SJMade Fest

Saturday, May 31, 2025 11:00 AM
Sunday, June 1, 2025 6:00 PM

History Park San Jose 635 Phelan Avenue San Jose, CA, 95112 United States (map)

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San José Made's largest outdoor event of the year, SJMADE Fest, returns in 2025 on May 31 and June 1 at History Park San José. Featuring over 250+ amazing makers, artists, designers, curators, chefs, bakers, crafters and creative small businesses. Free admission for attendees. Featuring a market section featuring some of our very favorite food trucks and food stalls, a double-sized Kitten Lounge by Mini Cat Town, live K-Pop dance performances & entertainment and so much more!

Event Details

Dates & Times: May 31 (11 am to 6 pm) + Jun. 1 (11 am to 6 pm)
Venue: History Park San José (635 Phelan Ave, San José, CA 95112)

Additional Info

This event is free to attend.
This is an outdoor event. Please be aware that the ground is unevenly paved in some placed.
No outside food & beverage will be allowed into the event EXCEPT for unopened bottles of water and empty canteens.
The venue will have food (hot meals, baked goods, treats, desserts) and drinks for sale. The emergency medical technician will have bottled water available for attendees.
Per the venue's rules, dogs must be leashed when inside the venue.

Powered by a San José Office of Cultural Affairs’ Creative Economy Fund grant through the Center for Cultural Innovation.

Location & Parking

The event location is History Park San José located at 635 Phelan Ave. San Jose, CA 95112 with two (2) venue entrances at: (1) 1650 Senter Road, San José, CA 95112 and (2) 693 Phelan Ave, San José, CA 95112
We recommend parking in the paid parking garage located at 1278 S 10th St, San Jose, CA 95112 or the paid parking lot located at 350 E. Humboldt St, San Jose, CA 95112 or the paid parking lot at 1300 Senter Rd, San Jose, CA 95112. Attendees who park in these garages or lots should head to the event entrance located at 1650 Senter Road, San Jose, CA 95112.
For drop-offs and accessibility parking, we recommend heading to the event entrance located at 693 Phelan Ave, San Jose, CA 95112.
The venue is accessible via public transit. The Senter & Phelan bus stop is located just outside of the venue.
The venue is accessible via bicycle. There is plenty of space to bring your bicycles into the event (they must be walked at all times when inside the event venue).

Great Day for a Picnic

While we will have tables and benches, we also suggest bringing a blanket and making a picnic as there will be plenty of open space. No outside food/drink is allowed though! No coolers allowed either! Thank you!

About the Venue: History Park San José

History San José preserves and enriches the cultural heritage of San Jose and the Santa Clara Valley through research, collections, partnerships, educational programs and events.

Learn more about History Park San José: https://historysanjose.org

Door Giveaway

We will be distributing free door giveaways to the first 1,000 attendees each day. Staff and Vendors at the event will NOT be eligible to receive a door giveaway. More info on the specific giveaway will be released closer to the event.

Kitten Lounge by Mini Cat Town

Mini Cat Town will be accepting reservations to their Kitten Lounge on the website.

One ticket will secure 15 mins of kitten playtime at your designated time slot. There will be 30 adoptable kittens on site looking for pets and cuddles. There will be a few walk-in tickets reserved for each time slot, but we highly recommend making your reservation in advance.

Your order confirmation is your ticket entry. Tickets will not be shipped out. Tickets are non-refundable. Any child under 12 must enter with an adult (two tickets will be required in this case).

All visitors will be required to wear shoe covers and sign our liability waiver.

Mini Cat Town is a nonprofit 501(c)-3. All donations are welcomed and go back into saving more kittens. Since 2019, Mini Cat Town has rescued and adopted out over 1,500 kittens. Adoption lounges are located in Eastridge Shopping Center, Stoneridge Shopping Center and Santa Rosa Plaza. For more information, please visit https://minicattown.org.

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K-Pop Plaza by K-Pop-Up

SJMADE has collaborated with K-Pop-Up to create SJMADE Fest's K-Pop Plaza featuring K-Pop themed vendors as well as two full days of amazing K-Pop themed programming, games & activities by K-Pop-Up.

Specific programming for each day will be released closer to the event.

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Moveable Feast Marketplace

Our sister company Moveable Feast–one of the Bay Area's leading food truck organizers, night market event producers and mobile food catering services–has crafted an amazing lineup of 50+ food trucks, food stalls, dessert vendors, specialty beverage vendors and packaged food goods vendors for this year's SJMADE Fest. Follow Moveable Feast on Instagram (@mvblfeast) to learn more about some of the exciting things they're doing this year & beyond here in the Bay Area.

Day 1 - May 31, 2025: Food Vendors, Food Trucks, Specialty Beverage Vendors, Packaged Food Goods Vendors & Dessert Vendors

Food Trucks & Food Stalls

Dessert Vendors

Specialty Beverage Vendors

Packaged Food Goods Vendors

Day 2 - June 1, 2025: Food Vendors, Food Trucks, Specialty Beverage Vendors, Packaged Food Goods Vendors & Dessert Vendors