We were stoked to participate in this year’s SubZero Street Fair in San Jose! This two-day festival brings together, artists, musicians and weirdos from the Bay Area and is always so fun! We’ve been vendors at this event twice before in 2015, and 2013, but this is the first time we’ve participated since moving back to the West Coast. This festival is still one of the highlights of our summer!
San Jose shuts down First Street, the unofficial headquarters of all things art and performance for this annual event. In addition to the streetfull of art vendors, the surrounding businesses also participate, making this an event that is jam packed with things to do and places to use the bathroom (an often overlooked necessity at street fairs). The event starts in the late afternoon and goes well into the night, adding live musical performances with Bay Area bands after dark.
Micaela and I showed out with two binfulls of personally upcycled clothing, handmade resin plaques and jewelry, paintings, minizines and books! We dream of opening a storefront one day, and seeing our inventory like this makes my heart jump a bit.
Connecting with like-minded people was a highlight. The Bay is home to so many nerdy professionals and smart people, so we got into some great conversations about science and weird happenings.
SubZero Fest may be one weekend per year but San Jose has an amazing art walk and vendor village every first Friday of the month! We signed up to table on First Street again in August, September, and October, so come see us if you’re local!!
Learn more about SubZero Festival here.
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