Family-friendly events all weekend both downtown and in East San Jose will showcase Mexican American culture.
Cinco de Mayo is celebrated on Santa Clara Street in San Jose, Calif., Friday, May 5, 2023. When I was growing up in San Jose in the 1970s and ‘80s, Cinco de Mayo meant parades and festivals, with mariachis, charros on horseback and lots of Mexican food.
A lot of this has been the work of San Jose City Councilmembers Omar Torres and Peter Ortiz, as well as many businesses, community partners and other elected officials. Last year, there was a lot of blowback after law enforcement closed streets and freeway exits and a sense the city wasn’t making as much an effort to embrace Mexican American culture for Cinco de Mayo as it could.
There’ll also be a downtown parade at 9 a.m. starting at San Jose City Hall at Sixth and Santa Clara streets and going to Plaza de Cesar Chavez. A festival there, running from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., will include music, food, vendors and lucha libre wrestling.Another Cinco de Mayo-adjacent event Saturday is the inaugural Taco Throwdown at Blanco Urban in San Jose’s San Pedro Square.
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