Have you ever heard an entire city break out into music? You’ll be able to on June 21 during San Jose’s “Make Music Day,” when 70-plus artists stage free performances in every nook and cranny of the urban fabric.
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A local microcosm of Make Music Day, which features more than a thousand cities worldwide staging free concerts, the San Jose event will see concerts at museums, public libraries, the CaliBunga Waterpark, breweries, restaurants and more. To give a taste, there’s a Dance of Peace from the “Bay Area’s dancing butterfly” at Terminal A of the San Jose Mineta International Airport and a teenage power-indie group at the Tech Interactive downtown. There’s a blues/folk singer who makes music videos for kids at the Educational Park library, an award-winning a cappella chorus of 50 women at the Cypress Center. And all of this is happening just in the first hour of the day-long event.
It’s both a smorgasbord for music lovers and a sonic treasure hunt through the city – plus a great way to explore San Jose and get those ever-important steps in. Try doing it while tap dancing.
Details: The free event takes place all day at various locations in San Jose; for details and a map of performances visit makemusicday.org/sanjose