96925/41

 

Central Park Library Blood Drive — 11 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. at Central Park Library (2635 Homestead Rd., Santa Clara)

Make an appointment: https://sbcdonor.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/13337

 

8th Annual Pride Flag Raising Ceremony — 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. at Santa Clara City Hall (1500 Warburton Ave., Santa Clara)

Event page: https://www.santaclaraca.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/96804/41

 

Fusion 2024 — 7:30 p.m. at Mission Santa Clara (500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara)

Tickets: Free for SCU students, General: $20 – $24

Event page: https://scupresents.org/university-music-concerts/#fusion-24

 

Saturday, June 8

Summer Reading Kick Off — 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. at Sunnyvale Public Library (665 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale)

Event page: https://www.sunnyvale.ca.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/5160/19

 

Chanticleer presents Messe de Nostre Dame — 7:30 p.m. at Mission Santa Clara (500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara)

Tickets: $25 – $63

Event page: https://www.cityboxoffice.com/ordertickets.asp?p=13849&src=default

 

Sunday, June 9

The Harris Lass Museum Celebrates the Life of Clarence Robert ‘Bob’ Tower — 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. at Harris Lass Museum Preserve (1889 Market St., Santa Clara)

Free event

Event page: https://www.harrislass.org/index_files/Page6149.htm

 

Upcoming Events

Concerts in the Park — 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. on June 14 at Live Oak Park (641 Moreland Way, Santa Clara); June 28, July 12, July 26, and August 16 at Central Park (909 Kiely Blvd., Santa Clara)

Event page: https://www.santaclaraca.gov/our-city/departments-g-z/parks-recreation/parks-recreation-special-events/concerts-in-the-park

 

Recurring Events

The Triton Museum of Art — Tuesdays – Sundays from 11 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. at 1505 Warburton Ave., Santa Clara

Current exhibitions: https://www.tritonmuseum.org/on-view

 

The Vargas Gallery — located inside the Mission College Gillmor Center (3000 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara)

Current exhibitions: https://missioncollege.edu/depts/art/vargas/

 

de Saisset Museum — Tuesdays – Sundays from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. at Santa Clara University

Current exhibitions: https://www.scu.edu/desaisset/exhibitions/current/

 

Sunnyvale Farmers’ Market — Saturdays from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Murphy Avenue, Downtown Sunnyvale

Event page: https://uvfm.org/sunnyvale-saturday

 

Santa Clara Farmer’s Market — Saturdays from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Jackson Street and Homestead Road, Santa Clara

Event page: https://uvfm.org/santa-clara-saturdays

 

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