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
SJMADE Holiday Fair 2024 — Friday, Nov. 29, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m., – Saturday, Nov. 30, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m., at Santa Clara Convention Center (5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara)
Free event.
Event page: https://www.sanjosemade.com/pages/sjmade-holiday-fair-2024
Holiday Mansion Tours — Saturday, Nov. 23 – Wednesday, Jan. 1 at Winchester Mystery House (525 S. Winchester Blvd., San Jose)
Tickets required. There’s also a market on Saturdays.
Event page: https://winchestermysteryhouse.com/holidays/
Christmas in the Park — Friday, Nov. 29 – Wednesday, Jan. 1 at Plaza de César Chavez (1 Paseo de San Antonio, San Jose)
Tree lighting ceremony on Friday, Nov. 29 at 6 p.m.
Event page: https://www.sanjose.org/events/christmas-park-2024
WinterFest — Select nights Friday, Nov. 29 – Sunday, Jan. 5 at California’s Great America (4701 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara)
Admission to the amusement park is required. Tickets: $33
Event page: https://www.cagreatamerica.com/events/winterfest
Friday, Nov. 29
Hammer Presents: Merry-Achi Christmas — Friday, Nov. 29 at 2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. at Hammer Theatre (101 Paseo de San Antonio, San Jose)
Tickets: $40+
Event page: https://www.sanjose.org/events/hammer-presents-merry-achi-christmas
Sunday, Dec. 1
Winter Reading Program Begins — From Sunday, Dec. 1 – Sunday, Jan. 12 at Sunnyvale Public Library (665 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale)
Children, ages 0 to grade 12, will receive a free book when they sign up.
Event page: https://www.library.sunnyvale.ca.gov/services/reading-programs
Upcoming Events
Holiday Tree Lighting — Friday, Dec. 6, 5:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. at Central Park (909 Kiely Blvd., Santa Clara)
25th Annual Holiday Tree Lighting Celebration — Saturday, Dec. 7, 5 p.m.- 7:30 p.m. at Historic Murphy Avenue, Sunnyvale
Event page: https://sunnyvaledowntown.org/events/sunnyvale-downtown-25th-annual-holiday-tree-lighting-celebration
For more holiday events: https://www.svvoice.com/celebrate-the-holidays-2024/
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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